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Post by Agnes on Aug 4, 2009 23:05:12 GMT
Just found this on BBC website - a comment posted on Robert Peston's blog re Northern Rock: Rock: Crumbling less Goes along with Recession: Not as deep as the Ocean or Government: Not as incompetent as Laurel and Hardyor Parliment: Not as untruthful as Pinocchio or Unemployment: Not as high as Everest How that for optimism? Is this a compliment?  ;D |
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Post by Lola on Aug 5, 2009 12:27:16 GMT
Is this a compliment? Not sure! |
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Post by Hives (aka Billy Gilbert) on Aug 5, 2009 21:19:05 GMT
Well I reckon as Agnes asks "is this a compliment" and Lola replies"not sure". Most people won't be sure, the main thing is the Boys get mentioned and people start thinking.............
YES, THEY WERE GOOD, THEY WERE THE BEST.
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Post by Agnes on Aug 5, 2009 21:57:01 GMT
Well I reckon as Agnes asks "is this a compliment" and Lola replies"not sure". Most people won't be sure, the main thing is the Boys get mentioned and people start thinking............. YES, THEY WERE GOOD, THEY WERE THE BEST.  |
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Post by Angus McLaurel on Aug 7, 2009 1:25:30 GMT
Tha fact stan & ollie get a mention still is good stuff I'd say.
There's not many stars from the 1920's/30's that are still remembered as much as Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy. (even if it is to demonstrate incompetence!)
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Post by Agnes on Aug 17, 2009 20:17:31 GMT
From today's Daily Express - something to look forward to
LOST FOOTAGE OF STAN LAUREL TO BE MADE PUBLIC
Monday August 17,2009
THE last known film of legendary slapstick comedian Stan Laurel has been unearthed on an amateur home movie.
The two-minute footage, shot on 8mm film at Cumbria-born Stan’s retirement apartment in Santa Monica, California, shows Oliver Hardy’s long-time gormless comic partner performing his trademark baffled head-scratch, while smiling absently at the camera.
The brief segment, made by friends of the comic, James and Irene Heffernan, also features Laurel’s honorary Oscar award for Lifetime Achievement, which was presented to him by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1961. Laurel’s daughter, Lois Laurel Hawes, says the private film was shot in late December 1964, two months before Stan’s death at 74.
Forgotten about by the Heffernans, who made numerous entertainment home movies during the Sixties, the footage has never been viewed publicly. However, American producer Tyler St Mark, who bought the footage from the Heffernan estate, has revealed his plan to release the film on June 16, 2010, which would have been Laurel’s 120th birthday.
He says: “Stan Laurel performs a special gesture at the end of the film clip which was clearly intended for his millions of fans worldwide and so we will help him deliver his message 46 years later.”
Together, Laurel and Hardy appeared in 106 short films and features and became the original slapstick double act before Hardy’s death in 1957.
Laurel lived his final years out in a small apartment in the Oceana Hotel in Santa Monica. Always friendly to fans, the actor spent much of his time replying to letters.
Remarkably, his number was listed in the telephone directory and fans were amazed that they could dial it and speak to him directly.
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Post by Lola on Aug 18, 2009 11:16:54 GMT
That's a good bit of news  Remarkably, his number was listed in the telephone directory and fans were amazed that they could dial it and speak to him directly. You wouldn't get that anymore... what a grate guy!  |
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Post by Hives (aka Billy Gilbert) on Aug 18, 2009 12:00:09 GMT
I know the article is mainly about Stan but I want to say.....they were, and still are
TWO GREAT GUYS...... we will never see their like again.
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Post by Anita Garvin on Aug 20, 2009 13:26:12 GMT
well folks....as a Canadian.......there will never be another Laurel & Hardy......they were the best.... one of a kind......I think that is true throughout Canada and United States......Gone but never forgotten!!!!!
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Post by judgefoozle on Nov 10, 2009 0:55:16 GMT
On TalkSport Radio's late show, Johnny Gould (who he?) was the main guest tonight and he faced a quiz based on aspects of his life and interests. At one stage, the host commented on his "great love" of Laurel and Hardy" so one of the questions was about the first film in which Stan and Ollie appeared together. Gould rolled off a stream of early pairing titles and settled on Putting Pants on Philip. The host said it was not one of the multi-choice answers, so Gould reconsidered and said Lucky Dog (correct). He flunked the next question and did a spoof Ollie "here's another nice mess I got myself in", remarkably getting the quote exactly right. They two guys had a little exchange about L & H, though the host thought Lucky Dog was the movie about the St. Bernard in the snow. Can't win 'em all.
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Post by Agnes on Nov 21, 2009 12:54:10 GMT
From today's Daily Express IS THERE anything you are desperately yearning to know? Are there any pressing factual disputes you would like us to help resolve? This is the page where we shall do our best to answer any questions you throw at us, whatever the subject. Q In the Laurel and Hardy film Them Thar Hills , Oliver Hardy hums a tune while he is preparing a meal in an old-fashioned caravan. I have often heard ice-cream vendors’ vans playing the same tune and would like to know what it is called. N King, Liverpool A The song is called The Old Spinning Wheel and was written by Billy Hill. It is the official theme song of the Sons of the Desert, the Laurel and Hardy appreciation society. |
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Post by Hives (aka Billy Gilbert) on Nov 21, 2009 17:12:36 GMT
POM POM.....
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Post by Agnes on Nov 21, 2009 17:13:48 GMT
but is it the 'official theme song' |
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Post by judgefoozle on Nov 21, 2009 19:22:42 GMT
Of course not..."We are the Sons of the Deeeesert..."  but it is an interesting early example of "product placement", as Babe had a "single" of "The Old Spinning Wheel" out at the time. It was a typical "78"of the period, an orchestral number "with vocal refrain" by Oliver Hardy. Somebody cleverer than me will know the name of the orchestra involved (I thought it was Ambrose, but I was wrong). Here are the lyircs of the refrain: There's an old spinning wheel in the garden Spinning dreams of a-long, long ago; Spinning dreams of an old-fashioned mother And a maid with her old-fashioned beau. Sometimes it seems that I can hear her in the moonlight, At the organ singing softly sweet and low. There's an old spinning wheel in the garden (pom-pom) Spinning dreams of a-long long ago. Aaah...they don't write 'em like that any more ;D |
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Post by Agnes on Dec 11, 2009 14:54:38 GMT
Whilst in my dentist's waiting room this morning, I was looking through the October 2009 copy of Readers Digest when I spotted this : "Our son returned from school with the results of his 20-question General Knowledge test. One answer, 'Laurel', was marked incorrect. "What was the question?" I asked. "Oh we all got that wrong" he replied. "It was 'Who said "Kiss me Hardy" before he died?" " |
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but it is an interesting early example of "product placement", as Babe had a "single" of "The Old Spinning Wheel" out at the time. It was a typical "78"of the period, an orchestral number "with vocal refrain" by Oliver Hardy. Somebody cleverer than me will know the name of the orchestra involved (I thought it was Ambrose, but I was wrong). Here are the lyircs of the refrain: