Laurel and Hardy: Radio stars?

[CrankyYankee]

From Mark Evanier's fine blog comes the story of how Laurel and Hardy could have gotten into radio with a weekly program.
However, it was, as is sometimes said, not to be. The whole story and the one show that was recorded is embedded at the link below.
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_08_16.html#017571

 

[MikefromDelaware]

Well, that did sound like the typical story line from their movies. The story did seem too contrived and a bit stupid. I'd think that it would be hard to keep that story line interesting week after week as it was more of a novelty to hear them doing a radio show picturing them in my mind's eye than actually hearing the story itself. I like Laurel and Hardy, but a little bit goes a long way. So frankly, I can understand why they had a problem getting a sponsor for the show.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane and posting the site so we could hear the only radio version of Laurel and Hardy.