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In this 1923 short, [[Buster Keaton]] decides the best cure for a broken heart is a sailing trip around the world. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
In this 1923 short, [[Buster Keaton]] decides the best cure for a broken heart is a sailing trip around the world. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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A version of "[[The Love Nest]]" can be seen at [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3588930884297641302# Google Video.]<ref>Previously "lost" footage has been edited into the film as it has been discovered, and different home video releases contain different intertitles.</ref>
A version of "[[The Love Nest]]" can be seen at [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3588930884297641302# Google Video.]<ref>Previously "lost" footage has been edited into the film as it has been discovered, and different home video releases contain different intertitles.</ref>

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=== "The Love Nest" contains examples of: ===
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}}
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
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* [[Klingon Promotion]]: Subverted -- after Buster (accidentally) sends the Captain overboard, he dons the captain's hat and starts issuing orders, but it turns out the Captain is [[Not Quite Dead]].
* [[Klingon Promotion]]: Subverted -- after Buster (accidentally) sends the Captain overboard, he dons the captain's hat and starts issuing orders, but it turns out the Captain is [[Not Quite Dead]].
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Joe Roberts as the Captain.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Joe Roberts as the Captain.
* [[Literal Minded]]: Buster's interpretations of "All hands on deck" and "All hands to port."<ref>The "port" intertitle does not appear in the video linked above.</ref>
* [[Literal-Minded]]: Buster's interpretations of "All hands on deck" and "All hands to port."<ref>The "port" intertitle does not appear in the video linked above.</ref>
* [[Non Fatal Explosions]]
* [[Non-Fatal Explosions]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Outside Ride]]: Buster spends a night on the gangway.
* [[Outside Ride]]: Buster spends a night on the gangway.
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* [[Slapstick]]
* [[Slapstick]]
* [[Water Is Air]]: Simultaneously played straight and subverted -- Buster is able to walk into the water without any breathing gear and shoot a fish with an ordinary rifle, but the gunsmoke travels to the water's surface in a bubble.
* [[Water Is Air]]: Simultaneously played straight and subverted -- Buster is able to walk into the water without any breathing gear and shoot a fish with an ordinary rifle, but the gunsmoke travels to the water's surface in a bubble.
* [[You Have Failed Me]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]


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Latest revision as of 18:40, 10 June 2020

Getting there is half the fun

In this 1923 short, Buster Keaton decides the best cure for a broken heart is a sailing trip around the world. Hilarity Ensues.

Not to be confused with the 1970s television show The Love Boat.

A version of "The Love Nest" can be seen at Google Video.[1]

Tropes used in The Love Nest include:
  1. ↑ Previously "lost" footage has been edited into the film as it has been discovered, and different home video releases contain different intertitles.
  2. ↑ The "port" intertitle does not appear in the video linked above.
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