A rare candid look at the two giants of movie comedy on the 1954 "reality" type television program, "This Is Your Life" with Ralph Edwards. Edited to fit the time constraints.
Despite the host, I am so moved to see these wonderful men and their wives. Such gentle legends. Their memory will never die and future generations will always love and revere them.
Stan Laurels message to the congregation at his funeral - "If you cry at my funeral,I will never speak to you again!" - a true English gentleman..............there will never be a duo like this again.No words can describe their brilliance
my 10 year old son has been watching laurel and hardy since he was 6, he howls with laughter and we are watching them as i type, i bought him the boxset for xmas this year. they are fantastic!
I am only 35, and I like rock music, and I even saw some war I should not have seen, so I have a callous heart, but Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are classic. It's fun to see them the way they really were. They still make me smile. Thank you for this movie. Indeed, too bad someone had to talk too much in it, but it's valuable. And to think Stan never wanted to perform without Oliver again. Because without his buddy, it would never feel right. Amazing.
When Stan Laurel was on his death bed he told his nurse that he wished that he was skiing, she said" i didnt know you skied",he said" i dont but id rather be doing that"
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"If anybody cries at my funeral I'll never speak to them again"... Stan Laurel
I am italian and i have 50 years old. I remember stan and oliver when i was i child, every saturday at 1 o'clock p.m. in television. For me are the best !
Goodness. It was like time travel. Such humble people Stan and Oliver were, so unlike the actors of today who are blinded by their ego. Brought tears of joy watching these tow off the set, in their early 60s, and still jolly and cheerful as ever. Evergreen duo, evergreen.
2 comedy gifts of gold from heaven - Laurel & Hardy. There never has been or never will be their likes again. Both fitted together absolutely perfectly like a key for a lock. God bless, rest in peace forever.
It is my understanding that Stan in the last yrs. of his life lived in an apartment in Santa Monica. Both he and Oliver shared their own brand of humor beautifully with the rest of the World. They will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone forever.
When these two great comedians toured England in the late 1940s they both couldn,t understand the public frenzy that greeted them both, they just looked at each other and cried,That chokes me up.
Laurel and Hardy were one of if not the best comedy duos in history , the fact that they are so geniune and gracious , and were loved the whole world over , is a credit to themselves . I have loved these 2 all my life , and i never get tired of watching them . They were born to soon , as they would have been multi millionaires today , in fact , Mr Laurel died penniless and i do believe that he had a paupers burial , which saddens me , as some of todays comedians are awful , but get paid millions
Oliver Hardy's face it's like this really happening... God I've laughed so much at these two,just love them...thank you so much for putting this up...Stan laurel is quite shy.... beautiful...
Stan Laurel had his name in the phone book until the day he died. He was so humble he thought if people wanted to call him, they should be able to. both of them were class acts all the way.
I was raised watching these two through my childhood and it was my life dream to meet both of them until I found out that both passed away well before my time. I cried for a while and still upsets me looking back into it. But looking at the past of how these men brought happiness into my life when I was in the darkest of times, they kept me happy, still brings a manly tear to my eye. God bless these two, RIP. I'l meet you one day
THE TWO GREATEST COMEDIANS THAT EVER LIVED!!!! I HONOR THE MEMORIES OF SUCH WONDERFUL COMEDIANS AND PEOPLE! THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE THAT CAN MATCH THEIR TALENTS!
*Typical treatment of entertainers by the exploitive power brokers. I'm a musician and have been treated worse. These two fine gentlemen are my heroes for making me laugh in hard times.*
I never get tired of watching these two GREAT comedians in action, and they were so hard working and genuine. Even though I know what's coming next in their short picture shows, they still make me howl now aged 50 just as much as they did when I was 5. I wish the whole world could be like Laurel and Hardy. God bless 'em.
When the host thinks he can compete with his guests and forget that in front of him are standing two of the greatest comedians ever! I wish, someone of the audience could slap him!
Loved them so much my fave comedy duo of all time. Only thing i didn't like was that host mocking Ollie's weight poor looked not well at all here and he didn't need to hear that. Stan and Ollie were legends still watch them today they were simply the best.
Yes and what made it MORE disgusting was that Hardy WANTED to lose weight but the studio forbade it even threatening to drop his contract if he got thinner. Thank goodness finally once they were pretty much out of work, he lost a TON of weight.
@@retroguy9494 Yes and when he lost the weight he ended up having a stroke, he was so thin before he died. People were so cruel he was one of most beloved comedy actors ever, and deserved to be treated with respect not mocked.
@@paulmcnamara9272 Yes. He dropped the weight much too fast. That's not good for your system and most likely contributed to his stroke. Slow weight loss is best. And you're right. Compared to today's comedian's I'd rather watch people like Hardy any day! And people WERE cruel to him about the weight. I guess they didn't have the common sense to know he kept it on because it was part of the act. Such a shame that as soon as he got healthy, he got sick and died.
What a humbleness ! That' s why they are so great. So popular (still are) in Turkey. That they may lie, surrounded by heavenly light, within their graves!
I remember when Laurel and Hardy performed a live show in Dublin. I was still at school. My parents took my brother and sister and myself to see them. There was photographs in a glass case outside the theatre. A great comedy duo, as funny on the stage as in film. Some years back I visited a museum in Kendal, the Lake District in England, and they are sitting in that magic car just inside the door. So lifelike, for a moment I was waiting for something to happen
I saw this program when it was 1st aired so many yrs ago - These 2 wonderful men were unbeliiveabley famous. Till this day I love these exceptional stars. I wish all of their films could be brought back for all to enjoy as much as I have over the years. They were friends to the very end of there lives - I would encourage everyone to see the clips that are posted here. God bless them.
Thank you boys for learning me the meaning of a great laugh. Thanks for so many fantastick films. Thanks for beeing such a wonderfull couple. God speed and god bless you both.
I remember a lot of their movies, I got a chance to watch some of their silant movie reruns when I was a young boy during the 1930s. They were great. I never got to see this show until 1955 when TV came to my area. Enjoyed the memories :-)
I agree, the host is trying to be "funny". Sounded more of an insult to Oliver by repeatedly talking about his weight. Great video though. Too bad it was more insulting than respectful............
Completely agree. He was an unfunny wanker. Going on about his weight . They were normally made to stay in character those two. Must have been so annoying.
hiyadroogs'comment is a very fine one and I absolutely agree. The boys are and will be in my heart for all time and I very often watch their films,prefering the original sound. To me it is very satisfying to see these historic recordings. Thank you - condensedclassics - very very much!
Ralph Edwards and 'this is your life' show was just like that. Everyone was treated the same, some were embarrassed more then others, most enjoyed the publicity. It was, at thew time, the best way to meet and get to know the great names of stage and screen. The predicessor to The Actor's Studio on Bravo.
Hey guys thank you so much for sharing facts about my favourite Laurel and Hardy. May God bless them, and You too for sharing with us their family and lives....
Reading "he" by John Connolly... About Stan Laurel and his relationship with (Babe) Oliver Hardy, excellent book. (What brought me here) I grew up on films, by these guys and Tom & Jerry cartoons.
Thanks for sharing with me. Stan Laurel also welcomed visiting fans at his modest Santa Monica apt. Earlier, he had a house in Beverly Hills(I saw it), but apparently decided to downsize as many elderly do - and didn't feel the need to show off his house. He said the Santa Monica setting reminded him of England(with all those Canary Island date palms I don't know how!). I wished I had been old enough to have visited him at his final residence.
Great footage shame they couldn't get a word in with the presenter. Would like to have heard more from Laurel since he spent most of his childhood in North Shields and he might of had a few stories to tell but he seemed rather tongue tied on this show.
Oliver Hardy's family moved from Harlem,Ga to Madison, Ga., where I live. His dad ran a hotel here until he died from a heart attack. After his passing Oliver's mom ran a boarding house here for a while then moved to Milledgeville, Ga to run a hotel. The hotel here in Madison burned down in 1930.
AWWWH!! LOVELY SURPRISE INDEED!! THEY DON'T COME LIKE THEM AGAIN GOD BLESS THESE TWO CHAP'S WHO MADE THE WORLD LAUGH!! AND ME WELL, JUST SEEING THEM TOGETHER!! I JUST ROLLED UP!!
Miss this series! It was brilliant in allowing the audience to get to know celebrities (sp?) and really get to appreciate them. Wish this show was still aired.
In 1953, Laurel and Hardy appeared on a live BBC television broadcast of the show "Face the Music". Unfortunately, this show does not appear to have been preserved on kinescope, but notes from the show have been found. According to the notes, Ollie informs Stan that the television program has an audience of six million and that host Henry Hall is "going to introduce us to them". To which Stan replies "That's going to take a long time, isn't it?" I wish they could find THAT show! Please, BBC gang, look for it!
my dads heros my heros my sons heros at 14 years old that tells you something about these guys . my dad n grandad met them on peterboro rail station . shame about the interveiwer fellow bit of a git to ollie . i still cry at times watching them as dad always did happy tears
I don't remember much of my childhood in the sixties but if I remember anything, it's these two guys. They were hilarious. Lovely blokes as well, by all accounts.
You two will always be my favorites! I loved watching your shorts sunday morning 10:00 am. Ma never did figure out why I was always trying to talk her into SAT. evening mass. This was the 70's. I knew for sure that middle age arrived when I asked a kid at a BEST BUY store about L&H movies. He said, who?
what a modest & humble pair of gentlemen. the presenter obviously oblivious to the greatest day of his career! kind of only makes 'the boys' seem even greater, don't it...
i read that ralph edwards had to ad lib more than he would have liked as laurel apparently wanted the programme to have some kind of structure to it when he and hardy appeared in the studio. a perfectionist to the end!
Despite the host, I am so moved to see these wonderful men and their wives. Such gentle legends. Their memory will never die and future generations will always love and revere them.
the host loves himself far more than anyone else could love him
Stan Laurels message to the congregation at his funeral - "If you cry at my funeral,I will never speak to you again!" - a true English gentleman..............there will never be a duo like this again.No words can describe their brilliance
a gem of a video,brought tears to my eyes,this is what true comedy is all about,true legends who will live on forever.
my 10 year old son has been watching laurel and hardy since he was 6, he howls with laughter and we are watching them as i type, i bought him the boxset for xmas this year. they are fantastic!
I am only 35, and I like rock music, and I even saw some war I should not have seen, so I have a callous heart, but Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are classic. It's fun to see them the way they really were. They still make me smile.
Thank you for this movie. Indeed, too bad someone had to talk too much in it, but it's valuable.
And to think Stan never wanted to perform without Oliver again. Because without his buddy, it would never feel right.
Amazing.
Simply the best duo ever.......EVER
When Stan Laurel was on his death bed he told his nurse that he wished that he was skiing, she said" i didnt know you skied",he said" i dont but id rather be doing that"
"If anybody cries at my funeral I'll never speak to them again"... Stan Laurel
Thats a good one too!
i really just want to tell them that m their biggest.... i watch their clips again and again... i wish they were still alive 😔
Amazing 😁
I am italian and i have 50 years old. I remember stan and oliver when i was i child, every saturday at 1 o'clock p.m. in television. For me are the best !
Goodness. It was like time travel. Such humble people Stan and Oliver were, so unlike the actors of today who are blinded by their ego. Brought tears of joy watching these tow off the set, in their early 60s, and still jolly and cheerful as ever. Evergreen duo, evergreen.
May they both rest in peace. I thank them for thier gift of laughter to the world.
2 comedy gifts of gold from heaven - Laurel & Hardy. There never has been or never will be their likes again. Both fitted together absolutely perfectly like a key for a lock. God bless, rest in peace forever.
It is my understanding that Stan in the last yrs. of his life lived in an apartment in Santa Monica.
Both he and Oliver shared their own brand of humor beautifully with the rest of the World. They will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone forever.
When these two great comedians toured England in the late 1940s they both couldn,t understand the public frenzy that greeted them both, they just looked at each other and cried,That chokes me up.
Geniuses. Love them. The originals and the best. Nobody will ever come close to Stan and Ollie. Thanks for the laughs gents. God bless you both
Genius, these two men.
Don't you just love UA-cam? This footage is gold..thanks for upload!
Laurel and Hardy were one of if not the best comedy duos in history , the fact that they are so geniune and gracious , and were loved the whole world over , is a credit to themselves . I have loved these 2 all my life , and i never get tired of watching them . They were born to soon , as they would have been multi millionaires today , in fact , Mr Laurel died penniless and i do believe that he had a paupers burial , which saddens me , as some of todays comedians are awful , but get paid millions
Scott Wall Super wrong dude. Stan Laurel did not die penniless at all and was not buried in a paupers grave
They were the BEST!
They brought so many laughs and so much joy to so many for so long. Thanks, boys.
thats a legacy most of us can only dream about.
L&H=Legends,genius the greatest the world will never see again someone like them.
r.i.p Stan and olli thank you for making us laugh we love you.
I grew up watching these too and they were the best **legends**
Every Christmas I watch march of the wooden soldiers.
Such grace,humility and class..
Oliver Hardy's face it's like this really happening... God I've laughed so much at these two,just love them...thank you so much for putting this up...Stan laurel is quite shy.... beautiful...
He's also visibly moved -- on the edge of tears -- at a few points during the show.
Stan Laurel had his name in the phone book until the day he died. He was so humble he thought if people wanted to call him, they should be able to. both of them were class acts all the way.
I was raised watching these two through my childhood and it was my life dream to meet both of them until I found out that both passed away well before my time. I cried for a while and still upsets me looking back into it.
But looking at the past of how these men brought happiness into my life when I was in the darkest of times, they kept me happy, still brings a manly tear to my eye.
God bless these two, RIP.
I'l meet you one day
That was in 1954 and 56 years later and they still entertaining people such as myself.
Comedy legends and their comedy will live forever...
THE TWO GREATEST COMEDIANS THAT EVER LIVED!!!! I HONOR THE MEMORIES OF SUCH WONDERFUL COMEDIANS AND PEOPLE! THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE THAT CAN MATCH THEIR TALENTS!
Can you feel the burning resentment from them both? Stan Laurel said "I was damned if I was going to put on a free show for them!" xD
*Typical treatment of entertainers by the exploitive power brokers. I'm a musician and have been treated worse. These two fine gentlemen are my heroes for making me laugh in hard times.*
I didn’t know he cusses
Giants of comedy, never tire of watching them God bless them both.
Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy, you are still two of the best of the wourld ... i have to say sooo thank you for so much funnys.
There show is timeless I imagine when I'm old I'll still be watching them
I never get tired of watching these two GREAT comedians in action, and they were so hard working and genuine. Even though I know what's coming next in their short picture shows, they still make me howl now aged 50 just as much as they did when I was 5. I wish the whole world could be like Laurel and Hardy. God bless 'em.
When the host thinks he can compete with his guests and forget that in front of him are standing two of the greatest comedians ever!
I wish, someone of the audience could slap him!
Nice to see this old clip, they brought laughter to the world.
Loved them so much my fave comedy duo of all time.
Only thing i didn't like was that host mocking Ollie's weight poor looked not well at all here and he didn't need to hear that. Stan and Ollie were legends still watch them today they were simply the best.
Yes and what made it MORE disgusting was that Hardy WANTED to lose weight but the studio forbade it even threatening to drop his contract if he got thinner. Thank goodness finally once they were pretty much out of work, he lost a TON of weight.
@@retroguy9494 Yes and when he lost the weight he ended up having a stroke, he was so thin before he died. People were so cruel he was one of most beloved comedy actors ever, and deserved to be treated with respect not mocked.
@@paulmcnamara9272 Yes. He dropped the weight much too fast. That's not good for your system and most likely contributed to his stroke. Slow weight loss is best.
And you're right. Compared to today's comedian's I'd rather watch people like Hardy any day! And people WERE cruel to him about the weight. I guess they didn't have the common sense to know he kept it on because it was part of the act. Such a shame that as soon as he got healthy, he got sick and died.
The greatest Double act ever. If they had know that they would still be popular today, more so than when they were alive. What an achievement.
Laurel and Hardy can cheer me anytime two of the funniest ever RIP X
makes me cry...!!!!!!!!!!!I love you so much..both of you...!!
Their BRAND of COMEDY NEVER GROWS OLD!!!!! :-)
The absolute bench Mark for all visual comedy . Much loved and respected here in the UK .
What a humbleness ! That' s why they are so great. So popular (still are) in Turkey. That they may lie, surrounded by heavenly light, within their graves!
Wow, great to see two of the greatest comedy legends of all time! What a shame this show didn't have a decent host.
There comedy was pure and precious not to be done again.
Keywords: " ...good, clean comedy". Those days are gone.
I remember when Laurel and Hardy performed a live show in Dublin. I was still at school. My parents took my brother and sister and myself to see them. There was photographs in a glass case outside the theatre. A great comedy duo, as funny on the stage as in film. Some years back I visited a museum in Kendal, the Lake District in England, and they are sitting in that magic car just inside the door. So lifelike, for a moment I was waiting for something to happen
The museum is in Ulverston.
I saw this program when it was 1st aired so many yrs ago - These 2 wonderful men were unbeliiveabley famous. Till this day I love these exceptional stars. I wish all of their films could be brought back for all to enjoy as much as I have over the years. They were friends to the very end of there lives - I would encourage everyone to see the clips that are posted here. God bless them.
always making a stop on some Laurel & Hardy videos from their collection now and then.. another one of my favorites
They were the best!
Hardly a word from the two legends here just that dude yabbering all through it.
A cheesy TV host meets two living legends. Edwards was probably nervous. It's still great to see Stan and Ollie working their magic!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for posting this.
Wonderful entertainers, and clearly a pair of proper gentlemen. Legends.
What a gem of a clip! These two King's of comedy. These two who still make us laugh and cry. These two who are still loved. RIP Boys.
Thank you boys for learning me the meaning of a great laugh. Thanks for so many fantastick films. Thanks for beeing such a wonderfull couple. God speed and god bless you both.
Truly a class act and great friends. After Hardy died, Stan completely quit performing
He was too broken up to even attend Ollie's funeral, as I understand it.
I remember a lot of their movies, I got a chance to watch some of their silant movie reruns when I was a young boy during the 1930s. They were great. I never got to see this show until 1955 when TV came to my area. Enjoyed the memories :-)
i grew up watching laurel and hardy videos in the early 70s and to this day they are for me the greatest double act EVER!
I so wish i could've met them. What a wonderful tandem of human beings. God bless their souls.
what an era 1954 these men were cast aside forgotten
The host is such a jerk! Laurel & Hardy were the greatest comedy team ever and classy as hell. They deserved way more respect from the host.
I agree, the host is trying to be "funny". Sounded more of an insult to Oliver by repeatedly talking about his weight. Great video though. Too bad it was more insulting than respectful............
Rob J pl
They were great, but my favorite team mate were Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon! More acting talent they had.
Totally agree... what a dick, making fat jokes
Completely agree. He was an unfunny wanker. Going on about his weight . They were normally made to stay in character those two. Must have been so annoying.
A tonic for a troubled world, a portal to flee harshest truth. God sends angels in many forms...Laurel and Hardy but two.
I love the graphic too at 3:21 of Ulverston being shown to be around Dumfries in Scotland!
hiyadroogs'comment is a very fine one and I absolutely agree.
The boys are and will be in my heart for all time and I very often watch their films,prefering the original sound.
To me it is very satisfying to see these historic recordings.
Thank you - condensedclassics - very very much!
Ralph Edwards and 'this is your life' show was just like that. Everyone was treated the same, some were embarrassed more then others, most enjoyed the publicity. It was, at thew time, the best way to meet and get to know the great names of stage and screen. The predicessor to The Actor's Studio on Bravo.
R.I.P. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, And of course: Ralph Edwards.
Hey guys thank you so much for sharing facts about my favourite Laurel and Hardy. May God bless them, and You too for sharing with us their family and lives....
I miss them. Real comedy legends.
The best pair ever on this earth cried laughing when I was a child still pisses myself watching these at 50 years old
I love Laurel and Hardy . Thank u very much for this video.
Reading "he" by John Connolly... About Stan Laurel and his relationship with (Babe) Oliver Hardy, excellent book. (What brought me here) I grew up on films, by these guys and Tom & Jerry cartoons.
Thanks for sharing with me. Stan Laurel also welcomed visiting fans at his modest Santa Monica apt. Earlier, he had a house in Beverly Hills(I saw it), but apparently decided to downsize as many elderly do - and didn't feel the need to show off his house. He said the Santa Monica setting reminded him of England(with all those Canary Island date palms I don't know how!). I wished I had been old enough to have visited him at his final residence.
two absolute legends of comedy.
they will be still remembered in 100 years time.
10/8/2019. My father and I loved their movies.I would laugh so hard I would start coughing.I have all of their movies. ❤❤
I got to see Ralph Edwards ..when one of our school principals was retiring after so many years.this was something
Great footage shame they couldn't get a word in with the presenter.
Would like to have heard more from Laurel since he spent most of his childhood in North Shields and he might of had a few stories to tell but he seemed rather tongue tied on this show.
Oliver Hardy's family moved from Harlem,Ga to Madison, Ga., where I live. His dad ran a hotel here until he died from a heart attack. After his passing Oliver's mom ran a boarding house here for a while then moved to Milledgeville, Ga to run a hotel. The hotel here in Madison burned down in 1930.
AWWWH!! LOVELY SURPRISE INDEED!!
THEY DON'T COME LIKE THEM AGAIN GOD BLESS THESE TWO CHAP'S WHO MADE THE WORLD LAUGH!!
AND ME WELL, JUST SEEING THEM TOGETHER!! I JUST ROLLED UP!!
The LEGENDS!!
They used to make my dad laugh, his life brighter. Thank you guys for entertaining the world for so long. I bet you are having a ball upstairs 😊
Miss this series! It was brilliant in allowing the audience to get to know celebrities (sp?) and really get to appreciate them. Wish this show was still aired.
Interviewer: talking a lot without speaking anything!
Laurel&Hardy: saying a lot more just by using laughter
In 1953, Laurel and Hardy appeared on a live BBC television broadcast of the show "Face the Music". Unfortunately, this show does not appear to have been preserved on kinescope, but notes from the show have been found. According to the notes, Ollie informs Stan that the television program has an audience of six million and that host Henry Hall is "going to introduce us to them". To which Stan replies "That's going to take a long time, isn't it?" I wish they could find THAT show! Please, BBC gang, look for it!
No point. The BBC seldom kept recordings of their shows.
my dads heros my heros my sons heros at 14 years old that tells you something about these guys . my dad n grandad met them on peterboro rail station . shame about the interveiwer fellow bit of a git to ollie . i still cry at times watching them as dad always did happy tears
I wish they spoe more than Ralph Edwards.
But thanks to him we can see them 2gether.
I wanted to hear Stan talk. I wanted to hear Ollie talk.
But that Edwards jerk did 99.99% of the talking.
Absolute legends!!
I don't remember much of my childhood in the sixties but if I remember anything, it's these two guys. They were hilarious. Lovely blokes as well, by all accounts.
Greatest comedians to be remembered.
You two will always be my favorites! I loved watching your shorts sunday morning 10:00 am. Ma never did figure out why I was always trying to talk her into SAT. evening mass. This was the 70's.
I knew for sure that middle age arrived when I asked a kid at a BEST BUY store about L&H movies. He said, who?
Grew up watching them.Good clean fun.They're still the best, to this day.
what a modest & humble pair of gentlemen. the presenter obviously oblivious to the greatest day of his career! kind of only makes 'the boys' seem even greater, don't it...
Should’ve came to England. We would’ve treated them so much better.
Jack Budd they did! And we did!
These 2 deserve way more from us all of us they gave more loughs than anyone else including Charlie Chaplin!!!
i read that ralph edwards had to ad lib more than he would have liked as laurel apparently wanted the programme to have some kind of structure to it when he and hardy appeared in the studio. a perfectionist to the end!
I love this video . Thanks! I loved and again these two gyes. They was too funny. RIP STAN AND OLLIE
thanks you very much to show this ! such a rare broadcast !