Today’s Saturday matinee at ATZ features “Shorty at Coney Island,” a 1936 Paramount short filmed at Steeplechase and Luna Parks. “Coney Island, where a fella can have the time of his life, especially if he’s a baby chimpanzee,” says the narrator. The chimp got to roam the amusement zone, where he was encouraged to ride the Human Pool Table, dangle from the seat of a whirling swing, and climb to the top of the Ferris wheel. They even let him cheat at Skeeball. Don’t expect to see a remake of this classic anytime soon!
Related posts on ATZ…
November 25, 2010: Happy Belated Birthday to Harpo Marx
September 27, 2010: Video: The Museum of Wax by Charles Ludlam
September 20, 2010: Movie Monday: Teaser Trailers from the Coney Island Film Festival
April 17, 2010: Our Fave Coney Island Song: Joe McGinty’s Million Dollar Mermaid
Amusing the Zillion 
classic!
son of kong rules!
oh, wow, so true …King Kong came out in ’33
Thanks for posting my video! Go to my channel and see a few more classic Coney videos!! Youtube Search “Dutchmazz Coney Island”
Fatty Arbuckle in Coney Island 1917 (In three Parts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-H06G7eiE
“Canned Thrills” 1927
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHQDRXIv1VQ
Meet Me Down in Coney 1930
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXBpJS7q-0w
Thank you for posting the vids on YouTube!
That was so great! Dutchmazz does have a few others posted that are great too!
That was a great Shorty short! I’m going to check out the other videos at Dutchmazz. Can’t wait to see the Fatty Arbuckle ones!
Wonderful scenes of the Steeplechase ride, Witching Waves and Human Pool Table in “Canned Thrills”! Thanks, Dutchmazz
So especially cute.
If only the fun-loving and no BS Shorty were around today to deal with the “developers.”