Block-Heads Oasis #3

06/27/2026

The Block-Heads tent of Saint Paul receives the official pineapple from 2026 Sons of the Desert Convention host Dave Greim at the conclusion of the San Diego conclave. The 2028 event will be in Minnesota! (50th anniversary of the first convention in Chicago and the 40th anniversary of the Block-Heads' hosting in 1988!)

06/01/2026

The Block-Heads' 17th Annual Laurel & Hardy Festival at The Heights Theater is this coming Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, with both screenings at 2:00 pm. FIVE classic Stan and Ollie talkies are on the program (same show both days) -- all 5 are new restorations and on The Heights' screen for the first time since their original releases in the early 1930s! Tickets are $15 at the door, but advance tickets are available on-line with a 75-cent fee -- cheap insurance to guarantee your seat ... these shows ALWAYS sell out! (Tickets at: heightstheater.com )
See BERTH MARKS, MEN O' WAR (pictured), PERFECT DAY, ONE GOOD TURN, and "SCRAM!" like never before, the way they were intended, on a big screen with a big crowd in stunning images! Come early to enjoy Ed Copeland's pre-show concert on The Heights' Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ! I hope to see you there.

05/04/2026

04/16/2026

Block-Heads Grand Sheik Tracy Tolzmann was Knighted by the Saint Paul Winter Carnival's King Boreas Rex L###IX at the April 12th meeting of the tent. Helen Diehl, Bob Kuehn, and Fred Meyer were also honored. Eighty-four years ago, in 1942, King Boreas Rex VIII Knighted Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy when they were in Saint Paul for their appearance in the Hollywood Victory Caravan., raising funds and moral for the war effort.

03/04/2026

Block-Heads' Grand Sheik Tracy Tolzmann has written a short history on the Twin Cities' Laurel & Hardy club entitled "BLOCK-HEADS, sixty years of laughter with Laurel and Hardy," commemorating the tent's 60th anniversary. It's 100 pages with 100 illustrations reviewing 525 meetings since the tent's founding on March 7, 1966. If you'd like a copy, it's $15 including first class postage in the U.S. Contact the tent for details via e-mail at [email protected].