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Laurel and Hardy
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When was the last time this show was repeated on TV? I have not even seen it on Sky. When I was a kid it was ALWAYS on and given the fact it was about 70 years old then, one can hardly say it has passed its sell buy date now can they?
Do kids today really need all this cr4p that is on TV today, stupid cartoons and wotnot.
I am not a father, but if I was I am certain Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and a bit later Abbot and Costello, would be enjoyed by my children. Just like I enjoyed them 25 years ago.
Never really a Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Marx brothers fan though.
BRING BACK LAUREL AND HARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do kids today really need all this cr4p that is on TV today, stupid cartoons and wotnot.
I am not a father, but if I was I am certain Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and a bit later Abbot and Costello, would be enjoyed by my children. Just like I enjoyed them 25 years ago.
Never really a Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Marx brothers fan though.
BRING BACK LAUREL AND HARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When Laurel and Hardy visited the British Isles in the 1950s they were afraid that their visit would be a failure and that they were virtually forgotten. They realised their mistake when the liner on which they had crossed the Atlantic sailed up the river Lee towards Cork in Ireland and they heard the church bells ringing out The Cuckoo Song, which always heralded their entrance in their films. A massive crowd was waiting to see their arrival at the docks. I've always regretted not going to see them when they appeared in the town in which I was then living, but I might have been disappointed - Ollie was suffering from the heart condition which eventually killed him, and he was often replaced by a substitute.
They used to show them on BBC 2 in the mornings a few years ago.
You can now buy the Classic Shorts on DVD - I have bought a few of them and they are brilliant. I don't understand when they have those programs 100 best comedy clips etc that Laurel & Hardy don't win. It was Little Britain that won - you can't compare something that was made in the last couple of years to something that was made 90 years ago and is still as hilarious and genius today as it was then - even though I do find Little Britain funny I'm not conviced that they will have such a strong following nearly a century later.
Anyway HMV are selling some of the Classic Shorts for �3 at the moment so it's a good opportuninty to start your collection.
You can now buy the Classic Shorts on DVD - I have bought a few of them and they are brilliant. I don't understand when they have those programs 100 best comedy clips etc that Laurel & Hardy don't win. It was Little Britain that won - you can't compare something that was made in the last couple of years to something that was made 90 years ago and is still as hilarious and genius today as it was then - even though I do find Little Britain funny I'm not conviced that they will have such a strong following nearly a century later.
Anyway HMV are selling some of the Classic Shorts for �3 at the moment so it's a good opportuninty to start your collection.