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I am almost 80 years old and have been a fan of Laurel and Hardy for 70+ of those years. In the early 1950’s I used to watch Laurel and Hardy regularly on TV. There was usually an hour show of Laurel and Hardy shorts and/or movies that was broadcast on the weekend morning, either Saturday, Sunday, or both days. I found their shorts/movies great, a barrel of laughs, with some rememberable lines.
As I am almost 80, I don’t sleep too well. Last night I woke up and for an unknown reason several of those rememberable lines popped into my head and I decided to use them to make up two puzzle caches. This cache is dedicated to Stan. These lines appear in Sons of the Desert (1933).
The basic story line is as follows: Stan and Ollie want to go to the Sons of the Desert convention; however, their wives forbid it. Stan and Ollie tell their wives they are going to Honolulu but sneak off to the convention instead. Upon returning home, the boys go to their homes (which are next door to each other); and Ollie strums his ukelele, singing "Honolulu Baby" while Stan dances, but no-one is home at either residence to be greeted with evidence of their Hawaiian trip. They go inside and see a newspaper with headlines "HONOLULU LINER SINKING! FOUNDERING IN TYPHOON." "Passengers and Crew on S.S. Muana in Panic as Wireless Fails." This was the ship that Stan and Ollie were suppose to be on!
The wives were not home as they went to the steamship company to await news of their husbands and the list of casualties. While waiting for news, they go to the movies, and see a News short showing Laura and Hardy at the Sons of the Desert convention. They are steaming mad as they head home. As Stan and Ollie are deciding what to do next, they hear the wives returning home. Stan and Ollie decide that they must hide out and spend the night in exile in the attic. They make up a bed to spend the night. Later a thunderstorm arrives, Stan feels protected and secure and these famous words are spoken:
Stan: We're just like two peas in a pot.
Ollie (correcting him): Not pot. Pod-duh. Pod-duh.
Stan: Pod-duh
A lightning bolt from the storm strikes the rope holding up their improvised bed, sending it crashing to the floor. Mrs. Laurel investigates the noise, shotgun in hand, forcing them to flee onto the roof in the rain. They slide down the drainpipe from the roof but are discovered and confronted by a policeman who questions Stan, who point out their houses. The cop insists that they have their identity checked with the occupants of the house, so they are brought to the front door, where Ollie delivers their trademark line:
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
They go inside to tell their story - a fantastic tale of an escape from a watery grave: Mrs. Hardy informs them that the rescue ship with the survivors aboard is not due until the next day. They cross-examine the men as if they are naughty children caught in a lie. They must explain how they came in ahead of the rescue boat by ship-hiking:
Stan: It must have got there after we left.
Ollie: That's right. It must have gotten there after we left. Thank you, Stanley.
Stan: You're welcome.
Mrs. Hardy: Well then, how did you get here?
Stan: Oh, we ship-hiked.
Ollie: That's right. We, we ship-hiked.
Mrs. Hardy: Ship-hiked?
Ollie: Yes. We thumbed our way.
Mrs. Hardy: What do you mean, thumbed your way?
Ollie: Well, Stan and I would be swimming along. We'd see a boat coming our way. We'd go like that (gesturing) and they'd pick up us. Wouldn't they, Stanley?
Stan: Yeah. Of course, that's if they were going our way, mind you.
Mrs. Hardy: Now you see, Betty. He's no different from the rest. They're both like two peas in a pod.
Stan (correcting): Pod-duh
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