paul secor Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 New York Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Great article. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 New York Times Thanks, Paul. That was heartfelt and beautifully written. We're lucky to get to meet our heroes, luckier still when they turn out as Mr. Cavett so deliciously recounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Fine tribute. Laurel was one of my hero. Posted 'Big Business' as the funniest film I ever saw in the recent O. thread about those films but the link does not work anymore Much, much funnier than 'Airplane' which was named 'funniest film ever' last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) Laurel & Hardy were big long before even my Grandparent's time....but some of the funniest films I have seen involved them. My youngest sister who is only 4.5 (that half year is big to her!) can't get enough of The Music Box amongst others. For those of you who haven't seen this great site. It appears he pretty much responded to anyone who wrote to him. http://www.lettersfromstan.com/index.html A small correction it was Apt. 203. http://www.lettersfromstan.com/stan_oceana.html Dick Van Dyke's eulogy http://www.lettersfromstan.com/stan_eulogy.html Edited September 9, 2012 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7IKV21jZQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlitweiler Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 A girl I went to high school with, after graduation, moved to Los Angeles and wound up with a job at the Chateau Maremont as a desk clerk. One day she was in the lobby crying when Stan Laurel, who lived there and recognized her, saw her. She explained that she had just gotten fired. Laurel tried to comfort her and said, "Stay there. Maybe I can help." He came back a little later and told her that X movie studio needed someone to run a concession stand, they would hire her. She took the job Laurel directed her to and eventually worked herself up to a job as set designer for soap operas - even won an Emmy, she said. At least in their silent movies, directed by Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy were among the funniest people God gave us in the 20th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 A girl I went to high school with, after graduation, moved to Los Angeles and wound up with a job at the Chateau Maremont as a desk clerk. One day she was in the lobby crying when Stan Laurel, who lived there and recognized her, saw her. She explained that she had just gotten fired. Laurel tried to comfort her and said, "Stay there. Maybe I can help." He came back a little later and told her that X movie studio needed someone to run a concession stand, they would hire her. She took the job Laurel directed her to and eventually worked herself up to a job as set designer for soap operas - even won an Emmy, she said. At least in their silent movies, directed by Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy were among the funniest people God gave us in the 20th century. Nice story. Tells us even more about the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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