I thought this would be best placed here instead of the TV forum (if you perfer it moved then I dont mind :lol: )

 

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Taken from wiki:

Laurel and Hardy were the American-based comedy team of thin, British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures, and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. The team is considered one of the most famous and finest double acts in motion-picture history.

The two comedians worked together briefly in 1919 on The Lucky Dog, released in 1921. After a period appearing separately in several short films for the Hal Roach studio during the 1920s, they began appearing in movie shorts together in 1926. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year, and soon became Hal Roach's most famous and lucrative stars. Among their most popular and successful films were the features Sons of the Desert (1933), Way Out West (1937), and Block-Heads (1938) and the shorts Big Business (1929), Liberty (1929), and their Academy Award-winning short, The Music Box (1932).

The pair left the Roach studio in 1940, then appeared in eight "B" comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1944. From 1945 to 1950 they did not appear on film and concentrated on their stage show. They made their last film, Atoll K, in France in 1950 and 1951 before retiring from the screen. In total they appeared together in 106 films. They starred in 40 short sound films, 32 short silent films, 23 full length feature films and in the remaining 11 films made a guest or cameo appearance.

 

 

This has got to be one the best things EVER made. I grew up watching these with my grandad, and they still make me laugh today. My boyfriend has the box set with the DVDs and I love watching them over and over again. I think my favourite is probably Way Out West, thats the one I used to watch the most with my grandad, he used to cry-laughing at them everytime :)

I watch that show with my dad sometimes, he has some DVDs.

totally agree! laurel and hardy were groundbreaking and arguably the only thing to come out of the states that WAS cutting edge funny... sooo influencial, their legacy can still be seen today (homer simpson 'doh'... ) .

 

my fav was possibly 'beau chumps'....

 

love the way hardly looks directly at the camera, involving the viewer...

 

another fav is when they find themselves drunk inside a police commissioners (or summut) house with his wife who they accidentally get drunk... they sit together on a sofa, and start laughing.... it gets louder... I DEFY ANYONE not to start laughing along with them!!! no dialogue, just laughter...

 

i also love the incidental music!!! :lol:

Just remembered another of my faves (theres sooo many :lol: )

 

When they have that dog, laughing gravy is it? and they arent allowed to keep it, I used to looooove that one :D

 

I have no idea what they're all called because I used to watch a video that my grandad recorded off the telly

yes 'laughing gravy'...lol...

 

heres a good clip from 'beau chumps'... (not hunks)

 

:rofl:

 

Clip from Brats :P

 

Yes Love Laurel & Hardy, seen most of their films, another I remeber aswell as the ones mentioned is the one where they have to deliver a piano up a massive flight of stairs to somenes house..

lets not forget the superb support actors too...

 

james finlayson.... (plumtree plumtree lord leopold plumtree)

mae busch.... (usually an unpleasant bossy woman)

bugsy long... (the big thug)

Simply the best comedy duo ever......I have wached prob most of their films and laugh everytime

Its one of those things that most people can watch again and again and still laugh at it :)

Yes Love Laurel & Hardy, seen most of their films, another I remeber aswell as the ones mentioned is the one where they have to deliver a piano up a massive flight of stairs to somenes house..

 

 

That episode brings memories, I love that episode. they were the best comedy duo, I just loved all their films, but the piano episode is regarded as a CLASSIC.

 

There sre so many classics, hard to choose from.

huge fan of them, remember the piano sketch, also the one where they are doing up the sail boat thats my favourite :lol:

 

 

Edited January 3, 200817 yr by brian91

thats the hallmark of great comedy, the way you can watch it time and time again and still laugh at it. laurel and hardys false impression that its simple belies the fact that its hilarious on so many levels.

 

very few comedies can be viewed repetedly, the young ones, blackadder, fawlty, greenwing as well as l n h. interestingly, all these programmes derive from l&h, by caricaturing themselves as some clownish characters.

i dont like them, prefer Harold Lloyd and the Marx brothers when it comes to old B&W films (dont like B&W that much but will watch these)