The Artist, writer-director Michel Hazanavicius's loving homage to silent film, is a fizzy little concoction that's insubstantial but joyous, leaving audiences sort of giddy and smirky when its over.  Similarly, outtake reels are infectious bursts of goofy energy that we can all agree offer some meaningless yucks, often moreso than the film or television show they accompany.  You see where I'm going here.  The blooper reel from The Artist is now online, and it is just as light, happy, and entertaining as you'd expect.