Today starts the Cuckoo Dancing Week in honor of the comedy team of  of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Their theme song, The Dancing Cuckoos, thus the name of the week, is well known and Stan and Oliver have many fans. Are you one of them?

Did You Know?
by Richard W. Bann

The official date of death of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy:
Hardy: Aug 7, 1957.
Laurel: Feb 23, 1965.

8×7=56. 2×23=46. 56-46=10. Laurel was 75. Hardy was 65. 75-65=10.

Hardy died at 65 in ’57, which is 75 backwards, Laurel died at 75 in ’65, which is the age when Hardy died in ’57, which is 75 backwards, which is the age when Laurel died, in ’65, at age 75, which is ’57 backwards, which is when Hardy died, at age 65, to infinity to the tenth power, which is how long Laurel & Hardy will continue entertaining a world in need of laughter … if we have anything to do with it!

At one point, Stan Laurel had married his first wife once, his second wife twice, and his third wife three times. 1-2-3. Then he spoiled that arithmetic progression, but created a different symmetry. He went back and married his second wife, a third time, and concluded by marrying his fourth wife once. 1-3-3-1. What does this mean? TWICE TWO? Maybe TWICE THREE? You tell us. Perhaps Oliver Hardy had the answer in SONS OF THE DESERT when he said, “I never realized that such a deplorable condition existed in your home.”

More interesting facts can be found at The Official Website of Laurel and Hardy

Enjoy!

Sandi