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Keystone Kops

the slapstick film comedians specializing in wild chases (1912-1920). [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 399]
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When the fourth film was rushed into production in 1998 (to fill a gap left by aborted Tim Burton movie Superman Lives), it marked the end for the latterday Keystone Cops. At least on the big screen.
1880: Slapstick king Mack Sennett, creator of the Keystone Cops, was born in Quebec.
1912: The first Keystone Cops film was released in America by Mack Sennett, called Cohen Collects A Debt.
Known as The King of Comedy, he cranked out slapstick films, showcasing the comic talents of the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and the Keystone Cops but there was only one way - Mack's.
Detectives from the Flying Squad also apologised after confirming that alarm response procedures had not been followed, but rejected the suggestion they were bungling "Keystone Cops".
We've portrayed as if have like Keystone cops MET CHIEF It emerged two of the men arrested include a 76-year-old car dealer and his 50-year-old son.
Like a scene from the Keystone Cops, the two miscreants who were handcued together took to their heels, running through the streets with police and prison ocers in hot pursuit.
This week, in a hilariously unbelievable courtroom scene, defence barrister Sharon Bishop accused Keystone Cops Miller and Hardy of having an affair, based on the flimsiest "evidence".
The TV host, 63, called the officers who probed the stallion's kidnap "Keystone Cops" who used psychics and bungled a vital lead.
This health authority makes the Keystone Cops look like highly motived and well trained professionals.
IF ENRILE was really ambushed inside Wack Wack Subdivision on the eve of the declaration of martial law, the unsuccessful assassins must be the descendants of the Keystone cops with brains the size of a peanut.
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