Step 2: Get a DVR/DVD burner (Toshiba makes one)
Step 3: Wait for a Laurel and Hardy marathon.
Step 4: Burn them.
Every so often TCM runs Laurel and Hardy marathons. DVR the entire thing then record it. My dad has several DVDs of them now.
I did the same with a recent Three Stooges marathon on SpikeTV recently. 2 disks with 18 shorts, including one that had 4 stooges (after his heart attack, Curly had cameo appearances in a handful of them).