Laurel & Hardy Comedy Fest
Schedule
Sun Nov 03 2024 at 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
119 N Main St, Zelienople, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16063 | Zelienople, PA
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LAUREL & HARDY COMEDY FESThttps://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11506468
Film Geeks, David Newell (aka Mr. McFeely) and Chad Hunter Host Special Screenings of Laurel & Hardy Classics!
Join film geeks David Newell “aka Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers Neighborhood” and Chad Hunter from the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society & Festival for an afternoon of classic movies from comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
The program will include the National Film Registry-named short classic “Big Business,” (1929) with Laurel and Hardy as destructive Christmas tree salesmen, and “March of the Wooden Soldiers,” (1934) their classic feature film that delighted generations of families each year when it screened on network television during the holidays.
And you’ll have a chance to meet and take a photo with David Newell “aka Mr. McFeely” after the show. In 2015, Newell and Hunter co-founded the Pittsburgh Chapter of Sons of the Desert, the International organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, which takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 film “Sons of the Desert.”
David Newell is an American television actor known for his portrayal of Mr. McFeely, the delivery man on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” He also worked in the public relations department of Fred Rogers Productions. His character’s most famous catchphrase was “Speedy Delivery!” He toured the country until he retired in 2015, promoting “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” as Mr. McFeely, and is still an active ambassador for the beloved television program.
Chad Hunter is director of the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society & Festival. He previously worked as a film archivist at institutions such as George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY; Appalshop in eastern Kentucky; and musician Peter Gabriel’s human rights organization WITNESS in New York City. He co-founded Home Movie Day and the Center for Home Movies in 2003, and Silent Movie Day in 2020.
LAUREL & HARDY COMEDY FESTIVAL
HOSTED BY DAVID NEWELL (aka Mr. McFeely) & CHAD HUNTER
Sunday ONLY, November 3, 2:00pm
$15 General Admission
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