▁and ▁perform ers ▁as ▁diverse ▁as ▁Samuel ▁Beck ett , ▁Jerry ▁Lewis , ▁Peter ▁S ellers , ▁Marcel ▁Mar ce au ▁Steve ▁Martin , ▁John ▁Cle ese , ▁Harold ▁P inter , ▁Ale c ▁Gu in ness , ▁J . ▁D . ▁Sal inger , ▁R ene ▁Mag rit te ▁and ▁Kurt ▁V onn eg ut ▁amongst ▁many ▁others , ▁have ▁acknowled ged ▁an ▁art istic ▁deb t . ▁Starting ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁expos ure ▁on ▁television ▁of ▁( es pecially ) ▁their ▁short ▁films ▁has ▁ens ured ▁a ▁continued ▁influence ▁on ▁gener ations ▁of ▁com ed ians . ▁ ▁Post hum ous ▁rev iv als ▁and ▁popular ▁culture ▁Since ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁have ▁been ▁released ▁again ▁in ▁numerous ▁the atr ical ▁re issues , ▁television ▁rev iv als ▁( bro ad cast , ▁especially ▁public ▁television ▁and ▁cable ), ▁ 1 6 ▁mm ▁and ▁ 8 ▁mm ▁home ▁mov ies , ▁feature - film ▁comp il ations ▁and ▁home ▁video . ▁After ▁Stan ▁La ure l ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁major ▁motion - picture ▁t ributes : ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ' s ▁L aug hing ▁' 2 0 s ▁was ▁Robert ▁Young son ' s ▁compilation ▁of ▁the ▁team ' s ▁silent - film ▁highlight s , ▁and ▁The ▁Great ▁Race ▁was ▁a ▁large - scale ▁sal ute ▁to