#ed wynn

[didanagy]

BABES IN TOYLAND (1961)

dir. jack donohue

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen Babes in Toyland (1961)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onOct 13, 2025

[hotvintagepoll]

Who is the scrungliest little guy? (round 3)

Buster Keaton

Ed Wynn

Voting ended onJan 14, 2025

Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr., One Week)—Grandfather of slapstick and did a lot of great stunts for comedy including the first having a set piece down with him standing in the doorway still referenced today, riding a cow catcher on a locomotive, and falling from a third story building through two awnings grabbing a rain gutter falling forward and then going through a window.

Ed Wynn (Mary Poppins, Babes in Toyland)—you cant have a scrungle if you cant have a dapper silly guy who' s floating on the ceiling ! now can you !

This is round 3 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]

Buster Keaton:

Many scrungly little guys look as if they're falling down a staircase. Buster Keaton actually IS falling down a staircase, every day of his life. Also, truly committing to the "little" part at around 5 foot 5. This competition will be the revenge of the short kings or I will die trying.

Link to the Coney Island fancam

First, he kind of looks like a Dollar Store Charlie Chaplin. Just absolutely busted Chaplin. Second, he's lanky and awkward and he's like if Doug Jones had been plopped into the silent movie era. He looks like a cartoon come to life. He looks like if you gave a chihuahua a human body and slightly less anxiety. And because it's silent films for the most part, it really does look like a cartoon character irl.

Ed Wynn:

[swordofmoonl1ght]

"You're... you're Death?!" "Exactly, Mr. Bookman."

Ed Wynn as Lou Bookman and Murray Hamilton as Mr. Death in The Twilight Zone S01E02 “One for the Angels"

[citizenscreen]

Ed Wynn was born on November 9, 1886 #botd

[oldshowbiz]

[ufonaut]

He can't rise any higher. You made him think he could.

Marjorie Morningstar (1958, dir. Irving Rapper)

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton & Ed Wynn The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers [1962]