My favorite performers of all time are and probably always will be Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy…and I'm sure you're quite familiar with Mr. Hardy's famous catchphrase. It was "Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into!" Right?
No, not right. What he actually said in their films was "Here's another nice mess…" He did say "fine mess" in one radio appearance but you probably never heard that. And they did make one film called Another Fine Mess but even in that one, he said "nice mess." He also said in other films, "Well, here's another nice kettle of fish you've pickled me in" and "Well, here's another nice bucket of suds you've gotten me into."
But the line was "nice mess." Here's a compilation of every time it was said on screen…