Multimedia
MP3s
"June Night/Casey Jones" (donated by Kixxa) Buster singing with his uke.
"Free and Easy" (song clip) from video "A Hard Act To Follow". It's cut this way because there was talking before and after his singing.
"In A Little Spanish Town" (song clip) from video "A Hard Act To Follow": The setting is in an area filled with Spanish-style houses which all have balconies on the 2ed story. Beneath the balcony of one house, Buster sits on a small wooden crate playing his uke (might be to woo a girl who is inside one of the houses). He hums on a kazoo to help tune his uke, then puts the kazoo in his pocket and begins the song. In the first line of the song, Buster plucks the last chord and a large man on the balcony overhead drops a cocoanut on his head, with a forward gaze Buster pauses then continues (dismissing it as an accident and not bothering to look up). In the second line, a larger one is dropped on his head, he is suspicious but repeats the same reaction as before. A section of the song then goes by without him being hurt, so he seems somewhat content that maybe he is safe. When he gets to the first line of the second verse, a small potted plant breaks over his head, his brows furrow and his voice shows irritation, he quickly spits out the second line (with an "I dare him to do that again" expression) and yet another flower pot falls on his head. He seems to then realize that the guy won't let up, so he sings the third line with caution, letting the last few notes on his uke to be plucked slowly, cringing with expectation that another potted plant will fall. Nothing happens. Naturally he doesn't want to take any chances, so he gets up, grabs the crate, and walks over to the opposite side so that he can see the balcony (so there won't be any more pots flying his way without him knowing). He puts the crate on a small wooden deck, sits down, and with an angry expression he sings the last line in protest, his face and head movements punctuating the words in anger. When the last chord is being plucked, the "deck" suddenly tilts forward and we realize it is actually a cellar door. Buster, uke and crate are catapulted forward to land face-first in the dirt.
NPR: short clips of interviews, including some uke songs. (RealPlayer sometimes works)
Buster Seminar: This one is a personal favorite. Buster in a recorded interview about his life and his opinions about things.
"Buster Keaton" a song by Curtis Eller.
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Animated GIFs, icons, wallpaper.
Tuckered out: snuggles his face against the pillow and takes a nap in "The Battling Butler".
Thank you: tipping his hat to his adoring public in "Cops".
Parading: He rides in a parade in "Cops". The expression changes are questionable. It looks like he's full of pride like everyone is cheering for him, then looks over to the crowd beside him and his expression changes to possibly concern or disappointment.
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Surprise TV/Film Appearances
Mythbusters (tv show)- ep. "Penny Drop/Microwave Madness/Radio Fillings": Shows an interview with Lucille Ball, who tells a story that she was in the car and heard music, she went to turn the radio off and she realized it wasn't on, she said she heard music with a heavy beat coming from inside her mouth, and as she drove home it had faded away. She thought she was going crazy. She told this to Buster at the studio the next day (flashes a lovely onscreen photo of him) and she said that Buster asked what street she was on, then he said that there was a 50,000 watt radio station nearby and she was picking it up through all the metal fillings in her teeth. Buster said that he had a friend who also had that happen. She said as a punchline, "Well, I couldn't wait to drive by there again!" The mythbusters did scientific tests for this myth and found it to be "busted" or "false", that it couldnt possibly happen (as far as they could find out).
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