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Gareth is based on the kid I went to school with who I talk about in most of my stand-up shows, and Tim is based on a guy I used to work with mixed with Norm from Cheers, a little Chandler and a touch of Oliver Hardy.
Ricky Gervais: Happy 10th Birthday To The Office Ricky Gervais 2011
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At this point the great sage Oliver Hardy would look us in the eye and conclude, "Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into."
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He looks truly awful: his baggy, dew-lapped face blanched somewhere between yellow and grey, and he seems to have gained weight or his suits have shrunk so that he resembles a charmless Oliver Hardy.
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Gervais's cartoon looks like Fred Flintstone with a hint of Oliver Hardy, and the lack of resemblance makes you wonder why they didn't just film the three men.
A Passionate Woman; Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids; The Ricky Gervais Show 2010
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I had recently found myself inextricably wedged in a ladies room stall (damn you, inward opening door) and inadvertently clearing off a restaurant tabletop with my rogue belly (damn you, unintentional Oliver Hardy comedy bits).
With Love and Laughter, John Ritter Amy Yasbeck 2010
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At this point the great sage Oliver Hardy would look us in the eye and conclude, "Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into."
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Heaven knows how many hours the poor guy spent listening to me waxing inebriate on all matter of subjects from the state of American politics to the age-old question as to who was the funniest of the two: Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy?
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Except that it was Oliver Hardy who was the dick, not Stan Laurel.
Lost in Translation Brian Hughes 2009
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I would be tempted to call our reaction a gendered one, except that male performers are expected to have a certain look as well: if you sing like Mick Jagger and play guitar like Eric Clapton, you won't get far if you look like Oliver Hardy or Stan Laurel.
Appearances 2009
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His repertory of facial expressions is as broad as that of Red Skelton or Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Jerry Weissman: If I Could Tell Just One Thing to Jon Stewart ... 2009
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