Word: turpin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best parts of the film, however, do not come under the sight gag category. Then, as now, parody was one of the movies' strongest sources of comedy, whether it was Will Rogers playing Robin Hood, or Ben Turpin as the latin lover. The best visual humor, only fleetingly dealt with here, was really the "dictionary of facial expressions" which could turn answering the telephone into a momentous occasion...
...even more ancient sight than Lucille Ball with shoulder pads is the short subject, featuring Ben Turpin in Mack Sennett's Small Town Idol. The only entertaining thing about this relic is the realization that great-grandmother once laughed at it. More to modern taste are the two Mr. Magoo cartoons. Good old Magoo staggers through a skiing trip and the sale of his furniture in grand style. He is even better than Groucho Marx, which is quite a feat...
...middleweight champion of the world, the best fighter, pound for pound, in the modern prize ring. And he was smart enough to see what was happening that summer night in 1951 when Britain's Randy Turpin swarmed all over him to take a clear-cut, 15-round decision...
...wicked grace and his panther's skill were just a fraction off, and the snap was fading from his punch. But the beaten champ was too proud to retire. Sugar Ray went home to Harlem and worked hard to get in shape for another crack at Turpin...
...there was one more title he wanted before he retired. In June 1952, just a year after Randy Turpin taught him how old he really was, 32-year-old Middleweight Robinson climbed into the sweltering ring at Yankee Stadium to take on Joey Maxim for the light-heavyweight title. In the old days he could have laid Maxim out, but he skipped and danced for twelve rounds, nicked punches and piled up points. Joey, no more than a journeyman champ, shrugged off the blows, shuffled forward for the 13th round, and watched Sugar Ray collapse from the heat. That winter...