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5 Dream Comedy Collabs That Should Have Been Amazing (But Weren’t)

Some things aren’t as exciting as they sound on paper.

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People love seeing their favorite artists collaborate with one another, and the powers that be are well aware of it. If two people have been doing notable things in the same area, it’s a safe bet that the idea of bringing them together in some way has been floated around behind the scenes. This unfortunately doesn’t always end up happening the way everybody was hoping, though. Let’s take a look at a few instances where comedy legends technically worked on the same project, with not-so-exciting results.

5. LAUREL AND HARDY AND THE THREE STOOGES

When it comes to comedy teams from the first half of the 20th century, Laurel and Hardy and the Three Stooges are among the best remembered. Unsurprisingly, both groups appeared in a film together during that time, but as fate would have it, they didn’t interact with each other on-screen at all.

In 1934’s Hollywood Party, Jimmy Durante (as “Schnarzan”) throws a big party in honor of adventurer Baron Munchausen (Jack Pearl), to which the Stooges show up looking to score some autographs. Laurel and Hardy make their cameo a little later as a pair of lion salesmen who wind up getting into an egg fight........

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