rec.arts.movies.past-films

In article <13faifo8qlkn9b1@ >,
"Frank . Maloney" wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <3u59f35mnnsegru9ubrp2evcp19o6ttnge@ >,
> > David Oberman wrote:
> >
> >>>> Who would you nominate? "Worst performance in a cameo" may not be
> >>>> exactly the criterion, but I'm thinking in terms of someone who is
> >>>> otherwise very highly thought of and whose appearance puts a stain on
> >>>> an otherwise stellar record of public performance in his/her field.
> >>>> Who comes to mind and why?
> >> Buster Keaton in those AIP beach shlockies. Every single person who
> >> ever knew anything about Keaton blanched at seeing him in those awful
> >> beach movies, shoveled up & held in front of the camera like dogshit.
> >>
> >> Those Keaton "cameos" were far more sacrilegious than anything Andres
> >> Serrano ever created.
> >
> > Did the audience for those even know who Keaton was?
>
> I know I did. I had seen lots of Keaton on 1950s TV on one of those
> programs that showed silent comedies paired with "humorous" sound effects.

I didn't. I didn't see anything with Keaton 'til film class in college.
I'm not sure I even knew who he was the first time I saw A Funny Thing
Happened On The Way To The Forum.