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While working as the assistant of small-town blacksmith Joe Roberts, Creator/BusterKeaton wreaks havoc and woos Creator/VirginiaFox.

"TheBlacksmith" can be watched at [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8139102461760449395# Google Video.]]
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!!"The Blacksmith" contains examples of:
* AffectionateParody: Each Longfellow quote (see {{epigraph}}, below) is followed by shots that contradict or satirize the poem.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Buster steps on a red-hot horseshoe, twice.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: The horse shopping for shoes.
%%* AllGirlsLikePonies
%%* AmusingInjuries
%%* TheBlacksmith
* CoveredInGunge: Buster has an unfortunate accident with a grease gun, which not only leaves him filthy, but means he leaves black handprints on everything he touches.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Shoeing a horse looks remarkably like selling lady's footwear.
%%* DoubleTake
* {{Epigraph}}: [[http://books.google.com/books?id=NyECAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Village+Blacksmith&hl=en&ei=nXd-TJD9FoS8lQfdvZDtAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false "The Village Blacksmith,"]] by Creator/HenryWadsworthLongfellow.
%%* LiteralAssKicking
* NoPeripheralVision: It takes a long time for anyone to spot the [[SelectiveMagnetism giant magnet]] over the smithy's doors.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: One customer leaves his car at the smithy for some minor repairs. Between Buster and Joe Roberts, it gets smashed to pieces.
%%* SelectiveMagnetism
* TheSheriff: A blustery but well meaning example.
%%* {{Slapstick}}
* SlobsVersusSnobs: Buster and the equestrienne, especially when he's {{covered in gunge}}.
* StoutStrength: Joe Roberts' blacksmith is tall, fat and a bruiser.
%%* TapOnTheHead
* TwoFaced: One side of a white horse is splashed and smeared with grease.
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