laurel and hardy film identification

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the one where stan and ollie are moving a piano across a rope bridge in the mountains whilst being chased by a "gorilla"

― bob snoom, Monday, 19 May 2003 07:36 (twenty-two years ago)

'Swiss Miss'

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Monday, 19 May 2003 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to watch this in the library of the college where my mom taught, on days when I didn't have school and she couldn't afford a babysitter. They had it on 8mm. They also had a few "Little Rascals" shorts and Donald Duck in Mathmagicland.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 19 May 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

My dream vacation place for the longest time was MATHEMAGICLAND. Though all I remember about it now is the square roots joke.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Monday, 19 May 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I bet they've tossed out all those 8mm films now, bastards. Mathmagic Land is genius.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 19 May 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

amateurist are you chris ware?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 19 May 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish. (Hm, no, well I'll take the creative genius part and leave the incurable depressive part.)

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 19 May 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.chrisjeffs.co.uk/images/swissmiss.jpg

From "Laurel &Hardy" by John McCabe & Al Kilgore, 1975:
One of Swiss Miss's highlights - carrying the piano across the Alpine gorge - is manifestly hilarious but because of inexplicable studio interference part of the sequence does not make sense. As originally conceived by Stan, a bomb was planted in the piano by the chef who, jealous of Anna's husband, hoped to finish him off by triggering the bomb to explode when a certain key was struck. It was planned that the many twistings and turnings of Stan, Ollie and the gorilla, especially the intoxicated falls of Stan against the keys, would add strength to an already suspenseful scene. For some incredible reason during the editing (Stan was not consulted), the bomb footage was removed, and the scene in its present form contains meaningless shots of Stan crashing against the keys.

Hope that makes everything clear. Perish the thought that any of Stan & Ollie's scene should not make sense.

― chris j (chris j), Monday, 19 May 2003 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

at first I thought Bob was saying he IDENTIFIED with this film.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 19 May 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

hey MY LIFE is laurel and hardy!

― bob snoom, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i think that it would be really funny if someone were to photoshop the gareth head into that laurel and hardy still.

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a dissapointingly small piano.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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