# Laurel and Hardy Never Fails to Disappoint

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**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurel-and-hardy-never-fails-to-disappoint/928196 "2020-12-16T19:21:52Z")\
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For the Laurel and Hardy fans, TCM is running a number of their shorts and longer films starting at 2:20PM on Dec. 28th. This follows a showing of The Golden Age of Comedy about comedy in the silent film era.

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Stan was actually the “brains” of the outfit, so to speak. He did most of the production work, including editing and timing, while Ollie was content to spend his free time playing golf, which he loved.

He also wrote most of their stuff and often had a hand in directing. Before his movie career, he was the stand in for Charlie Chaplin on his theater tours, and from all I’ve heard he must’ve copied Chaplin’s act perfectly.

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