Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Going Bye-Bye!" is a 20-minute black-and-white sound film from 1934, so this one is already over 80 years old, almost 85, and it is among the many collaborations between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with director Charley Rogers and the supporting cast here is also gonna show us familiar faces. They may be the greatest comedy, maybe even in general, duo in film history, but this one here is not among their very best and I can see why it is not among their most known, even if the rating here on imdb is a bit too high for sure. This takes Stan and Ollie in the world of crime for once or at least close to it as they don't share too much screen time with the bad guy except at the ery start and very end. It is their usual shenanigans and they elevate the material as always, but it just isn't good enough. Also the moments when the film steps a bit away from the comedy genre are not too bright and it's tough to take it seriously as anything else. Perhaps they should have gone 100% comedy this time. If you really love the duo, you can watch this one, but if not it may be better to go for another Laurel/Hardy work as I doubt this one's gonna turn you into a fan. I give it a thumbs-down.

rbverhoef This is one of the better Laurel & Hardy two reelers I have seen. The good thing with this short film is that it is not only entertaining and making you smile, the gags still work as good as they probably did back then. I laughed a lot with this short. Only the last five minutes are a little less funny, but those minutes are very original. The final gag belongs to the best I have seen in a Laurel & Hardy short.The story shows us how Laurel & Hardy are responsible for the conviction of a criminal. The criminal tells them that when he comes out he will harm them very badly. Laurel & Hardy plan to leave town. They want to take a passenger to share expenses. A lady offers to go along and of course she knows the criminal who by that time has escaped.The story is predictable, some of the gags are too, but they all work. Highly recommended.

Theo Robertson GOING BYE BYE is a Laurel and Hardy short that is possibly best remembered for its grotesque final scene . I use the word grotesque but you don`t have to be The Masked Magician to work out how the physical trick is achieved . Oh hold on I`m starting at the end . The story gets off to a good start as Stan shows that despite all his innocence he does have a common sense approach to retribution - " Aren`t you gonna hang him ? " , and there`s other funny scenes and lines throughout the story . However there is a problem and that is the plot towards the end revolves around the quite remarkable coincidence of someone answering an advert who knows someone that Stan and Ollie don`t want to meet As some other people have said this isn`t the greatest Stan and Ollie short ( To my dying day I claim THE LAUREL AND HARDY MURDER CASE is their greatest moment ) but as everyone else has pointed out it`s still funny

Ron Oliver A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short.Stan & Ollie are GOING BYE-BYE! Butch, a notoriously violent criminal has threatened them with great bodily harm for squealing on him. Wanting to get out of town fast, and not aware that Butch has escaped the police, the Boys arrange to travel with a shady lady to share expenses. Naturally, she turns out to be Butch's girlfriend and the hilarity begins when they all show up at her apartment...A very funny little film - the slapstick `trunk sequence' is wonderful. That's Mae Busch as the girlfriend and Walter Long as Butch.