Oliver Hardy impersonator at opening of Oconee River Greenway, Milledgeville, GA, 05-03-2008

Oliver Hardy welcoming the crowd at the official opening of the Oconee River Greenway Riverwalk in Milledgeville on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. 27,000 views!

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Travel & Events

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• Oconee
• River
• Milledgeville

[cainster]

Wow has it really been two years?

[dfarmbrough]

Nothing wrong with the video, but it's not described correctly. Please re-label it to show that it is an impersonator.

[cainster]

@dfarmbrough done. Thanks for the catch!

[cainster]

'Dixie' is Dixie Haygood, a.k.a. Annie Abbot, who lived in Milledgeville for awhile and is buried in Milledgeville's Memory Hill Cemetery. She was a performer on stage and rumored to have 'special abilities,' when in reality she was just a very clever magician and incredibly smart woman for her time. Played by Ruby Werts, 'Dixie' had appeared about two hours earlier on the same stage as Hardy.

[cainster]

My apologies for the shaky video...I'm no video journalist -- yet -- and I wasn't even sure if my camera would pick any of this up, even if I was standing a few feet away from the speaker.

Video taken with a Sony Cybershot DSC-H2 purchased off of Ebay about a year or so ago.

The Oconee River Greenway Riverwalk is located in Central Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville. Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia before it was moved to Atlanta.

Riverwalk took more than a decade to create.

[freebudav]

not a good impression

[4freespeech]

This guy is WAY TOO FAT, even for Oliver

Hardy! Hardy was heavy but nimble enough to do his difficult slapstick stunts.

This 400# gentleman can't get out of

his own way. Sorry, but as a fan of L&H

for 50+ years, there's NOBODY who can

do them justice, (although Dick Van Dyke

could do a pretty good Stan Laurel).

[kenmercermusic]

hmmmmmm

[satjathamma]

he recembles him pretty much, even the voice,

thats amazing

[bofawziii]

fat hitler

[11berto124]

A very good impression!! Its a pity that its only Hardy! Where was Laurel? :)

[dfarmbrough]

@cainster Thanks. People who like Laurel and Hardy, like me, have no objection to impersonators, but I think we don't like it if we think we're going to see Ollie in person and it's someone else. I am obliged to you for changing it, thank you!

[diddymuck]

not a complete impersonation, but hey its a valiant try.

[Bellyflops2]

Who the heck is the fat Hitler guy? This frustrates me.

[scotchrks]

He may be bigger than Ollie, but he sure does look and sound like him!