Advantages: Funny, clean humour that stands the test of time. Disadvantages: Absolutely none!
How do you define the funniest double act of all time?
It's easy really, what you have here is good old fashioned humour that doesn't involve sex, swearing or phoning an old man to boast about having sex with his grand-daughter.
You can keep all you modern "so called" humour and flush it where it belongs.
Laurel & Hardy despite their lack of the above mentioned "humour" have managed to do something that only modern comedians can dream about. They kept the world laughing consistently for years and have continued to do so 60 years after their deaths. I don't know any modern "great" that I'd remember and still be talking about in a year if he disappeared today. There is one exception and I just did a review on that yesterday, but even so, it's still worlds apart.
The box set is presented in a nice box with the Laurel & Hardy ...
Let me just say ?wow?! I never expected for small hotel to go above and beyond like this Staybridge!
I normally book at 4 star hotels, but I was trying to conserve funds and thought I would try this out. The staff was so friendly and man behind the front desk was very impressive. The room was very spacious and the full kitchen was a nice touch. The bed was very comfortable, I asked and was told it was a Serta pillowtop mattress, and they were new. The breakfast was good- I had scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast and was only expecting muffins(which they also had.) Crazy to think I have been spending my money on high end hotels and I am missing out and could have been saving money on all my trips to Dallas. They also have a happy hour, which I was not able to use, but hopefully will return in the future and see what this is all about ...
Advantages: Much better quality than VHS Disadvantages: Absolutely none
For all of my life I have been a laurel and hardy fan. I was an advocate of the "old fashioned" vhs videos and had a great collection of all of the boys films, which I treasured, but was reluctant to play in case they got damaged. This new dvd boxset has been a godsend, in being concise, hard wearing, and excellent quality, so much so in I have even started given film shows, and lending the films out, to my sons to get them into carrying on the tradition of loving these great comedy genuises. There is even a range of colourised films included, which to a die hard B+W film lover was a shocking concept, but I must admit it was great to see the boys in the digitised colour versions of all of their classic films. My advice to all the L+H fans out there is to grab a boxset while they are available and give yourselves a treat. ...
