Whatever Happened To Comedy Teams?

[The Blowhard]

Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)

[SinA]

Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)

I don't know Blowhard, WHAT HAPPENED?

[BoondockSaint]

We are so in tune with each other Blowhard. I was watching Abbot and Costello on youtube all night.

[PapaBear]

Nobody ever wants to play the straight man anymore.

[Hottub]

Nobody ever wants to play the straight man anymore.

Certainly nobody from this board.:laugh:

[TheMojoPin]

It's crazy, this question has been eating at me for the last 40 years.

[Ritalin]

Nobody ever wants to play the straight man anymore.

Certainly nobody from this board.:laugh:

Whatdya mean, nobody from this board, Hot Tub?

[Ritalin]

Penn and Teller.

Hello?

[Marc with a c]

www.jakeandamir.com

[DiabloSammich]

Certainly nobody from this board.:laugh:


:clap::clap::clap:



Oh, and Farley and Spade, and the Show with Bob and David.

[jonyrotn]

The Blowhard;1673448]Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)[/size]
[SIZE=2]You mean like Ron & Fez And Oppie & Anthony? Hmm, I dunno Blowhard..Any other good questions..

[Stankfoot]

Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)

Dane Cook and Someone Who Is Actually Funny?

[LaBoob]

[/size]
[SIZE=2]You mean like Ron & Fez And Oppie & Anthony? Hmm, I dunno Blowhard..Any other good questions..

QFT - this was the first thing to come to my mind.

I also agree with Penn and Teller. I was watching them yesterday being "interviewed" on the show Free Radio on VH1 and realized who hysterical Teller is. He's not saying anything, but his face is totally "on" and he's really participating in the conversation. He's a great example of a modern clown. Also when the annoying host asked him the obvious question about doesn't he ever talk he said "fuck" but it got bleeped so the people in the studio heard it but nobody in the listening audience heard Teller talk. Very amusing.

[EliSnow]

The quicksand got them all before it disappeared.

[nevnut]

they host radio shows

[EddieMoscone]

The Japanese LOVE comedy teams. They are called Manzai. Actor Beat Takeshi (Brother, Zatoichi, Battle Royale) was part of one for a long time called "The Two Beats".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai

In honor of Blowhard I'm going to go listen to my mp3 of "Who's on First?".

[Reephdweller]

The last comedy team I could think of that was starting to come along was David Spade and Chris Farley. But then Farley had to get all selfish and die.

[Ritalin]

Maybe Blowhard doesn't think any of our examples are valid because they haven't been chased by the Keystone Kops.

Or the Mummy.

[jonyrotn]

Maybe Blowhard doesn't think any of our examples are valid because they haven't been chased by the Keystone Kops.

Or the Mummy.
:lol: more funny shit from Ritalin..I think I'm starting to stalk your posts because I'm almost guarenteed a good laugh..Thanx for the Sunday morning chuckle..

[The Blowhard]

I'm talking about stand up's, so if you can't grasp the concept don't attempt to answer the question. This forum is old school, so if you're some 20 something wise ass, beat it. You just don't get it.

[DiabloSammich]

I'm talking about stand up's, so if you can't grasp the concept don't attempt to answer the question. This forum is old school, so if you're some 20 something wise ass, beat it. You just don't get it.



I'm a thirty-something wise ass, and I submit that my recommendation of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk is a good one. They do solo stuff as well, but they are a great comedy duo. In stand up, as well as off the stage.

And to be fair, you didn't list stand-up as a requirement. Abbott and Costello as well as Martin and Lewis did a ton of movie and television work. So I assumed you just meant a pair of people working together in a comedic setting.

The Chocolate Blackout Cake was unbelievable, by the way.

[SinA]

http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/harold_and_kumar_go_to_white_castle.jpg

[mdr55]

Whatever happened to Comedy Trios?? like The 3 Stooges and Marx Brothers.

[The Blowhard]

I'm a thirty-something wise ass, and I submit that my recommendation of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk is a good one. They do solo stuff as well, but they are a great comedy duo. In stand up, as well as off the stage.

And to be fair, you didn't list stand-up as a requirement. Abbott and Costello as well as Martin and Lewis did a ton of movie and television work. So I assumed you just meant a pair of people working together in a comedic setting.

The Chocolate Blackout Cake was unbelievable, by the way.


Yes, I was talking about stand up, and yes, most of the famous teams did tv and movies. But when was the last time a comedy team played Carolines? That's what I'm talking about. Now, seriously: did you really make the cake?

[The Blowhard]

Whatever happened to Comedy Trios?? like The 3 Stooges and Marx Brothers.


That's a great point.

[mdr55]

Harlem Globetrotters and whoever they play.

[jonyrotn]

I'm a thirty-something wise ass, and I submit that my recommendation of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk is a good one. They do solo stuff as well, but they are a great comedy duo. In stand up, as well as off the stage.

And to be fair, you didn't list stand-up as a requirement. Abbott and Costello as well as Martin and Lewis did a ton of movie and television work. So I assumed you just meant a pair of people working together in a comedic setting.

The Chocolate Blackout Cake was unbelievable, by the way.

QFT

I know this is not the apology thread, but I wanna say sorry to Blowhard for not being 60 years old..That will not happen again, I promise..That's a mistake you only make once..
Fortunately though, that Knick joke was stupid or Blowhard may have been accused of being funny on a board dedicated to two comedians..God forbid..

[LaBoob]

I think it's okay to talk about "old school" things and bring up how they've evolved. I don't think these acts have disappeared, but have been brought up to date to take advantage of the available media. If duos like R&F kept their show in comedy clubs we probably wouldn't all be here today talking about them.

I don't think it's right to call someone a wise-ass because they didn't live through an era. Just sayin'...:wink:

[TooLowBrow]

I'm talking about stand up's, so if you can't grasp the concept don't attempt to answer the question. This forum is old school, so if you're some 20 something wise ass, beat it. You just don't get it.

so, like ron and fez on stage together during a live show? or like how funny Zach and Cody are?

[TheMojoPin]

Comedy trios, them comedy teams, now comedy troupes.

[Bob Impact]

It's like everything else in life these days, add in more mediocre people to avoid the need to have a single stand out talent.

[jonyrotn]

[quote=mdr55;1673623]Harlem Globetrotters and whoever they play.[/quot
Take the washington Generals they're getting 17..It's a lock..

[The Blowhard]

I think it's okay to talk about "old school" things and bring up how they've evolved. I don't think these acts have disappeared, but have been brought up to date to take advantage of the available media. If duos like R&F kept their show in comedy clubs we probably wouldn't all be here today talking about them.

I don't think it's right to call someone a wise-ass because they didn't live through an era. Just sayin'...:wink:


Back in the dark ages, comedy teams were very popular, and the point I was making was that you don't see teams onstage anymore. You don't have to be "elderly" to post here, but having an understanding really helps. As for the "wise ass" comment, you are what you is. Now take that, whippersnapper!

[The Blowhard]

QFT

I know this is not the apology thread, but I wanna say sorry to Blowhard for not being 60 years old..That will not happen again, I promise..That's a mistake you only make once..
Fortunately though, that Knick joke was stupid or Blowhard may have been accused of being funny on a board dedicated to two comedians..God forbid..


A board dedicated to two comedians? Since when?

[TheMojoPin]

Back in the dark ages, comedy teams were very popular, and the point I was making was that you don't see teams onstage anymore. You don't have to be "elderly" to post here, but having an understanding really helps. As for the "wise ass" comment, you are what you is. Now take that, whippersnapper!

I see a lot of duos doing standup. Even back in the day, you had a lot more solo comedians than duos, unless you're going all the way back to vaudeville. I think you just had more famous duos in your time than now.

[The Blowhard]

I see a lot of duos doing standup. Even back in the day, you had a lot more solo comedians than duos, unless you're going all the way back to vaudeville. I think you just had more famous duos in your time than now.

Ahhhh! Vaudeville!

[Recyclerz]

It's like everything else in life these days, add in more mediocre people to avoid the need to have a single stand out talent.

Thank you, Mr. Roark. :wink:

[DiabloSammich]

MAYBE

THE

DINGO

ATE

YOUR

COMEDY TEAMS



How's that Mojo?

[TheMojoPin]

MAYBE

THE

DINGO

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YOUR

COMEDY TEAMS



How's that Mojo?

Still awesome.

Do Sammich ad I count as a comedy team since "he's" my board alter-ego?

[underdog]

How about the Sklar Brothers?

They appear on stage together and are unfunny, so they seem to fit your requirements.

[Badinia]

In stand-up, there may be fewer comedy teams because, at least, in the b-level clubs I work in, the headliner money is the same, no matter how many people are involved...

But in film and television, there are some great comedy duos happening in the Yew Kay and New Zealand:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/02/16/bfhot.jpg
Simon Pegg & Nick Frost

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/the20mighty20booshyl4.jpg
The Mighty Boosh

http://www.idigitalsales.co.uk/content/channelnews/images/little%20britain.jpg
Little Britain

http://www.tvscoop.tv/Flight_of_the_Conchords.jpg
Flight of the Conchords

[Ritalin]

In stand-up, there may be fewer comedy teams because, at least, in the b-level clubs I work in, the headliner money is the same, no matter how many people are involved...



Badina wins the prize.

Give her a 10 minute guest spot.

[jonyrotn]

A board dedicated to two comedians? Since when?
I'm not trying to start anything with you Blowhard, I know you're quick witted and very sharp..I also know you have a sense of what's light hearted amusement and what's an attack..The 20 somethings are not the enemy.. It's important that you remember you were not born 45 years old either, brother.. You yourself were once a 20 something and I'm certian you had words of relevance to bring to a conversation..In my opinion throwing your weight around and alienating a board member based on age alone, without even taking race or sexual preference into consideration is completely out of order..Perhaps you should re-familiarize yourself with the rules engagement..Age alone does not qualify for for a windbag to blow his death breath all over him..

[SinA]

http://www.apfn.org/APFN/bush_cheney.jpg

[Ritalin]

A board dedicated to two comedians? Since when?

I'm not trying to start anything with you Blowhard, I know you're quick witted and very sharp..I also know you have a sense of what's light hearted amusement and what's an attack..The 20 somethings are not the enemy.. It's important that you remember you were not born 45 years old either, brother.. You yourself were once a 20 something and I'm certian you had words of relevance to bring to a conversation..In my opinion throwing your weight around and alienating a board member based on age alone, without even taking race or sexual preference into consideration is completely out of order..Perhaps you should re-familiarize yourself with the rules engagement..Age alone does not qualify for for a windbag to blow his death breath all over him..

Ladies and Gentlemen, this next act comes out of New York on a rocket ship. They recently stole the show at the Newark Comedy Festival with their innovative throw back act, and they appear at clubs and colleges across the country.

This is the act you've come to see....put your hands together and give a warm Ronfeznet welcome for Jonyrotn and the Blowhard!

[Badinia]

Badina wins the prize.

Give her a 10 minute guest spot.

Thanks Ritalin!

Everybody, give a big hand to your emcee! And don't forget to tip your waitstaff!

[Doctor Z]

It opened the comics up to too much speculation about their sexual orientation.

[Doctor Z]

OH... plus none of them were funny.

[Ritalin]

Thanks Ritalin!

Everybody, give a big hand to your emcee! And don't forget to tip your waitstaff!

http://www.travel-net.com/~andrews/images/animations/flashl.gif

[lleeder]

My favorite comedy team is Lori and Reba Schappell. Too obscure?

[Badinia]

http://www.travel-net.com/~andrews/images/animations/flashl.gif

Give ME the light, will you!

[The Blowhard]

I'm not trying to start anything with you Blowhard, I know you're quick witted and very sharp..I also know you have a sense of what's light hearted amusement and what's an attack..The 20 somethings are not the enemy.. It's important that you remember you were not born 45 years old either, brother.. You yourself were once a 20 something and I'm certian you had words of relevance to bring to a conversation..In my opinion throwing your weight around and alienating a board member based on age alone, without even taking race or sexual preference into consideration is completely out of order..Perhaps you should re-familiarize yourself with the rules engagement..Age alone does not qualify for for a windbag to blow his death breath all over him..


Look, if I really started "throwing my weight around", I would knock the world off it's axis, okay? This is all in good fun, so lighten up. Hell, I wish I was 20 again. I drove a Stutz Bearcat and invented the cheer "boola boola" at football games. And that's "Mr. Windbag" to you, fella.

[The Blowhard]

OH... plus none of them were funny.

You haven't lived until you've seen The Ritz Brothers!

[Ritalin]

Give ME the light, will you!

http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/lighthouse17.gif

[Gvac]

I'm not trying to start anything with you Blowhard, I know you're quick witted and very sharp..I also know you have a sense of what's light hearted amusement and what's an attack..The 20 somethings are not the enemy.. It's important that you remember you were not born 45 years old either, brother.. You yourself were once a 20 something and I'm certian you had words of relevance to bring to a conversation..In my opinion throwing your weight around and alienating a board member based on age alone, without even taking race or sexual preference into consideration is completely out of order..Perhaps you should re-familiarize yourself with the rules engagement..Age alone does not qualify for for a windbag to blow his death breath all over him..

I wouldn't be so sure.

He's been a miserable old bastard forever.

[Ritalin]

You haven't lived until you've seen The Ritz Brothers!

I think you're confused, Blowhard.

The Ritz Brothers were tap dancing negros you enjoyed in the Catskills.

[The Blowhard]

I think you're confused, Blowhard.

The Ritz Brothers were tap dancing negros you enjoyed in the Catskills.

No, that would be the amazing Nicholas Brothers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Nicholasbros.jpg/250px-Nicholasbros.jpg

[EffMeBoobs]

What about:
http://www.monty-python.com/mp/cover.gif
http://blogs.indiewire.com/uglybetty/archives/plastickith.jpg
http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/photos/uncategorized/ucb.jpg

I know they're all improv sketch comedy but they are all comedy teams.

[Badinia]

I think you're confused, Blowhard.

The Ritz Brothers were tap dancing negros you enjoyed in the Catskills.

No, that would be the amazing Nicholas Brothers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Nicholasbros.jpg/250px-Nicholasbros.jpg

I've been given the light, so I've gotta go, but first I wanted to say, I love the Nicholas Brothers! This pic is from Stormy Weather, which is great too.

[Mullenax]

Flight of the Conchords don't just have an HBO show, they take the routine on the road. I think they're funny; not as funny as Bob Cross & David Odenkirk. Can a "comedy band" be a comedy duo, like Tenacious D? <p>
<img src= "http://www.hbo.com/conchords/img/castandcrew/main_img.jpg" height=130 width=210>

[IamFogHat]

Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)

You are literally so old, that it hurts, all of us, no matter what age we are. Please do a google search. You'll find things like UBC, Stella, etc, and your life will somehow find meaning, or not, because you're so old and out of touch. Sigh.

[The Blowhard]

You are literally so old, that it hurts, all of us, no matter what age we are. Please do a google search. You'll find things like UBC, Stella, etc, and your life will somehow find meaning, or not, because you're so old and out of touch. Sigh.


You call yourself Foghat and you call me old? Don't make me smack you with my walker!

[FUNKMAN]

You are literally so old, that it hurts, all of us, no matter what age we are. Please do a google search. You'll find things like UBC, Stella, etc, and your life will somehow find meaning, or not, because you're so old and out of touch. Sigh.

You call yourself Foghat and you call me old? Don't make me smack you with my walker!

http://www.garmentdistrict.com/store/popculture/southpark/cripple_sm.jpg

[The Blowhard]

http://www.garmentdistrict.com/store/popculture/southpark/cripple_sm.jpg


No fights, Funk. It's funny how people are questioning an old school thread in the old school forum. People feel good being hostile, and that's their problem.

[TheMojoPin]

Who is being hostile?

Not everything and everyone is trying to pick a fight with you.

[FUNKMAN]

No fights, Funk. It's funny how people are questioning an old school thread in the old school forum. People feel good being hostile, and that's their problem.

no worries, just chucking a little humor around. it's the first thing I thought of when you wrote "smack you with my walker"

guess you can say there are some comedy teams around. adam sandler usually casts a few of the same actors in a bunch of his movies. not the true " duet " act we're accustomed to though

[A.J.]

No, that would be the amazing Nicholas Brothers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Nicholasbros.jpg/250px-Nicholasbros.jpg

I watched a PBS special on them some time ago. Simply amazing to watch perform.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

There was a fun show off-Broadway like 13 years ago called "Fool Moon"... I think it might've had Jason Alexander. It was like...old style no talky pantomiming and idiocy with two guys just doing, for lack of a better word, sketches... very entertaining for my 12 year old brain.

[Enabler]

I was going to say Tenacious D, but thats been said, so I offer Clark and Michael. Michael Cera and Clark something. They had a hillarious show on the internet but their stand up kinda blows.

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[JerseyRich]

Who is being hostile?

Not everything and everyone is trying to pick a fight with you.

Coming into the OLD SCHOOL FORUM and saying someone is so old that it hurts isn't HOSTILE?

Ummm...Last time I looked the entire forum is about old stuff.

If you're not interested in talking about OLD SCHOOL things, then don't post here.

Would I go into the Health and Fitness forum and start saying that people are unhealthy and fat?

Nope.

Just take your hatred for Blowhard off the board. Some of us actually enjoy reading about old stuff, and not attacking him.

After all, this forum started because of the Blowhard.

[Sinestro]

Cannons to the left of me
Cannons to the right of me

Then I walked step by step


(I think this was from some Abbott and Costello bit from the Foreign Legion or something)

[MagillaGorillaz]

There is a duo on one of those Comedy Central stand up specials that is on every once in a while. I can't remember their names cause I didn't think they were that funny.

[high fly]

Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Allen and Rossi, Stiller and Meara. Whatever happened to comedy teams?(Please, no Knicks jokes, okay?)

Let's not leave out comedy troupes like Ace Trucking Company and the gang who put together the National Lampoon Radio Hour...

[TheMojoPin]

Coming into the OLD SCHOOL FORUM and saying someone is so old that it hurts isn't HOSTILE?

Ummm...Last time I looked the entire forum is about old stuff.

If you're not interested in talking about OLD SCHOOL things, then don't post here.

Would I go into the Health and Fitness forum and start saying that people are unhealthy and fat?

Nope.

Just take your hatred for Blowhard off the board. Some of us actually enjoy reading about old stuff, and not attacking him.

After all, this forum started because of the Blowhard.

Who attacked him in this thread?

[Ritalin]

Who attacked him in this thread?

What ever happened to the good old days when you could attack someone in a thread and nobody would come rushing to their aid? A better time, when posters were men and could handle themselves and didn't need any help.

A time when people knew where they stood because other people weren't browbeaten into a phony PC politeness that's ruining this country.

(love the Blowhard, hate the term "PC")

[JerseyRich]

Who attacked him in this thread?

Dude, man.

[TheMojoPin]

D00d, bro.

[FUNKMAN]

Dude, man.

D00d, bro.

http://www.reelfilm.com/images/dude.jpg

[epo]

I miss comedy teams, they were the best.

[EddieMoscone]

I miss comedy teams, they were the best.

Was this brought on my the Tommy Smothers Emmy last night?

[Don Stugots]

they break up good teams and force them to be singles stars.

[TheMojoPin]

http://www.modernfix.com/features/48/stella.jpg

[GreatAmericanZero]

Tim & Eric

Mr Show (Bob & David)

[Hottub]

they break up good teams and force them to be singles stars.

Regina was the best.

[Furtherman]

I've always been a fan of Hierocles and Philagrius.

Dead Parrot sketch is 1,600 years old (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3454319/Dead-Parrot-sketch-is-1600-years-old.html)

[west milly Tom]

The blue collar guys are funny as a team. LET IT BE KNOWN!

[scottinnj]

Free Agency. Steinbrenner blows.

[PapaBear]

I was just thinking about this last night. I watched Trading Places for the first time in ages and, when the first scene came on with Al Franken, I saw the guy with him, I thought "Damn... I forgot about that guy!" There was a time, when you only heard the name Al Franken associated with "Franken and Davis".

[ahhdurr]

Does anybody remember laughter?

[bobrobot]

Cannons to the left of me
Cannons to the right of me

Then I walked step by step


(I think this was from some Abbott and Costello bit from the Foreign Legion or something)

GREAT combination of references in this statement!!!

Charge of the Light Brigade

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
Someone had blundered:
Theirs was not to make reply,
Theirs was not to reason why,
Theirs was but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to the right of them,
Cannon to the left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell,
Rode the six hundred.

Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air,
Sab'ring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered:
Plunging in the battery smoke,
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not--
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to the right of them,
Cannon to the left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that fought so well,
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of the six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
Oh, the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made!
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble Six Hundred!

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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