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Laurel and Hardy
iainment
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Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.
The best comedy duo ever.
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Summed up perfectly and enjoyable and interesting viewing0
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Not a patch on PJ and Duncan4
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Saw one a few years ago, not sure if it was the same, but Stan Laurel lived in the same little house for years and had his name in the telephone book.
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I laughed at there films as a boy nearly 70 years ago, and still do today, The Music Box my favourite film of there's
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Reminds me of going to the Roxy at Blackheath Standard for Saturday morning pictures. Those were the days.2
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My favourite comedy duo. With those two, Buster Keaton, and The Marx Brothers, you wouldn't want for great comedy.0
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Have you seen the recent film Stan & Ollie? It's very good.
Remember a summer holiday when I was young when they had a laurel and hardy double bill every lunchtime. Pure class9 -
Worth taking a gander. Coogan and Reilly do a great impression.McBobbin said:Have you seen the recent film Stan & Ollie? It's very good.
Remember a summer holiday when I was young when they had a laurel and hardy double bill every lunchtime. Pure class1 -
Great acting by both of them.McBobbin said:Have you seen the recent film Stan & Ollie? It's very good.
Remember a summer holiday when I was young when they had a laurel and hardy double bill every lunchtime. Pure class2 -
What channel was it on, please? I'd love to see it.iainment said:Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.
For anyone who's a fan, if you're ever in the Lake District and have the time, visit Ulverston, the town where Stan Laurel was born. Although you cannot visit his childhood home (a very simple terrace house) as it's privately-owned, there is The Stan Laurel Inn nearby which is plastered with photos of the duo and its beers are named after their films (I had a pint of 'Laughing Gravy'). Best of all is the museum, located in an old cinema, which is charmingly amateurish but has plenty of memorabilia and has the short films playing continuously in a curtained-off area - you can't help but smile as you walk around the museum and you hear the laughter from behind the curtains often preceded by a soundtrack of clanging metal or smashing crockery.7 - Sponsored links:
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Sky arts. I recorded it a while ago.captainbob said:
What channel was it on, please? I'd love to see it.iainment said:Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.
For anyone who's a fan, if you're ever in the Lake District and have the time, visit Ulverston, the town where Stan Laurel was born. Although you cannot visit his childhood home (a very simple terrace house) as it's privately-owned, there is The Stan Laurel Inn nearby which is plastered with photos of the duo and its beers are named after their films (I had a pint of 'Laughing Gravy'). Best of all is the museum, located in an old cinema, which is charmingly amateurish but has plenty of memorabilia and has the short films playing continuously in a curtained-off area - you can't help but smile as you walk around the museum and you hear the laughter from behind the curtains often preceded by a soundtrack of clanging metal or smashing crockery.0 -
iainment said:
Sky arts. I recorded it a while ago.captainbob said:
What channel was it on, please? I'd love to see it.iainment said:Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.
For anyone who's a fan, if you're ever in the Lake District and have the time, visit Ulverston, the town where Stan Laurel was born. Although you cannot visit his childhood home (a very simple terrace house) as it's privately-owned, there is The Stan Laurel Inn nearby which is plastered with photos of the duo and its beers are named after their films (I had a pint of 'Laughing Gravy'). Best of all is the museum, located in an old cinema, which is charmingly amateurish but has plenty of memorabilia and has the short films playing continuously in a curtained-off area - you can't help but smile as you walk around the museum and you hear the laughter from behind the curtains often preceded by a soundtrack of clanging metal or smashing crockery.
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You might find it online. It’s a German film I think. Bizarrely, to me, it had German comedians giving opinions in German at times.captainbob said:iainment said:
Sky arts. I recorded it a while ago.captainbob said:
What channel was it on, please? I'd love to see it.iainment said:Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.
For anyone who's a fan, if you're ever in the Lake District and have the time, visit Ulverston, the town where Stan Laurel was born. Although you cannot visit his childhood home (a very simple terrace house) as it's privately-owned, there is The Stan Laurel Inn nearby which is plastered with photos of the duo and its beers are named after their films (I had a pint of 'Laughing Gravy'). Best of all is the museum, located in an old cinema, which is charmingly amateurish but has plenty of memorabilia and has the short films playing continuously in a curtained-off area - you can't help but smile as you walk around the museum and you hear the laughter from behind the curtains often preceded by a soundtrack of clanging metal or smashing crockery.
Doh!
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Substitute Harold Lloyd for the Marx Brothers and I'll be happy.AddicksAddict said:My favourite comedy duo. With those two, Buster Keaton, and The Marx Brothers, you wouldn't want for great comedy.2 -
Never really watched them before but I enjoyed the sky arts show.0
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Always found it amazing that Harold Lloyd did his own stunts including hanging off of the clock face on the skyscraperBriston_Addick said:
Substitute Harold Lloyd for the Marx Brothers and I'll be happy.AddicksAddict said:My favourite comedy duo. With those two, Buster Keaton, and The Marx Brothers, you wouldn't want for great comedy.2 -
But that's another solo act, good as he is. I was purposely picking a solo, duo and ensemble.Briston_Addick said:
Substitute Harold Lloyd for the Marx Brothers and I'll be happy.AddicksAddict said:My favourite comedy duo. With those two, Buster Keaton, and The Marx Brothers, you wouldn't want for great comedy.0 -
Still laugh at them like I did when I first saw them as a kid. Just genius.
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In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia on the trail....................
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Timeless absolutely genius.1
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The greatest. I love them.0
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I think it’s on Amazon Prime at the moment. Top film.captainbob said:
What channel was it on, please? I'd love to see it.iainment said:Just watched a documentary about Laurel and Hardy. Laughed, chortled and cried about them.
The best comedy duo ever.0 -
The best, end of.2
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I thought the film was ok - though sad to see them having an unhappy time of things. But what it did for me in those areas where they reproduced the sketches was show how inadequate they were in comparison to the magic of the original. It was like seeing a paint by numbers version of a great masterpiece.1
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My father saw them at the Lewisham Hippodrome when they toured Britain after their Hollywood career was over.
The greatest comedy duo ever.3 -
What I love about this thread is that, so far, no one has come on and posted anything negative about them (that'll change now I've mentioned it!). They may not be to everyone's taste but there can't be many comedians that have maintained such enduring respect and love. They've also influenced countless comedians such as Paul Merton, Frank Skinner, Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, John Cleese, Steve Martin, Jennifer Saunders, Vic Reeves...
For me, watching Laurel and Hardy in the early 1980s (at 5.40 on BBC2) with my dad, is as nostalgic a memory as is the memory of going to see Charlton with my dad. I'm posting this just to keep the thread on Page 1 a little bit longer! Laurel and Hardy plus Charlton - love it.
(Cue the jokes about Charlton being run by Laurel and Hardy.)14 -
Love Laurel and Hardy. The one where they’re on the road and they start helping themselves to a water well not realising it’s full of moonshine. A fella leaves his wife there to get his car mended and he comes back furious to find all three blind drunk.2
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For whatever reason their comedy hasn't aged particularly. It's still just... Funny0
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Hardy “Well fan my brow, I’m from The South”
Laurel “Well shut my mouth! I’m from the South too!”
Hardy “The South of what, Sir?”
Laurel “The South of London!”0 -
Brilliant photo of Stan and Ollie visiting the Bull Inn in Bottesford, Nottingham at Christmas. Stans sister Olga, and her husband Bill were the licensees there.
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