Buster Keaton the City of Los Angeles declared the date "Buster Keaton Day." Keaton designed and modified his own pork pie hats during his career. In 1964, he told an interviewer that in making "this particular pork pie", he "started with a good Stetson and cut it down", stiffening the brim with sugar water. The hats were often destroyed during Keaton's wild film antics; some were given away as gifts and some were snatched by souvenir hunters. Keaton said he was lucky if he used only six hats in making a film. Keaton estimated that he and his wife Eleanor made thousands
In the Sweet Pie and Pie by covering him in pie from head to toe. "In the Sweet Pie and Pie" was filmed between April 30 and May 3, 1941. The film makes references to several popular songs/series' of the era: Footage was borrowed from earlier shorts and reused for "In the Sweet Pie and Pie: "In the Sweet Pie and Pie" marked the final appearance of supporting actor Richard Fiske. A perfect foil for the Stooges, Fiske's promising career was cut short when he was killed in action during World War II. Larry Fine recalled that the most grueling scenes in "In the Sweet Pie