Laurel and Hardy

Newlyweds, Oldlyweds, & the Lost ‘Innocence’ of Morecambe & Wise

December 31, 2021January 3, 2022

Last week, on Christmas Day, for old times’ sake – which there seems to be rather a lot of in my middle age – I watched on BBC2 a recently rediscovered early episode of Morecambe & Wise from 1970, which… Read More »Newlyweds, Oldlyweds, & the Lost ‘Innocence’ of Morecambe & Wise

Funny-Peculiar Men: Laurel & Hardy

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Tonight the BBC screens Steve Coogan and John Reilly’s well-received 2019 film ‘Stan & Ollie’, about the most famous comedy duo’s disastrous, almost-posthumous 1953 tour of Britain – and also their love for one another. Or at least, our investment… Read More »Funny-Peculiar Men: Laurel & Hardy