Laurel and Hardy

English Etymology From the name of a famous American comedy duo from the 1920s and 1930s. Pronunciation en /ˈlɒɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑː.di/ /ˈlɔːɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑː.di/ UK en /ˈlɔɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑɹ.di/ US Proper noun Any duo who are so inept at practical tasks as to be humorous. en Film Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends 89 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0312261314 Patrick McGilligan 2000 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. en A Cocktail of Tales 14 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1477246878 Patrick C. Reidy 2012 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. en SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future 180 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0230341918 Richard Martin 2012 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. en The Black & White Photography Book 2012 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1908955392 when someone has a Laurel and Hardy moment where they slip on a banana skin en Dallas Noir 211 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1617752029 David Hale Smith 2013 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. en The Flying Dragon 45 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1493133527 Paul "Monty" Choy 2014 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 had a leg missing at the end. Sensing a Laurel-and-Hardy situation, I could not resist the temptation. en The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1466867434 Keith Scott 2014 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. Translations any humorous duo Finnish: fi Majakka ja Perävaunu Hungarian: hu Hacsek és Sajó Polish: pl Flip i Flap m-p Danish: da Gøg og Gokke German: de Dick und Doof Hungarian: Laurel and Hardy hu Stan és Pan Italian: it Cric e Croc Portuguese: pt O Gordo e o Magro Slovak: sk Laurel a Hardy Swedish: sv Helan och Halvan en coordinated pairs eponyms en Comedy People