Posted on 01/18/2016 1:04:21 PM PST by PROCON
Frank Skinner once admitted that new girlfriends were always "subjected to the Laurel and Hardy test", when he would play a video of the Laurel and Hardy dance sequence from Way Out West. "If she didn't laugh, I instantly wrote her off as a future companion," said Skinner, conceding that this wasn't exactly rational behaviour.
Perhaps we can all be divided by that Laurel and Hardy test. Those who love the Way Out West dance, which captures perfectly the charm and on-screen chemistry of the comedy duo, will already have been delighted by the news that the BBC1 is to film a one-off 90-minute drama called Stan and Ollie – written by Jeff Pope of Philomena note – which is based around their 1953 tour of the UK, during which Hardy suffered a heart attack. In January 2016, it was reported that Steve Coogan will team up with John C Reilly to play the much-loved double act
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Another fine mess you’ve gotten me into.
Hype for the new movie with John C. Reily as Oliver?
Yea...my wife hates it, but I still married her...
COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America .
ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It’s 5.6%.
COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
ABBOTT: No, that’s 23%.
COSTELLO: You just said 5.6%.
ABBOTT: 5.6% Unemployed.
COSTELLO: Right 5.6% out of work.
ABBOTT: No, that’s 23%.
COSTELLO: Okay, so it’s 23% unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, that’s 5.6%.
COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 5.6% or 23%?
ABBOTT: 5.6% are unemployed. 23% are out of work.
COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, Congress said you can’t count the “Out of Work” as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.
COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!
ABBOTT: No, you miss his point.
COSTELLO: What point?
ABBOTT: Someone who doesn’t look for work can’t be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn’t be fair.
COSTELLO: To whom?
ABBOTT: The unemployed.
COSTELLO: But ALL of them are out of work.
ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work. Those who are out of work gave up looking and if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.
COSTELLO: So if you’re off the unemployment roles that would count as less unemployment?
ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!
COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don’t look for work?
ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That’s how it gets to 5.6%. Otherwise it would be 23%.
COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are two ways to bring down the unemployment number?
ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.
COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?
ABBOTT: Correct.
COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?
ABBOTT: Bingo.
COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to have people stop looking for work.
ABBOTT: Now you’re thinking like an Economist.
COSTELLO: I don’t even know what the hell I just said!
ABBOTT: Now you’re thinking like a Politician.
I’ve watched that a million times, own the movie, and giggle every time! Oliver Hardy, as big as he is, is SO graceful and light on his feet — ! Those guys are as funny today as they were then. I’d pass the guy’s girlfriend test for sure. I also like the way the musicians are cracking up.
Please don’t besmirch the boys’; they don’t deserve that. ;^)
Frank Skinner once admitted that new girlfriends were always “subjected to the Laurel and Hardy test”, when he would play a video of the Laurel and Hardy dance sequence from Way Out West. “If she didn’t laugh, I instantly wrote her off as a future companion,” said Skinner, conceding that this wasn’t exactly rational behaviour.
Reminds me a bit of the movie “Diner” in which a potential spouse was given a test about the Balitmore Colts, to see if she had enough knowledge about the Colts to marry her man.
Don’t we all do something like this? I think every girl I dated, including the one I married, had some basic knowledge and was a fan of baseball. Just saying, not sure how things would go if she didn’t share a major interest...............
Now, THAT is genius!
(replace “bingo” with “exactly” and it would be perfect.)
Reminds me of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”
Greatest comedy team ever. Their humor will live forever. Their films are just as funny and fresh today as when they were made.
Ollie was a VERY graceful dancer and this isn't the only film in which they dance.
I can’t claim credit, but yes, it IS good.
Actually, I never laugh at this. I simply watch it with a smile of delight. Two endearing men. And it’s Ollie’s birthday today.
More ejaculation than catchphrase, D'oh! was the explosive parting shot of the character Miss Hotchkiss as played by Diana Morrison in numerous episodes from 1945 (series 8/166 onwards)[19] to the demise of the programme in January 1949.[20]
D'oh! was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004, largely in response to the much later publicising of it in the television programme The Simpsons, although ITMA is credited with the earliest recorded use of the term.
The most brutal test involves their
response to the Three Stooges.
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