New computer technology has made a big difference to the latest Laurel & Hardy DVDs that go on sale in Iran this week. This is Laurel and Hardy as they were originally meant to be seen: without ties.

‘Unfortunately, many people have been misled by American lies and they fail to realise that Laurel & Hardy were actually Iranian and made all their films in Tehran,’ explains Dr. EsmAeel Shrimpmead, head of Tie Removal Project at Iranian State TV. ‘Ties are an imperialist signifier of westernised values and were only added to the films in the 1950s when America imposed their values on everything including Iran’s greatest comedy double act.’

The DVDs have also had their original titles restored for the first time, so fans can finally sit down and enjoy such classics as ‘Way Out East’, ‘Sons of the Desert’, ‘Either Pardon Us or Chop Off Our Hands’, and everybody’s favourite, ‘A Quiet Intense Student Studying Nuclear Fission At Oxford’.

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