One of the first unknown artists to capitalize on the mtv craze of the early 80s was a tongueincheek new york band called blotto. The weather was absolutely perfect for an activity meter based around creativity on structures not intended for urethane, metal and wood below two human feet, ala skating cement curbs, angled metal and concrete. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical. An in depth look at the classic 1937 film, with additional cast information, gallery, and complete synopsis. Blotto is a 1930 american precode comedy film starring stan laurel and oliver hardy. General picture gallery 1 general picture gallery 2 film poster gallery 1 film poster gallery 2 supporting. Mostly intended as a joke, the blotto box was a theoretical device that would send too much electricity over phone lines, making it impossible for. Leo mccarey cowrote the screenplay, and george stevens served as cameraman.
The first half is a delight, with stan laurel showing he can be very funny for an extended period even without working off of oliver hardy. Blotto 1930 starring stan laurel, oliver hardy, anita garvin synopsis of laurel and hardys short film, blotto. Well, for you people who are unenlightened about the blotto box, here is a. The groups novelty video for i wanna be a lifeguard debuted on mtv read full biography.
Stan and ollie are vagrants, hired by officer edgar kennedy to burgle the chief of polices house. Two friends stan laurel, oliver hardy want to go out at night to check out a new nightclub, but their wives forbid it. Blotto is a 1930 american precode comedy film directed by james parrott and starring stan laurel and oliver hardy. The infamous blotto box by the jolly roger i bet that noone has the balls to build this one. The film survives only in a censored 1937 rerelease print which has had s. B in addition to these, laurel and hardy appeared in at least 20 foreignlanguage versions of their films and a. See the full list of blotto cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, anita garvin, baldwin cooke. Laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 1921 and 1951. Watch blotto full movie in hd visit stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with ollie and a bottl. Blotto meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. They also released spanish and french language versions. Blotto 1930 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The set consists of 21 dvds containing the full range of universals was vision video laurel and hardy titles.
Taking the jam aesthetic into areas unfamiliar to the scene. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended. The first half is a delight, with stan laurel showing he can be very funny for an extended. A bunch of regular guys from the capital district area of new york state hit it big with, i want to be a lifeguard, filmed at collins park, scotia, ny on a shoestring budget but almost every song on this cd is great if you want to have fun while listening to music. Funny scene which was cut from the original release of blotto starring laurel and hardy duration. Funding provided by the afinea film preservation grants program. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, a 45 sound shorts, and 27 fulllength sound feature films. Blotto is a rock band from albany, new york which mixes music and humor, formed in 1979. Complete with an actual crossword puzzle on the front cover, blotto continued the formula of novelty hits and party songs. Anita garvin in blotto 1930 oliver hardy in blotto 1930 stan laurel in blotto 1930. Bowtie blotto broadway blotto cheese blotto lee harvey blotto sergeant blotto. Blotto is certainly a fan favourite, based on the amount of times ive seen clips posted on social media fan pages. Interestingly, the original press sheet for blotto, reprinted in full. The intended effect is that every phone would ring and ring and ring in an entire area code.
Depending on who you ask, the blotto box is either impossible or would kill you when you turned it on. Skateboarding around winooski on a saturday afternoon with quade, lj, dannyand benlooking for spots, filming and hanging out was a great way to start the weekend. Shrunk to fit the 100 megabyte upload limit of liveleak enjoy one o. The groups novelty video for i wanna be a lifeguard.
Blotto biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Jun 25, 2006 a blotto box is a device would supposedly freeze an entire area code. This is mostly due to just one scene at the end of the film, where the boys are. When you click the to buy click it will take you to the dvd with its current best price, you then decide whether to add it to your shopping cart on amazon. The laurel and hardy episode guide includes recaps for every episode from every season and a full list of where you can watch episodes online instantly. The movie was blotto, a 26minute laurel and hardy short from 1930 and one of my alltime favorites of theirs. Laurel and hardy hog wild 1930 super colorized full film funny comedy. Two more radio hits emerged from this ep shes got a big boyfriend, a cautionary tale about dating somebody elses girl. Double whoopee duck soup early to bed finishing touch, the fixeruppers, the flying deuces, the. Phoning stan at home, ollie suggests a plan to henpecked stan on how to get out of the house. A bunch of regular guys from the capital district area of new york state hit it big with, i want to be a. A blotto box is a device would supposedly freeze an entire area code. Warlock western film in full length free youtube movie english hd full movie duration.
Blotto is a minor classic, the best film theyve done since perfect day, and the opening gun to a series of four films where laurel and hardy fully make their mark in talking films. Years later the film served as the inspiration for an episode of the classic cbstv series the honeymooners, starring jackie gleason and art carney. Blotto 1930 stan stan laurel must lie to his wife anita garvin to go out with ollie oliver hardy. Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with ollie and a. The band in its current incarnation broadway, bowtie, sarge, f. Together they come up with a foolproof scheme to trick the wives into. Stan laurel, oliver hardy, anita garvin, tiny sandford en dorothy christie. Every phone in the area code would continue ringing as long as the box was receiving power, and no calls would be allowed in or out of an area code, and no calls would be allowed within the area code. This is mostly due to just one scene at the end of the film, where the boys are laughing uncontrollably, in the belief that they are drunk or. Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wifes liquor, but she overhears his plans. What was first conceived as a joke to fool the innocent phreakers around america has finally been conceived.
Find blotto discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Mostly intended as a joke, the blotto box was a theoretical device that would send too much electricity over phone lines, making it impossible for any calls to get through. The short was produced by hal roach and originally distributed by metrogoldwynmayer the name of the film relates to the now archaic term to be blotto meaning to be very drunk. The basic situation is one they used over and over and over again dimwitted laurel and hardy trying to sneak away from their wives for a night on the town though in this case only laurel is married, and anita garvin, who plays. In blotto, during the prohibition period in the united states, laurel and hardy make plans to spend a wild night out at the rainbow club. This is mostly due to just one scene at the end of the film, where the boys are laughing uncontrollably, in the belief that they are drunk or blotto. Kennedy sets it up so that he can make the arrest, with the promise that he will get the boys off after he catches them. Born in chicago of musicians in different bands to play what they love. This talkie short, the first of the pairs threereel comedies, has the boys plotting a night out on. Blotto bohemian girl, the bonnie scotland brats bullfighters, the busy bodies call of the cuckoos chickens come home chimp, the chump at oxford, a come clean county hospital dancing masters, the devil. Lee harvey, clyde and hammerhead is still active, and reunite occasionally for concerts in their home.
Stan laurel and oliver hardy get blotto without actually consuming any alcohol in this 1930 comedy short. Watch people on sunday 1930 feature film gorillas on dailymotion. There now follows a list of their foreign spoken films, complete with any differences known. The boys would go on laughing jags later in the other films, but nowhere is it funnier than in. Blotto bohemian girl, the bonnie scotland brats bullfighters, the busy bodies call of the cuckoos chickens come home chimp, the chump at oxford, a come clean. Blotto 1930 starring stan laurel, oliver hardy, anita garvin synopsis of laurel and hardys short film, blotto in blotto, during the prohibition period in the united states, laurel and hardy make plans to spend a wild night out at the rainbow club. Blotto was perhaps one of the best sleeper bands of the 80s.
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