[fhayek]

Yeah. Wildly famous one day, virtually forgotten a generation later. I tried to explain to my kids who Sid Caeser was, and it was hopeless. They don't understand that in an era when there was only two or three channels, and homes only had one TV, there were a few programs that everyone watched. My kids will not watch an old movie or TV program if it is in black and white. They miss a lot of good stuff.

[Chuzzlewit]

yep... and hence you have Laurel & Hardy, who visited Britain after their career had ended...

and they met mobs in the streets... they were so touched. I’ve seen photos of them in tears which was their reaction to the love and respect that England showed them. This is from a biography I read about them, and I can’t for the life of me remember the title.

Stan Laurel was pretty much out of the lion share of his money and living in an apartment in Santa Monica in his later years.

strange thing about America...