Public Domain Comedy Heaven from theVoiceofReason.com (and pdcomedy.com)A growing collection of only the very finest public domain video comedy and a few surprises... All in windows and real media formats. Artists include Charlie Chaplin, Bob Hope, Buster Keaton, Cary Grant...Groucho Marx introduces Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie- July 21, 2008 Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie starred in The Dick van Dyke Show as a couple of comedy writers. Here they are a double act on Hollywood Palace, introduced by Groucho Marx.http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/GrouchoMarx/HollywoodPalace/ComedyDoubleAct.htm Groucho Marx is Dr Hackenbusche in this sketch from Hollywood Palace- July 18, 2008 Groucho Marx is Dr Hackenbusche in this sketch from the television series Hollywood Palace.http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/GrouchoMarx/HollywoodPalace/DrHackenbush.htm Bulldog Drummond Escapes - Complete Movie- July 18, 2008 Some witty dialogue and a nicely caddish performance from Ray Milland, makes this a worthwhile B Movie classic... in 12 exciting parts...http://www.pdcomedy.com/Movies/BulldogDrummondEscapes/Part1.htm Intro to Here Come The Double Deckers- July 14, 2008 Is this public domain I suppose we will soon find out when the e-mail comes in from 20th Century Fox... Until then lets take Ebay's word for it that this is public domain and enjoy this intro to a harmless late 1960's kids tv staple... More to follow if Fox's email doesn't...http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/DoubleDeckers/HereComeTheDoubleDeckers.htm Television advert for cigarettes, 1950s style - Salem Cigarettes- July 14, 2008 This must have been what the 'Mad Men' were up to in the 1950's... a time when cigarettes were being sold as something that freshens your taste... imagine all that delicious smoke freshened by actual air... mmmh yummy.http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/TVAds/SalemCigarettes.htm Hancock's Half Hour - Monte Carlo Rally (Radio)- July 9, 2008 Shame about the ending (all a bit too Bobby Ewing on Dallas for us) but the journey is quite enjoyable... On listening to the early Hancock half hours we found they were all very British. This episode is probably one of the better ones for an international audience...http://www.pdcomedy.com/Radio/HancockHalfHour/MonteCarloRally/MonteCarloRallyOTR.htm The Goon Show - Jet Propelled Guided Naafi - Radio- July 7, 2008 Broadcast 24th January 1956, written by Spike Milligan. Series 6, Episode 19 Stars: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellars, Harry Secombe.http://www.pdcomedy.com/Radio/GoonShow/JetPropelledNaafi/JetPropelledNaafiOTR.htm The Goon Show - The House Of Teeth - Radio- July 7, 2008 First broadcast on January 31, 1956. Script by Spike Milligan. Produced by Peter Eton. Announced by Wallace Greenslade. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Stars: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellars, Harry Secombe.http://www.pdcomedy.com/Radio/GoonShow/HouseOfTeeth/HouseOfTeethOTR.htm |