Laurel and Hardy is a 1966–1967 American animated comedy television series and an updated version of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's comedic acts by the animation studio Hanna-Barbera and Larry Harmon Productions. Harmon had been developing the series since 1961, while Stan Laurel was still alive, although Laurel had very little involvement."Letters From Stan-May 1961". Retrieved March 9, 2019 Archived from the original on July 10, 2019"Letters From Stan-January 1963". Retrieved March 9, 2019.

A total of 156 shorts were made, each having its own opening and closing wrap-arounds, to make them easy to air in syndication. As Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel had died in 1957 and 1965 respectively, Jim MacGeorge provided the voice of Ollie, while Harmon voiced Stan. They would later reprise their roles in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

The majority of the cartoons usually ended with Stanley whimpering in a high register whenever things went wrong for the both of them, as they were running away after causing the damages to their situations.

Reception The one-season show was not well received. Critic Leonard Maltin said, "To criticize these cartoons is pointless. Any imitation, even a good one, simply cannot be Laurel and Hardy... No one can duplicate Laurel and Hardy's greatness because they were unique."

Voices Larry Harmon as Stan Laurel Jim MacGeorge as Oliver Hardy Additional Voices: Paul Frees, Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Hal Smith, Janet Waldo, Doug Young

Episodes

1. Can't Keep a Secret Agent 2. Mutt Rut 3. How Green Was My Lawn Mower 4. Prairie Panicked 5. Missile Hassle 6. No Moose Is A Good Moose 7. The Bullnick 8. High Fly Guys 9. False Alarms 10. Hillbilly Bully 11. Ball Maul 12. Handle with Care 13. You And Your Big Mouse 14. Sitting Roomers 15. Babes in Sea Land 16. Rome Roamers 17. Rocket Wreckers 18. Hot Rod Hardy 19. Knight Mare 20. Defective Story 21. Crash & Carry 22. Desert Knight 23. Tale of a Sale 24. Fancy Trance 25. Suspect in Custody 26. Auto-Matic Panic 27. Shiver Mr. Timbers 28. Stand Out, Stand In 29. Big Bear Bungle 30. Shrinking Shrieks 31. Mounty Rout 32. Bond Bombed 33. What Fur? 34. Spook Loot 35. Camera Bugged 36. Plumber Pudding 37. Robust Robot 38. Vet Fret 39. Copper Bopper 40. Feud For Thought 41. Love Me, Love My Puppy 42. Squawking Squatter 43. Goofy Gopher Goof-Up 44. Sassy Sea Serpent 45. Wacky Quackers 46. Truant Ruined 47. Country Buzzin' 48. Naps & Saps 49. Bad Day In Baghdad 50. The Missing Fink 51. Always Leave 'Em Giggling 52. Badge Budgers

53. Two for the Crow 54. Good Hoods 55. Animal Shelter 56. Tragic Magic 57. Ring-A-Ding King 58. Ups & Downs 59. Beanstalk Boobs 60. Leaping Leprechaun 61. Tourist Trouble 62. The Genie Was Meanie 63. Mars Little Helper 64. Curfew For Kids 65. Lion Around 66. Shoot-Down at Sundown 67. Horse Detectives 68. The Two Musketeers 69. Ali Boo Boo 70. Ghost Town Clowns 71. Hurricane Hood 72. Ride and Seek 73. Tee Pee TV 74. Shoe-Shoe Baby 75. Train Strain 76. Monster Bash 77. Say Uncle, Ants 78. Kitty Pity 79. Frigid-Ray-Gun 80. Southern Hospital-Ity 81. Frog Frolic 82. Shutter Bugged 83. Circus Run Aways 84. Witch Switch 85. Pie in the Sky 86. Slipper Slip-Up 87. Sign of the Times 88. Two Many Cooks 89. Flea's A Crowd 90. Dingbats 91. We Clothe at Five 92. The Stone Age Kid 93. Quick Change 94. Whing Ding 95. Termite Might 96. To Bee or Not to Bee 97. Mistaken Identi-Tree 98. Rodeo Doug 99. Pet Shop Polly 100. Laff Staff 101. Try and Get It 102. Riverboat Detectives 103. Unhealthy Wealthy 104. Honesty Always Pays

105. Plant Rant 106. Sky-High Noon 107. Get Tough 108. Handy Dandy Diary 109. Jumpin Judo 110. They Take The Cake 111. Gold Storage 112. Lots of Bad Luck 113. Kangaroo Kaper 114. The Finks Robbery 115. Strictly for the Birds 116. Birds of a Feather 117. Bird Brains 118. Switcheroony 119. Mechanical Mess-Up 120. Horsey Sense 121. Bowling Boobs 122. Dog Tired 123. Wayout Campers 124. Goofer Upper Golfers 125. My Friend the Inventor 126. Hard Day's Work 127. Sky-Scraper-Scape 128. Sleepy King 129. Fair Play 130. Fly Foot Flat Feet 131. Baboon Tycoon 132. A Real Live Wife 133. Wishy Washy Fishy Tale 134. Stuporman 135. Wheel and Deal Seal 136. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 137. Lumber Jerks 138. That's Snow Biz 139. A Clothes Call 140. Boot Hill Bill 141. Stop Action Faction 142. Molecule Rule 143. Peek A Boo Pachyderm 144. Mummy Dummy 145. Nitey Knight 146. Fly Spy 147. Franken-Stan 148. A Real Tycoon 149. Puppet Show Down 150. Madcap Mischief 151. Secret Agents 000 152. Flight of the Bumble-Brains 153. Salt Water Daffy 154. From Wrecks to Riches 155. Truant or Consequences 156. Flipped Van Winkles

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Comic book From 1969–1974, Thorpe & Porter in the United Kingdom published a color comic book series based on the Laurel & Hardy cartoon, which lasted 141 issues plus eight extra large issues.

In 1972, DC Comics published a single issue of a comic book series based on the Laurel and Hardy cartoon series. The cover for the unpublished second issue appears in The DC Vault.

Home media The series has been made available in VHS and DVD formats over the last 35 years.

VHS Congress Video Group released two volumes in 1986 consisting of the following entries: Volume 1 – "Can't Keep a Secret Agent", "How Green Was My Lawn Mower", "Handle With Care", "Camera Bugged", "Plumber Pudding", "Robust Robot". Volume 2 – "Copper Bopper", "Feud For Thought", "Love Me, Love My Puppy", "Squawking Squatter", "Goofy Gopher Goof-Up", and "Sassy Sea Serpent". Video Gems released the first 20 episodes on VHS over two volumes in 1988: Crash and Carry – episodes 1-10 Can't Keep a Secret Agent – episodes 21-30 Parkfield Entertainment released three volumes in 1988. Volume 1 – episodes 51-60, 71-72 Volume 2 – episodes 61-70, 73-74 Volume 3 – episodes 81-96 Gemini Entertainment LTD released 12 entries in 1991 as Always Leave 'Em Giggling

DVD The complete series was released on DVD in France in November 2012; it included 68 episodes in English with French subtitles.

See also List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions List of Hanna-Barbera characters The New 3 Stooges The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show The New Scooby-Doo Movies

References

External links

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