Meaning of Laurel and Hardy | Babel Free

Definitions

Any duo who are so inept at practical tasks as to be humorous.

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Examples

“We put⟳ a Laurel and Hardy thing together. With ordinary actors I've tried this, and it's like⟳ playing music without an instrument, but these guys could do anything.”

“Then about a hundred yards ahead, two men, one rotund the other thin and spare⟳, leaped over a gate onto the road. They had the appearance of a Laurel and Hardy duo.”

“The session quickly devolved into a Laurel-and-Hardy skit, as an NRC bureaucrat named Lawrence Kokajko was grilled by the commissioners, particularly Hamilton, a man used to having bureaucrats tremble before him.”

“[…] when someone has a Laurel and Hardy moment where they slip⟳ on a banana skin […]”

“She was heavy: not fat, but solid, and it looked good on her; still, we must have⟳ seemed a Laurel and Hardy match⟳, the two times we would have⟳ been observed together in public, me being whichever comedy star was the lanky one.”

“When he got up to answer⟳, I noticed the boy at the other end⟳ of the desk was partially standing. This happened every time. So I quietly walked around and noticed that the long bench they were sitting ^([sic]) had a leg missing at the end⟳. Sensing a Laurel-and-Hardy situation, I could not resist⟳ the temptation.”

“Variety (February 22)reported, “Ward and Scott have⟳ sketched out plans for the production of Green Hopper, a 30 minute show⟳ revolving around a frog, wolf and bear⟳; Simpson and Delaney—a Laurel and Hardy animated duo, and Super Chicken.”

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