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i think one of the reasons that mitchell and petrillo never caught on (besides being imitators) is that you get no real sense of friendship between the two i mean ofc brooklyn gorilla is scripted but in that script you get no real sense or feel that these two could possibly be friends—as i said to my best friend during a rewatch a few months ago- duke seems like he doesn’t gaf if sammy lives or dies! even if you don’t get into the whole sort of queering of comedy angle with martin and lewis (i’ve been wanting to write about this for a while and how that made them really stand out with being anarchic*) there is still a genuine closeness even in their films like they’re friends! they care for each other! you can see these two being together outside of this! their closeness is a big part of their act! it’s the heart of the whole thing! for mitchell and petrillo there is no heart there just jokes! —i also think they lean too much towards duke being just the straight man a lot dean was just as goofy as jerry especially in the colgates and in other love performances! from the bit we see if mitchell and petrillos act at the end (the only footage we have mind you) it reads as stiff there is no give and take with it! mitchell and petrillo are so fascinating especially post split not only because the odd work they did after (lots of exploitation films—sammy hosted a local children’s show irrc) but also because sammy petrillo once said he spoke to duke mitchell before he passed in the 80s but dukes own son said this is untrue…it’s almost like building your own myth! there’s also the whole david letterman trying to get sammy to come on when jerry made an appearance (sammy turned it down!) idk lots of thoughts as a i work on a substack piece!

seeing a picture of dean with jeanne is so funny cause ain’t nobody looking at u dean….im looking at ur beautiful wife👀‼️ heyyy jeanne 😏😼‼️ her eyes are bright i really fw that! she is so cute to me!

i hope y’all know that whenever i see harold lloyd with a female costar its automatically butchfemme to me! i love queering old hollywood! i love using my little dyke ray!