Ok, Laurel and Hardy or Abbot and Costello???

[a kennedy]

my vote L & H :thumbsup: :applause:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Why not make this a poll? :^) A&C for me

[XNASA]

2. Françoise Hardy & Elvis Costello

:thumbsup:

[KG]

3. Starsky and Hutch

[Forkboy]

4. Yo, Starsky! Word on the street has it that your answer is in the wrong thread.

[Forkboy]

5. As much as I love comedy, I've never "got" Laurel and Hardy.

They're not unfunny, mind you, and I've seen a few that I liked, but overall I just don't find them hilarious. Of course, I don't find Abbott and Costello always hilarious either, but some of their movies and episodes of their tv show were very funny.

Overall, I'll take either the Marx Brothers or the Three Stooges over either.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Harpo never played the harp like Stan did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMvYQfCguWM

The harp piece Stan plays on the bedsprings is "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise". Most of the audience at the time would have recognized that tune and understood the point that Stan and Ollie are going to be shot at sunrise.


Ollie: Shot at sunrise!
Stan: I hope its cloudy tomorrow!

Now, that's comedy I get! YMMV :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. From 'Flying Deuces'

One of two Laurel and Hardy films I have; the other is "Sons of the Desert," which is my favorite. :)

Friend of mine, a sheriff's deputy, was a founder of the Carmel, Calif. "tent" of "Sons of the Desert," the international Laurel and Hardy appreciation society. http://home.earthlink.net/~sons_secretary/

Each tent can choose its own name, but it has to be the title of a L&H film. The Carmel tent is called "Midnight Patrol." There's at least one prison tent called "Pardon Us." :)

[Brother Buzz]

11. Sons of the Desert's 'Honolulu Baby' is the BOMB

Marvin Hatley composed it and did a ton of work at Hal roach studios. He also wrote the Cookoo Song that became Laurel and Hardy's theme song.

Hal Roach studio music has always captivated me. Between Hatley and Leroy Shield, well, it just doesn't get any better.

I suspect I would enjoy attending many of those 'tents' meetings. Do the chapters get together and have a convention? In Chicago or Honolulu? ;)

[mockmonkey]

6. it depends

L&H for 2 reelers and A&C for full length movies. I think Oliver Hardy is under appreciated for his comedy.

[UTUSN]

7. TOTALLY L&H!1 n/t

[nytemare]

10. My sigline agrees. L&H.

Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOXYWEB7LgA

Trivia bit: Stan was Charlie Chaplin's understudy in Ben Karno's vaudeville comedy act.

[murielm99]

12. When I was in my early twenties I saw the first film

that billed Laurel and Hardy together as a comedy team. It was a silent film, a short called "Putting Pants on Philip."

It should not have been that funny. But I laughed out loud through the entire movie. I watched their films after that. I agree with you, too - L&H!!

[nytemare]

17. There is something loveable about those characters.

No matter how hard they tried to get ahead, they were almost always foiled. Hilarity always ensued, along with infighting. But, in the end, there was a true brotherly love with those characters, and it was them against the world. Or, the world against them, really.

I always liked the cast they used. Jim Finlayson, one of their frequent foils, was the source of Homer Simpson's "Doh".

[enigmatic]

13. Laurel & Hardy

Abbott & Costello were the one-hit wonders of The Golden Age Of Comedy and although "Who's On First" is a classic skit, it's pretty much all they had.

[RoyGBiv]

14. Laurel and Hardy ...

... by a wide margin.

[Auggie]

15. No contest. Laurel & Hardy by a landslide.

Stan Laurel 's work is brilliant -- on a level with Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Oliver Hardy was an able comedian too, not just the straight man as Bud Abbot was for Lou Costello.

[melman]

16. Abbott and Costello

There's nobody funnier than Lou Costello!

[Iggo]

18. Abbott & Costello.

I always thought Laurel & Hardy movies were sad.

[MineralMan]

19. Laurel and Hardy -- Refined Slapstick.

[bikebloke]

20. Laurel and Hardy

As a kid, I liked Abbott & Costello, too. However, into adulthood, they fell out of favour.