The Sons of the Desert
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The Sons of the Desert is a Laurel and Hardy appreciation group founded in 1965 by L & H biographer and fan John McCabe. There are now chapters all over the world. The organization was named after the comedy film Sons of the Desert.
Each group is known as a tent and is usually named after one of the comedy team's movie titles. For example, the main tent in Massachusetts is called "The Boston Brats" (Brats being a name of one of Laurel and Hardy's films). Another example is the Glasgow tent, which is called "Bonnie Scotland" after the film of the same name.
Cartoonist Al Kilgore drew the crest of the group. It bears the slogan suggested by Stan Laurel, "Two minds without a single thought", translated into Latin: Duae tabulae rasae in quibus nihil scriptum est (literally: "Two blank slates on which nothing has been written").
