Laurel + Hardy

The scene where Roy and Moss are going to the stress seminar and Roy is looking for Moss to enter the room and turns around and Moss is already there, then they climb over everyone to get to their seats, then Roy's hand gets smashed between the chairs... It's nearly identical to the scene at the beginning of Sons of the Desert when Stan and Ollie are late for the lodge meeting. Homage or rip off? :)