James Parrott and Lloyd French direct Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, Charlie Hall, Tiny Sandford and Dick Gilbert in these slapstick shorts where Stan and Ollie cause chaos trying to complete jobs.

I love Laurel & Hardy. Here’s the famous one where they have to push a piano up some steep stairs. And another with some of their tricksiest visual gags (a car is sawn in half, Ollie gets sucked through a pipe). Whatever violence they commit on each other, and the wider world around them, it is their chemistry that always wins the day. The comedy equivalent of a nice hot bath. Or a glass of milk and dark chocolate digestives. Or eating salt and vinegar crisps on your parents’ sofa.

10/9

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