Laurel dan Hardy adalah seorang pemeran ganda komedi pada era Hollywood Klasik awal dari perfilman Amerika Serikat. Tim tersebut terdiri dari pria kurus asal Inggris Stan Laurel (1890โ1965) dan pria gendut asal Amerika Oliver Hardy (1892โ1957). Mereka terkenal pada akhir 1920-an sampai pertengahan 1940-an atas komedi slapstick mereka.[1][2] Nada khas duo tersebut banyak dikenal sebagai "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", atau "The Dance of the Cuckoos". Mereka memainkan peran utama dalam film-film mereka dan topi mangkok telah menjadi lambang mereka.
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