My Name Is Roscoe | The Life & Legacy of "Fatty" Arbuckle | A Docu-Mini

It’s a shame that his career was cut so short. I’m glad that he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves from the silent film community.

We were cheated out of Roscoe's talent and genius due to yellow journalism and slander. And then we were cheated out of seeing his life story on celluloid when Chris Farley died. At least we have you to help us remember and never forget.

It's too bad Chris Farley never got to portray him, because I think that would have helped clear things up more. Maybe someday someone will try again.

Geez, literally teaching Chaplin AND Keaton! I had at least heard of Arbuckle, but I didn’t know he was that influential

A woman named Jean Darling, who was one of the last living silent movie era actors, having been one of the child actors in the very earliest Our Gang moves, told a story about Roscoe Arbuckle coming to visit a movie set she was working on at some point during that era when he was not in any movies. He came to visit Laurel and Hardy who was involved in the film. Apparently, Arbuckle seemed sad, possibly because of how being on the movie set reminded him of how he could no longer do that kind of work. So, according do Darling, Hardy cheered him up by going to the lobby and buying him a large blueberry pie. I just find that so charming, endearing and, despite the sad circumstances, funny. Like, can you think of a more "silent movie comedian who loves to eat cheering up another silent movie comedian who loves to eat" thing to do than buying a pie of all things? :)

Never invite a known blackmailer to your party.

Thanks to Buster Keaton, a large portion of Roscoe´s films survive today due to the fact that Keaton himself had his debut in many of those shorts. I´ve seen them all and must say that everyone of them is a masterpiece, lightyears ahead of anything ever put out in the silent comedy era.

Years ago I read a biography of Dashiell Hammett that perpetuated the story that Arbuckle crushed the actress underneath him. Hammett, had had worked for Pinkerton's, claimed to have been one of the agents on that case, though he wasn't. To my shame, I simply accepted the story as indicative of "wild Hollywood" during the Jazz Age. Thankyou for helping to set the record straight. It's such a shame it has to be done 90 years after the fact.

Damn!....He died almost a century ago and I feel so bad for what he went through.

What’s crazy is how popular Chaplin is despite his scandalous behavior being true, but Roscoe is definitely a genius. Many of these clips still make me laugh out loud

Chris Farley was supposed to play him before his death in '97.

It's pretty disgusting how an unfounded accusation can ruin someone's life, and their reputation, for literally a century. And it seems people still feel an immediate need to judge the accused. Anyone can be accused, and yet so many people are all too eager to scapegoat anyone with a mark on their head. I know this video is primarily about his comedy, but the biggest takeaway from fatty's story is that no one is safe from false accusations.

This was terrific. Thank you for helping restore Roscoe’s reputation and memory. Until your video, all I knew was the scandal.

This man's life had so many twists and turns, highs and lows I can see why they've been wanting to do a biopic of his life for some time. And I think Chris Farley would have been great in it and John Candy would have been AMAZING!

Brilliant documentary!

The world always behaves the cruelest against the good ones. I'm glad that Buster and Charlie never stopped supporting Arbuckle. Unfortunately, they both also got their own fair share of this "fair" world.

The way the public crucified Arbuckle just goes to show that literally nothing has changed in this world.

As a 39-year old, I now feel fortunate I ONLY knew of Arbuckle & his comedy works. I had no idea of the unfortunate scandal. I only wish Farley had been able to make the biopic, of “Fatty” (I actually feel guilty calling him that now). Well done, yet again, sir

Really fine work on this, Joe. Arbuckle deserved so much better than he got, and pieces like this one will, I’m sure, help rebuild his legacy over time.

15:40 Nice, Shemp Howard and Fatty Arbuckle. That is some slapstick gold