THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

I had the studio’s bakers make the pie according to our original 1917 recipe.  No custard is used, and, with a blonde the target, the filling is a mixture of blackberries, flour and water, garnished with whipped cream.  When a brunette is the one to be smeared, a lemon-meringue filling is substituted for the blackberries, which shows up better on the screen against a dark complexion.

Buster Keaton in Keaton/Slapstick,1960