#joe roberts

[cr4shdummy]

if you told me the only american rider in the goddamn sport was not only named Joe Roberts but was a blue eyed californian surfer who wears little glasses i would have laughed in your face. in every other reality he is a plant by Dorna to attract a greater US audience by casting a young hot ex-model with ties to hollywood as the protagonist of a years long ascension from failson to championship contender with a couple of well-staged injuries along the way.

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Joe Roberts (The Goat, Three Ages, Our Hospitality)—6’3” with a handlebar mustache that would impress the mightiest walrus, joe brown shows up in several buster keaton shorts, usually as the Big scrungle to match buster’s Little scrungle. 12:32-16:19 has some scrungle reaction shots and some good chase scene'ing [link], which feels important for weird guys to do for their enrichment.

Harpo Marx (Night at the Opera, Night in Casablanca, Duck Soup)—While Groucho is better-known, Harpo's physical comedy is SECOND-TO-NONE. The man is a strange mime trapped in the paradigm of early 20th century movies. Every move is a symphony and simultaneously a colony of rats in a human skin suit. LISTEN. You MUST see this man in motion. Every still photo of him looks like a combination of a sad clown and a different, sadder clown, but it's only because he put so much joy in every motion.

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Harpo Marx:

Harpo is mute in all of the Marx Bros movies and so his body language and facial expressions are SO over the top but he's also got fewer braincells than a goldfish while often being the emotional heart of the Marx Bros and he's just A Guy!!

Every scene with Harpo Marx is a treat! Just like watching a seagull steal a stranger's hotdog at the beach, it is a joy to watch him frustrate the hell out of all the other films' characters! Harpo Marx is the zenith of unhinged in all of his appearances, making any other funny man a straight man by comparison. (A fantastic feat considering he starred in films with his brothers Grouch and Harpo, who sported a shoe polish mustache and questionable Italian accent, respectively). The scrungliness of the little guys he plays come from his guileless, wide-eyed expression, curly blond wig, and the extreme ability to annoy others, despite never saying a word. Is he malicious? Most definitely, but hard to tell because he has a dopey grin on his face most of the time. Communicating through other sounds like honking horns and whistling, he is a force of chaos in every Marx brothers film! Also an accomplished harp player, the beautiful calm moments where Harpo plays juxtapose the zany, making him all the more scrungly. His visual style of comedy is timeless; Duck Soup had me rolling with laughter as a six year old and is still just as funny today. ///

In my opinion Harpo is the funniest of the Marx brothers because he is so good at slapstick comedy. Since he never speaks in his film appearances his performances are very physical, which contributes a lot to his scrungliness. He was fully committed to being wacky at all times. All of his hilarity is based on him being weird.

He's like if a clown was a hobo was also somehow a classically trained harpist, his face is always in some kind of contorted silly shape, feral curly haired ninnymuggins always doing weird things to people  

He's just a weird little guy who causes chaos everywhere he goes, and then sits down and plays a beautiful harp solo! He steals the show from his very chatty brothers without saying a word, and was surprisingly ripped under that old raincoat

All of the Marx Brothers are Scrungly to a degree, but Harpo is the scrungliest! His outfits are so big he gets lost in them, his pockets are full of everything, and because he never speaks, he always uses physical comedy. Also he's an incredible musician.

Joe Roberts:

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts The Love Nest - 1923

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[busterkeatonsociety]

SaturdayCaptions Caption this promo photo of Buster Keaton & Joe Roberts in "Convict 13"

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Our Hospitality (1923) John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton

May 17th 2025

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trying new brushes

[moralchampion]

HE SHOULD BE IN AN EMO BAND NOT RACING MOTORCYCLES

[cr4shdummy]

le mans in less than a week and joe is running around nyc with his clone

[justbusterkeaton]

Buster and Big Joe Roberts

Music: Can’t Stand Me Now by The Libertines

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Joe Roberts, and Wallace Beery Three Ages (1923)

[tatjana-fantasy]

One of my "littles hopes" for The Casting of Frank Stone, Directive 8020 and beyond:

Please continue the trend of having at least one playable character whose name starts with a J. So far, I liked every single one of them for different reasons. <3

[busterkeatonsociety]

This Day in Buster…January 26, 1921 The Alexander City Outlook says 'A word about “Neighbors:" Buster Keaton is trying to get married. His girl's father weighs about 300 lbs and objects to the match. Buster Weighs about 96 lbs and objects to being beaten up--Thus the fun.'

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MKAAAYYYYYYYY

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[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

convict 13, buster keaton |1920|