Stan Laurel 1957 FULL Interview Laurel and Hardy Podcast 2013-01-07 | Dr Arthur B. Friedman interviews Stan Laurel on August the 14th, 1957, only a few days after the death of his comedy partner, Oliver Hardy. In this 74 minute interview Stan talks about many things including:Oliver Hardy's death; His beginnings in a juvenile pantomime company; Working for his father in his theatres; How and why he became a comic; Understudying Charlie Chaplin in the Fred Karno Troupe; The hardships, good times, partnerships and professional jealousy of his vaudeville career; His family; The Stan Jefferson Trio; Costumes; His early film career with Larry Semon, Bronco Billy, and Hal Roach; How he became a gag writer and director after struggling to find a comic character; How he was teamed with Oliver Hardy and his return to films; Early film making techniques, where gags come from and off the cuff shooting techniques; His relationship with Oliver Hardy and how their characters developed; Silent, talkie and feature length films; The worldwide appeal of Laurel and Hardy; His retirement, hobbies, health and fan mail.
Buster Keaton cries at the funeral of Stan Laurel. Laurel and Hardy Podcast 2014-04-13 | "Chaplin wasn't the funniest, I wasn't the funniest, Stan Laurel was the funniest." BUSTER KEATONDick Van Dyke read the eulogy at Stan's funeral.
Raw footage of Stan Laurels funeral with Dick Van Dyke, Buster Keaton and more Laurel and Hardy Podcast 2014-01-03 | Dick Van Dyke read the eulogy at Stan Laurels funeral. Below is a transcript of the eulogy.God bless all clowns. Who star in the world with laughter, Who ring the rafters with flying jest, Who make the world spin merry on its way. God bless all clowns. So poor the world would be, Lacking their piquant touch, hilarity, The belly laughs, the ringing lovely. God bless all clowns. Give them a long good life, Make bright their way—they're a race apart! Alchemists most, who turn their hearts' pain, Into a dazzling jest to lift the heart. God bless all clowns.
