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вЂњThey really had no idea how big they were, and how much they meant to people, even when they toured,вЂќ says McCoy.

#Laurel and hardy movies hd tv#

Actor Sylvester McCoy, who has played Laurel twice during his career, says the comedian would have рќ••рќ•љрќ•–рќ•• in poverty had not actor Jerry Lewis fought a legal battle on his behalf to get him TV royalties. Laurel lived in Santa Monica, in California, until his рќ••рќ•–рќ•’рќ•Ґрќ•™ in 1965.

Stan Laurel wrote most of the duoвЂ™s material Hardy вЂ“ who рќ••рќ•љрќ•–рќ•• in 1957 вЂ“ reportedly had to sell his house to fund his medical bills. When they toured, towards the end of their career in 1950, they were nearly crushed in the streets by fans.Дespite this, they did not become wealthy.

However, their catchphrases, such as: вЂњHereвЂ™s another nice mess youвЂ™ve gotten me intoвЂќ, became as famous as they did. The duo won only one Oscar, for a short film in 1932 called The Music Box, which memorably saw them trying to lift a piano up a set of stairs. And yet thatвЂ™s what Laurel and Hardy could, and still can, do.вЂќД«oth Laurel and Hardy started their careers in silent movies, and were introduced to each other in 1927. вЂњI donвЂ™t think there are many other comedians who could make three generations of a family laugh together these days вЂ“ big belly laughs as well. Many of us growing up in the 1970s had colour television, and yet I was fixated by them. вЂњI donвЂ™t think kids today would be put off by the films being in black and white at all. вЂњThey just pick themselves up and dust themselves down and go on to the next disaster. The double actвЂ™s appeal to younger viewers, according to Owen, is that вЂњthey are the original Dumb and DumberвЂќ. вЂњMost of them are being re-mastered and restored in the USA, to preserve them for the future.вЂќ Despite the duoвЂ™s success they did not become wealthy вЂ“ Hardy reportedly had to sell his house to fund his medical bills

вЂњAnd we want to do it on a big screen, which was what the original films were intended for. вЂњItвЂ™s time to introduce the next generation to Laurel and Hardy,вЂќ says Ross Owen, the organiser behind the Laurel and Hardy Roadshow, and the screenings.