Laurel and Hardy

/ ˈhɑːdɪ; ˈlɒrəl /

noun

1. LaurelStan18901965M HardyOliver18921957M a team of US film comedians, Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, born in Britain, the thin one, and his partner, Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, the fat one

Laurel and Hardy

1. Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy, two twentieth-century film comedians who almost always played their movie roles under their own names. Wearing derby hats and neckties, Laurel appeared as a thin, dim-witted Englishman and Hardy as an overweight American, often irritable and pompous. In their films, they constantly get in each other's way and are usually involved in hopeless business undertakings or doomed personal adventures.

Example Sentences

There are verbal routines in “Godot” that Abbott and Costello would have been right at home parroting and physical comedy sequences that Laurel and Hardy would have gladly taken a tumble for.

From Los Angeles Times

Sitting in the living room of his London flat, the walls a shrine to the Pogues, adorned with posters and rare albums, along with signed Laurel and Hardy memorabilia, Gadd seems much more relaxed.

From Los Angeles Times

Through the post office, he had access to addresses, including the home of Stan Laurel, half of the 1930s Laurel and Hardy comedy team, where Verzi was invited into the living room.

From Los Angeles Times

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Wednesday compared two of Russia's top military leaders to the slapstick comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.

From Reuters

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Wednesday compared two of Russia's top military leaders to the slapstick comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.

From Reuters