Manchester Comedy Festival: Paul Merton presents…

Introduction by Paul MertonA Chump at Oxford UDir Alfred Goulding US 1939 1hr 3mStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Peter CushingComedian Paul Merton introduces his film choice: The Laurel & Hardy classic that finds a pair of street cleaners presented with an Oxford education as a reward for foiling a bank robbery. Once at college, the inevitable Laurel & Hardy confusions abound. Especially brilliant is Stan’s amnesiac transformation into Lord Paddington.+ The Suicidal Dog (Dir Paul Merton UK 2000 12 mins)Merton’s directorial film début is a short comedy about the troubled breakdown of a marriage as witnessed through the jaundiced eyes of pet dog Buster. Photographed by the legendary Jack Cardiff.Tickets £5.00 full / £4.00 concs