Absolute Mad Lads - Buster Keaton

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[@CountDankula]

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[@Mach5Johnny]

@CountDankula please do a Absolute Mad Lads episode on Roy Benavidez: American War Hero and Real Life Rambo Andrew Joseph Stack: guy harassed by the IRS so bad that he took off in his personal prop plane and 9/11’d it into the IRS’s office building Miguel Z-40 Treviño Morales: founding leader of the Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel Zeljko Arkan Raznadovic: Serbian Crime Boss and Paramilitary Leader of Arkan’s Tigers Alexander “The Superkiller” Solonik: Russian contract killer that had an obsession with becoming “Superhuman”. Viktor Bout: Russian arms dealer and REAL “Lord Of War”. Neall Ellis: South African Mercenary that fought off an insurgent force with his attack helicopter Mid-Night Club: Japanese Street-Racing gang ‘Mad Sam’ DeStefano: American Mobster too crazy for the Mafia Hiroo Onoda: Japanese Army Officer that surrendered 28 years after WW2 ended Bielski Partisans: Jewish Resistance Fighters that fought off the Nazis with Guerilla Warfare Pablo Escobar: No Introduction

[@mr.100rupees3]

No, but please consider doing more mini madlad series ( you could include Manolis Mbikakis)

[@dawnm9462]

@@mr.100rupees3 or you could shut up and click the link to get a special discount on your own displates

[@mr.100rupees3]

@@dawnm9462 maybe

[@donny8652]

Hunter S Thompson plz

[@busterkeatonvk]

As a person who has devoted 3 years of life almost exclusively to Buster, studying, checking and exploring his life and legacy, I want to thank you very much for this video, and for one of the most error-free stories about Buster's life that I have heard during this time. Very good.

[@kuguar13]

May I ask, is the artwork in your profile picture and banner by yourself?

[@The_staz]

A real nice comment lad.

[@The_staz]

….or gal

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

@busterkeatonvk what were the errors in this one then? You said it was ‘most error-free’.

[@MonaLisa-zz5cv]

As a devoted Damfino I'd like to thank you for your high quality uploads of Keaton's work. I often watch your videos and adore your thumbnail art! Nice to see you here

[@cucu_cucumber]

"Throwing around a small child like he's a hermes package marked fragile." That line fucking killed me.

[@joshshrum2764]

Personally i just think of Broly, swinging Gohan, around, speaking of Gohan, he was used like this guy as a kid the only difference Buster, liked it.

[@aw2584]

Thats so untrue. Hes suggesting Hermes ever delivers instead of losing all packages.

[@juhovuolinko6446]

yeap, at 8:28 I had a proper chuckle too xD

[@RedwolfDogrocket]

Hermes infamously delivered a package to a house and put a note through the door. 'Your package has been put in a safe space. Location: roof gutter.' You can search this it even has pictures of it! The idea of the delivery operative was to throw the package through an open upstairs window but they overcooked it.

[@mrkitloin]

"Cheesed the ragdoll physics to avoid taking fall damage" He really glitch tested the universe, huh?

[@juhovuolinko6446]

at 9:40 . and yeah, Buster actually checked for the mods if fall damage and object collision had been enabled

[@juhovuolinko6446]

9:40 yeap, this lad tested for the mods if fall damage, object collision etc were properly coded XD

[@tanekrune5873]

Muscle memory from childhood would be a hell of a glitch to the system. That's an oddity of experience of life. I love what people are capable of for the weirdest reasons.

[@judgedrekk2981]

Buster's spirit consulted with Volition how best to do the insurance scam activity in saints row....lol

[@johnnyd343]

Love Buster, we watched The General in film class, around 2010. Imagine having 150 millennials all watching this silent film, and laughing at all the good bits. Once that bridge collapses, I heard people gasp. Never underestimate the power of a good story. RIP Buster

[@AllCentaur]

In my last history class during my senior year would choose old movies and watch them. The General popped up as well, sadly we never watched it, but we watched his other great works

[@Schnipah]

I spread the good word of The General around VR Chat with some friends, even ended up getting a clip of it in a large VR Chat KZbinr’s video lol

[@Snjeguzica]

One of these days I'll come home to Absolute Mad Lads: John McAfee. It will be a glorious day.

[@toastytoast9800]

home boi McAfee was whacked

[@ianmedford4855]

Second

[@tylercoon1791]

Wasn’t that the politician with a JoJo pfp?

[@MorbidMindedManiac]

He said in a video that he never does madlads unless their story is over, so that sounds like a good idea But he’ll probably wait a few months to a year so it isn’t too soon

[@chamberlainallman3242]

@@MorbidMindedManiac what about dragonlord

[@marlowewillard]

This was not only a great Mad Lads episode, but it was also one of the best tributes to a man that went above and beyond not just for his craft, but for his heart.

[@JD2jr.]

Needed Dank doing a stunt in his honor though.

[@dustinhanding2589]

Quality we g

[@kurtisgonzales37]

Buster Keaton was a fucking brick house, with nerves made of steel. No gimmicks, no nets... Broken neck. Lol this dude was a true mad lad.

[@RolfHartmann]

It's worth noting that the John Wick movies are so inspired by Buster Keaton that they include snippets of them. Action movies of today owe such a debt to those comedies that to this day in the movie industry stunts get called 'gags'.

[@VirginiaRican]

This is further proof of something my dad taught me: "you're an immortal, until God says otherwise"

[@frankiepizzurro]

Your dad is incredibly based

[@VirginiaRican]

@@frankiepizzurro Thanks for the compliment lol

[@RedwolfDogrocket]

That's excellent! Time to make a meme with it!

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Buster Keaton makes Tom Cruise look like a kid on a jungle Jim.

[@Tunkkis]

Jim of the Jungle?

[@SyvenIsSomewhere]

Gym*

[@That_Thicc_Cat]

Agreed

[@SingerDinger]

Jungle Jim sounds like a mad lad video

[@sulla175]

@@SingerDinger Jungle Jim sounds like a racial slur.

[@roughneckmp]

Buster Keaton’s dad invented “Dwarf Tossing”? Huh,…. How ‘bout that?

[@chowderwhillis9448]

Truth be told

[@JoshB_TheTower]

I thought that was the "fastball special"

[@mrthompson3848]

Legend has it his ancestor fought at Helms Deep.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

Only Leonardo DiCaprio could get away with that.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Capitalized on its existence.

[@ToyLatrine]

Damn I’m only halfway thru the video but I never realized how rad Buster Keaton was. You always hear the name much like many old celebrities and you know they were of some significance but jeez Louis..... what an incredible man

[@Wellsendit]

My father passed earlier this year from esophageal cancer, but years before I had many fond memories watching Buster Keaton with him. Thanks for bringing those happy memories back friend, and the additional insight to a crazy entertaining man.

[@eaglebearer]

Dank looking like he's living in Florida but the outside of his house is basically a set of Macbeth.

[@mathieuleader8601]

@@raiscooper9661 the scottish play

[@spiritmatter1553]

Florida Man is a Mad Lad too.

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

After he smokes a blunt, he becomes a marsh-mellow.

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@CNNBlackmailSupport lol wtf

[@garrysekelli6776]

Because he is Macbeth. Or maybe McDuff. One of those choad heads from the play.

[@ketaminefrog3897]

Buster sounds like a great dude, defending his best friend and helping him stay afloat

[@KPen3750]

The General holds a special place in the hearts of Railfans world wide. The use of the classic American locomotives and the cinematography and stunts with the locomotives was some of the best when people use trains in movies. Some of the more modern movies that use locomotives contemporary to the era they're set, use CGI and not real locomotives.

[@AHSValor]

It's also worth saying that Buster's textbook method of filmmaking was that all actors on screen only saw what was in the frame. They literally only 'saw' what was in the shot and visible to the viewer. This gave way to endless gags and slick moves, as well as Buster playing with different camera angles to get different responses and make different messages out of the same shot, which he would choose later which angle was best. Who knew the amazing comedy that would come from shrinking scenes down, and tailoring them around only what the viewer was capable of seeing

[@superme63]

A soon as I heard "stunts" and "cinema", I knew that it could only be one of two people. Buster Keaton, or Jacky Chan.

[@Vincent1808]

Same :D

[@comradesam3382]

I honesly taught Jackie Chan but I wasnt sure he was the first

[@stashthevampede9480]

Steve o? Lol

[@InitialFailure]

@@comradesam3382 everything he knows you taught em? That's mad, lad.

[@burpostockings]

Lol same

[@noahlindgren1014]

I’m only five minutes in and he’s already given himself tons brain damage

[@Double_Vision]

Not a very polite way to talk about Dank mate

[@wicklash9065]

Im gonna guess you are swedish.

[@doggowpv7825]

Heyy I fell down the stairs as a baby also

[@cosmicduality1341]

I can see Dankula has sat with his mates while drinking and telling tales alot, this due to his outstanding ability to hang on sentences and his timing.

[@illeagle9560]

Buster wanted out of that marriage so bad he went train hopping

[@busterkeatonvk]

He didn't really want to. He loved her very much, and he really did not want a divorce even in 1932 - it was her initiative.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Oh yeah, the Keatons could fling a dwarf across the stage and get away with it, but when I fling one across the stage, I'm "a heartless monster"!

[@Saint_nobody]

Did the dwarf consent to your fling?

[@ghostpatriot2370]

@@Saint_nobody that’s not the point!

[@Overlord99762]

NO ONE TOSSES A *DWARF*

[@theeoddments960]

@@Saint_nobody back in ye olde days you could toss dwarfs left and right and not even get a bad look from the public! What good times they were. Everything was better. except for polio

[@btchpants]

Even with a fake tie, he lifted it above his head and tossed it. That's impressive.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

For anyone who hasn't already seen it, I highly recommend checking out the _Twilight Zone_ episode that Buster was in that Dank referenced near the end. It's titled "Once upon a Time," and it's excellent, with roughly one half of it being done in silent film fashion complete with piano music, and the other half with dialogue, including from Buster himself. It's one of the finest episodes in a series full of wonderful episodes, and Buster is clearly enjoying himself, including doing a full recreation of his famous building collapsing right over him.

[@cantweallplaynice3912]

Thanks. Huge fan of both but never knew

[@swinehorde9118]

The rail tie snipe stunt is fucking unadulterated insanity.

[@CoalChrome]

It's a great movie

[@azmanabdula]

@@CoalChrome Just think how many ways it could have gone wrong and we are in the universe where it worked

[@CoalChrome]

@@azmanabdula yeah it's crazy

[@azmanabdula]

@@CoalChrome How did we become so weak as men? Look into the past People sitting on girders 50 stories up Bare knuckle boxing that goes for 30 rounds Everyone was armed yet civil When you think about it we are such let downs

[@CoalChrome]

@@azmanabdula uh, yeah, duh?

[@XenRiddle]

Buster's first act ever: Yeetin' Keaton

[@RockorSomething83]

I can confirm his story in terms of him not being injured when falling down stairs. As the same happened to me, and when my parents came up to me, freaked out; I apparently laughed at them, as well.

[@azmanabdula]

You lucky bastard Ive seen people fall down stairs and break their fingers sideways, smashed their teeth, etc

[@azmanabdula]

One of old man friends has a big scar on his chin because of stairs :P Again you lucky bastard

[@RockorSomething83]

@@azmanabdula Believe me, I know it. Recently I survived a 5-Roll car wreck, due to a tire popping at 70MPH. My "injures" consisted of some seatbelt burn on my left shoulder and an inch & 1/2 long scratch on my right forearm.

[@azmanabdula]

@@RockorSomething83 Dude you were made for being shot out of a cannon : P Image you 100 years ago *Puts on glasses* *Gets in cannon* You sure about this? Do it!

[@josephbolton5893]

I once fell from the top bunk of a bunk bed and broke our fishtank with my forehead. I was perfectly fine. Sometimes children just become immune to damage for a time.

[@brrrayday]

"cheese the ragdoll physics of our current reality in order to avoid fall damage" you get a gold star for that line lmao

[@skatemetrix]

Want to know what makes Buster Keaton even more awesome? He was Jackie Chan's biggest inspiration for films and without old Buster then Jackie Chan would never have combined jaw-dropping stunts with great comedy- which means he may never have become a global superstar.

[@Lakefront_Khan]

I wonder if he would still have become a traitor? 🤔

[@TwitchyTopHat1]

ah, Jackie 'traitor' Chan... everybody's favorite

[@kaneboyd6386]

@Joe Becker I think it’s because he wants to join the Chinese communist party and he’s from Hong Kong or something like that.

[@goddammitalana]

*& martial arts

[@Npc2thousand]

Amazin

[@AeneasGemini]

"Throwing around a 5 year old like he's a Hermes package marked fragile" As someone who dislikes Hermes about as much as I dislike Herpes, I enjoyed that

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

Well atleast you can manage herpes eh mate?

[@decimal1156]

@@highclasswhitetrash9027 Innit!? Most cases of herpes are symptomless (I cannot spell to save my life so sorry), but I consistently have problems with Hermes packages.

[@Gblonkers]

@@decimal1156 you’re not alone. When I buy anything online, track it and see Hermes my ass falls out

[@noahhughes2501]

@@Gblonkers I once bought a record player on Ebay, pristine Pioneer Pl-12d all original. Despite it being incredibly well packaged, Hermes managed to hurl it around enough to smash the £60 dust cover and leave a crack in the corner. Hermes are absolutely awful

[@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688]

You left out the firing of the mortar in The General...blasting a giant cannonball at another moving train...all the misses until they got the powder charge just right...great stuff!

[@spacewizardpip1111]

Let Buster be an inspiration to us all man. He bounced back from his hard ships and found happiness, makes me want to cry, it’s genuinely beautiful.

[@v4rr0lot3k6]

The most influential stunt-actor in human history. I remember my grandparents talking of his antics, even though they were kids when he was at his prime.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

I can see why Jackie Chan has referenced Keaton as an inspiration, even more than Bruce Lee.

[@Edge_Boye]

The people of Orson Welles days: “Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever” Orson Welles: “Fools! I am nothing compared to the old masters.” The old masters:

[@randomtology2173]

actually, citizen kane was not liked in its day.

[@bonkology4165]

@@randomtology2173 and now people name drop it without having watched it

[@bluwasabi7635]

genius!

[@Edge_Boye]

@@randomtology2173 maybe not when it came out, but it was very popular with film students in later 50’s and 60’s and the constant praise for it bothered Welles

[@randomtology2173]

@@Edge_Boye yeah. but not right when it came out....

[@RetroPlus]

This man really shows how incredibly resilient the human body is

[@bannedmann4469]

His second wife got money, even though the marriage was BS cause he wasn't fully divorced? Also she worked in the loony bin he was in, which actually sounds like criminal patient abuse.

[@busterkeatonvk]

They allegedly got married for the first time in Mexico in the early 1933, when his first divorce was still invalid (in fact, she made it up at all - as a nurse hired to control his drunkenness, she went with him to Mexico and on the way there she announced to the press that they were married, and he was in such a state that he did not want or simply could not dispute it). When his divorce became legal, they were officially married in Ventura, California. And yes, she was a real fraud (after her divorce from Buster, she had several other such strange marriages) and not quite mentally healthy - as a result, she supposedly ended her days in a psychiatric clinic

[@bannedmann4469]

@@busterkeatonvk So much fucked.

[@MunchKing51]

" Taking most of his money with her" x2 . Some things never change...

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

The marriages were his deadliest stunts.

[@AteshSeruhn]

"Landing right was second nature to him" Reminds me of an old man I used to know. Dementia was getting to him, but his paratrooper training from WW2 always prevented the worst when he fell.

[@rickcoona]

Tuck and roll! They drill it into your head 24/7.

[@eloquentsarcasm]

PLF, Parachute Landing fall, 4 points of contact, pop the riser, stow your chute and unass the DZ. 30 years on, I still instinctively do a PLF when I jump from any height, lol.

[@oz_jones]

​@@eloquentsarcasmit literally can save your life

[@HopeisAnger]

​@@eloquentsarcasm I only remember there being three points of contact. Feet. Butt. Head.😂

[@ryanmalin]

The Alex Jones outro kills me every time. Great story Dank! You're one hell of a storyteller!

[@EliTheEnlightened]

Dankula is THE most underrated KZbin ever. His diversity of topics and study is incredible. Never stale with Dankula.

[@omicronlyrae6228]

Hush

[@thefidgetspinnerofdoom]

"The Evel Knievel of cinema" More like the Buster Keaton of motocycles

[@oz_jones]

*Harold Lloyd

[@sniffmatip3865]

Best comment yet!!

[@breakcoregirlxd]

Always a surprise who it’s gonna be

[@SSE_LTFC]

It's going to be Sue shouting at a cake she fucked up for 2 and a half hours and I'm here for it

[@Tubeite]

It's ya boi, Raid Shadow Legends.

[@Saint_nobody]

This time, Buster Keaton.

[@jeanpharaoh4727]

Your mother

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@Leroid Footlong u mean Queen Elizabeth’s great great granddaddy??

[@punkdrunkmonk824]

Buster Keaton is the definition of once in a species.

[@samgroll3605]

What you said about Tom Cruise doing his own stunts, someone once wrote - "Tom Cruise does his own stunts because the only way to escape from the church of scientology is death". And for actors who do their own stunts and are still alive today, let's not forget Jackie Chan!

[@dasapetrikova7834]

I think that I heard somewhere that Jackie Chan was inspired by Buster so mentioning him here is pretty apt.

[@jimmyrustler8983]

@@dasapetrikova7834 You can see this in Police Story, the Mall fight scene. 👍

[@sallylauper8222]

I think Tom is a horrid human being, but I have to respect his work (with the exception of the movie "Cocktail," of course).

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

"Don't throw your children thru the air" Don't tell me how to parent my kid🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NateVHVT]

That's how I was raised, thrown around and given a steady course of beatings. I turned out fine.

[@uwusempai2309]

@@NateVHVT was going to say something along those line.... but you "beat" me to it lol

[@gearyt2355]

I would have given this comment a like but the emoji spam is giving me an aneurysm

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

@@gearyt2355 Thank you

[@anthonygalindo6334]

Buster: *throws brick at tree* Brick: *bounced back and hits him* Tree: "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET YOU LITTLE SH*T"

[@LostPr3acher]

This made me chuckle

[@anthonygalindo6334]

@@LostPr3acherglad I could give you a bit of happiness in this otherwise awful existence

[@joshuagibson2520]

How does one write in bold like that please?

[@Fisthammet]

@@joshuagibson2520 you place a symbol at the beginning and end: * for *bold* _ for _italic_ - for -strikethroughs-

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@Fisthammet thank you very much. Easy!

[@unacceptableviews1505]

I really enjoyed this one Dank, thank you. My dad used to talk about Buster, Charlie and Harry when I was little but I never realized what an actual cool guy he was or how he lead the way in movie-making. A very exceptional fellow. Cheers to you, the wifey and baby.

[@Ganerrr]

wait were those hats $3.50 before or after conversion please dank i need to know how much 1000s of hats were

[@faithlessberserker5921]

Either way it’s a lot of money.

[@TheRyujinLP]

@@TommyCrosby Though keep in mind that inflation is not a great way to understand the real cost of something in the past, it needs to be compared to average earnings to better fit the bill because inflation doesn't happen in a bubble. Right now we live in an era of not only hyper inflation (and boy oh boy, the after birth of those "15 days to flatten small businesses and rights... I mean the curve" are going to hit *HARD* in the near future) but average earnings have moved at a crawl. Money has lost almost half it's value in the US in the past decade but wages have barely moved so not only did things cost less 10 years ago, you made more relieve to the price of good. So basically while inflation had effectively doubled prices on paper, you're also not making any more money relative to this so it's more like things cost four times as much. This is why you'll heard people call inflation a hidden tax.

[@Sophistry0001]

@@TheRyujinLP I wouldn't worry too much about it. Biden can just hand out free money to everyone which will totally solve the problem. Deficit spending ad infinitum couldn't possibly have any negative consequences.

[@chelseyharris8657]

@@Sophistry0001 I come here for memes not reality sir

[@darksu6947]

@@TheRyujinLP I don't think most people realize how fucked our economy is and what the end result could be.

[@SgtBuck01]

Dankula's fans: Give us Christopher Lee! Dank: Buster Keaton. Fans: This is fine too.

[@cp1cupcake]

As another Mad Lad in movies, I wouldn't mind seeing one about Audie Murphy. I don't know if he is the only actor who scared a director enough that the director quit on the spot.

[@LordVader1094]

@@cp1cupcake Wait what? He scared a director? Tell me more

[@DarkKatzy013]

He has a video on Christopher Lee

[@KickYouInTheThroat]

"Do not throw your children through the air." My fondest childhood memories involve being launched through the atmosphere by my father

[@weebishusername9288]

*Son is that you?*

[@omnisel]

That grabbing onto a moving vehicle was actually insane, it looked so cartoonish.

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

My son heard you say “do not throw your children through the air” and he vehemently disagrees.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

My kids LOVED it!! Half the stuff they say not to do now I did - so all 3 of mine should have not have survived according to "the experts" who are SO proud of their legions of ADD ridden snowflakes on psyche meds out there today.

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

@@kathyflorcruz552 exactly. Unfortunately today if the wrong person sees me and my kids playing I would probably get reported to some government alphabet agency for abuse.

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

@@kathyflorcruz552 you can’t even have fun today without the proper permits.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

@@justinwhitsitt7072 I know. Sad indeed.

[@joshhahn9545]

I toss my kids through the air routinely. I mean I am throwing them onto something soft or to their mom of catching them but kids love to be thrown.

[@dermetaller15]

"Alleged" child abuse. Very different times, that shit would never fly by todays standards, pun absolutely intended.

[@jrrnottolk9402]

Im sorry but you aren’t seeing Heaven

[@NODnuke45]

@@jrrnottolk9402 Well it's like they say, spare the flight, spoil the child.

[@TyrDrum]

Ah but you see, if the kid *"identifies"* as a grown consenting dwarf man, then who are we to say otherwise. 21st century loophole!

[@uwusempai2309]

@@TyrDrum well played

[@theashenfox]

​@@jrrnottolk9402 Meh, I've been there, it's hugely overrated.

[@liamme54]

He dismantled a camera and put it back together at age 21 to figure out how it worked. I’m 21 and can’t even finish building my Lego millennium falcon. IT HAS INSTRUCTIONS. Some men are just destined for greatness I suppose.

[@azure_rhythm]

Dammm you suck, and you publicly let everyone know this? How nice of you.

[@FolstrimHori]

Are you perhaps inbred?

[@veruminfiniteofficial3334]

Yeah, thank God for speech to text, or the illiterate couldn't tell us of their exploits like this

[@cyberninjazero5659]

This is what's generally referred to as "Posting you L's online"

[@thechannelofultimatedestin4720]

Buster didn’t have a cell phone to distract him.

[@Atticus113]

Buster is such a legend, thank you for helping to highlight some amazing classic cinema!

[@austinwilburn1772]

When he start talking about how he built an entire town, got 2 trains, a town, uniforms, props, and military recruits, I started to get hyped for a movie that came out a century ago.

[@HealingBlight]

"Do not throw your children through the air" -New Father. I bet if he gets to a third kid it will be "Check out the curve I can get on this one"

[@flinchfu]

(Spinning) fssfssfssfssfssBONK

[@thrashandburn10221]

"OW! Hey! Careful where you throw those things!" [Tosses back]

[@Unkle_Genny]

“How can you possibly expect to hold me at gunpoint if I can just snipe you with one of my children???”

[@panqueque445]

Nothing elevates a scene quite like seeing the fear of death in the actor's face.

[@arbootieoaks]

But buster was stone faced everytime!

[@trekkiepro]

He knew what he was doing, absolutely. That scene of him grabbing the car makes me laugh, and it's been almost 100 years!

[@ProjectV6]

"The trick isn't not feeling the pain, it's simply not minding that it hurts."

[@striker8paints]

I like that, consider it stolen! 😉 I'll add it to what an old guy told me when i was young, "If you're in pain you at least know your still alive."

[@rukus9585]

I think we were taught that in kindergarten. That, or just pretending it doesn't hurt.

[@octaviacoquus8857]

"Cheesed the ragdoll physics of our reality to avoid taking fall damage"

[@ScoriacTears]

9:42 "Buster had learned to cheese the ragdoll physics of our reality to avoid taking fall damage". Count Dankula - 2021.

[@lancebaylis3169]

Classic (pre-Talkie) cinema is so under-rated and misunderstood by modern audiences, and such a time capsule of a completely different time in the world. I unironically love it all.

[@gyromurphy]

Johnny Depp is a huge fan of Buster Keaton and does some great renditions of his work in the movie "Benny and Joon". He's actually really really good too.

[@lazarusthibodeaux]

Absolute Mad Lads - John Paul Jones The Scottish man that fought for America, not the artist.

[@andresmenon3743]

I comment this every time

[@Taschip]

John Paul Jones was a badass

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

LMAO the John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin was anything but a singer, he did backing vocals on a couple of live performances and sucked pretty badly 😂 he can play around half a dozen instruments though

[@DiscreetHobo]

@@ThinWhiteAxe his Bass playing is some impressive shit and i will remain by that for as long as i live. He is a big inspiration to me

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@DiscreetHobo indeed. His bass tone is absolutely fire, his keyboard and mandolin playing are magnificent, and he played bass with his feet while taking care of the keys or mando. He is good at pretty much everything except singing, so it's funny to see someone refer to him as a singer 😆

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Buster sounds like more of a human crash test dummy the more I hear of his backstory. Definitely the kinda guy who earned my respect several times over back when I watched his films with my dear old dad who was a classic movie buff in addition to his hobby of being an amateur historian. Ah, those were the days. 🥲

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

@@MrNecryptic it was still fucked mate, we just didnt have 24hr world wide media coverage and internet access to every egomaniacal psudogenious. Did lots of world travel, pre2010, and i can say not much has changed other than the fact you can watch it all on the telly.

[@EMPERORCEASAR12]

Funny, it was the same name of the crash test dummy from Mythbusters.

[@austinjackson7103]

Steevo but smarter

[@machinegunhunt8407]

"We got Dark Souls, Death Stranding...... don't worry about that one."

[@myrylth]

sounds like my search history

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

"TOTSUGEKI?"

[@loganwykstra7922]

All i see is dark souls

[@Robby_C]

Buster - Makes epic movie that costs almost a million dollars in 1920's money Public - No silly sliding or bonked heads?!?! FFFFFUUUUUU

[@DavidFrancis24824]

Incredibly well done as always! I truly appreciate the interest that is sparked after watching your mad lad videos. I can't speak for everyone else, but I jump headfirst into any and all info about the subjects in your Mad Lad videos every time I get done watching them. I'm sure this comment will get lost within the thousands of others, but I just wanted to put my 2 cents in.

[@ya_boi2191]

"Cheese the ragdoll-physics of our reality to avoid taking fall damage"

[@darkcoeficient]

Buster Keaton AI Learning cheat bent reality.

[@greendude0420]

Well they’re pretty balanced, and not buggy at all, itd be pretty insane if someone- *BUSTER KEATON INVINCIBLE TITLE CARD*

[@sirlink9611]

Buster Keaton, one of the Chadliest Chads to ever Chad.

[@FrenchTaunter12]

I used to watch "The General" with my grandfather many times when I was a kid. It was one of his favorite movies. Needless to say that both the General and Buster Keaton are very close to my heart.

[@jecndojtb]

I really like the lighting and framing here dank, my mom and I used to wait for these to come out before she passed, last one we got to watch together was the Saxon king stronk lad. Lots of great memories, all thanks to u Dank!

[@audiosurfarchive]

Hope you're doing well.

[@Vincent1808]

For those who want to check out his filmography: The essentials are Sherlock Jr., The General, and Steamboat Bill Jr. (All of which are found on KZbin, in HD!) Every Frame a Painting also made a great episode about him you should see!

[@theactualTVB]

No joke, Buster Keaton was one of my heroes when it came to silent era cinema.

[@Vincent1808]

3 Ages and The Cameraman are also great

[@comradesam3382]

@@theactualTVB damn I didnt know older people watched Dank, good for you man, and anyone else older, we accept you as long as you can take the comedy

[@laiskapyykki]

love that channel!

[@defectiveindustries]

Seven Chances is my favourite, just for the car gag alone

[@phrenqthetenq]

Papa Keaton was the daddest dad to ever dad. "Hey honey, look! I put a suitcase handle on him, now I can throw him easier! It'll be a riot, the crowd'll love it."

[@Myrzghe]

Buster died of lung cancer without ever knowing he had it. His wife and doctor agreed that there was no use telling him, because he had so little time left

[@busterkeatonvk]

As his wife's nephew says, he actually knew his diagnosis and prospects perfectly well, having asked the doctors himself, but in order not to upset his wife, he did not show that he knew.

[@Myrzghe]

@@busterkeatonvk that's really beautiful. They both kept quiet about it to spare the other grief? And makes more sense than a doctor conspiring with his wife to keep quiet

[@busterkeatonvk]

@@Myrzghe yes, that's right - both were silent, so as not to hurt each other. She never found out with certainty that he knew, so this story penetrated into many biographies. Some friends assumed that he knew, but he never directly told them about it and did not complain.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Myrzghe Yeah, but he only learned a few days before he died.

[@drowningin]

This guy is rarely featured on doing his own stunt montages. Idk if he invented it, but he perfected it. To this day his stunts are still jaw dropping

[@carlmanvers5009]

The Keystone Cops, Charlie Chaplan and Buster Keaton were staples of my childhood. Thank you Dank for shining a light on this brilliant entertainer.

[@franl155]

When I was a kid I'd never heard of Buster Keaton: tv only seemed to show Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy. It wasn't until the brilliant British TV series "The Golden Silents" hosted by Michael Bentine that I heard of Keaton, Harry Langdon, Harold Lloyd, and so many others.

[@jcmick8430]

Wow you're old af lol

[@MaxIzrin]

Seems that tossing your kid around is sound parenting advice. The Spartans were on to something.

[@rukus9585]

Well, the Spartans took it a step farther. Like tossing kids with ailments off of cliffs. But still, this day in age, I could see the benefit sometimes. Jk, ofc.

[@jimbomclimbo7467]

@@rukus9585 isnt that a myth I heard they only found adult skeletons no babys

[@rukus9585]

@@jimbomclimbo7467 probably. Nowadays it seems every story, no matter which side, is saturated in disingenuous unauthenticity. So we're left guessing at history, as well as current events.

[@xKinjax]

@@rukus9585 we're all biased as fuck in our every day life why would our recording of history be any different. Look at various Roman emperors being outright demonized just because the biggest writers/chroniclers of their time were also their political enemies or simply hated their guts. We always need to read between the lines, look for as many points of view as we can find on any event and always take things with a grain of salt.

[@rukus9585]

@@xKinjax well sir, that's very biased of you to say. Lol. I'm kidding. I know, you're right.

[@serpentisma]

This was so wonderfully done! He truly was an enormous influence with not only people in front of the camera and behind it, but also stuntmen and stuntwomen who put their own lives at risk just for the sake of getting the shot, and for the sake of entertaining the audience. I've always had respect for Buster Keaton, but the way you've portrayed his life, that respect is even more pronounced and more profound than ever. I have to say, this is probably my favorite Mad Lads episode to date!

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

I grew up on Buster Keaton and as I have gotten older the risks and skills involved in his stunts amaze me. Having ridden in steam train cabs, the amount of skill involved to operate one of those properly takes a lot of time, not to mention the time involved to prep them for filming. The cool part is how legends like Jackie Chan have paid honor to his scenes in their movies. That is some dang respect!

[@constantin3886]

That was a surprisingly wholesome absolute mad lad episode

[@mefipulate]

yeah fatty arbuckle was really wholesome wasnt he

[@fluorine7575]

@@mefipulate yes? Lol read about his life and get some info on the scandal/trial. The guy most likely got thrown under the bus

[@shortround551]

While researching Buster Keaton a few years ago watching his films, I remember thinking about how much the comedy still worked (And is arguably funnier than a lot of "Comedians" today) despite coming out almost 100 years ago..

[@goukeban6197]

It's because as much as some tossers might scoff at slapstick, it's a form of comedy that doesn't date itself with historical and political context and plays at very basic notions of comedy that some of the modern "talents" insist of forgetting about.

[@mykaruest3620]

Because slapstick, done right, is the only comedy that will always be funny since the target is the comedian themselves and nobody else. Every other form makes fun of another person, society/era, or the meta of comedy itself which always changes and shifts.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@mykaruest3620 And, slapstick involves no talking, which means that it’s funny no matter what language you speak!

[@mykaruest3620]

@@the4tierbridge The cross-cultural and non-language barrier abilities of slapstick are a major plus!

[@the4tierbridge]

@@mykaruest3620 I know. It’s almost the ultimate form of humor.

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

He pulls off better stunts than most modern movies that are praised for having good stunts.

[@LanMandragon1720]

No cgi either just pure balls

[@JurassicToys2000]

"Buster had learned to cheese the ragdoll physics of our reality to avoid taking fall damage." **gmod ragdoll sounds**

[@steirabua861]

I'm still fucking praying it's Lemmy

[@CJ_YT.]

that would be sick

[@pbdparkbiz602]

That's a great idea!!! I vote Lemmy!

[@Johnjohnson-sy7fu]

LEMMY

[@Saint_nobody]

I also vote Lemmy.

[@pbdparkbiz602]

We should comment on the main page in force to influence the chubby one

[@ScienceFoundation]

"He had a beginning and an end but he just liked to make up the middle as he went along" Don't we all?

[@fredbreadbun6277]

How quaint.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Haha, good point.

[@shananagans5]

It's all about what you do with your dash. 1967 - 2040

[@redemptionfrog9348]

"Buster learned to cheese the ragdoll physics of our reality so well..." Lmao, you're the best.

[@darrenrenna]

Awesome episode, I knew next to nothing about Buster Keaton and now have a great appreciation for him!

[@surrealios]

My Dad showed me the classic films, with Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn, and then he showed me The General. Buster Keaton was probably the first stuntman and actor, not to mention so many of his stunts became tropes because of how great they were.

[@wild_goose_0285]

You don't get to know.

[@yaboikiba4302]

As someone who got his ass whopped periodically by his parents, I can tell you that the body gets used to pain, it's not like if I get stabbed I won't feel it, but I can probably take a punch better than most untrained people

[@mud5377]

truly worth of the title 'madlad'

[@jamescawl6904]

@@yaboikiba4302 what about breaking your neck?

[@fool_uto3545]

Ithink this is one case where the cringey saying fits corectly. This man truly was built different.

[@DrRasputin2012]

Bert Trautmann has joined the chat.

[@frumpty_cumpty]

was genuinely happy to hear he was able to turn his life around and get back on top.

[@strycian]

Tom Cruise is the most famous actor known for doing his own stunts. Jackie Chan: Am I joke to you?

[@OddHunter5504]

Houdini: *saws himself in half Keaton: pfff i can do that

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

I can do that too, but only once.

[@TransRoofKorean]

Funny that it's Houdini who ends up dying of the injuries he sustained, not Keaton (Houdini was so into fitness he'd let any fans punch him in the gut who wanted to, and one day some guy busted his appendix open or something like that)

[@aaronazagoth6373]

If Buster was around today he’d be considered a savant.

[@RabidlyTaboo]

If he was around today he would have been cancelled.

[@dontmindme9046]

@Jack nguyen Yeah, it really depresses me and makes me further recluse knowing how people are.

[@andrewmontague9682]

This was fantastic. One of the best Mad Lads yet.

[@speakstheobvious5769]

Throwing five-year-olds into orchestra pits, launching him at the audience, putting him in great peril. Well, at least they didn't perform an act called The Aristocrats.

[@jcmick8430]

Lol

[@nopewmopan]

"The man couldn't even sit still safely."

[@casbyness]

Watch this video all the way through, then stare at a blank wall. You'll be able to watch a pure white ghost of Dank presenting against a green background for about five full minutes before your eyes finally recover from the orange onslaught. :)

[@demowarius]

I just want to say that me and my girlfriend have been watching your channel since around the 100k mark and it's honestly very heartwarming to have seen the production of these videos take leaps and bounds, I'll forever be reminiscent of the days when the audio levels of your intro music so fucking loud in comparison to your commentary and we'd have to dash around the room looking for the remote to save the life span of our ear drums Big up our boy Dankula for coming so far :')