Clip from 'Block Heads'very funny I think. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQq2d8S3-ls&feature=related
Classic Laurel and Hardy
Haha a great scene, from one of my favourite L&H films.
Saw Tit For Tat, for the first time for over forty years. For those that are not familiar with this short, the boys are running an electrical goods shop and there is this superb running gag with a guy who keeps running out of their store with items that he has stolen. Stan and Ollie are oblivious to his theft and just keep on returning his greeting of "how do you do"
My all time fave L&H line is from Blockheads when Stan says to Ollie,"Remember when I used to be dumb, well I am better now.
L & H comedic greats
Quote: Eric Pode @ January 29 2013, 10:10 PM GMTSaw Tit For Tat, for the first time for over forty years. For those that are not familiar with this short, the boys are running an electrical goods shop and there is this superb running gag with a guy who keeps running out of their store with items that he has stolen. Stan and Ollie are oblivious to his theft and just keep on returning his greeting of "how do you do"
Easily my favourite L&H short
Simply brilliant
And yes, the running gag is a touch of genius
Not available...d'oh! Anyway, I must buy some L & H stuff.
Tit for tat is 77p on amazon!
Quote: lofthouse @ February 8 2013, 7:28 PM GMTTit for tat is 77p on amazon!
Thanks. As a boy, I absolutely adored that short film in which they were building a house...Oliver Hardy must have swallowed about a kilo of nails.
Then of course there's The Music box
Not as funny as t for t
But brilliantly performed
Recently watched Laughing Gravy - that's a corker too
I think Berthmarks might be my favourite. Or maybe Brats. They play themselves and their own sons as toddlers on giant sets wearing little sailor suits. Very funny!
I utterly love Laurel and Hardy, especially the talkie shorts. Apart from being hilarious they cross all boundaries of age and race and anything else. Never vulgar, never snide, never clever-little-me, just pure comedy. The timing and facial expressions are top-notch, the slapstick never fails, and some of the exchanges are just plain lovely:
H (to barman): Two beers please.
L: Two beers for me too.
And if you'd like a lesson in comic timing try the bricks-falling-on-the-head scene in 1933's 'Dirty Work'. Real class.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ February 8 2013, 8:10 PM GMTThanks. As a boy, I absolutely adored that short film in which they were building a house...Oliver Hardy must have swallowed about a kilo of nails.
That's one of my favourites, I'm rubbish remembering titles. Like the saw mill one there's no story to it, just non stop slapstick all the way. I don't know which type I like best tbh, both brilliant.
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ February 9 2013, 3:35 PM GMTAnd if you'd like a lesson in comic timing try the bricks-falling-on-the-head scene in 1933's 'Dirty Work'. Real class.
Shot a commercial once that lifted that sequence as an ending.
I made the editor copy the timing frame for frame.
Quote: Lazzard @ February 10 2013, 2:17 PM GMTShot a commercial once that lifted that sequence as an ending.
I made the editor copy the timing frame for frame.
Yes it's masterful.
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ February 10 2013, 1:41 PM GMTThat's one of my favourites, I'm rubbish remembering titles. Like the saw mill one there's no story to it, just non stop slapstick all the way. I don't know which type I like best tbh, both brilliant.
The saw mill and piano episodes are good examples of how the shorts didn't need much plot,just gag after gag. The Music Box was Stan's favourite and the only one to win an Oscar. The longer films are a tad less successful IMO as they had to introduce non-comedy elements like romance, plot, music etc to keep the interest. Still fun though, especially Way Out West!
i love this one to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHIs3r0E5o&feature=player_detailpage