The best thing about this is that Stan is totally correct in his response. If the operator had said 'Can you take a long distance call from Atlanta?' then that would be a different story. Stan, as always is a subtle observer of our idiomatic use fo language.
Complete geniuses. Right up there with the biggest icons of The 20th Century. The writing and acting - even the ongoing premise is hilarious: how Hardy sticks for so long with Laurel who's constantly annoying him and worse. The way Hardy says "see who that is, it might be him" talking to Laurel with matter-of-fact friendly respect like he sees them as equals... that is just such clever writing and acting and it's hilarious how Oliver sticks with Stan and for brief moments seems to completely forget or forgive what a crazy character Stan is. AND how on earth is it that some of the best scenes ever filmed to this day, were done when talkies were still only a few years old, how did they master the craft so quickly !!!?????
I forget the short this clip is from. I think Oliver, being the bigger of the two, is in the habit of pushing Stan around. Stan is such a dope that he merely responds to Ollie’s pathetic orders without thinking. It’s like the classic working-class marriage of an insecure and physically more imposing husband finding that he can console himself a little by occasionally having his loving wife run around after him like R2 blinkin’ D2. But Laurel and Hardy are in a public place here. And, although frequently down on their luck, they too have their standards and a certain amount of pride to uphold. But that front all unravels in an instant when Ollie blurts out “See who that is!” to his sidekick Stan: the comic effect ramped up by the observation that Ollie is seated much closer to the phone than Stan is, who must walk around the table. As he does so, the stamp of his feet hints at a suppression of his own weariness at Ollie’s penchant for snapping his fingers at him. Thank goodness the film-makers had the imagination to include a window behind the famous comic duo and rushing feet outside: too often in early L&H films, the oppressive drama-set stage, indoors, without exterior context, made for a slightly less engaging and less earnest endeavour than it should otherwise have been. But these were the very early days of cinema, still, and the earliest days of the Talkies. It’s a lovely clip, very amusing, and indicative of my own revolt against the relentless advance of technology in our lives: when the jargon associated with it is clipped as if everybody should be one with being for it all. Stan is quietly mocking that in this clip. L&H represent the hard-pressed ordinary working man who just wants a beer and to talk straight, without presumptuous language. The presumptuousness of our times in our ridiculously indulgent use of technology had been borne out, ninety years earlier, by the deep furrow of Stan Laurel’s unwitting concern seen in his face as seen in this delightful clip.
In the 1970s British sitcom, "Love Thy Neighbour", episode "When the Cats Away", this joke was used. Jacko answers the telephone at the local pub, says "you're right, it is", and hangs up. When asked who it was, he says "somebody having a joke, said 'it's a long distance from Trinidad!'".
Is it in a L&H film where Stan keeps saying "You don't say" to someone at the other end of the line? When Ollie asks him who was calling, Stan replies "He didn't say".
The best thing about this is that Stan is totally correct in his response. If the operator had said 'Can you take a long distance call from Atlanta?' then that would be a different story. Stan, as always is a subtle observer of our idiomatic use fo language.
I have been looking for this clip for years! THANK YOU for sharing. The Boys are Unbeatable.
I've loved this segment since I first saw it (mid-1970s)...!!!
Complete geniuses. Right up there with the biggest icons of The 20th Century. The writing and acting - even the ongoing premise is hilarious: how Hardy sticks for so long with Laurel who's constantly annoying him and worse. The way Hardy says "see who that is, it might be him" talking to Laurel with matter-of-fact friendly respect like he sees them as equals... that is just such clever writing and acting and it's hilarious how Oliver sticks with Stan and for brief moments seems to completely forget or forgive what a crazy character Stan is. AND how on earth is it that some of the best scenes ever filmed to this day, were done when talkies were still only a few years old, how did they master the craft so quickly !!!?????
I forget the short this clip is from. I think Oliver, being the bigger of the two, is in the habit of pushing Stan around. Stan is such a dope that he merely responds to Ollie’s pathetic orders without thinking. It’s like the classic working-class marriage of an insecure and physically more imposing husband finding that he can console himself a little by occasionally having his loving wife run around after him like R2 blinkin’ D2. But Laurel and Hardy are in a public place here. And, although frequently down on their luck, they too have their standards and a certain amount of pride to uphold. But that front all unravels in an instant when Ollie blurts out “See who that is!” to his sidekick Stan: the comic effect ramped up by the observation that Ollie is seated much closer to the phone than Stan is, who must walk around the table. As he does so, the stamp of his feet hints at a suppression of his own weariness at Ollie’s penchant for snapping his fingers at him.
Thank goodness the film-makers had the imagination to include a window behind the famous comic duo and rushing feet outside: too often in early L&H films, the oppressive drama-set stage, indoors, without exterior context, made for a slightly less engaging and less earnest endeavour than it should otherwise have been. But these were the very early days of cinema, still, and the earliest days of the Talkies.
It’s a lovely clip, very amusing, and indicative of my own revolt against the relentless advance of technology in our lives: when the jargon associated with it is clipped as if everybody should be one with being for it all. Stan is quietly mocking that in this clip. L&H represent the hard-pressed ordinary working man who just wants a beer and to talk straight, without presumptuous language. The presumptuousness of our times in our ridiculously indulgent use of technology had been borne out, ninety years earlier, by the deep furrow of Stan Laurel’s unwitting concern seen in his face as seen in this delightful clip.
Boy just pure silly and funny, I laugh till I cry
As silly as, "Why didn't you TELL me you had two legs?" Love them, luv them, LOVE them
In the 1970s British sitcom, "Love Thy Neighbour", episode "When the Cats Away", this joke was used. Jacko answers the telephone at the local pub, says "you're right, it is", and hangs up. When asked who it was, he says "somebody having a joke, said 'it's a long distance from Trinidad!'".
Me and my dad want to go to Atlanta georgia and renact this scene :)
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Thank you for sharing.
Is it in a L&H film where Stan keeps saying "You don't say" to someone at the other end of the line? When Ollie asks him who was calling, Stan replies "He didn't say".
lol
Always thought that was Abbott and Costello, but I'm open to correction.
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Thanks - if I could just find out what movie the 'When I nod my head, you hit it." sketch comes from my life would be complete :-) Bob
What was the point of this short bit in the short?
It's really funny.
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Movie name please ?
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