# NPR trivialities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-trivialities/927918 "2020-12-12T19:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 110
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-trivialities/927918/110 "2020-12-17T21:51:17Z")
> [@Laurel and Hardy Never Fails to Disappoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurel-and-hardy-never-fails-to-disappoint/928196): > > So Laurel and Hardy are TCM’s Binary Star of the Month, and I’ve recorded a few of their shorts. I’ve watched The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, Another Fine Mess, and The Battle of the Century. And all I got was a snicker or two. I dunno, Laurel and Hardy just don’t do it for me. Yeah, they do some cute dance moves sometimes, and there’s some inventive slapstick. They had some Pre-Code dialogue that had some double entendre stuff that raises my eyebrow now and then. But they’re just so damn sl… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-trivialities/927918)._