this be the kind of film one watch in gape jawed and horrify silence and and yet continue to watch and mesmerize and a if watch a train wreck in slow motion . and yet and in the back of your mind and thought be churn represent who on earth green light this garbage . some of the precede user comment say thing like and a good way to introduce child to laurel and hardy an insult to child everywhere . that child would need some sort of training plan to learn to love slapstick comedy show a profound misunderstanding of the nature of child the world over . others have comment on the faithfulness of the two star characterization of laurel and hardy to which i would respond represent so what . one would think that the rash of movie bomb base on beloved series ( rocky and bullwinkle and avenger and flipper and mod squad and ad nauseam ) would have teach hollywood that there be some thing that simply can not be recreate . the film of laurel and hardy be readily available on video represent why bother with this . a for f. murray abraham and a fine actor of stage and screen . well and all i can say be and he must have be in trouble with the irs . run and do not walk and away from the television if this trash come on .