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 â written by Jeff Pope of Philomena note â 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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Don’t forget the Marx Brothers and Ma and Pa Kettle.
75 years later they are still just as funny.
That was great, thanks for sharing.
I adore Laurel And Hardy...almost as much as I adore Harpo and Chico Marx. Chico, pronounced Chicko because of his addiction to women, really was sexy despite the goofy costume..and he knew it. Harpo was simply a doll and very much in real life as you saw him on screen...but, no, he was not mute...had a broad New York accent.
Back to Laurel and Haedy...sorry!
There’s something funny about a fat guy and a skinny guy together. Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, Moe and Curly Howard etc. etc. Not sure why that is but I think it’s true.
Chris Cristie and Jeb Bush?
I used to watch March of the Wooden Soldiers every Christmas. It is a really funny movie.
Great comedy is timeless. Modern “comedy” is stale, obscene and unfunny. There is a humor famine in today’s Hollywood.
Big playlist of L&H shorts.
“Scram” is a hoot!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqkBkKlQ5uC0dLBcz84vYp8HBhxeYCkR
I’ve been watching a bunch of old Sgt. Bilko shows lately.
Phil Silvers was fantastic!
L&H sight gags are the funniest, you just have to laugh!
“The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case”
*sigh*, all the great old shows seem better than today’s.
Not just admired or appreciated . . . loved.
That’s because they are.
Here is a link to thousands of free old time radio episodes on Archive.org. These old shows are out of copyright and can all be downloaded for free.
OLD TIME RADIO SHOWS - on Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
Jeb Bush and Linda Graham.
Thanks for the link.
“There’s something funny about a fat guy and a skinny guy together.”
And words with the ‘k’ sound. In the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys, Willy explains: “Fifty-seven years in this business, you learn a few things. You know what words are funny and which words are not funny. Alka Seltzer is funny. You say “Alka Seltzer,” you get a laugh . . . Words with “k” in them are funny. Casey Stengel, that’s a funny name. Robert Taylor is not funny.” -
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/words-sound-funny?page=all#sthash.kvMiX7uM.dpuf
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