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Ben Turpin flips people off

posted 12 years ago by jtyroler
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It appears that when Ben Turpin is acting as the 'dummy' doing a kind of dance, he flips off the inventor and the vaudeville agents. I watched this online with not a great connection, but he does do that, doesn't he?

[–] gribfritz2 12 years ago

Three times in a row and it's hilarious.

[–] crit_74 7 years ago

I first had to rewind and watch in slo-mo to confirm what I thought I saw. He does indeed "flip the bird" three times.

[–] heppcat 7 years ago

He also does it one other time at the vaudeville show.