The third in the series that presents jokes culled from the newspapers by "Literary Digest." Doc Rockwell opens the reel with a lot of his funny nonsense as he delivers a lecture and then slides naturally into a discussion of the jokes.
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Look, unless you're a massive archive nerd who gets excited by dusty 1920s novelty shorts, you can safely skip The Spice of Life No. 3. It’s basically a fossilized version of a TikTok scroll, and anyone expecting actual comedy will probably hate it. 🥱But if you like seeing how early sound cinema tried to figure itself...
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"Look, unless you're a massive archive nerd who gets excited by dusty 1920s novelty shorts, you can safely skip The Spice of Life No. 3. It’s basically a fossilized version of a TikTok scroll, and anyone expecting actual comedy will probably hate it. 🥱But if you like seeing how early sound cinema tried to figure itself out, it's a weirdly fascinating disaster.The whole thing is built around "Doc" Rockwell, a vaudeville guy who stands there and lectures us before reading jokes.And when I say joke..."
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