Carl Rollyson Quote
A perkier bit at the beginning of a Three Stooges comedy, Restless Knights (February 20, 1935), has Brennan playing their father, decked out in a large night cap and a fake white beard, lying on his deathbed calling for his sons. He confesses in tremolo that they are of royal blood: Years ago I was the royal chamberlain of the Kingdom of Anesthesia. Now, he urges them to offer their swords in service of their imperiled queen. The quality of the writing is best exemplified in Brennan’s telling Curly that his title is Baron of Grey Matter. Brennan then says, Come close my sons so that I may bless you, and rises enough to give them a sweeping triple slap, as the light fades on his 120-second part in this sixteen minute short.
Carl Rollyson
A perkier bit at the beginning of a Three Stooges comedy, Restless Knights (February 20, 1935), has Brennan playing their father, decked out in a large night cap and a fake white beard, lying on his deathbed calling for his sons. He confesses in tremolo that they are of royal blood: Years ago I was the royal chamberlain of the Kingdom of Anesthesia. Now, he urges them to offer their swords in service of their imperiled queen. The quality of the writing is best exemplified in Brennan’s telling Curly that his title is Baron of Grey Matter. Brennan then says, Come close my sons so that I may bless you, and rises enough to give them a sweeping triple slap, as the light fades on his 120-second part in this sixteen minute short.
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Carl E. Rollyson is an American biographer and professor of journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York.