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US animated television series based on Laurel and Hardy (1966–67) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laurel and Hardy is a 1966–1967 American animated 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.[2] Harmon had been developing the series since 1961, while Stan Laurel was still alive, although Laurel had very little involvement.[3][4]
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Voices of | Larry Harmon Jim MacGeorge Paul Frees Allan Melvin Don Messick Hal Smith Janet Waldo Doug Young |
| Narrated by | Paul Frees |
| Theme music composer | Ted Nichols |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
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| Producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera David L. Wolper |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production companies | Larry Harmon Pictures David L. Wolper Productions Hanna-Barbera Productions |
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| Release | September 10, 1966[1] – March 25, 1967[1] |
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.[5] 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.
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."[6]
Additional Voices: Paul Frees, Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Hal Smith, Janet Waldo, Doug Young
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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[8] plus eight extra large issues.[9]
In 1972, DC Comics published a single issue of a comic book series based on the Laurel and Hardy cartoon series.[10] The cover for the unpublished second issue appears in The DC Vault.[11]
The series has been made available in VHS and DVD formats over the last 35 years.
The complete series was released on DVD in France in November 2012; it included 68 episodes in English with French subtitles.[14]
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