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| Thread ID: 125539 | 2012-07-04 22:13:00 | Comedian Eric Sykes dies aged 89 | goodiesguy (15316) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1286099 | 2012-07-05 05:34:00 | RIP Eric you will be sadly missed | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1286100 | 2012-07-05 20:31:00 | And for us really old guys, remember with affection, the late Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Oh the days of Chums Club at the Regent on a Saturday morning!! Are we forgetting Abbot and Costello, the three stooges and the Marx brothers? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1286101 | 2012-07-05 21:21:00 | Are we forgetting Abbot and Costello, the three stooges and the Marx brothers? Yes not the same league at all |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1286102 | 2012-07-05 22:42:00 | You tell him Dick...... | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1286103 | 2012-07-06 00:26:00 | Well Cic, I had a lot of time for Groucho (I would not join any club which would have me as a member.) ( Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, I have others.) (I have had a wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.) And many other quotes. Abbott and Costello were good and followed on from Laurel and Hardy in many ways, but the Three Stooges were really a bit childish, and was 1930s 1940s type slapstick. We saw mostly their short films by which time they were probably past their best, and a bit dated. Then came Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis which continued the L&H and A&C double act theme with some success. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1286104 | 2012-07-06 00:55:00 | Do any of you know the name of the Laurel and Hardy film that has Stan Laurel filling bottles of wine from a barrel, using a syphon hose? From memory it was something called The Swiss Maid, but I cannot find it. I think there was a song in it called "I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls" or something like that. The sequence of Stan on his own with the syphon gets steadily out of control, and I remember it from my childhood as one of the funniest things I had ever seen - probably because all of it was completely predictable even to a child. Humour of anticipation, and all that. I personally didn't have much time for Oliver Hardy, but Stan Laurel was brilliant. Any ideas about the name of the film? |
John H (8) | ||
| 1286105 | 2012-07-06 01:18:00 | The Bohemian Girl. Check it all out in Wikipedia John. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1286106 | 2012-07-06 02:32:00 | Ah, thank you Richard. I have checked with Alice in Videoland, and sadly they do not stock it. Darn, I will have to try somewhere else. | John H (8) | ||
| 1286107 | 2012-07-06 04:05:00 | John, It's probably better not to watch it again as it will surely disappoint you now. You may be happier remembering the joy you had with hindsight, rather than trying to recapture what was obviously a great childhood moment for you. Believe me. It will now seem very dated. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1286108 | 2012-07-06 05:03:00 | Very wise Richard, sound advice indeed. Sad that we can't capture our youth. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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