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The Laurel and Hardy DVD I ordered came yesterday and Mr. B. and I watched the 1932 Oscar-winning classic The Music Box in which Stan and Ollie try to get a crated player-piano up a looong flight of steps. Mr. B. laughed so hard he couldn’t sit up. He actually became breathless. I began to wonder if he has asthma. Probably not, or it would affect him playing basketball, and it doesn’t. He found the hat-trading sequence the most hilarious. So L&H have a new fan. Physical comedy and slapstick just plain appeal to kids. Adults doing what kids want to do, even if they usually don’t because they know they won’t get away with it. Next up: Harold Lloyd’s "Safety Last." Later, the Marx Brothers.