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Celebrate Pie in the Face Day

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Pie in the Face Day

Did you know Nov. 27 is Pie in the Face Day? Neither did we.

More importantly, did you know the pie-in-the-face gag originated with a New Orleans native? Actor Ben Turpin, a master of slapstick humor during the silent movie era, was the first person to suffer the embarrassment in the 1909 film “Mr. Flip.”

Turpin was born in New Orleans to a family that owned a wholesale candy business in the French Quarter. He left NOLA for Chicago, where he starred in several films with an up-and-coming Charlie Chaplin before moving to Los Angeles.

– Eli A. Haddow, The Historic New Orleans Collection

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