Laurel and Hardy - rarely seen clip

[yippitydodah]

Laurel & Hardy, drop my drawers my comedy is yours.

Ladyton for you both, Stan and Oliver, with love,

watch?v=84_3CCqvljA

[yippitydodah]

sacremento..

[whiskeyify]

One rule as an actor is you never look into the camera....but Hardy does it sometimes and got away with it. he of course did it on purpose to get us involved with the story.

[BubbaHoggit]

@whiskeyify There are no rules in comedy.

[IdaSputum]

@whiskeyify Why that's the most ridiculous nonsense I ever heard. Please do not write a book. ANY genre can look into the camera & there's so many examples. Or wasn't "Alfie" starring Michael Caine a global hit film on your planet!?

[BobbyKempBigBand]

@whiskeyify He did it CONSTANTLY - it was very much one of his (many) trademarks, used to get more laffs, but the 'motivation' is of course, a cry for help!... ('...BK Looks to camera, and sighs... ' :0 ).

[closertofiftythanyew]

I should write a book...........

[closertofiftythanyew]

Maybe Eastcoast Yanks thought Hollywood was too extreme in what they did then, and had a bad affect in where they thought the great US should be going?

As I said again, who knows? It is alll history now.

[closertofiftythanyew]

By the way, and can I remind you of Jimmy Findlayson, the one that plays the director in his comfortable chair above, contemplating every now and again?

Seriously enjoy, youtube copy paste and searcho, correcto,

watch?v=QIBBf5RcYZg

[closertofiftythanyew]

@closertofiftythanyew

...but aying that, Jimmy might be the writer, contemplating, rather than a director.

Who knows?

Jimmy, watch?v=QIBBf5RcYZg



[closertofiftythanyew]

By the way, I miss L & H, like a hopelessy infatuated lover, quickly growing older. and how they are being missed by me in watching them with others, younger others.

I think I have said enough now. Sermon over.

[closertofiftythanyew]

Yes, L & H comedy is deep, but bloody funny, too deep for some. If you capture an audience, there is always someone growling behind the curtain, thinking their own personal closed-mind, small-minded views that you are leading people up a garden path to see your tomatoes in your top garden glasshouse, if you know what I mean, carnally, and also others on views on life adjusting?

[closertofiftythanyew]

Fuse as, the establishment who spout policies that they think that are good for us, that is, which the best becomes true comedy, like L & H, and their goodhearted views on basic people who was their basic audience, who they cared about, 1929 and all that..

That is all I was on about, totally absolutely nothing about overthrowing governments, wherever in the world.....

Opps, I think I have put my foot in it again, you can never win. Diplomacy is difficult, even with fecking "just" L & H.

[closertofiftythanyew]

Could have been an anti-nazzie clip from L and L from the mid-thirties, and "some people" in US didn't like that? So comes "the rarely scene", especially with post-war small-minded McCathyism post-war total nonsense.

L & L are artists after all, and have things hidden between the lines, if you look close enough. Some was not to be taken as literal humour.....

Anyway, I digrese. or do I? Above is just a personal view, by the way, make of it you want, any which way, but loose.....

[closertofiftythanyew]

@closertofiftythanyew

edit! - L & H even. Where in god did I get L & L from??? Ah yes, Little and Large, and Thatcherism. Ahem!

[closertofiftythanyew]

@closertofiftythanyew

...but that is another used and abused story involving the ones that like to think they are in charge. unlike Joe Bloggs who really really is....

Fuse time.....

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[closertofiftythanyew]

James Finlayson even... - DOH!

youtube copy and paste an search,

watch?v=QIBBf5RcYZg

[closertofiftythanyew]

Finlay in the directors chair.

I have got to say, truely, this is the best the best Laurel and Hardy scene ever, and it was hidden from us, as if kept for us now, in the 21st century....

The frozen water barrel scene, the sawmill scene, the getting a fishboat ready scene, the brats scene, the up in Oxford scenes - this is better, and shows the Holywood comedy films as it was in pre-1928 silent times in just after un-silent times, yes...

[chance29p]

Butch Long Had the best mean looking dead pan in the movies.

[chance29p]

Butch Long had the best mean dead pan of anyone.

[hirsebrey]

2:55 Did she really say "oh fuck me"?

[JuliInCB]

@hirsebrey No, she said "Pardon Me" ;-)

[MrFamilyguy777]

lmao

[Guitarphil]

Nearly 100 years later and still as funny as ever. The best comedy duo of all time!

[Chris51]

Ah dear how I wish for the days of real comedy again. How do I cointact Turner classic ovies and get them to do a whole series?

[karumiya]

"mucho gracias señor"

"tengo mucho miedo"

hahahaha

[superdavid002]

I mention L & H and others in The Celebrity Song.

[michaelmorgan5694]

it has over 200,000 views. i donno if its a "rarely seen clip" ha ha :)

[wenglishsal]

OMG I laughed like a drain when the lady smacked them both with the solid bottle... Brilliantly funny... :0)x

[ryanhammond5]

im always in the mood to watch this and thanks for making this iv never seen this and i think it was great

[RemoSC49]

It always happens...Stan does something and Ollie ends up getting hit. lol

[lycanwichmark21]

@RemoSC49 that's like me and my friend but i'm the one getting her into trouble most of the time...XDDD

[jnmklo9]

Legends - looking into the camera- genius

[fromthesidelines]

"Pick A Star" was supposed to be a Rosina Lawrence "star vehicle" for the studio in 1937 {Hal Roach had Stan & Ollie "featured" in the film for "marquee value", although their brief sequences were filmed separately}. By the time Robert M. Savini's Astor Pictures reissued it in 1954, it was retitled "Movie Struck", with Laurel & Hardy featured in reissue posters as though THEY were the stars. Governor Television reissued their sequences as a TV "two-reeler", "A Day At the Studio".

[Schwarzdreher]

wonderful! thanx for this one, never seen it before.

[kriegmeister3000]

The comedy is timeless I never stop laughing.

[starstar001]

Stan's bonk on the bonce looked very real,I was wincing!!

[dmtharpua]

very rare!!! thanks 4the upload

[harpohairfink01]

more than hilarious,abosolutely face crampiing.har har har har ahra harhararaharahar.stoapit its sair.

[TROYMACLUR24]

awasome papa awasome!

[serwombathardy]

CORRRECTO HARDY HABLANDO ESPAÑOL

[bobandrayfan1]

"That's certainly was funny wasn't it Ollie..?"

"It certainly was.."

Thanks for the clip I couldn't resist making up a piece of dialogue.

[rockinrex]

"Stan you are a genius"

"Thanks Ollie, and so am I"

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[lovejoecartwright]

hi i just thought you would all like to know that i've uploaded a few of laurel and hardys shorts and their feature length

[dhsaaf]

I still don't know why they still call this a "rarely seen clip" for the last 40 years. Its the only thing anyone ever shows from "Pick a Star" . It should be "a clip from the rarely seen" Pick a Star . sorry , just a pet peeve I've had about the clip description for the last ....well 40 years when I first saw it on TV.. and I still haven't seen the whole movie.

[AndrewKFletcher]

Soooooo Funny priceless

[terryclary]

Vintage L and H. Great stuff.

[88888888BBBBBBBB]

This comment is for Bela195401. Thank you for your comment. I will look on Ebay straight away for it. Thanks again.

[davidperi]

I love it when Hardy looks at the camera and thinks "we" the viewer, at the stupid ones.

[OnnomonnomonnO]

I like this humour hh:DD

[ErnstBecker]

The seated film director is

Jimmy Finlason. You may not recognize him as he isn't sportig his moustache.

[HollyDoody]

I've never seen this movie, and now i want to. Most of the scene isn't funny, but the gag at the end is classic L&H. Hilarious!

[scriv123456]

does any know if you can get this on dvd??

[mrcart]

Good old Walter Long, the usual L & H heavy. Always a treat. And it's too bad Patsy Kelly didn't get into a lot more films with the boys.

[llanbradach]

Laurel and Hardy are my favourite comedy duo, they have entertained me for years, and this clip cracks me up at 1:06

[pigggo]

was that really a take from actual filming or was the "behind the scenes" look we see part of the movie?

[Bela195401]

This is from the movie Pick A Star. It actually is not rare. I bought this on video at a local store. It's also listed as Movie Struck-but it's the same film.

[88888888BBBBBBBB]

This comment is for Bela195401. Does your local store have another Pick A Star on video? It is very rare in my country.

[Bela195401]

I just checked E-Bay.  It's listed right now for $5.99 plus shipping.

[riddler182]

genious

[kcufdam]

It's a buzzer. Raspberry the tiger Walter Long!

[bollobiLL612]

My favorite was stan lighting the match on the bartender's bald head :-) 1:27 or so

[Inatsikap]

That had to hurt - Ouch but man it was damn funny!!

[Mynameisfreya]

OUCH!

[ShinyGrim]

What movie is this scene from? I love Laurel and Hardy.

[screamgorgeous45]

oh shit that bottle had to hurt!!!!!!!!

[kcufdam]

ooyah...Stan.

[kingdrewew]

that slap of the tache on 1:48..funny as..

[sweetypie000]

Lol, that real bottle looked like it really hit hard !

[oneandatwo]

It was probably made out of rubber.

[Googambyx]

Finlayson rules!

[sparklerofalbion]

Yeah, funny to see James Finlayson without a moustache but our two comedy heroes wearing them. Wonder if the scene where Stan strikes a match on the bald guy's head influenced the director of a certain spaghetti Western years later when Clint Eastwood struck a match on a bad guy's hump.

There were unsubstantiated rumours that Clint Eastwood was Stan's secret son.

[sweetypie000]

Urban Myth

[waZZaaCS]

=)))

[bogdanush82]

:))))))

[icecreamforcrowhurst]

Yes, without a doubt that is James Finlayson without a moustache. And the mean looking guy at the bar is none other than Walter Long WITH a moustache (who can forget him as the snarling convict Butch in 'Going Bye Bye' or as the truculent sea captain in 'The Live Ghost)!

Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting this rarely seen clip.

[kirkbyla]

nice one i always wondered about him (walter long)as i now know him he gave a look that would make the grim reaper leave town ,takes me back 30 years but still top draw fun thanks for the info

[DrDespicable]

Take a quick look at their director - it's Jimmy Finlayson without his usual walrus-mustache! This is the only Laurel & Hardy movie I've seen him in without it!

[leedsunited70]

Bravo. Unique. Thanks.

[fusionfreq]

stan got a hard hit then! owch

[trhdoxl43]

I know!

[madmomentsgo]

never seen this before thanks.

[Skawesome18]

lmfao, that was priceless.

[thespazicat]

this isn't rare, ive seen this on tape.

[wannaseesumfun]

Well, your the only one out of 66 then...still pretty rare! If you can get the whole thing, whack it up on Youtube!

[tv97369]

For years I've seen this listed as a film they were in, but never actually seen it. Thank you so much for posting it!!

[bchfront]

As all have said,Stan & Ollie were the greatest! And, dear Patsy Kelly,who enlivened many a movie in the '30's, would turn-up years later, as one of the "witches" in "Rosemary's Baby"! In-between, she was for many years companion/secretary to Tallulah Bankhead.

[hornybodhisattva]

they also did films in spanish!

[tomanyasses]

i think i never seen this ,im native california three hundred years in america and i seen almost all movies butt thanks for posting this one PRIMATE1234

[MartinHuijzer]

That was GREAT! :D

[gogetemfloyd1979]

Cheers...they are the best know matter what your age is..try and share the best with who you love..

[Vampiratess]

ooooo i almost felt that lol, these two are absolutly amazing :D they never fail to make me laugh. Love them. and Thanks!!

[Featureman]

Really good. I don't remember seeing this one before, but maybe it was something I saw when I was a kid. They were so great.

[stuartclarke2007]

Now try it on me...

[tamsinlouiselunn]

this is rate funny

were u get all this from bit random

but thats what i like lol

[fromthesidelines]

Actually, "Pick A Star" was originally released in 1937, 'primate'....

[kall67]

AS TINA TURNER SANG..."Simply the best, better than all the rest...."

[mintgirl001]

Great upload what is the name of this movie ?

[DADRENO]

Rarely seen clip from the film 'Pick A Star' 1936

[koolslayer52]

They don't come better than these two!

[Spoolin51]

I love Laurel & Hardy. Thanks for uploading.

[hseth]

LOL!!!

[TheJediCharles]

"Try it on me."

*tink*

Those boys have got to be cracking the angels up in heaven right now.

[MacKlaus71]

Ha ha! James Finlayson without mustaches!

[ElizabethR1558]

Jimmy's 'tach was actually a false one! Great comedy actor!

[RinceBox]

I LOVE James Finlayson - apparently the inspiration for Homer Simpson's "D'oh!!"

[strummerino]

He was my mate's great Grandad, from Larbert

[VampireJames16]

great part!

[143AC]

This is Mr.Walter Long's last film

appearance with L&H as the tough guy

at the bar.

[143AC]

Dear Elm,

Mr.Walter Long was not in "Saps At Sea!"

That was Mr.Dick Cramer playing the

escaped killer "Nick Granger".

[dliwdivad]

where can i get this film i have not seen pick a star is it on dvd??

[whippy244]

Have me crying!! - noone has beat them & ever will

[TheGodParticle]

I've never seen this before, Love it!!!

[brookstrlime]

The Best Actors On Laurel And Hardy Are James Finlayson , Charley Chase , Charlie Hall , Mae Bush And Walter Long. And Stan And Ollie Of Course!

[faf26]

looks a like the three amigos bar scene still like laurel and hardy clips.

[digitalshark]

Oh my god... it's the Two Amigos! It's almost 5am and I'm laughing my ass off! It's so great to see them do a mini "tit for tat" routine with Walter Long, a scene usually done with Charlie Hall or James Finlayson. My faves of this routine are in "Two Tars," "Big Business" and "Them Thar Hills." I used to hope I'd catch this on TCM or something. Thanks so much for posting!

[LaurelandHardyForum]

Great scene, thanks for posting it

[Golfsplat1]

Absolutely brilliant, lol stuff. No doubt the best duo in comedy history.

[ELM22]

"Sacramento." Didn't the guy at the bar Slugger in Saps At Sea?

[Mollweidekadet]

He sure did, Walter "Mugsy" Long, what a handsome bastard, haha! Never heard of or seen this film before, crackin' stuff!

[dongatito]

Hey where is this material from? Anyway Thanks a lot for posting this clip

[Spoolin51]

Laurel and Hardy......The funniest people ever!

[natezemanek]

Charlie Hall again............ What happened to him???

[digitalshark]

Spot on natezemanek! Charlie was amazing, so funny and a perfect foil for the boys. He's someone I wish I knew more about. I have this feeling he was a really cool guy somehow. I heard there is not much info available about him. He is seriously under appreciated, or should I say he deserves to be remembered in far more detail...

[Mollweidekadet]

Charlie Hall's coat is in The Laurel & Hardy Museum in Ulverston, England (Stan's birthplace). I think it's open every day apart from Mondays and the Christmas holidays. It's well worth a visit, although it is a little chaotic and could do with reburbishment. I think Stan's bog from his old house is in there as well. Wierd eh?

[hutchydizzle]

It's weird seeing James (Doh!) Finlayson without a moustache

[fromthesidelines]

"Pick A Star" was actually released in 1937, as a starring vehicle for Hal Roach's contract player Rosina Lawrence {who also played "Our Gang"'s schoolteacher during that period}. Laurel & Hardy made a "special guest appearance" in the film to boost publicity and ticket sales. The film was reissued in 1947 by Astor Pictures as "Movie Struck".

[anthony68drake]

What movie was this from? Thanks for posting it by the way, I love these guys.

[Nasipwondi]

The magic of bottles.Oh gosh ! the last one was a real bottle and it had to hurt.

[XSC3]

It had to have been rubber, that would have hurt like a mofo!