Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 1992
• Run Time: 29 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302540372
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,668 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars L&H hilarity -- and the (man in the) ape (suit) is GREAT!, February 28, 2002

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Joel L. Gandelman (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurel & Hardy - The Chimp [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Here's a question you haven't heard before: can a gorilla impersonator still generate believability and BIIIIIIIG laughs for audiences in the 21st century?

This wonderful, zany, slapstick Laurel & Hardy short provides the answer: A resounding YES.

From start to finish, this short is inspired, even if it is one of the lesser known L&H flicks. Basically, it opens with the boys working in a circus that goes broke. Everyone gets part of the circus. And guess what they get.

Believe or not, it's not merely a set up. The early circus scenes, with Stan and Ollie dressed in silly costumes, are a howl. Once they get the chimp -- Charles Gemora (make-up artist and gorilla impersonator) -- the hilarious complications begin. The chimp (actually a gorilla) is truly a scene stealer in this fast-paced 1932 flick that boasts several other skilled scene stealers: James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert (you can see here how Gilbert clearly influenced the equally blustering Jackie Gleason in Gleason's Honeymooner skits) and a very persistant lion.

And there are two additional bonuses: a poignent scene with the chimp involving music (I won't give it away) and some hilarious double entendres as Gilbert listens in at the door (these are worth the price of the tape and more!).

The version I have is the colorized version -- which again gives solid proof that colorizing these L&H shorts, if done tastefully, actually enhances them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the harder to find L&Hs, January 9, 2010

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M. Shepherd "Midwest" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurel & Hardy - The Chimp [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Chimp is one of the harder to find L&H talking short films. And it`s a shame as it`s a pretty good one.
Stan and Ollie work in a circus that has gone broke. The assets are broken up. Ollie gets the gorilla, Stan get the flea circus
(with real fleas), and the lion is out to get Stan & Ollie.

5.0 out of 5 stars Laurel & Hardy-'the Chimp'-a must see., September 12, 2007

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Alicia M. Noda - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurel & Hardy - The Chimp [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This has to be one of my favorites w/the boys. The boys loose their jobs w/the circus & they bring home a flea circus & a gorilla-& the rest is history! I own this on VHS but I'm hoping it comes out on DVD soon.