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The Tree in a Test Tube

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

Top Cast

  • Stan Laurel

    Stan Laurel

    Stan

  • Oliver Hardy

    Oliver Hardy

    Ollie

  • Lee Vickers

    Lee Vickers

    Narrator (voice)

  • Pete Smith

    Pete Smith

    as Interlocutor (voice)

Overview

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

Rating

5.2 / 10
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  • talisencrw
    talisencrw
    6 Jun 30, 2016

    Interesting aside, an educational short guest-starring Laurel and Hardy and narrated by fellow comedian Pete Smith. Decent but not essential. I found it both as a bonus on an excellent Laurel and Hardy 10-disc boxed set as well as a bargain-basement 5-disc set of questionable value and aesthetic integrity.

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