Laurel & Hardy
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Why aren't they on TV anymore? BBC2 used to show them regularly. There must be a huge audience who've never heard of them.
They came to Ireland in the early 50's. I think this would still hold true today:
“The docks were swarming with many hundreds of people. ‘It’s strange, a strange thing,’ Stan says in recalling that day, ‘our popularity has lasted so long. Our last good pictures were made in the thirties, and you’d think people would forget, but they don’t. The love and affection we found that day at Cobh was simply unbelievable. There were hundreds of boats blowing whistles and mobs and mobs of people screaming on the docks. We just couldn’t understand what it was all about. And then something happened that I can never forget. All the church bells in Cobh started to ring out our theme song, and Babe looked at me, and we cried. Maybe people loved us and our pictures because we put so much love in them. I don’t know. I’ll never forget that day. Never”.
They came to Ireland in the early 50's. I think this would still hold true today:
“The docks were swarming with many hundreds of people. ‘It’s strange, a strange thing,’ Stan says in recalling that day, ‘our popularity has lasted so long. Our last good pictures were made in the thirties, and you’d think people would forget, but they don’t. The love and affection we found that day at Cobh was simply unbelievable. There were hundreds of boats blowing whistles and mobs and mobs of people screaming on the docks. We just couldn’t understand what it was all about. And then something happened that I can never forget. All the church bells in Cobh started to ring out our theme song, and Babe looked at me, and we cried. Maybe people loved us and our pictures because we put so much love in them. I don’t know. I’ll never forget that day. Never”.
Mcphisto said:
Me and a mate love quoting that.I have some L&H stuff on my phone from the CD.
Love the Murder story episode.
Oliver: Didn't you once tell me that you had an uncle?
Stanley: Sure, I've got an uncle. Why?
Oliver: Now we're getting somewhere. Is he living?
Stanley: No. He fell through a trap door and broke his neck.
Oliver: Was he building a house?
Stanley: No, they were hanging him.
drivin_me_nuts said:
One piano, one long staircase and two daft fools. Brilliant.
That was the first one I saw and then the one where Stan gets his head stuck behind a ship's mast. This for me is a good example of why they are still popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-84jOEmCf4
It's just them dancing but the effort they put into it and the number of little things that make it so funny and entertaining to watch.
Such genius and attention to detail.
Murder mystery is my absolute favorite-watched it for the x00th time the other day and found it as funny as ever.
Passed the Laurel and Hardy museum in Ulverston yesterday and put it on my list of places to visit(along with Lakeland vehicle museum)next time I have a spare day to myself.
Passed the Laurel and Hardy museum in Ulverston yesterday and put it on my list of places to visit(along with Lakeland vehicle museum)next time I have a spare day to myself.
Murder mystery is my absolute favorite-watched it for the x00th time the other day and found it as funny as ever.
Passed the Laurel and Hardy museum in Ulverston yesterday and put it on my list of places to visit(along with Lakeland vehicle museum)next time I have a spare day to myself.
Passed the Laurel and Hardy museum in Ulverston yesterday and put it on my list of places to visit(along with Lakeland vehicle museum)next time I have a spare day to myself.
longshot said:
drivin_me_nuts said:
One piano, one long staircase and two daft fools. Brilliant.
That was the first one I saw and then the one where Stan gets his head stuck behind a ship's mast. This for me is a good example of why they are still popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-84jOEmCf4
It's just them dancing but the effort they put into it and the number of little things that make it so funny and entertaining to watch.
Such genius and attention to detail.
With the brilliant James "Doh" Finlayson, the hat trick which always makes me think of Eric Morecambe's later paper bag and ball trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYbVIONOjg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYbVIONOjg
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