*It's so sad that it was Hardy's weight (what was funniest about his presentation) that ultimately killed him even though he shed a lot of it (when he retired) as per the doctor's order. Laurel was the bigger comedy of the duo but Hardy was the one who set up the scene and the premise for every humorous escapade they had.*
Surely, Stan Laurel was the funniest man ever to wear shoe leather. His scripts are all original gems. I see nothing of his work coming from Chaplin. The next great entertainer after this? W.C Fields of course and then the Marx Brothers. Precious.
