Vaudville poster, circa 1900.

[amadoj0nes.livejournal.com]

...Standards for comedy were much lower back then. :)

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[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD

It's like something you'd see on Achewood or Wondermarkt -- but it's real.

I love this so much.

[amadoj0nes.livejournal.com]

I kinda like the 12-oclock pose.... Like he's been doing the robot, and does the typical "oops! deactivated!" thing.

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

I'll bet he dabbled in some early pop 'n lock shit. To early reggaeton played on a glockenspiel.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

roflll

[(Anonymous)]

Oh hell yes, he did. There's even a quote on Wikipedia from him during his B-Boy days.


"Oh drat! As a dancing automaton, I require either the swiftness of steam and fuel of coal to operate! Could someone spare a bit of coal? Coal, anyone?"

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

Talk about being easily amused!

Kind of reminds me of the old Monty Python skit "Ken Buddha And His Exploding Knees - a smile, two bangs and a religion."