* Capt. Rob wrote, On 6/21/2007 6:38 PM:
On Jun 21, 6:22 pm, Dave wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:06:40 -0000, "Capt. Rob" said:

I don't know a single person who's so out of touch and
ignorant that they don't know who Turpin, Harold Loyd or Keaton were.
That's quite an admission of your own insularity.


A fairly big star at one time, Ben Turpin can still be seen on TCM and
clips of his films are used in TV and print media/ads. The cross-eye'd
comic is still known by plenty of people, even if he doesn't come up
in casual conversations for trailer trash like Scotty and Doug. Of
course they HAVE heard of Paris Hilton and know all about HER.
Ben Turpin appeared in over 220 films and even worked with Laurel &
Hardy on the year of his death.


So you're claiming that anyone with a possibly faked handle must be a
troll? Perhaps his name really is Ben Turpin.