LEONARD MALTIN PRESENTS:  A VIEWER'S GUIDE  TO THE BEST CABLE SERIES ON THE AIR TODAY - IF YOU CAN FIND IT! )[Photo: c2000 Odyssey Network] Would you like to be able to see a classic Hal Roach short subject airing on television - on a regular basis - in the 21st century? Not just Laurel & Hardy, but Thelma Todd and Charley Chase (& more) as well?  Thanks to the Odyssey Channel, you can! Premiering on Monday, April 5, 1999, the Odyssey series remains the best kept secret in cabledom - the best new show on cable television and the least publicized! If you're lucky enough to have Odyssey  on your local cable station, via a large satellite dish, or  through DirecTV [Channel 312], you can watch Leonard Maltin Presents every week! Every Saturday morning, three Hal Roach shorts are shown: 6:30 - 8:00 am, CST // 7:30 - 9:00 am, EST To date, Leonard has shown 88 different shorts. See below for the details!

Contents

• 88 Different Shorts So Far: The Complete List!
• What shorts have not been shown?
• The Exhausted Compiler
• Your Comments & Suggestions
• Links to other Hal Roach sites
• Is There More to Life than Leonard Maltin Presents?

88 SHORTS SO FAR: THE COMPLETE LIST!

• THE COMPLETE LIST OF 88 SHORTS SHOWN TO DATE

DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS:
 

	THE BOY FRIENDS	CHARLEY CHASE	LAUREL & HARDY	THE TAXI BOYS	THELMA TODD & ZASU PITTS	THELMA TODD & PATSY KELLY
	Odyssey has aired ten of the series' 15 shorts (67%)	Twenty-one of his 59 shorts have been shown (32%)	Odyssey has aired thirty-six of the 40 shorts (90%)	Two of their 9 (?) shorts have been shown (22%)	Odyssey has aired nine of their 17 shorts (53%)	Ten of the series' 21 shorts haven been shown (48%)
1	AIR-TIGHT [1931]	THE CHASES OF PIMPLE STREET [1934]	ANOTHER FINE MESS [1930 / 3 reels]	BRING ‘EM BACK A WIFE [ 193_ ]	ASLEEP IN THE FEET [1933]	AIR FRIGHT [1933]
2	CALL A COP [1931]	FALLEN ARCHES [1933]	ANY OLD PORT [1932]	WHAT PRICE TAXI [1932]	THE BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY [1933]	BABES IN THE GOODS [1934]
3	DOCTOR’S ORDERS [1930 - series premiere]	FATE’S FATHEAD [1934]	BE BIG! [1931 / 3 reels]		CATCH-AS CATCH-CAN [1931]	BACKS TO NATURE [1933]
4	HIGH GEAR [1931, 3 reels]	FOUR PARTS [1934]	BEAU HUNKS [1931 / 4 reels]		LET’S DO THINGS [1931 / 3 reels / series premiere]	I’LL BE SUING YOU [1934]
5	THE KICK-OFF [1931]	HIS SILENT RACKET [1933]	BELOW ZERO [1930]		MAIDS A LA MODE [1933]	OPENED BY MISTAKE [1934]
6	LOVE FEVER [1931]	IN WALKED CHARLEY [1932]	BERTH MARKS [1929]		ON THE LOOSE [1931]	SLIGHTLY STATIC [1935]
7	LOVE PAINS [1932]	MANHATTAN MONKEY BUSINESS [1935]	BLOTTO [1930 / 3 reels]		THE PAJAMA PARTY [1931]	TOP FLAT [1935]
8	MAMA LOVES PAPA [1931]	MIDSUMMER MUSH [1933]	BRATS [1930]		SEAL SKINS [1932]	TREASURE BLUES [1935]
9	TOO MANY WOMEN [1932]	NATURE IN THE WRONG [1933]	BUSY BODIES [1933]		SNEAK EASILY [1932]	TWIN TRIPLETS [1935]
10	YOU’RE TELLING ME [1932]	THE NICKEL NURSER [1932]	CHICKENS COME HOME [1931 / 3 reels]			TWO CHUMPS AHEAD [1934]
11		ON THE WRONG TREK [1936]	THE CHIMP [1932 / 3 reels]
12		THE PIP FROM PITTSBURG(H) [1932]	COME CLEAN [1931]
13		POKER AT EIGHT [1933]	COUNTY HOSPITAL [1932]
14		ROUGH SEAS [1931 / 3 reels]	DIRTY WORK [1933]
15		SKIP THE MALOO! [1931]	THE FIXER UPPERS [1935]
16		SOMETHING SIMPLE [1934]	GOING BYE-BYE! [1934]
17		SOUTHERN EXPOSURE [1935]	HELPMATES [1932]
18		THE TABASCO KID [1932]	HOG WILD [1930]
19		WHAT A BOZO! [1931]	THE HOOSE - GOW [1929]
20		WHISPERING WHOOPEE [1930]	LAUGHING GRAVY [1931]
21		YOUNG IRONSIDES [1932]	THE LAUREL - HARDY MURDER CASE [1930 / 3 reels]
22			THE LIVE GHOST [1934]
23			ME AND MY PAL [1933]
24			MEN O’ WAR [1929]
25			THE MIDNIGHT PATROL [1933]
26			THE MUSIC BOX [1932 / 3 reels]
27			NIGHT OWLS [1930]
28			ONE GOOD TURN [1931]
29			OUR WIFE [1931]
30			PERFECT DAY [1929]
31			SCRAM! [1932]
32			THEIR FIRST MISTAKE [1932]
33			THEM THAR HILLS [1934]
34			THICKER THAN WATER [1935]
35			TOWED IN A HOLE [1932]
36			TWICE TWO [1933]

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What shorts have NOT yet been shown on Leonard Maltin Presents?

LAUREL AND HARDY: Only 4 sound shorts remain to be shown: OLIVER THE EIGHTH [1934] THEY GO BOOM [1929] TIT FOR TAT [1935] UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE [1929]     Fortunately, the terrific PERFECT DAY has been shown.

THE BOY FRIENDS: Five shorts have yet to be shown: BIGGER AND BETTER [1930] BLOOD AND THUNDER [1931] THE KNOCKOUT [1932] LADIES LAST [1930] WILD BABIES [1932] Something tells me that WILD BABIES, with its cannibals in Darkest Africa gags,won't be broadcast any time soon...but HIGH GEAR has. Here's a look at its cast, at one of several encounters with Kennedy the Cop.

CHARLEY CHASE: I don't know if all of these are in existence, but 38 of Charley's sound shorts at Roach remain to be shown: ALL TEED UP [1930] ANOTHER WILD IDEA [1934] ARABIAN TIGHTS [1933] THE BIG SQUAWK [1929] THE COUNT TAKES THE COUNT [1936] THE CRACKED ICEMAN [1934] CRAZY FEET [1929] DOLLAR DIZZY [1930] FAST WORK [1930] FIFTY MILLION HUSBANDS [1930] FIRST IN WAR [1932] FOUR-STAR BOARDER [1935] GIRL GRIEF [1932] GIRL SHOCK [1930] GREAT GOBS [1929] THE HASTY MARRIAGE [1931] HIGH C's [1930] I'LL TAKE VANILLA [1934] IT HAPPENED ONE DAY [1934] LEAPING LOVE [1929] LIFE HESITATES AT 40 [1936] LOOSER THAN LOOSE [1930] LUNCHEON AT TWELVE [1933] MR. BRIDE [1932] NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE [1936]

[Photo  is from THE PIP FROM PITTSBURG(H), thankfully one of the shorts regularly shown on the series. The scan is from the indispensible Selected Shorts Subjects by Leonard Maltin]

NOW WE'LL TELL ONE [1932] NURSE TO YOU [1935] OKAY TOOTS! [1935] ONE OF THE SMITHS [1931] THE PANIC IS ON [1931] PUBLIC GHOST NO. 1 [1935] THE REAL McCOY [1930] SHERMAN SAID IT [1933] SNAPPY SNEEZER [1929] STEPPING OUT [1929] THUNDERING TENORS [1931] VAMP TIL READY [1936] YOU SAID A HATFUL! [1934]

THELMA TODD & ZASU PITTS [1931 - 33] Only 8 are left: ALUM AND EVE [1932] THE OLD BULL [1932] ONE TRACK MINDS [1933] RED NOSES [1932] SHOW BUSINESS [1932] THE SOILERS [1932] STRICTLY UNRELIABLE [1932] WAR MAMAS [1931]

[Photo  is an autographed picture of the cast & crew of the elusive ONE TRACK MINDS, recently seen up for bid on eBay. Thelma & ZaSu on a train...with Spanky McFarland onboard...annnnnnnd conductor Billy Gilbert? What possiblities!]

THELMA TODD & PASTY KELLY [1933 - 36] 11 to go: ALL-AMERICAN TOOTACHE [1936] BEAUTY AND THE BUS [1933] BUM VOYAGE [1934]  DONE IN OIL [1934] HOT MONEY [1935] MAID IN HOLLYWOOD [1934] THE MISSUS STOOGE [1935] ONE HORSE FARMERS [1934] SING, SISTER, SING [1935] SOUP AND FISH [1934] THE TIN MAN [1935]   NOTE: So far, the three shorts Patsy Kelly made after Thelma's shocking death haven't been shown.  In an effort to continue the series, Roach paired Kelly with Pert Kelton for PAN HANDLERS [1936]. Then with Lyda Roberti for AT SEA ASHORE and HOT TILLIES [both 1936] and the feature, NOBODY'S BABY, which is shown occasionally on Turner Classic Movies but not yet on Odyssey.

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THE EXHAUSTED COMPILER

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Recently discovered:  Age 12 ... ALREADY exhausted. But happy.

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