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"How did Alfalfa die?" Alfalfa from The Little Rascals? A drug deal, right? "Weren't his last words, 'Give me my drugs’?" "No!" Gilbert Gottfried and his podcast partner Frank Santopadre shouted in unison. "No," Gilbert said. "It had something to do with a dog."

Twilight Zone S1E10, Judgement Night (Dec. 4, 1959) cont'd... Rod Serling's closing narration: The S.S. Queen of Glasgow, heading for New...

The very mention of Laurel and Hardy helps us conjure hilarious images of doing what they always did best — make us laugh. Two actors who were the kings

One woman was set to be silent comedy’s next auteur, but first she had to direct a young actor named Charlie Chaplin.

So I got into a brief exchange on Twitter the other day About John Wayne being a draft dodger in WWII. These claims go back for decades, leveled by

They were both independent productions. From what I gather, Bud's company made KIDD and Lou's produced JACK. Both titles ended up at RKO which is why KIDD...

| 11 April 2021 Positioning the company to launch additional networks and accelerate its international television production and distribution strategy, streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) network Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the film and TV assets of Sonar Entertainment. A leading independent television studio headquartered in Los Angeles with operations in Toronto and London, Sonar has developed, produced, ...

Chicken Soup acquires Sonar assets US producer, distributor and AVoD operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has acquired the film and TV assets of David Ellender-led producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment. David Ellender Sonar is an independent television studio headquartered in LA, with operations in Toronto and London. In recent years, it has developed, produced, financed and distributed shows such as The Shannara Chronicles (MTV/Netflix), Taboo (BBC/FX), The Son (AMC),...

George A Romeros Dawn of The Dead Credit: Alamy The most important horror film in modern cinema – arguably ever – was almost Night of the Flesh Eaters. But the producer of a similarly titled film, 1964’s Flesh Eaters, threatened legal action. The distributor of Night of the Flesh Eaters changed the title card on the print. It became Night of the Living Dead. In George A Romero’s classic film, the formerly deceased cannibal "ghouls" (not yet "zombies") sink their teeth into more than fle...

The climatic pie fight from “Battle of the Century,” with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the middle of the action. Hal Roach Studios. “The Battle of the Century,” Laurel and Hardy’s 1927 silent short film, famed for its epic pie-in-the-face fight sequence, quickly disappeared after its theatrical release. The 20-minute, two-reel bit of comic relief in the latter days of the Roaring Twenties got left behind in the rush to talkies, as did most silent films. The last known surviving cop...