How many remember these two?

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All too well Falcon, thanks for reminding us of how long ago that was. :playful:

Dad went through a phase of joining a club and borrowing movies to show at home and we'd watch all those L & H ones, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Chaplin, Keystone Cops and laugh every time we saw them even if it was only an hour ago. Best part of having the equipment he had was watching them run backwards.
You haven't lived until you've watched a K. Cops movie run backwards. :rofl:
 

They were, still are my favorites. My favorite one was where they were trying to move a piano up a mile high flight of stairs, and every time they got part way up something happened and they had to move it back down. This went on for 30 minutes and in the end after they finally lugged it up the stairs to the top, they discovered there was a driveway that led right up to the back door of the house. ..LMAO at these two many times.
 
I had never heard of them until my mother told me I looked like Stan Laurel when I made a certain face. After that I had a lot of friends tell me I make funny faces. I'm not sure what to make of that.
 
I too remember them in films. Their last movie was made in 1951 according to wiki but performed on stage for a couple of more years. So their careers were ending about the time I was born.
 
They were great and I am also a huge fan of Abbot and Costello, much later in time I know, but I have the best childhood memories of watching their movies.
 
It's interesting - well, at least to nerds like me - to compare L&H to A&C.

First would be their "team" name: Stan, the "funny" man, had first billing ("Laurel and Hardy"), whereas the "straight" man Abbott was first in their team ("Abbott and Costello").

They all had their dark sides in real life - the classic comedian afflictions.

To me, Abbott was always far more abusive of Costello than Hardy was of Laurel. It's like comparing Punch and Judy with Mr. Rogers.

And I'm sorry, but for raw talent and vaudevillian ability I give the nod to Stan and Ollie. They had greater ranges and are more frequently recognized world-wide than Abbott and Costello.
 
Stan: "Well, I don't know anything about cutting wood."
Ollie: "Well, you ought to. You once told me your father was in the lumber business."
Stan: "Well, I know he was but it was only in a small way."
Ollie: "What do you mean small way ?"
Stan: "Well, he ... he used to sell toothpicks."
 
March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes in Toyland) is one of their movies that I can recite every line from, due to having watched it religiously every Thanksgiving as a kid. Great stuff, even though it's 80 years old this year!

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