I will take the 3 Stooges and Abbott & Costello over L & H any day of the week. Too slow and deliberate. YOu can tell all their routines are slowly and deliberately rehearsed. Overrated!!
I’ve got The laurel and Hardy collection. My two sons have watched everyone time and time again. We live in the countryside in Derbyshire. I was out with my sons walking by the river one morning, one was five years old and one was four years old. A man approached who said good morning and I said good morning back to him, that stage my sons giggled and immediately started singing good morning to you and performing the act by the river. It was so funny I’ll never forget it!
amazing ! I haven't seen this since I was in school over 50 years ago, they showed it to us on our last week there, , the next morning, we sang the song to our teacher too, !
Excellent memory--I have not seen this one for about the same time. What a shame, the BBC no longer have the seasons of Stan & Ollie on TV like they used to. A whole generation of kids have been denied this great experience.
I WAS WATCHING THIS LAST NIGHT ON OLD VHS, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU WATCH THEIR GENIUS , IT STILL MAKES ME LAUGH OUT LOUD, EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS COMING. I'VE JUST PRINTED OFF ALL THEIR FILM TITLES , DATES AND SUPPORT ACTOR'S ETC. I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY THEY HAD MADE.
THE CHIN GAG WAS STAN'S CREATION, AND PARTY TRICK. HE'D HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER FIST, WITH GOOD TIMING. I TRIED THIS ON THE FAMILY ONCE, I HAD A PIECE OF RAW LIVER IN MY MOUTH WHICH I SPAT OUT, CLAIMING I'D BIT MY TONGUE OFF. MY ELDERLY AUNT NEARLY FAINTED. NO MORE.
Laurel and Hardy were clean because the producers and directors wanted it clean for economic reasons, as opposed to wanting it clean for moral or ethical reasons. They simply had a bigger market it if they kept it clean. Both Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy might have been "clean" on screen, but in real life they were enthusiastic "dirty scoundrels" who practiced adultery and bigamy on a large scale. So it may have been clean, but it was also just _phony_. I'd rather have truth even if its dirty. You can see L and H frequently making fun of Christian values, showing how people who believe them cut off their own toes, get hurt by their own foolishness.
TEACHER: (to Ollie) "Listen, you spell 'needle'!" (Stan whispers to Ollie) OLLIE: "N - E - I - D - L - E." TEACHER: "There is no 'i' in 'needle'!" STAN: "Then it's a rotten needle!" TEACHER: "Now, what is a comet? (points to convict) You!" CONVICT: "Comet... (pause as he thinks) A comet is a star with a tail on it." TEACHER: "Right! (points to Stan) Name one!" STAN: (pause as he thinks) "Rin Tin Tin!" Classic! :-)
Film Critics always praised Chaplin, Keaton & The Marx Brothers, but they never said that Laurel & Hardy were the funniest of them all (as Buster Keaton said in 1965, at Stan Laurel's funeral).
Jorge Robles you typed the Truth and nothing but the truth. Charlie chaplin just did slapstick and silent comedy which were just ok. Laurel and Hardy were the best. They did all types of comedy excellently. Charlie Chaplins feature films were good and funny but his short comedies are very boring which unnecessary romance. All Laurel and Hardy films are excellent. Even their very old silent films are superb. Charlie chaplin is one the most overrated comedians. Same goes to buster keaton. They did slapstick like Tom and Jerry which little children like. Laurel and Hardy, Rowan Atkinson did higher level of comedies for elders. I think Hal Roach made great comedians. The supporting actors like James finlayson, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Walter Long, Arthur Housman, Billy Gilbert, Tiny Stanford, Mae bush were funny. I think James Finlayson's Expressions were as excellent as Oliver's. Why on Earth Charlie chaplin is said to be funny. I don't even smile while seeing his short comedies.
Jorge Robles I respect your opinion, but I must disagree for I believe the Marx Brothers are the best. Due to the fact that their humor was the smartest and the fastest. Though Laurel and Hardy were still great.
Rin-Tin-Tin was a famous dog in the 30s, known for its roles in various films. The joke is, the dog was a star (as in a famous film star) and he had a tail!
Hal Roach Studios used many music bed for bot Laurel & Hardy and the Little Rascals. The one most predominant in this clip became the Little Rascals theme.
It was either Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton that said at Stan Laurels funeral, that Stan Laurel was the funniest man.. I have never laughed so much I ran short of oxygen and my ribs hurt than when watching these two gentle men.. parents and elders please always pass this legacy onto your young as I have.. who is that fella @ 3:21.. total bad ass..?
I love classic Laurel and Hardy. Thank goodness for the stage of vaudeville in the entertainment industry. If there had not been a a venue like vaudeville we wouldn't have had a lot of great characters like Laurel and Hardy.my favorite short of Laurel and Hardy is is where they get in an argument with the occupants of the car in front of their car while they were stopped in traffic. If you happen to know the name of that short film, please let me know. Thank you
@J Scotland This is all irrelevant, but as long as you brought up the subject of nationality or ethnicity, Chaplin was an English Jew. Ollie's first wife was a Jew.
John ROBINSON III, Tony Tony Popony Banananana Fofony Yep, I caught that too. Maybe they were operating on a small budget or just like to borrow or "sample" others music. Hmmm, not too unlike today. Hey whatever works, huh? :)
I think this was before it was officially The Little Rascals theme song. The official title of that piece of music is "The Good Old Days" and it was first used in The Little Rascals short Teacher's Pet in 1930 but I don't think it was officially the theme song at that point.
I am reminded how the early colorization process, which I believe was actually pioneered by enthusiasm from Hal Roach Sr himself, was very inferior as can be seen in this low resolution reproduction of probably a VHS tape of the colorized film.
The song good morning to you was first sung in school by the the hill sisters in Kentucky that was to become happy birthday to you and is now Owned by Hollywood
