Even though he looked more normal, though, the earliest Glasses Character can hardly be seen as any real change from the Lonesome Luke character. In the first year and a half of Harold Lloyd Comedies, the slapstick influence is hard to ignore. Then, in 1919, Lloyd's comic range began to develop more. Increasingly, plot and character became prime in focus, and gags for gags' sake decreased in importance. When he started, he had a rich background in dramatic and villainous histrionics, but was lacking in comedic technique.
Comedy takes timing and spacing, particularly without the benefit of the spoken word.
He hit Snub, and the audience laughed. But as Lloyd grew as a student of comedy, he found another ideal for himself. And without the limitations of Lonesome Luke's eccentric exterior, Lloyd could now learn to use the range of reactions taught to him by John Lane Connor in his youth and apply them toward a comedic end. And, with the bevy of funny and silly things that can happen to us daily, the possibilities that come to mind seem endless. Thanks to Harold Lloyd's bravery in breaking from a most strong comedy standard, blueprints for a whole new kind of comedy became possible.