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so is this the british version of the 3 stooges

posted 19 years ago by oiguy82
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i never seen L & H however looking at some pics of it and hearing about it seems like it copies off of colombia pictures "the 3 stooges"

[–] knsevy 19 years ago

Laurel and Hardy made all their movies - with the exception of 'Utopia' - in the U.S.; Stan Laurel was English, but Oliver Hardy hailed from Georgia. Laurel and Hardy also predate the 3 Stooges by about 25 years as a team, and by about 45 years as movie actors.

[–] mrbeansholiday 18 years ago

Ya dude L&H were first. The 3 Stooges didn't copy off of them and they didn't copy off the Stooges.

[–] Emerg0 14 years ago

The 3 Stooges didn't copy off of them and they didn't copy off the Stooges.

The Stooges might not have copied Laurel & Hardy, but they were definitely influenced by them and paid homage to them on more than one occasion. "If a Body Meets a Body" is an obvious remake of "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case," and I think it's safe to say that "The Music Box" was the inspiration for "An Ache in Every Stake."

[–] Rodger001 18 years ago

They were all very good, but Laurel and Hardy were the originals as a slapstick comedy team. The Music Box is arguably the funniest movie ever made.

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[–] MongoGutman 17 years ago

i'm english and we over here have no exposure to the three stooges. at all. from the tiny clips i've seen of them in other tv shows i'd say laurel and hardy out classes them by a mile. whole different league.

although it is true stan laurel was english i think it's fair to say that 'laurel and hardy' was a US act.

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[–] spartacus-15 17 years ago

i`ve never heard any of L&h`s music, but i can safely say the stooges were rubbish after iggy pop left

I got it,I got it,I got it...I ain`t got it

[–] alkamal_r 16 years ago

An apt response to a question which is so absurd in notion, it must surely be someone yanking our collective chain.

Ironically, this isn't even ironic at all.

[–] Bobby9976 8 years ago

I agree surely no-one really knows that little of Laurel and Hardy.

Must say though I am English, I'm nearly 50, and in my case it is not true that The Three Stooges were virtually unknown. In my childhood Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Edgar Kennedy, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, and even the Keystone Cops were regularly on British TV.

Seems probably the rights to these films have lapsed or been bought up by media companies (perhaps for DVD sales) and so they are no longer on TV.

[–] marktayloruk (2378) 3 years ago

Kindly refrain from blasphemy!