I ran it in Excel, and I came up with several solutions:#1,916 A 6 B 11 C 16 #2,217 A 7 B 12 C 17 #2,498 A 8 B 13 C 18 #2,759 A 9 B 14 C 19 #3,000 A 10 B 15 C 20
Laurel said that because throwing a single pie would be a dreadful cliché, “Let’s give them so many pies that there never will be room for any more pie pictures in the whole history of the movies.”- “Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy: An Affectionate Biography,” by John McCabe.
Actually, a writer suggested ending “Battle of the Century” with a pie fight, and was shouted down that is was old hat (in 1927!). Stan offered that if we’re going to do that, let’s make it the biggest one ever, so no one will want to do another one.
I ran it in Excel, and I came up with several solutions:#1,916 A 6 B 11 C 16 #2,217 A 7 B 12 C 17 #2,498 A 8 B 13 C 18 #2,759 A 9 B 14 C 19 #3,000 A 10 B 15 C 20