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• Laurel And Hardy - Laughing 20's | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  This documentary renewed an interest in Laurel and Hardy and led to a revival in television showings of their classic comedy shorts. Sit back and enjoy Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's! Robert Younson wrote produced and directed classic compilations of the greatest comedians of yesteryear (The Golden Age Of Comedy When Comedy Was King Days Of Thrills And Laughter and The Further Perils Of Laurel And Hardy) including this one which features primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts fro

• Laurel And Hardy - Way Out West | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £7.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (130.94%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Way Out West, Laurel and Hardy's sole foray into cowboy country, benefits from their rousing rendition of "The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" (a song which made it into the British charts a few years ago) and some inspired villainy from James Finlayson, the Scottish actor who was frequently cast as Stan and Ollie's nemesis (here, he plays villainous bartender Mickey Finn). The plot is some hokum about Stan and Ollie's attempts to deliver deeds to a gold mine to the daughter of an old pal. What matters is the clowning--most of which is inspired. --Geoffrey Macnab