This Is Your Life Laurel And Hardy

[@doctorinsomnia5410]

This was from December of 1954. Would be their last TV appearance together. Less than 3 years later, Oliver Hardy had a stroke and eventually died from complications. Best comedy duo ever, and there will never be another one like them. Timelessly funny.

[@JamesHenderson-wk4hd]

The stroke was in September 1956.

[@boredweegie553]

​@@JamesHenderson-wk4hdthat's what he said ,less than three yrs later

[@amaralbarbosa2640]

stanley lived 9 years longer than oliver

[@craigrothwell6144]

They stood up for each guest, Pure class.

[@rotunda57]

I see that - Ollie seems quite agile for his size and age here.

[@A-Nobody]

I didn't have a great childhood, but these two were one of the few things that always made me smile. Simpy the best of the very best.

[@mastersham]

Hope you are doing better now friend!

[@funtimes8296]

Safe to say you had it Hardy?

[@amaralbarbosa2640]

stanley lived 9 years longer than oliver

[@michelterral5907]

both died very poor. Sad &.disgusting !!!& nobody cared@@amaralbarbosa2640

[@KellyNorman-wu6qr]

that's because your a Meth user and your daddy touched you

[@lizhardy6318]

Everyone should introduce their children to the wonderful Laurel and Hardy. Let's keep them going forever!

[@crg1819]

I did. They love them.

[@tbascoebuzz4782]

My kids grew up with them and are carrying on the tradition with my 6 grandkids. 🥰

[@rotunda57]

Well, I have to ask the original poster. Are you a relation to Ollie? I didn't think Ollie had any kids.

[@lizhardy6318]

@@rotunda57 Unfortunately not 😪 However much I would love to say Yes, just blessed with an amazing surname and excellent taste. Nearly called our son Oliver , although had he been a girl we were going to call her Laurel Anne just for laughs 😃

[@jackstraw4222]

i remember watching it when i was young at my uncles who always had it on...even now i will watch it if its on tv...

[@katrinajayneskinner488]

Please bring back this is your life. (2023)

[@Brace67]

I am 78 years old and although I’ve seen the boy’s movies many times over the years, I still laugh uproariously when watching them again. Their comedy is timeless and new generations of young people should be continually introduced to this greatest of all comedy teams. ❤

[@robertveith6383]

* *boys'* movies

[@Brace67]

@@robertveith6383 Are you a retired English teacher with nothing better to do than to add quotation marks to a hastily written comment? Well, to paraphrase an old saying, “A troll by any other word is still a troll.”

[@rikmeyer1469]

God bless you!

[@nastarwarrior]

Love Laurel and Hardy, but The Three Stooges will always be my favourite.

[@jameslarosa2396]

Their films still make me laugh out loud.

[@jazzmanchgo]

They truly loved one another as lifelong friends. Not that common for "comedy" teams, but deeply heartwarming.

[@davidwhite4874]

David White is...............what?

[@georginaparamo4129]

The term G.O.A.T. is used a lot in 2023. Truly Stanley and Laurel are the GREATEST OF ALL TIME! God bless them for the laughter the brought to people young and old! R.I.P. Never Forgotten! We are still laughing!

[@vickihshallenberger3644]

Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy were great comedianns! Love the!😍RIP Laurel and Hardy!💗🙏💐

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

Neither Hardy or Laurel seem terribly comfortable or happy with this “surprise”. I can’t say I would either!

[@10Tuxedo]

No, they were none too pleased about it. I read that they hated it.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

@@10Tuxedo - Yes, they were far more polite than happy. I love these guys. It seemed a rude and tiring interruption for these gentlemen. Not even the “Old friends” seemed welcome (in this situation) and, I wonder if they were really THAT CLOSE to begin with. Of course, none of this matters anymore …that whole world of Hollywood is long gone.

[@carolcaponigro]

Kids today have no idea what they missed.

[@ilseryan8145]

Yes, Amen, it was wonderful 💕💕

[@bossb2539]

Kids today are too self consumed with social media. The end is near….

[@oleggorky906]

Everybody blames the youth because their world has changed, lmfao! It’s not their fault, lay off ‘em. 😂😂

[@oleggorky906]

And yes, I love L&H. Below Zero and Sons of the Desert being particular favourites of mine.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@stc40]

Two gentlemen.. two gentle men. In a nutshell, the greatest...Amen

[@royb2251]

These 2 are Royalty of comedy. They’ll never be anyone like them again.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

These two were such dear men. They had genuine love for each other through their friendship.

[@ca006881]

Treasured childhood memories for my siblings and me, forever. I am 73 years old. Thank you Laurel and Hardy!

[@large42]

The best comedy team of all time.

[@eleanormenz7169]

Just love Laurel & Hardy❤❤

[@dennislindqvist8443]

They didn't seem comfortable with the attention but they handled it like true gentlemen.

[@tonymcmahon_historybear]

Loved them - but they were not enjoying that show. And clearly neither of them knew the first guests. 😮

[@thefairhairedboywiththered2951]

They weren't comfortable - apparently Ralph Edwards was really rude to them both.

[@Dude0000]

@@thefairhairedboywiththered2951 yeah he comes off as a bit weird.

[@melissacooper8724]

He was fat shaming poor Oliver!

[@sharonellis8776]

This was special and lovely. RIP Stan & Ollie xx

[@FAMA-18]

There will never be another match like this ever again, loved them till this day.

[@hughmanatee7657]

They were and continue to be the cause of happiness in hundreds of millions of people. If they are not in Heaven, then no one is.

[@bivas108]

Two legends of cinema. I have watched each every film of theirs many many times. They made my childhood special, and now as well when I watch them. Just what a wonderful duo.

[@amaralbarbosa2640]

stanley lived 9 years longer than oliver

[@kathyevans3783]

IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. RIP BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING SO MUCH HAPPINESS INTO THE WORLD. GOD BLEDD YOU BOTH.

[@markfox1545]

That caps lock button is tricky, isn't it?

[@shawnbressler8232]

My favorite comedy. Stan is a genius.

[@horsthanetz3652]

gods for all eternity, greetings from germany

[@srt_gutz]

I sure miss my grandfather. It's because of him that I grew up watching these two. Abbott and Costello, The Three Stooges, Red Skelton... all great.

[@Mcqlfc]

Nothing can make you laugh like these two. The best comedy duo 100 years later! When I was a kid and sick and off school, Laurel and Hardy used to be on BBC2 at lunch times and always made me feel better!

[@amaralbarbosa2640]

stanley lived 9 years longer than oliver

[@richardfox9495]

Same with me,they made me happy.

[@trentaccid2177]

THE JO KIDS TODAY SMOKE SO MUCH MARIJUANA SO MUCH EVERY DAY THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

[@garyfoster3490]

greatest comedy duo ever and will always will be no one comes close rip

[@user-rv1wf6sd4p]

A Legendary Duo,thats for sure!❤❤😅😅😅

[@MichaeldeFilippi]

This is your life ROCK!!! - Mankind

[@stephenwelch757]

GREATEST COMEDY DUO EVER FULL STOP!!

[@Rock-Alien-666]

They made us happy for the few moments when we were innocent at a young age thinking that the life was easier than what really is, thank you from the bottom of our hearts Laurel and Hardy, may God bless you wherever you are now.

[@locomotionmusicml]

Never forgotten and the best comedy stars for ever R.I.P❤

[@colleenwiedemann6521]

I’m 70yrs. I remember bringing soo much happiness to myself & family!👌👌👌

[@brianrogers8382]

The best comedy duo ever ❤

[@1028dianemarie]

I love the fact that every Thanksgiving they play their movie “babes in toyland. Otherwise known as “march of the wooden soldiers”. love them 💜. And friends til the end. I read that when Oliver died Stan was inconsolable. 💜💜

[@leonardocota242]

This is a great special treat watching this 👌 This is your Life Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy for sure 👍

[@RealmsofPixelation]

Wow. This was over 25 years before I was even born. Just fantastic. KZbin isn't all bad.

[@mercerconsulting9728]

I watched these when I was very young, and my father would tell me about them and how popular they were.

[@michaelmciver4440]

Even in 2023 no one compares to these guys

[@MDyson151]

When i was 11 I had my appendix removed. Spent 10 days in the hospital, in those days you had a big scar. I remember the nurse telling me off for watching Laurel and Hardy on the TV by my bed because laughing so much would pop my stitches.

[@VeillonBusinessConsu]

love this story about one of the greatest comedy teams of all time.

[@jackstraw4222]

morcombe and wise ,reeves and Mortimer have nothing on these two... ant and dec are not this era's version of them either ...no other duo came close....

[@stephenhotchkis1713]

I always has and always will be a fan of Laurel and Hardy, Stan and Ollie thank you for all the laughs for all the years god bless you two and RIP now.

[@tommyriam8320]

' I always _have been_ and always will be..'

[@uiflorin]

They had a special affection for one another, they completed each other. Stan Laurel did not perform after Ollie's death, he was grief striken and the history remembers he continued to write sketches for Laurel and Hardy until his death, just as a token of love and respect for his lost friend. When he past away, his last words were:"I'd rather go skiing than do this".

[@amaralbarbosa2640]

stanley lived 9 years longer than oliver

[@gdfggggg]

I watched them when I was a little boy in the late 70’s, early 80’s.

[@jeffebdy]

I didn't laugh much as a child, apparently, but I all but cried with laughter every L&H movie I watched... one Christmas in England, late 1960's they played a L&H movie every morning over Christmas... the best Christmas I ever had!

[@stevefaure415]

Every six months of so I come back and watch this. If you grew up watching Laurel and Hardy and loving them like I did this couldn't be any more touching. Seems like their sweet, funny characters on film were not at all too far off from their real personalities. At least, that's what we're left with from this and a few other late-era clips. And that's good enough.

[@R6FTW59]

I want to thank Laurel and Hardy for being such a big part of my life growing up and for all the wonderful memories. Forever in my heart. God bless 🙏❤️🕊️☘️

[@tsmith235]

Stan and Oliver best people that could ever happen to a kid. You may have died your memory will never be forgotten.

[@DaveLaske]

When humor was clean ahd done by talented people.

[@williamknox4240]

they will never ever be matched in comedy films...and there friendship was truely amazing to watch on and off screen....thee best of the best.

[@andrewpoules9109]

The greatest entertainers and fabulous genuine people rip boys

[@colonelminus]

“No one leaves you When you live in their heart and mind And no one dies They just move to the other side” (Song “Estonia” from Marillion) Laurel & Hardy never left us and, like many other people, I never left them.

[@Jams1fanuk]

classic two of the best,they will live on forever 🤩🤩🤩

[@craiglawrence7576]

“That’s another fine mess you got me into”

[@ianince7079]

My grandad showed me their films when I was young as soon as I watched I was hooked quite simply the greatest duo ever or ever will be !!thank you boys

[@donnacsuti4980]

In early TV days when I was young they used to frequently show their skits , so funny I and my sister always just loved them

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

They loved each other. It came through.

[@justonecornetto80]

Just in case anyone was wondering, Stan Laurel`s home town of Ulverston is now in Cumbria due to boundary changes in 1974. It is also twinned with Oliver Hardy`s birthplace of Harlem, Georgia.

[@christianheller551]

Their loyalty was amazing.

[@sandralarson-gonzales3797]

They were simply great so talented nothing like them today

[@manoalex6575]

I watched them all my life of 65 yrs and continue... Nobody can stop me... Out and out loving fellas.. Stan and Oliver.. Hugs to them

[@panayotisloizia1044]

The best i love them since I was 5 years old I was watching these guys now am 56 I'm still watching them

[@chelle67]

My Grandson is 5 now and loves watching these two, just as my Dad did … ❤😂❤😂❤

[@raqueljenson5972]

Thank you amazing, wonderful Laurel and Hardy 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕

[@philipmason3218]

I remember my late father during parties. As soon as any music started, he'd be up doing the Commence to Dancin routine, very happy times. I'm 62 now, and Way Out West is still up there as one of the funniest films ever. The original and best.

[@maureen669]

I'm so glad I was born a boomer. We have the best, from Bing Crosby to Springsteen to .... Everything! Seeing Looney Tunes, Mel Blanc, The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, it was all reruns etc. But we were EXPOSED to it and it gave us the best of everything from the 1900s all the way to now, 2023. And it will go on forever!

[@sandralarson-gonzales3797]

Springsteen is anti-American

[@06BIBOI]

Well over 50 years post death and still this loved by a lot says it all !

[@margueriteguineheux8139]

That TWA Illustration at the end is super nice! These two were my favorites as a child. Something exceptional about these two great classic comedians.

[@rodrigost.3324]

THE TRUE COMEDY !!! Stan & Olie are immortals!

[@seppostolt9024]

When i was kid i allwys wats this tv. Seppo from Finland❤😂

[@HolywellFilms]

They were truly ahead of their times. My utmost favourite comedy duo of all times. Love them. ♥

[@jimmyodriscoll9273]

Not a lot of kids remember the Old comic actors to day. but everyone knows who laurel & Hardy was. they are the "best" & always will be...🤣🤣 They've been gone such a long time now but still live on in our "memories" R.I.P BOY'S😢.

[@davidmichels9454]

Lol Oliver downed that drink before leaving! I'm 56 and was very fortunate to have been raised with all the classics! I think I was into these guys and Charlie Chaplin before I was the Stooges! Let me put it this Way. At 13 , I got a kiss on the cheek from Deborah Kerr!

[@simbosimbo]

Fantastic duo pure legends, There will lnever be a duo like them they'll be remembered forever godbless them.

[@shirleyfunte3063]

I loved it when Hardy saved with his tue!

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Huh?

[@rotunda57]

@@Dan-nt2yb Toungue twister. Probably "waved with his tie".

[@odettewiddicombe4583]

Sad that they have now long gone rip you two

[@140pro]

They were just fantastic....absolute magic xx

[@PiperX1X]

As a child in the 70s when these two incredible men were on the tv I was absolutely glued to the tv as they brought so much joy into my life and now I’m in my mid 50’s and got box sets of them I still make a point to record any programs that appear on the tv. The were just brilliant and even though they are long gone they are still bringing laughter all these years later and still will continue to do so. The mould was definitely broken when they were made.

[@craigstjohn4470]

they got,box set in, color also!/. we got one dvd color ( way out west)!

[@stevenplatis4992]

TV if t

[@markallen5764]

WE ALL OWE THEM SO MUCH ❤ XXXXXXXXX BECKY GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧

[@Dan-nt2yb]

They both look like they’d rather be somewhere else. I don’t blame them.

[@hughmanatee7657]

The expression on Oliver's face at the mention of the drowning of his brother!

[@READYTEDDYBEAR]

The fashions may change and the hairstyles may change but good comedy lasts forever! Over a hundred years since they started making films, they are still making people smile and laugh!

[@rustymac40]

52 here and like my Dad, I grew up Loving these two. My kids liked them when they were young and I will make sure my grandkids get the thrill of watching LnH also. I really enjoyed watching this.

[@janmarilynfanlevitan7138]

I agree I was born in 1964 and these guys are just incredible. Used to watch them with my dad.

[@maryhirsch7170]

I'm a child of the fifties, how I miss great people like these two, no one like them in this century!

[@garyproffitt5941]

He is very intelligent the late U.K. Stan Laurel and the late U.S.A. Oliver Hardy 😊👍

[@harri2626]

What a magnificent pair they were. So polite and courteous, unlike many famous stars of today. (The map showing Ulverston at 6min 20sec. is wrongly placed almost at Castle Douglas in Scotland.)

[@wboyle9721]

Very true Stan Laurel did stay in Glasgow Scotland in his teens and made ihis stage debut in Glasgow best wishes to Cumbria this man Stan Laurel is a legend and so is Oliver Hardy what a team

[@75campbell]

As a cumbrian Laurel and Hardy were part of my childhood growing up in the early 80s, just pure joy. By the way Ulverston is not where they had this on a map....they had it in Scotland 😂

[@watermusic4381]

Was going to say the same thing about the map mistake.

[@Dude0000]

Thought it looked odd. My grandmas husband is from Ulverston, now in Clitheroe. He’s still alive but my gran died a month or so ago.😢

[@carl.f.a.allison201]

They brought laughter and joy to so many hearts at the time and yet many many many more hearts as time went by.They always used to be shown during my childhood back in the 1970s!!! Hard to believe these 2 got together around a 100 years ago.A special duo whom no one can ever really re-master.God bless us all,every one of us 🙂❤️🙏🌎

[@johnmearns9965]

absolutely. brilliant.

[@timkeen619]

Proverbs 17-22 Laughter is good medicine

[@bigoinsalsa]

Che coppia meravigliosa! Ore ed ore di risate serene e mai volgari: veramente due geni del cinema. Anche da "anziano" ogni volta che vedo un loro film lo faccio con piacere!

[@togasso]

Stanlio e Ollio

[@leannsherman6723]

This is precious television history.

[@ralphauer150]

Saw this show live when it aired. 1954

[@rumbatango3341]

Fantastic I went back in time. A comedy duo that was broadcast in film and TV many years ago when I was a child. Hardy died in 1957 and Laurel in 1965 and I remember reading about Laurel's death in the papers. Thanks from Italy 🇮🇹

[@evelyncoello1174]

I used to watch this show with my grandfather back in Ecuador! Every time I see them bring me memories from my childhood with my grandfather! Now I’m 36 and I still see them.

[@jackstraw4222]

im around that age and my uncles used to watch them on vhs back then...i still watch any time it comes on tv..

[@deepamalavalli3956]

Laurel and Hardy were and will be the comedians of all times. Nobody can reach their standard. Many learned from them. Stanly was the master mind behind all the comedy pieces.What a genius. The life long mutual respect and love between is so amazing.

[@jackstraw4222]

yea i kinda suspected he wrote alot of the scripts ,and then the documentary confirmed it....

[@beckynelson6786]

An unforgettable pair.❤

[@CosmicPen]

Such kind hearted comics. I played one of their shows for my 6 year old granddaughter, Lyra. It was hilarious watching her watch them. She could not stop laughing and even began mimicing them. She kept saying, “Oh no! Here they go again.”