Stan and Art

Elsewhere we reported a bit about the Stan Laurel and Art Friedman interview, which is on the Laurel and Hardy Forum. We wrote, "At first Art rambles and asks some very stupid questions. Stan's first answers are short and he sounds a bit annoyed by the inane opening questions, but things warm up and Stan takes over, talking at length about his early career." Lois Laurel has been in touch and says that this wasn't really the case. Art was a professor with UCLA and had this show, which was successful for years. The interview was arranged months beforehand and Stan was especially looking forward to it as all his interviews prior to this were written ones. When Babe died a few days before, Art offered to reschedule the interview but Stan wouldn't hear of it, saying, "You have to do the show." Stan lived in Malibu at the time and Lois says he really enjoyed the interview and it was good to hear her dad's infectious laughter. She says that when he laughed so did others." Thanks, Lois for filling us in with this. It is good to have your comments.