Comedy > 1931 Comedy

Laurel and Hardy out in the Snow.

Advantages: very funny
Disadvantages: a bit dated

Laurel & Hardy in Snow and Other Shorts. --------------------------------------------------- A single DVD containing 4 films, all of which are very enjoyable to watch. All 4 films come in Black/White and a colourised version. Laughing Gravy ------------------- Laughing Gravy is the name of Stan and Ollie’s dog that they refuse to leave out in the snow but soon the dog is tucked up in bed and Ollie is out in the snow. Be Big -------- As soon ...
...old motto and certainly in Laurel and Hardys case their style and brand of humour was so good it never changed. Picked this up for £1 and it does give great value. DVD features: ------------------ Black and white and some colourisation. Chapter selection and subtitles only. Weird watching the colourised versions somehow not right but funny none the less. L & H never fail to make you laugh and with this single DVD you will not be disappointed. ...

MaldivesHoliday 19.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Laurel And Hardy - No. 10 - Snow! - Classic Shorts (DVD)

Another fine mess!!

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: Nothing

Laurel And Hardy - No. 19 - Pardon Us And Related Shorts This is a single DVD and Contains 3 movies, Pardon Us, (Main Feature, Black and White) Pardon Us, (Main Feature, COLOURISED) Pardon Us, (German-language version, Black and White) The Hoose-Gow. (Movie short, Black and White) The Hoose-Gow. (Movie short, COLOURISED) The Battle of The Century. (Silent movie short, Black and White) Pardon Us ...
...the governor. The Cast; Stan Laurel as himself Oliver Hardy as himself James Finlayson as the Governor. A real snap shot of the late twenties and thirties. A young Stan and Ollie but their chemistry is clearly evident. Made in 1929. Run Time 20 Minutes. The Battle of the Century A silent movie this one and a very early Stan and Laurel, in fact it also stars a very youthful Lou Costello. The film is base around prize ...

Maximus-Qualitus 12.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Laurel And Hardy - No. 19 - Pardon Us And Related Shorts (DVD)

Boarding House Gravy

Advantages: Classic Laurel & Hardy movies
Disadvantages: Lack of English soundtrack on Be Big/Gravy combo

...immaterial when it comes to Laurel And Hardy; these two comedians were pure genius. To watch a Laurel And Hardy movie is a thing of beauty, there stupidity hysterical, their clumsiness plausible. Up to the 1980's you could seldom go a week without seeing a Laurel & Hardy movie on TV, but since the mid 1980's they have been sadly vacant from UK television at least; a whole generation of viewers have been deprived. Laughing Gravy is one of their classics ...
...term movie is referred to Laurel And Hardy features although now days they would be referred to as a short. While back in 1931 when Laughing Gravy was made full feature movies were made, when it comes to comedy a 20 minute running time was preferable. Laughing Gravy was a rare exception deliberately made longer with a running time of 31 minutes. Sadly Western Electric systems felt this too long and edited the movie down to just 20 minutes. The first ...

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Review of Laurel And Hardy - Be Big / Laughing Gravy (DVD)

One Man And A Piano

Advantages: fantastic comedy show
Disadvantages: some dodgy camera angles

...you would like. 1 Ready For This. This is the opening song for the show and Minchin comes onto the stage in a blaze of strobe lights and opens the show with a great little rock ditty where he manages to poke fun at himself while accompanied by a recording of him beatboxing with back up singers. 2 Prejudice In our modern free spoken society There is a word that we still hold taboo A word with a terrible history Of being used to ...
...to gingers, the playground taunt of choice. A hilarious song that manages to use more ginger puns than you thought existed! 3 America America is not a song but a stand up routine which discusses how forward Americans are compared to Australians and British people and are not afraid to shout about their achievements. Somehow the dialogue manages to veer onto the big bang and what will happen to a certain office block in Times Square in Manhattan ...

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Review of Ready For This - Tim Minchin

A night you would want to remember!

Advantages: Funny, Famous cameo, Unpredictable
Disadvantages: slightly unbelievable at times.

Well I saw the Hangover in the cinema, and I plan on purchasing on DVD in the near future. I thought this film was hilarious - one of my friends more so as he decided to go to watch it in the cinema about 3 or 4 times! I personally felt the star of the show so to speak was Zach Galifianakis who played slightly odd soon to be brother in law Alan. I just thought his stupidity/twisted sense of humour was really funny, and entertained me all the way ...
...really, but at the same time quite amusing. I won't go into too much detail of what happens as I don't want to spoil any of the suprises during the film. Basically, the film is about a group of guys who go to Vegas for a bloke called Doug to have a stag night. Doug doesn't really feature in the film other than the beginning and end - as he goes missing - which is the point of the film. They wake up the morning after with a trashed hotel room, and ...

adz_mc 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Hangover (DVD)