The Keystone Cops Would not be Proud
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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart When I was a little boy, after school television was hilarious. I watched the original Little Rascals, also known as the Our Gang comedies, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and other old films including the Keystone Cops and later the Three Stooges. The Keystone Cops, also the Keystone Kops, were featured in slapstick silent movies only equaled by the Three Stooges. They were the first to make me laugh at their ridiculous antics and no dialogue was needed. A new troop of Keystone Cops has returned to the public eye, but the format has changed. They do not entertain with physical comedy, but with speech so hilarious I often believe they are serious. Their leader is a fat old man wearing a cheap “rug” on his head. This is the only physical comedy performed by these no-so-funny people. As it blows in the wind, we see the only part of his body which is not orange. The laughs they gave viewers in the early 1900’s continue today. However, this new group will be forgott...