Time magazine
described them as “two of American’s few
genuinely creative comedians.” They
were introduced to the
public in the mid-1920’s by producer Hal Roach. They
started
in silent film shorts, Duck Soup was
first then moving
to talkie’s in
1929. They won an Oscar in 1932 for the film
The Music Box, here they lugged a piano up a staircase. A
look at
their birth orders will unlock the magic of their
chemistry for these two very
different appearing men.
Stan Laurel 2/0
Stan Laurel
was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Cumbria,
England June 16, 1890. His father
managed vaudeville
theaters, and his mother was an actress. In 1907, working
for a theater group, Stan was the understudy for actor
Charlie Chaplin. He was
the second of five children. His
older brother George was five years older, sister
Beatrice
was four years younger. This separation in siblings gave
Stan a
Two/Only Double birth order. The number two birth
order does not like to be
told what to do and looks to control
their own life. When four of more years
separate siblings
you add the Only birth order, it magnifies and intensifies
this and other second born traits. Stan did most of the
writing and was the brain
behind the gags. It was always
self-deprecating humor not at the expense of
someone else.
Oliver Hardy 6/0 = 2/0
Norvell
Hardy was born in Harlem, Georgia January 18, 1892.
His father died when he was
ten months old. His mother was
married and widowed three times and had five
children and
one step child. Norvell was the last and sixth child, He later
adopted his late father’s name, Oliver. As a young child his
mother encouraged
his singing talent, at age eight he was
performing in local minstrel shows.
Later, he received
professional training at the Atlantic Conservatory of
Music.
Norvell was four years younger than his older brother. This
gave him the
addition of the Only birth order along with his
number six. The series of birth
order numbers begins again
after number four. In this second group of four the
six child
displays characteristics of the number two from the first group,
it’s
strength is a little bit diminished, similar to the difference
between primary
and secondary colors. His 6/0 birth order
matches with Stan’s 2/0. He began is acting career in 1915
working for
the Lubin Company in Jacksonville, Florida.
Stan and Oliver Together
Their first
movie was A Lucky Dog in 1917, in
1926 they
were paired in Forty-five
Minutes from Hollywood. This is
when
everyone noticed their chemistry. In comedy timing is
everything and they made
it look so easy. They made
hundreds of films together becoming lifelong
friends. When
you find someone with your same birth order the friendship
is
very easy as you see the world the same way and react to
life’s situations
similarly. They both had multiple marriages
but their friendship outlasted them
all. Laurel the slim,
sad-eyed mime, and Hardy another master mime with the
bowler hat and withering glare. “Now that’s another nice
mess you’ve gotten me
into.” he would say, as Laurel was
the butt of all the jokes.
The 2/0 Has Great Endurance
They rose to
fame during the Great Depression. Their
health
worsened as they got older, Hardy due to his obesity, Stan
had
diabetes, prostate issues and colitis. They had the
strength to continue to
work. Their tours were quite
physically exhausting. They couldn’t make more
movies,
instead did tours in England. They never owned their films
and
didn’t receive income from the reruns. Ollie died in
1957 at age 65, Stan in
1965 at age 74.
Sons of the Desert
As a tribute
to their work in 1965 their fans founded,
Sons
of the Desert, an appreciation society. The membership
included Jonathan Winters,
Dick Cavett, Dick Van Dyke and
Soupy Sales.
For more
information about Double Birth orders you will find
it in my book Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects
Your
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