Neil Doyle LAUREL AND HARDY make the most of thin material, relying more on dialog than usual. Not downright hilarious, but full of enough sight gags to keep things breezing along to the fake finish with the rear projection shots of near auto crashes.Oliver Hardy is in a hospital bed with his leg in a cast when he gets an unexpected visit from his eccentric friend Stan Laurel.From then on, nothing but disaster as one well-intentioned gesture after another leads to complete havoc when the doctor (BILLY GILBERT) arrives to check up on his patient. Stan unleashes the truss holding things down on Oliver's leg and the doctor goes flying out the window. From then on, it's pure havoc, topped by a final ride home with Stan accidentally given a tranquilizer shot from a needle he sat on. The boys narrowly escape crashing into other cars as they make their way home on a Los Angeles boulevard in heavy traffic.The final sight gag involves the car that ends up almost wrapped around a post.Funny stuff, but don't expect too much except for a couple of very funny moments.

Michael_Elliott County Hospital (1932) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Hardy in the hospital with a broken leg so Laurel comes to pay a visit and gets him kicked out. I think this was my first L&H film and it remains one of my favorites. The stunt with the window and Hardy being thrown in the air is the highlight as is the final gag with the wrecked car.Chump at Oxford, A (1940) *** (out of 4) After stopping a bank robber Laurel and Hardy get the reward of an education at Oxford. This was the European version, which added a 20-minute prologue, which was a remake of From Soup to Nuts but it really doesn't work. The original is a lot better and contains a lot more laughs. The rest of the actual film here is very funny especially the maze sequence, which had tears coming from my eyes.Them Thar Hills (1934)** 1/2 (out of 4) Laurel and Hardy head out into the mountains for some fresh air and come across a well that bootleggers have filled with moonshine. There were some very funny moments here and there but overall this here really isn't anything too special.

Boba_Fett1138 The premise of the movie might sounds very simple and limited: Oliver is in the hospital recovering from a broken leg and his good old pal Stanley pays him a visit. Stan of course causes some serious and hilarious havoc during his visit. The comical ideas and jokes set in a hospital room, with one of the character lying in bed with his leg up, might sound very limited but its amazing what the boys came up with. With such a simple premise and limited room to move- and resources. In one hilarious sequence they even manage to have Oliver hanging on the ceiling of his hospital room, while the doctor is hanging out of the window, at the same time.This movie basically features every visual comical aspect that makes a Laurel & Hardy movie so great. It's amazing, even such a simple thing as Stanley eating a hard boiled egg can work hilarious on the screen, even though very little is actually happening. But the movie also features some typical slapstick humor, as well as some over-the-top comical moments, such as the end driving sequence, that perhaps feels a bit out of place and is too fake looking to truly find it hilarious.The characters are also great and hilarious. Aside from the boys the movie also features Billy Gilbert as the doctor and William Austin in a fun over-the-top role as Olivers' roommate.The movie might not feel as fresh or fun as most other Laurel & Hardy shorts. Maybe it's because of the depressing atmosphere of an hospital, perhaps it's because of the limited room, perhaps it's because of the limited input of Oliver Hardy. Whatever the reason is, it is a fact but it however doesn't make this movie any less pleasant or hilarious, just a little bit different but that, in this case, is not a negative thing.8/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Shaolin_Apu For some reason or another this short film classic remains my favourite. The plot is very simple and short: Stan visits hospital to see injured Ollie and after a brief catastrophe the Doctor orders both of them to get away from causing any more harm. I have seen this film many times and I have wondered why Ollie's foot is injured – no doubt Stan has something to do with that. It also occurs, like in many other Laurel & Hardy films, that if you have a trouble it will surely get worse. In this matter the trouble is Ollie's leg.This film is not necessarily the best from Laurel & Hardy films, but it summarizes so well what Laurel & Hardy humour is about.