Laurel & Hardy or Charlie Chaplin

[spiderrogue]

back in high school(wasnt that long ago for me...'91 or so)....i took an american humor class(weird stuff to take a class of)...but we always got to watch stuff from these guys plus a ton more....it was a great class. as for who i would pick, prob. L & H....or even abbott & costello...never really watched any chaplin stuff....

[jwyblejr]

I haven't seen any of the movies for either one. Now if it was the Marx Brothers,I'd watch them morning,noon and night.

[GSPUSA]

Laurel & Hardy

[phil]

I admire Chaplin's artistry but laugh more at Laurel and Hardy.

As far a silent comedians go I prefer Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton to Chaplin.

[cjefferys]

Although rarely mentioned, Harry Langdon was one of the great silent film comedians too (not in Chaplin's league though).

[sauce]

I dig Chaplin for his comedy and his radical philosophical positions, but L&H are my favorite since the beginning

[Hector]

Aside from Buster Keaton's The General...there are no other movies of its genre that can seriously compete with Chaplin's films in terms of significance...I'm really taken at back at all these anti-Chaplin sentiments...I almost find them offensive.

I do prefer Laurel & Hardy (perhaps because they were talkies)...but that doesn't mean I should disrespect the great Chaplin.

[Goblin19]

Definitely Chaplin. It's not just his humor. He added more than that to his movies. I do like Keaton and Lloyd, as well as L&H, though.

[cjefferys]

I like them all, but in my opinion, Chaplin was a genius (Keaton too).

[toys2cool]

I liked Chaplin

[The Phantom]

Laurel & Hardy hands down.I don't think I ever laughed at anything Chaplin did.

[Seeker]

Laurel and Hardy Followed by....
Abbott and Costello Followed by....
The 3 stooges.. Moe, Larry &
(1st) Curly
(2nd) Curly Joe
(Distant 3rd) Shemp Followed by....

Charle Chaplain

[toystalker]

ooohhh very hard to tear these apart...

i think ill go for L&H

also if we are talking slap stick comedy ill have to give abbott and costello a mention and not forgetting harold lloyd

anyone remember him... harold lloyd... a pair of glasses and a smile

3 stooges very funny too

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

I think I was like 19 when I saw Chaplin for the first time and pleasantly surprised at the humour and his stunt like skills in his acting. It was far more sophisticated than i had anticipated.

I recall seeing some L & H growing up. . .but nothing that left a lasting impression on me.

[The Bat]

Laurel & Hardy...no contest!! I LOVE those Guys! Way out West, The Piano Movers, & so many more!! Unfortunately....Their DVD Catalog is somewhat limited.