Silent Films: pre-team 1921-1927 Laurel and Hardy Silents 1927 Laurel and Hardy Silents 1928 Laurel and Hardy Silents 1929 Laurel and Hardy sound films (alphabetical order): A-Haunting We Will Go Air Raid Wardens Another Fine Mess Any Old Port! Atoll K (aka Utopia) Babes In Toyland Beau Hunks Be Big! Below Zero Berth Marks The Big Noise Block-Heads Blotto The Bohemian Girl Bonnie Scotland Brats The Bullfighters Busy Bodies Chickens Come Home - The Chimp A Chump At Oxford Come Clean County Hospital The Dancing Masters The Devil's Brother aka Fra Diavolo Dirty Work The Fixer Uppers The Flying Deuces Fra Diavolo aka The Devil's Brother Going Bye-Bye! Great Guns Helpmates Hog Wild The Hoose-Gow Jitterbugs Laughing Gravy The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case The Live Ghost Me And My Pal Men O'War The Midnight Patrol The Music Box Night Owls Nothing But Trouble Oliver The Eighth One Good Turn Our Relations Our Wife Pack Up Your Troubles Pardon Us Perfect Day Saps At Sea Scram! Sons of the Desert Swiss Miss Their First Mistake Them Thar Hills They Go Boom! Thicker Than Water Tit For Tat Towed In A Hole Twice Two Unaccustomed As We Are Utopia (aka Atoll K) Way Out West Specials: Cameos Cartoons For Love Or Mummy Laurel and Hardy Memories "Stan"

Towed In A Hole Year: 1932 Directed by: George Marshall Duration: 20m Availability: Try sendit.com Viewpoint: "Remember: united we stand, divided we fall." If ever there was a case of humour being subjective, this is it. For once I’m going to tell you to completely disregard my views, as this is a well-made short that’s loved by pretty much everyone... except for me. Why this is I can’t quite put my finger on. Possibly it’s that after nearly thirty sound shorts it does feel a little like we’ve seen it all before, and the spark isn’t there. That can’t be right though, as friends tell me they love this one. I suspect what it really might be is that the film features almost unprecedented levels of violence from Ollie to Stan. While seeing Stan get the better of Ollie is funny, or a third party inflicting the pain, twenty minutes of a virtual two-hander (Billy Gilbert has a miniscule role as a boat seller) with Ollie inflicting violence on the much smaller Stan seems like an exercise in sadism somehow. Am I taking it all too seriously, especially as Stan’s “black eyes” are obviously fake? Maybe I am. After all, I love Busy Bodies even though that’s similarly lacking in any great subtext or plot development. This one is pretty slow though. Ah, as I said at the beginning – ignore me. Personally, it’s a couple of chuckles and not much else. For 90% of other people, it’s a laugh a minute. Add at least one extra bowler hat star to the total and it’ll all work out for the best...