▁Ul ver ston , ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁another ▁one ▁is ▁in ▁Hard y ' s ▁birth place , ▁Har lem , ▁Georgia , ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁third ▁one ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁Sol ingen , ▁Germany . ▁Maurice ▁Send ak ▁showed ▁three ▁identical ▁Oliver ▁Hard y ▁figures ▁as ▁b akers ▁prepar ing ▁c akes ▁for ▁the ▁morning ▁in ▁his ▁award - win ning ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁children ' s ▁book ▁In ▁the ▁Night ▁K itchen . ▁This ▁is ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁clear ▁example ▁of ▁" inter pret ative ▁illustr ation " ▁where in ▁the ▁com ed ians ' ▁inclusion ▁h ark ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁author ' s ▁child hood . ▁The ▁Beat les ▁used ▁cut - outs ▁of ▁Stan ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Oliver ▁Hard y ▁in ▁the ▁cut out ▁celebr ity ▁crowd ▁for ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁their ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁album ▁Serge ant ▁Pe pper ' s ▁L on ely ▁He arts ▁Club ▁Band . ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁poll ▁by ▁fellow ▁com ed ians ▁and ▁comedy ▁ins iders ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ 5 0 ▁com ed ians ▁for ▁The ▁Com ed ian ' s ▁Com ed ian , ▁a ▁TV ▁document ary ▁broadcast ▁on ▁UK ' s ▁Channel ▁ 4 , ▁voted ▁the ▁du o ▁the ▁sevent h - gre at est ▁comedy ▁act ▁ever , ▁making ▁them ▁the ▁top ▁double ▁act ▁on ▁the ▁list . ▁ ▁Mer ch and iser ▁Larry ▁Harm on ▁claimed ▁ownership ▁of ▁La ure l ' s ▁and ▁Hard