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>>> WHEN YOU CAN FIND TWO PEOPLE
THAT CAN WORK OF OFF EACH OTHER,
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THERES NOTHING MORE BRILLIANT
TO WATCH.
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>> CHEMISTRY IS OBVIOUSLY THE
MAIN SPECIAL SAUCE IN A COMEDY
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TEAM.
>> OUR TIMING WAS PERFECT FOR
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EACH OTHER.
>> YOU BURNT A HOLE IN MY PANTS.
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>> AND WERE GOING TO BE PALS,
RIGHT?
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>> THERES ONE GUY WHOS OUT OF
CONTROL, AND ONE GUY TRYING TO
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SAY CALM DOWN.
>> DO YOU EVER DISAGREE ON
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MATERIAL?
>> NO.
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>> YEAH.
>> THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO FEEL
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THEYRE LOOSE AND HAVING FUN.
AND WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO FAKE
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FUN AND BUSINESS.
>> YEAH.
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♪
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♪
>>> I ACTUALLY GREW UP AS A KID
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ON COMEDY TEAMS.
THATS THE WAY I LEARNED ABOUT
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COMEDY WAS COMEDY TEAMS.
>> HEY, HEY ‐‐
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>> MICHELLE PFEIFFER.
>> COMEDY TEAMS ARE DEPENDENT
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UPON HARMONY.
THAT HARMONY THAT BLENDS INTO
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ONE VOICE.
ITS LIKE WOW.
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>> I THINK CHEMISTRY IS SOMEBODY
THAT YOURE SECURE ENOUGH WITH
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THAT YOU CAN BE PLAYFUL.
YOU KIND OF DELIGHTED IN BEING
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WITH THEM SO IT KIND OF COMES
OUT.
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YOU FEEL IT.
YOU FEEL EXCITED.
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>> IM NOT FEELING SASSY.
>> OH, YOURE NEVER FEELING
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SASSY.
>> YOU DONT KNOW WHAT SASSY
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LOOKS LIKE ON ME.
>> WHY DONT YOU EAT A BULL OF
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WINGS?
>> WHEN YOU CAN NAIL THE
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CHEMISTRY OF TWO COMEDIANS
TOGETHER ‐‐
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>> THAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT.
>> ITS A SYMBIOTIC
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RELATIONSHIP, WITHOUT THE
PERFECT STRAIGHT MAN FEEDING THE
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FUNNY MAN OR THE STOOGE, ONE
CANT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER.
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ITS LIKE A GOOD TENNIS MATCH,
BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
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IF YOU HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT
PLAYERS, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
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>> I BELIEVE GLOBAL WARMING IS
CAUSED BY MAN.
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>> AND I BELIEVE ITS JUST GOD
HUGGING US CLOSER.
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>> THE IDEA OF A COMEDY TEAM
PREDATES THE IDEA OF A SOLO
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STANDUP COMEDIAN.
COMEDY TEAMS NOW, YOURE
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CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE ACT.
>> OH, HELLO.
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>> IT WAS JUST A BROADWAY SHOW
LAST YEAR WITH JOHN MULANEY AND
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NICK CROW CALLED "OH HELLO".
>> AND NOW BACK TO THE PLAY.
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>> GEORGE, CAN WE TAKE FIVE
MINUTES?
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MY STOMACHS A LITTLE ‐‐
>> NO, IM GOOD.
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>> I SEE AN ABSOLUTE PARALLEL
BETWEEN WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN
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2017 ON BROADWAY ‐‐
>> ENJOY THE PLAY.
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>> AND WHAT WEBER AND FIELDS
CREATED IN THE EARLY 1900s, THE
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BASIC CONSET OF THE COMEDY TEAM.
>> HEY, KEEP A BIG CC FROM THE
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PAPER.
>> WEBER AND FIELDS GAVE US A
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LOT OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE
IDENTIFIABLE MARKS OF A COMEDY
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TEAM.
THEY INVENTED SLAPSTICK, ETHNIC
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JOKES, AND PIE IN THE FACE.
>> PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY DOING
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COMEDY IN VAUDEVILLE AT THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY MORE OR LESS WAS
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IN A TEAM.
THE MARKS BROTHERS UNCLE WAS IN
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A COMEDY TEAM, AL SHEEN,
GALLAGHER AND SHEEN, BERT
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WILLIAMS AND GEORGE WALKER WERE
THE FIRST AFRICAN‐AMERICAN
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PERFORMERS TO RECEIVE HEADLINE
STATUS.
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AND THERE WAS SMITH AND DALE WHO
WERE ‐‐
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>> IF YOU SHOULD DIE, WHAT WOULD
YOUR WIFE BURY YOU WITH?
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>> WITH PLEASURE.
>> MANY OF THEM WERE CANNY
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ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT RADIO NOT
ONLY OPENED A NEW DOOR
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CAREERWISE BUT COULD BECOME A
MAJOR VEHICLE FOR THEIR CAREERS.
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>> SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY.
>> HELLO EVERYBODY.
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>> TRY AGAIN.
>> IT WAS NOT UNIQUE, THE
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CHARACTER OF THE DIZZY DAME AS
THEY USED TO CALL HER WAS A
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TROEP, BUT THEY JUST DID BETTER.
>> THEY EVEN LAUGHED AT JOE
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DeVOS, BUT SHE WENT RIGHT AHEAD
AND BUILT IT.
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>> GRACIE HAD SUCH A NAIVE,
WONDERFUL CUT INTO THE TRUTH.
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SHE WAS THE FUNNY ONE.
>> ORIGINALLY GRACIE ALLEN WAS
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THE STRAIGHT WOMAN.
AND A SPECIALIST SUGGESTED TO
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THEM, FLIP IT AROUND.
>> I HEARD A POLITICAL SPEECH ON
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TELEVISION YESTERDAY, IT WAS
VERY INTERESTING.
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>> WAS THE SPEAKER REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT?
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>> I THINK SO.
>> SAY TO GRACIE, HOW IS YOUR
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BROTHER, AND SHE WOULD TALK FOR
17 MINUTES, AND I WOULD SMOKE A
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CIGAR, WHEN SHE WOULD DANCE, I
WOULD POINT AND TAP MY FOOT, WE
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WOULD EXIT AND WED SPLIT
SALARIES.
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>> AND NOW GUESS WHAT THE TWO OF
AMERICAS FAVORITE, ABBOTT AND
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COSTELLO?
>> I SAY, WHOS ON FIRST, WHATS
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ON SECOND, I DONT KNOWS ON
THIRD.
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>> YEAH, YOU KNOW BOTH NAMES.
>> YES.
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>> WELL, WHOS ON FIRST.
>> YES.
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>> I MEAN THE FELLA PLAYING
FIRST.
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>> WHO.
>> THE GUY PLAYING FIRST.
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>> WHO IS ON FIRST?
>> WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR?
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>> THEY WERE ONE OF PROBABLY
HUNDREDS OF COMEDY TEAMS IN BURR
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LESS CK.
AFTER THEY APPEARED ON RADIO,
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THEY BECAME THE MOST HATED
COMEDY TEAM IN BURLESQUE.
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NOW ABBOTT AND COSTELLO ARE
NATIONALLY KNOWN AND THEY GET
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THEIR OWN RADIO SHOW ON NBC.
>> DID YOU AND LOU ORIGINATE
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WHOS ON FIRST.
>> LETS NOT GO INTO THAT.
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>> NO ONE KNOWS WHO WROTE
WHOSS ON FIRST.
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THATS THE GREAT PART OF IT.
THEY PERFECTED IT.
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>> AND NOW THE ABBOTT AND
COSTELLO SHOW.
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>> IT WAS A PERVASIVE PRESENCE,
THERE WAS AN ABSURDIST ELEMENT,
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AND IT WAS ALSO FUNNY IN A KIND
OF SAUDVAUDEVILLIAN WAY.
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THEY WERE THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE
DRAW A COUPLE YEARS IN A RO.
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>> WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT ME TO
TURN.
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>> TO THE LEFT.
>> TO THE LEFT, THATS LEFT.
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>> THATS RIGHT.
>> TO THE LEFT.
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>> TO THE LEFT.
>> THATS RIGHT.
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>> WHEN I WAS A KID, THE ONES I
LOVED WERE WHEN THEY MEET THE
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MONSTERS.
EVERY PERSON AROUND MY AGE
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COULDNT GET ENOUGH OF THOSE
MOVIES.
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>> OH, THESE ARE CLASSIC COMEDY
ROUTINES, WOULDNT THEY BE JUST
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AS FUNNY TODAY?
>> WHY NOT?
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I THINK THEYRE FUNNIER TODAY.
>> GIVE ME A FIVE.
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>> DID YOU EVER GO TO SCHOOL,
STUPID?
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>> YEAH, THEY COME OUT THE SAME
WAY.
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>> THEY HAD VARIATIONS ON
MATERIAL A LOT OF VAUDEVILLIANS
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DID, BUT THEIRS WAS THE BEST.
THEY HAD HONED IT OVER THE YEARS
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OF PERFORMING IT LIVE UNTIL IT
BECAME COMPLETELY SPECIFIC TO
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THEM AND THEIR DYNAMIC AND THEIR
CHEMISTRY.
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>> WHOS ON SECOND?
>> WHOS ON FIRST?
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>> I DONT KNOW.
>> HES ON THIRD.
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>> THERE I
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♪
>>> STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY
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HAD SEPARATE FILM CAREERS AND
BOTH WERE DOING OKAY ON THEIR
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OWN.
BUT THEN LEO McCARRY, THE GREAT
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COMEDY DIRECTOR, DECIDED TO PAIR
THEM.
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>> NOW, IS THAT BETTER?
NAKED AND WET.
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>> OH, OH.
>> IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
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SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL.
>> YOU KNOW, IM NOT AS DUMB AS
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YOU LOOK.
>> YOU BET YOUR LIFE YOURE NOT.
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>> THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMART ONE
AND A DUMB ONE.
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BUT WITH LAUREL AND HARDY, THERE
WAS AN INCREDIBLE ‐‐ SORRY,
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SORRY, SORRY.
>> GO AHEAD.
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>> LAUREL AND HARDY KIND OF
CHANGED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE
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BOTH KIND OF DUMB.
BUT ONE THOUGHT HE WAS SMART.
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>> AND THEY WERE BOTH REALLY
FUNNY.
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>> WHAT CAN THAT DO?
>> THATS SIMPLE.
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YOU DONT HAVE TO USE YOUR
BRAINS FOR THAT.
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>> WELL, HERES ANOTHER NICE
MESS YOUVE GOTTEN ME INTO.
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>> THEY WERE ALWAYS TRUE TO
THEIR CHARACTERS.
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YOU NEVER GET A SENSE THAT STAN
LAUREL IS PLAYING A CHARACTER
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CALLED STAN LAUREL, OR THAT
OLIVER HARDY IS PLAYING A GUY
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NAMED OLIVER HARDY, THEY JUST
ARE STAN AND OLLY.
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>> HELLO?
>> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
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>> I WAS HERE WITH ME.
>> STAN LAUREL WAS THE BRAINS OF
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THE OPERATION.
OLIVER HARDY WOULD SHOW UP, DO
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HIS JOB WELL AND THEN GO
GOLFING.
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HE LEFT IT ALL TO STAN LAUREL.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT
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CUSHION?
>> WELL, I KEEP ON BUMPING ME
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HEAD.
SEE.
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>> STAN LAUREL WAS THE TOTAL
FILMMAKER.
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HE WASNT JUST A CHARACTER OR A
SCREEN COMEDIAN.
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HE WAS A WRITER AND A DIRECTOR,
BUT HE WAS NEVER CREDITED AS
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EITHER.
>> I THINK WE WERE FORTUNATE IN
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STICKING TO OUR METHODS.
WERE NOT TALKING COMEDIANS.
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WE ONLY SAID ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE
WHAT WE WERE DOING.
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EVERYBODY STARTED TO TALK THEIR
HEADS OFF FOR NO REASON AT ALL,
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FORGETTING THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
COMIC.
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>> THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH LAUGHTER
TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
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I CANT HELP BUT THINK THAT THE
MOMENT LAUREL AND HARDY CAME
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TOGETHER TO WORK AS A TEAM WAS A
GIFT FROM THE COMEDY GODS.
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>> YOU FELT THAT THEY SHARED A
BOND.
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OLLY WAS SOMETIMES MEAN TO STAN
AND THEY WERE VIOLENT WITH EACH
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OTHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
BUT I DONT THINK ANYBODY EVER
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QUESTIONED THAT THEY WERE
FRIENDS.
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THEY EVEN SLEPT IN THE SAME BED.
>> WEVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 23
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YEARS, AND WERE STILL FRIENDS.
I THINK THATS A RECORD.
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>> THAT IS A RECORD.
>> DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION,
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PEOPLE DIDNT HAVE MUCH THEY CAN
RELY ON.
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AND THERE WERE LAUREL AND HARDY
PROVIDING YOU WITH A WAY OF
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SEEING HOW YOU COULD BE A
FAITHFUL FRIEND UNDER ANY
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CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND AUDIENCES DESPERATELY NEEDED
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THAT.
>> AINT THIS SWELL?
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>> YEAH.
GET OUT OF HERE.
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>> HAL ROACH TRIED TO REPLICATE
LAUREL AND HARDYS SUCCESS WITH
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WOMEN.
IN THE EARLY 30s HE HAD THELMA
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TODD AND HE SIGNED ZASU PITS AND
PUT THEM TOGETHER.
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>> HISTORICALLY, MOST OF THE
DUOS HAVE BEEN EITHER TWO MEN OR
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A MAN AND A WOMAN.
THERES VERY FEW TWO FEMALE
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COMEDY ROLES.
>> THEY DEALT WITH MORE
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CONTEMPORARY SUBJECTS THAN THEIR
PEERS.
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THEY WANDERED INTO ROMANTIC
ATTRACTION, AND YOU COULD SEE IN
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SOME CASES MANIPULATING MEN ON
DATES, OR USING BEAUTY.
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ITS REALLY SUBJECT MATTER THAT
WANDERED FAR AFIELD FROM WHAT
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EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING.
>> IS YOUR NAME FRED HEEL?
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>> NO TED HEALY IS THE NAME.
>> HE HAD THREE STOOGES HE WOULD
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BERATE.
LARRY FINE, CURLY HOWARD, MO
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HOWARD, BUT HE WAS A SEVERE
ALCOHOLIC.
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AND WHEN YOURE ON THE STAGE
DOING PHYSICAL COMEDY, YOUR
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COMEDY MIGHT GET MUCH MORE
VIOLENT.
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SO WHEN THEY GOT OFFERS TO DO
SOLO SHORTS, MO HOWARD REALIZED
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WE CANT WORK WITH THIS GUY SO
THEY WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
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>> DR. HOWARD, DR. FINE, DR.
HOWARD.
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>> IT TOOK PEOPLES MINDS OFF
THEIR REAL TROUBLES.
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A LOT OF IT WAS DEPRESSION ERA
COMEDY.
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THEY WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO EAT.
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COME ON BOYS, WEVE GOT TO GET
SOMETHING TO EAT.
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I THINK I SAW A ROASTED TURKEY.
>> GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT.
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>> YOURE HUNGRY, HUH?
>> I NEVER APPRECIATED HOW FUNNY
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THEY WERE, HOW INTRICATE AND
WELL WRITTEN A LOT OF THEIR
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THINGS WERE.
>> THIS IS FOOTBALL, CHUMP.
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ALL YOUVE GOT TO DO WHEN A MAN
GETS THE BALL IS TACKLE HIM.
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GET IT?
THE MAN WITH THE BALL.
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TAKE HIM DOWN.
>> THROW ME THE BALL.
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>> MO HOWARD WAS TREMENDOUS AT
GETTING THEM TO REHEARSE.
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SO EVERY MOVEMENT IS PERFECTLY
PLANNED, LIKE A BALLET.
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>> IM A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> WHO YOU HITTING?
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>> THEY CHECKED A LOT OF BOXES.
THEY WERE VISUALLY FUNNY, THEY
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WERE PHYSICALLY FUNNY, THE
SITUATIONS WERE FUNNY.
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AND THE INSULTS THAT MO WOULD
FLING WERE GENIUS.
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>> I SAID WE CANT COME OVER.
>> OH, A COWARD, HUH?
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>>> A LOT OF THE BOYS ARE TAKING
THE PLUNGE INTO TELEVISION, I
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UNDERSTAND CROSBY IS GOING TO DO
IT AS SOON AS THEY GET THE WIDER
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SCREEN.
>> HOPE AND I ARE JUST FRIENDLY
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RIVALS.
THERES NOTHING IN THE WORLD I
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WOULDNT DO FOR BOB HOPE.
AND THERES NOTHING IN THE WORLD
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HE WOULDNT DO FOR ME.
THATS THE WAY WE GO THROUGH
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LIFE, DOING NOTHING FOR EACH
OTHER.
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>> BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY
FIRST PERFORMED TOGETHER IN
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DECEMBER OF 1932 AT THE CAPITAL
THEATER.
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>> THE MEETING GAVE BIRTH TO THE
LONGEST RUNNING GAG IN SHOW
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BUSINESS.
FOR THREE DECADES THEYVE BEEN
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ATTACKING EACH OTHER.
>> BING WAS PERFORMING AND BOB
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HOPE WAS EMCEEING, AND BOB HOPE
WAS LIKE LETS DO SOME BITS
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TOGETHER.
IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY.
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>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE LAST
NIGHT.
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>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE, THANKS.
>> THE TWO OF THEM, SEPARATE OF
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EACH OTHER, WERE ALREADY UNDER
CONTRACT TO PARAMOUNT.
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THEY WERE GREAT FRIENDS, GOLFING
BUDDIES, SO THEY DID PLAY OFF OF
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EACH OTHER WELL.
SO THEY THREW THEM TOGETHER FOR
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THE GREAT ROAD MOVIES AT
PARAMOUNT.
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>> HERE WE ARE, OFF ON ANOTHER
ROAD.
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>> WHAT A ROAD, CHASING THOSE
TREES, THAT SNOW, THAT SCENERY,
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THAT SKY.
>> GET A LOAD OF THAT BREAD AND
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BUTTER.
>> HOPE AND CROSBY MOVIES ARE
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VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF
COMEDY BECAUSE THEYRE THE FIRST
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ONES TO EXPLORE METACOMEDY.
>> FINE THING.
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FIRST YOU SELL ME FOR A HUNDRED
BUCKS, YOU CUT IN ON ME.
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NOW WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR
HEADS CHOPPED OFF.
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>> I KNOW ALL THAT.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN THE
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MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE DONT.
>> THEY MISSED MY SONG?
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>> I LOVE WHEN THEY BREAK THE
FOURTH WALL AND TURN TO THE
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CAMERA AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE
AUDIENCE.
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AS A KID, I SAID ‐‐ I NEVER
THOUGHT YOU COULD DO THAT.
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>> AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED THIS
PICTURE IS OVER RIGHT NOW.
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>> WHEN YOU BREAK THE FOURTH
WALL YOURE BASICALLY INVITING
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THE AUDIENCE IN.
THESE PEOPLE ARENT PERFORMING
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FOR YOU, YOURE HANGING OUT WITH
THEM.
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WHEN BOB HOPE BREAKS AND LOOKS
AT THE CAMERA, THE PEOPLE
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WATCHING ARE LIKE WERE ALL
FRIENDS VAGUE A GREAT TIME.
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>> THESE MOVIES WERE GROUNDED BY
THE TWO OF THEM HANGING OUT AND
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WISECRACKING THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
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THERE WAS A CERTAIN EASE TO IT
THAT WAS DIFFERENCE THAN THE
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FRANTICNESS OF ABBOTT AND
COSTELLO OR THE THREE STOOGES.
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>> THIS IS THE SCREWIEST PICTURE
I WAS EVER IN.
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>> YOU THOUGHT OF SOMETHING, YOU
SAID IT, AND BING WAS THE SAME
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WAY.
YOU HAD TO REACT AND COUNTER.
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THATS ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENT
KIND OF CHEMISTRY FOR THOSE
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FILMS.
THE PUBLIC REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
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>> THE ROAD MOVIES ARE SORT OF
LIKE THE ORIGINAL BUDDY COMEDY.
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IT WAS NOT THE CLASSIC COMEDY
TEAM TEMPLATE WHERE THEY HAD
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ESTABLISHED ROUTINES, THOSE
FILMS WORKED.
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THEY COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY
NOT WORKED.
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MAYBE THE CHEMISTRY WOULDNT
HAVE BEEN THERE.
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IT BECOMES FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHEN
IT CLICKS OR WHEN IT DOESNT.
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>> IF I DO ANYTHING THAT
IRRITATES YOU OR GETS ON YOUR
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NERVES, DONT BE AFRAID TO TELL
ME.
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HES YOUR PARTNER, AND I DONT
WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT
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IRRITATES YOU OR GETS ON YOUR
NERVES.
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>> HELLO.
>> IM NOT HERE.
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YOU HAVENT HEARD FROM ME.
I AM NOT HERE.
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>> YES, HES HERE.
>> JACK LEMON AND WALTER
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MATTHAU, THERES A VERSION OF A
COMEDY TEAM THAT WASNT REALLY A
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COMEDY TEAM.
>> ONCE YOU STARTED WITH
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TEMPORARY TEAMS, THAT OPENED A
WHOLE NEW WORLD.
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IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE JUST TWO
STARS, PUT THEM TOGETHER, MIX
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AND MATCH.
>> YEAH.
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>> YOU WOULD JUST BE EXCITED
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEY WERE
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DOING A MOVIE TOGETHER BECAUSE
YOU KNOW THAT THEIR CHEMISTRY
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WAS EXPLOSIVE.
>> WE SEEMED TO KNOW EACH OTHER,
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LIKE AN OLD COUPLE.
>> SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE TWO
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VERY GOOD ACTORS AND DONT SEEM
TO WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL, YOU
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FIND TWO OTHER PEOPLE AND ‐‐
>> I CANT PASS FOR BLACK.
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>> WHO YOU TELLING?
I DIDNT SAY I WAS GOING TO MAKE
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YOU BLACK.
I SAID I WAS GOING TO GET YOU ON
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THE TRAIN.
WEVE GOT TO MAKE THEM COPS
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THINK YOURE BLACK.
>> IT WILL NEVER WORK.
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>> WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID IT WONT
COME OFF?
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>> THATS A GOOD JOKE.
THATS HUMOROUS.
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>> WHEN YOU SAW RICHARD PRYOR,
AND GENE WILDER, YOU SIMPLY
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BELIEVED IT, YOU JUST BELIEVED
IT.
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YOU THOUGHT THAT WHEN THEY LEFT
THAT MOVIE SET, THEY WENT AND
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HAD A BEER, YOU JUST KNEW THEY
WERE FRIENDS.
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>> HELP, I CANT ‐‐
>> NO AMOUNT OF BRAINSTORMING
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AND PLANNING, IF THEY PUT ALL
THE GREAT ACTORS ON THE WALL,
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RICHARD PRYOR AND GENE WILDER
ARE GREAT.
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NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT
THAT WAS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD.
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>> I MEAN, TWO INCREDIBLE DRAMA
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, AND IF
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THEY GET CHEMISTRY, ITS
DELIGHTFUL.
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>> SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HAD A
GREAT AND HAS A GREAT KNACK OF
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PUTTING TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER.
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THEY HAD AYKROYD AND BELUSHI AND
THE BLUES BROTHERS.
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>> WERE ON A MISSION FROM GOD.
>> IT WAS A CHEMISTRY THEY HAD
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THAT, OKAY, FINE, YOURE GOING
TO RAISE MONEY TO SAVE THE
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CHURCH, FINE, IM GOING TO GO
ALONG WITH THIS.
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>> BABY CLOTHES.
THIS PLACE HAS GOT EVERYTHING.
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>> I THINK WHAT IT IS IS MUTUAL
ASSURED CONSTRUCTION.
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YOU CHEER EACH OTHER ON.
>> IM GETTING OUT OF HERE,
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DAMIAN.
>> FINE, THEN GO.
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>> IM GONE.
>> GO?
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>> IM GONE.
>> GO THEN.
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>> WELL, I AM.
>> I THINK WITH DANA, I HAD
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CHOCOLATE IN HIS PEANUT BUTTER,
HE HAD PEANUT BUTTER IN MY
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CHOCOLATE.
BETWEEN ACTION AND CUT, IT WAS A
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GREAT THEM INDUSTRY.
>> ITS A MELTING POT FOR PEOPLE
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TO COME IN AND EXCHANGE COMEDY
IDEAS.
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WHEN YOU FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU
CONNECT WITH, IT USUALLY ENDS IN
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A BUNCH OF HUGE COMEDY SPARKS.
>> ARE YOU OKAY?
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>> IM SWEATY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
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>> WHAT IS HAPPENING?
>> I DONT KNOW.
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>> AS PERFORMERS, WHEN YOURE
AROUND SOMEBODY WHO GETS YOU,
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AND YOU GET THEM, YOU GO, WHAT
MORE CAN WE DO WITH THIS?
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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
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>> I KNOW.
THEYRE CALLED DOCTORS.
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>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
KINDS OF COMEDY TEAMS, AND IT
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ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOUR DEFINITION
OF A COMEDY TEAM IS.
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>> WENT OUT, YOURE NOT MOVING
YOUR MOUTH.
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SAY IT.
SAY IT.
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HOW IS IT, SON, THAT WHEN I
SHOUT, YOU STICK IN MY FACE.
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>> WHAT FASCINATED ME ABOUT
VENTRILOQUISM WAS ABOUT SEEING A
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LITTLE WOODEN DOLL, SO TO SPEAK,
COME TO LIFE.
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ITS LIKE MAGIC.
>> I SAW YOU RUNNING DOWN THE
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STREET THE OTHER DAY, THE
STRANGE THING, I NEVER SEEN YOU
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RUN AS FAST AS YOU RAN THE OTHER
DAY.
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I CAN TALK BETTER THAN YOU, AND
IM A DUMMY.
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>> THE BASICS OF VENTRILOQUISM
IS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE
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VENTRILOQUIST AND THE DUMMY.
>> I CERTAINLY AS A KID UNTIL
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RECENTLY THOUGHT OF THEM AS TWO
PEOPLE.
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>> ITS ALWAYS FASCINATING TO
SEE HOW PEOPLE REINVENT THE
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DYNAMIC OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF
THE COMEDY TEAM.
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>> YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT YOU AND
ME PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACT?
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>> OH, NO, SORRY, I ONLY WORK IN
THE SINGLE.
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>> OH, OKAY.
>> JIM HENSON AND FRANK OZ
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CREATED DUOS, THEY REPLICATED
THEIR OWN FRIENDSHIP THROUGH
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THESE PUPPETS.
BERT AND ERNIE WERE SWUFT MOST
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FAMOUS COMEDY DUOS OF ALL TIME.
THE TALL SKINNY ONE AND THE
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SHORT PUDGY ONE.
>> BERT, YOURE NOT MAD AT ME,
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ARE YOU?
>> NO.
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>> ANYBODY TELL YOU YOUVE GOT
EYES LIKE PING‐PONG BALLS
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FLOATING IN GREEN MOTOR OIL.
>> WRITE ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF
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THE CHARACTERS WHEN IM TALKING
TO MISS PIGGY, I THINK SHES
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REAL.
WHEN I WAS WITH KERMIT, I
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THOUGHT HE WAS REAL.
THEY COME ALIVE.
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>> FRANK OZ JOINED ME ABOUT 18
YEARS AGO, WHICH I THINK IVE
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OFTEN CREDITED HIM WITH BEING
ONE OF THE REAL REASONS THAT THE
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MUCH PET
MUPPETT SHOW IS FUNNY.
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>> THEY DIDNT INVENT PUPPETS,
BUT THEY INVENTED A STYLE OF
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PUPPETRY THATS BEEN REPLICATED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, GIVING THEM
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DEEP PERSONALITIES.
IM SURE THAT STARTS WITH THOSE
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TWO PEOPLE HANGING OUT A LOT AND
MAKING EACH OTHER LAUGH.
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>> LETS SET UP IN ONE BOWL.
>> THEY HAD ONE OF THE ALL‐TIME
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GREAT CHEMISTRIES, SESAME
STREET, THE MUPPETT SHOW, SAM
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AND FRIENDS, ITS TIMELESS.
>> WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED YOUR
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PERFORMANCE.
>> OH, WELL ‐‐
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>> SAY THANK YOU.
>> RIGHT.
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TH
>>> WEVE GOT TO GET THESE BOYS
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OUT.
THEYVE DONE A GREAT COUPLE OF
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SHOWS TONIGHT.
THEYRE WONDERFUL FOR COMING OUT
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AND HELPING US.
>> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACT
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AS CONVULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE,
AND FRIGHTENINGLY FUNNY AS DEAN
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MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS.
YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
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GOING TO DO NEXT.
>> ALL RIGHT, ITS TIME ‐‐ ITS
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TIME FOR THE OLD‐TIMERS TO SIT
DOWN.
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>> I OFTEN THINK OF THE MOMENT
WHEN MARTIN AND LEWIS DISCOVERED
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EACH OTHER, IT MUST HAVE BEEN
FANTASTIC.
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THEY WERE JUST WORKING IN THE
SAME CLUB.
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LEWIS WAS DOING A LIP SINGING
ACT.
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>> THEY SORT OF IMPROVISED
TOGETHER AT AFTER HOURS CLUBS.
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>> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
>> THEY WERE MADE FOR TELEVISION
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BECAUSE TELEVISION WAS A NEW
MEDIUM.
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AND IT WAS STILL FINDING ITS
WAY.
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AND WAS IN DANGER OF BECOMING
VERY CONVENTIONAL.
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>> NOW, I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING
ABOUT.
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BECAUSE IVE BEEN IN THIS
BUSINESS CLOSE TO A WEEK.
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AND YOU ‐‐ NO, IF YOU DONT
MIND ‐‐ OH, THERE YOU ARE, UP
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THERE.
YOURE DRUNK, BOTH OF YOU.
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>> THE CORE OF THEIR ACT WAS ONE
VERY TALENTED, VERY SUAVE, VERY
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CASUAL SINGER BEING INTERRUPTED
BY A CRAZY PERSON.
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♪
♪ IVE GOT A RIGHT TO HANG
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AROUND ♪
>> THE RULES WERE NEW.
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SO THEY WERE EASILY BROKEN.
>> OH, LOOK AT THIS, BING.
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OH.
>> THE JOKE WASNT FUNNY?
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>> WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING,
CHESTERFIELD?
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>> YES.
>> THATS OUR BRAND, BECAUSE
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THATS FRONT ‐‐ MONEY, MONEY.
>> HES A PHYSICAL GUY THAT
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JUMPED AROUND AND DID ‐‐ ASK DID
ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
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YOUVE GOT TO LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOURE DOING THAT.
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>> OKAY, FINE.
>> DEAN MARTIN SEEMED LIKE HE
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WAS A STRAIGHT MAN, AND JERRY
LEWIS CALLED HIMSELF A MONKEY.
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IT WAS WAY MORE COMPLEX THAN
THAT.
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UNLIKE HOPE AND CROSBY, WHICH
WERE FUNNY GUYS, JERRY LEWIS WAS
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20 YEARS OLD, SO HE HAD A
CERTAIN APPEAL.
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00:24:53,495 --> 00:24:59,895
AND THEN DEAN MARTIN HAD THIS
VERY EASY GOING STYLE THAT WOMEN
396
00:24:59,902 --> 00:25:08,912
LOVED, MEN LOVED, AND THEY WERE
A POST‐WAR PHENOMENON.
397
00:25:08,911 --> 00:25:12,251
>> MARTIN AND LEWIS WERE BIGGER
THAN THE BEATLES.
398
00:25:12,248 --> 00:25:14,478
THEY WERE MASSIVE.
THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
399
00:25:14,483 --> 00:25:16,183
PEOPLE IN THE STREETS LINING UP
TO SEE THEM.
400
00:25:16,185 --> 00:25:21,085
THEY CREATED THIS MASS HYSTERIA
OF COMEDY.
401
00:25:21,090 --> 00:25:25,660
>> TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WANT TO
COME UP FOR CROSBY?
402
00:25:25,661 --> 00:25:32,431
WE AINT GOT ANY.
>> MARTIN AND LEWIS TRANSCENDED
403
00:25:32,434 --> 00:25:37,304
THEIR MATERIAL IN A HUGE WAY.
>> NO, NO, YOU BE A GOOD BOY, BE
404
00:25:37,306 --> 00:25:40,876
A NICE BOY, AFTER THE SHOW, ILL
TAKE IT APART AND WELL PAINT
405
00:25:40,876 --> 00:25:45,646
SOME SOCKS ON STATUES.
>> THE ROOT OF WHAT MAKES
406
00:25:45,648 --> 00:25:48,578
CHEMISTRY WORK FOR PEOPLE, IT
SEEMS LIKE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
407
00:25:48,584 --> 00:25:51,724
MARTIN AND LEWIS HAD THAT.
THEY DID LOVE EACH OTHER AT ONE
408
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,890
POINT IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT THEN THEY HATED EACH OTHER
409
00:25:53,889 --> 00:25:57,559
TOWARDS THE END.
>> THAT WAS A TERRIFIC GAG.
410
00:25:57,559 --> 00:26:01,289
>> I MEAN, I WAS SURPRISED, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE I DO THE JOKES,
411
00:26:01,297 --> 00:26:03,297
AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAME OUT
WITH A GOOD ONE.
412
00:26:03,299 --> 00:26:10,969
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> THERE USUALLY IS A LIFE SPAN
413
00:26:10,973 --> 00:26:15,643
FOR THESE COMEDY TEAMS FOR DUOS
IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT BE ROGERS
414
00:26:15,644 --> 00:26:21,114
AND HAMMER STEIN OR LEN ANYONE
AND McCARTNEY, OR ABBOTT AND
415
00:26:21,116 --> 00:26:22,816
COSTELLO.
>> LET ME CATCH A BREATH HERE.
416
00:26:22,818 --> 00:26:28,718
>> YOU HAD THIS EXPLOSION OF
COMEDY, AND WHEN THEY BROKE UP
417
00:26:28,724 --> 00:26:32,734
IN 1956 IT WAS HUGE NEWS.
PEOPLE COULDNT BELIEVE IT.
418
00:26:32,728 --> 00:26:36,698
>> WE HAD PUT IN TEN YEARS, TEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL YEARS AND WE
419
00:26:36,699 --> 00:26:40,969
BUILT THE KIND OF A THEATRICAL
EMPIRE THE LIKES OF WHICH NO ONE
420
00:26:40,969 --> 00:26:43,069
HAS EVER SEEN.
AND THERE WAS A VERY, VERY
421
00:26:43,072 --> 00:26:48,242
STRONG RELATIONSHIP THERE.
BUT EGOS GET PULLED INTO THIS
422
00:26:48,243 --> 00:26:52,713
KIND OF A THING, AND THE TRUTH
IS SIMPLY THAT WE LOVED ONE
423
00:26:52,715 --> 00:26:56,645
ANOTHER, AND IF DEAN FEELS THIS
DAY AS I FEEL ABOUT HIM, THEN I
424
00:26:56,652 --> 00:26:58,422
CAN SAY WE STILL LOVE ONE
ANOTHER.
425
00:26:58,420 --> 00:27:01,720
WE JUST DIDNT LIKE WORKING
TOGETHER ANYMORE.
426
00:27:01,724 --> 00:27:05,024
>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES
WHAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR, AND WHO
427
00:27:05,027 --> 00:27:08,857
JUST WANTED TO COME OUT ‐‐ WOULD
YOU SEND MY FRIEND OUT, PLEASE?
428
00:27:08,864 --> 00:27:14,674
WOULD YOU SEND HIM OUT HERE?
COME HERE.
429
00:27:14,670 --> 00:27:18,940
>> FOR 20 YEARS, MARTIN AND
LEWIS HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER OR
430
00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:26,351
TALKED TO EACH OTHER UNTIL THEY
WERE REUNITED ON THE JERRY LEWIS
431
00:27:26,348 --> 00:27:27,448
TELETHON.
>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, BREAK
432
00:27:27,449 --> 00:27:31,319
IT UP, BREAK IT UP.
>> THINKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT, I
433
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,050
REMEMBER WATCHING IT LIVE.
IT REALLY MAKES MY EYES WELL UP
434
00:27:35,057 --> 00:27:36,287
RIGHT NOW.
ITS REALLY SOMETHING.
435
00:27:36,291 --> 00:27:38,831
YOU KNEW IT WAS A MARRIAGE
BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO LOVED
436
00:27:38,827 --> 00:27:41,957
EACH OTHER, BUT JUST COULDNT
GET ALONG ANYMORE AND SPLIT UP,
437
00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:45,004
BUT WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY
HAD TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
438
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:50,300
>> SO, ARE YOU WORKING?
>> MARTIN AND LEWIS BROKE UP,
439
00:27:50,305 --> 00:27:53,205
EVERYBODY WANTED TO TRY AND
CREATE THE NEXT MARTIN AND LEWIS
440
00:27:53,208 --> 00:27:57,238
TO TRY AND FILL THAT VACUUM.
>> IS YOUR NAME JOSEPHINE.
441
00:27:57,246 --> 00:28:00,246
>> GET AWAY FROM ME, DORIS, NOW
BEAT IT.
442
00:28:00,249 --> 00:28:02,449
>> DORIS, IM JUST TRYING TO BE
FRIENDLY.
443
00:28:02,451 --> 00:28:04,881
DO YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?
>> LOOK, IM WARNING YOU, I
444
00:28:04,887 --> 00:28:07,617
DONT WANT ANY TROUBLE, YES, I
LIVE AROUND HERE, GET OUT.
445
00:28:07,623 --> 00:28:11,093
>> WHATS YOUR ADDRESS?
>> LOOK, ITS NO GOOD, YOURE
446
00:28:11,093 --> 00:28:14,563
NOT GOING TO MAKE A PICKUP, YOU
UNDERSTAND, 4411 WESTMINSTER
447
00:28:14,563 --> 00:28:21,333
PLACE, NOW GET GOING.
>> NICOLS AND ‐‐ CAME OUT OF THE
448
00:28:21,336 --> 00:28:24,366
COMPASS PLAYERS IN CHICAGO.
IT WAS A PRECURSOR TO SECOND
449
00:28:24,373 --> 00:28:26,213
CITY.
I USED TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
450
00:28:26,208 --> 00:28:30,438
LISTENING TO THEIR RECORDS AND I
DISCOVERED THINGS ABOUT COMEDY I
451
00:28:30,446 --> 00:28:35,976
COULD NEVER HAVE LEARNED LIKE
SOMETIMES MIKE WOULD JUST GO,
452
00:28:35,984 --> 00:28:38,854
OH.
SO, OH CAN BE FUNNY.
453
00:28:38,854 --> 00:28:40,954
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> INSTEAD OF A LINE OR A JOKE,
454
00:28:40,956 --> 00:28:44,786
YOU CAN GET A LAUGH ON OH.
>> ITS A GREAT THRILL TO BE ON
455
00:28:44,793 --> 00:28:46,493
THE SHOW TONIGHT.
>> UH‐HUH, UH‐HUH.
456
00:28:46,495 --> 00:28:48,595
>> SUCH A GREAT THRILL.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
457
00:28:48,597 --> 00:28:51,627
>> THESE TWO PEOPLE WERE
COIMMEDIATICALLY IN LOVE WITH
458
00:28:51,633 --> 00:28:55,573
EACH OTHER AND EXPRESSED THEIR
COMEDIC LOVE TO US THE AUDIENCE
459
00:28:55,571 --> 00:28:58,811
AND WE WERE THE LUCKY RECIPIENTS
OF IT.
460
00:28:58,807 --> 00:29:03,737
SERIOUSLY, THOUGH.
>> THEY HAD SNOB APPEAL, AND THE
461
00:29:03,745 --> 00:29:07,075
MOB APPEAL.
PEOPLE LIKED THEM AND THE SNOBS
462
00:29:07,082 --> 00:29:10,022
LIKED THEM.
>> THEY WERE A GREAT COMEDY
463
00:29:10,018 --> 00:29:14,318
COMPANION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN AMERICA AT THE TIME
464
00:29:14,323 --> 00:29:15,993
POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY,
CULTURALLY.
465
00:29:15,991 --> 00:29:19,231
SO THEY WERE THE START OF A
STYLISTIC SHIFT.
466
00:29:19,228 --> 00:29:23,298
THERE WAS JERRY STILLER AND ANN
MIRA.
467
00:29:23,298 --> 00:29:26,628
>> I BET YOU GET A LOT OF WRONG
NUMBER CALLS.
468
00:29:26,635 --> 00:29:30,205
>> YES, YOU.
>> YOU SOUND ‐‐
469
00:29:30,205 --> 00:29:33,235
>> THERE WAS TIM REED, DID A
WHITE MAN, BLACK MAN ACT.
470
00:29:33,242 --> 00:29:35,682
>> YOU PRETEND YOURE NOT THE
BLACK MAN.
471
00:29:35,677 --> 00:29:37,307
WALK UP TO ME AND START A
CONVERSATION.
472
00:29:37,312 --> 00:29:41,952
>> HEY, BABY.
OH, LOOK HERE, LEROY.
473
00:29:41,950 --> 00:29:44,650
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?
AMOS AND ANDY.
474
00:29:44,653 --> 00:29:47,453
>> IN THE 60s, COMEDY ITSELF
CHANGED.
475
00:29:47,456 --> 00:29:50,356
THERES A WAR GOING ON, SOCIETY
WAS CHANGING.
476
00:29:50,359 --> 00:29:54,029
AND COMEDY TEAMS REFLECTED THAT.
>> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT NOW
477
00:29:54,029 --> 00:29:58,529
AND THEN WE KIND OF POKE FUN ‐‐
A LITTLE FUN AT THE PEOPLE IN
478
00:29:58,534 --> 00:29:59,274
WASHINGTON.
>> WASHINGTON?
479
00:29:59,268 --> 00:30:00,668
>> WASHINGTON.
ACTUALLY, WE MEAN EVERY WORD OF
480
00:30:10,479 --> 00:30:13,879
>>> YOU KNOW, YOURE A HERO
AMONG THE KIDS NOW BECAUSE
481
00:30:13,882 --> 00:30:17,452
THEYVE REDISCOVERED ALL THE
MARKS BROTHERS FILMS.
482
00:30:17,452 --> 00:30:20,622
DUCK SOUP IS PLAYING AT THE NEW
YORKER WITH HAMLET.
483
00:30:20,622 --> 00:30:22,462
>> WITH HAMLET?
>> I SWEAR.
484
00:30:22,457 --> 00:30:26,487
>> THE LATE 60s THERE WAS A
REVIVAL OF THE MARKS BROTHERS
485
00:30:26,495 --> 00:30:30,965
AMONG COLLEGE‐AGED AUDIENCES.
>> THE COUNTERCULTURE GENERATION
486
00:30:30,966 --> 00:30:34,436
CAUGHT ON TO THE ANARCHY OF THE
MARKS BROTHERS AND IT WAS
487
00:30:34,436 --> 00:30:38,866
PERFECT.
IT WAS ALSO LOVELY THAT GROUCHO
488
00:30:38,874 --> 00:30:42,114
LIVED TO SEE IT.
>> YOU HAD A MOVE LIKE DUCK SOUP
489
00:30:42,110 --> 00:30:45,240
WHICH SHOWS HOW PREPOSTEROUS THE
WHOLE IDEA OF WAR IS.
490
00:30:45,247 --> 00:30:48,347
IF YOURE A COLLEGE STUDENT IN
THE 60s, WHATS BETTER THAN
491
00:30:48,350 --> 00:30:52,120
THAT?
>> GENERAL SMITH REPORTING A GAS
492
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,890
ATTACK.
>> TAKE A TEA SPOON OF SODA AND
493
00:30:54,890 --> 00:30:57,090
HALF A GLASS OF WATER.
>> YES, SIR.
494
00:30:57,092 --> 00:31:02,832
>> THE MARKS BROTHERS ARE GREAT
EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERS THAT HAVE
495
00:31:02,831 --> 00:31:08,001
ALL THIS CHEMISTRY.
CROUCHO REPRESENTS AN
496
00:31:08,003 --> 00:31:10,603
AUTHORITARIAN FIGURE, BUT NOT
REALLY.
497
00:31:10,606 --> 00:31:13,306
>> CAPTAIN SPALDING, ITS A
WONDERFUL IDEA.
498
00:31:13,308 --> 00:31:14,938
>> YOU DO?
>> YES.
499
00:31:14,943 --> 00:31:20,513
>> FORGET ABOUT IT.
>> HARPO, HES LIKE AN ALIEN
500
00:31:20,515 --> 00:31:22,775
FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD THAT
CHASES WOMEN AND PLAYS THE HARP.
501
00:31:22,784 --> 00:31:27,524
WHAT IS THAT?
AND IMMIGRANT, WHO FLEECES
502
00:31:27,522 --> 00:31:30,092
PEOPLE WHO YOU HE TWISTS
LANGUAGE ALL THE TIME?
503
00:31:30,092 --> 00:31:33,892
>> IM COLUMBUS, SAILING ALONG
ON A VESSEL.
504
00:31:33,895 --> 00:31:38,795
>> ON HIS WHAT?
>> NOT ON HIS WHAT, ON HIS
505
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,630
VESSEL.
>> DONT YOU KNOW WHAT A VESSEL
506
00:31:40,636 --> 00:31:43,566
IS?
>> HOW THE THREE OF THEM MELDED
507
00:31:43,572 --> 00:31:46,612
TOGETHER WAS A THING OF BEAUTY.
>> DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE
508
00:31:46,608 --> 00:31:51,708
YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE?
>> WE DO.
509
00:31:51,713 --> 00:31:54,483
>> THEY HAVE AN IRREVERENCE
TOWARDS AUTHORITY.
510
00:31:54,483 --> 00:32:00,293
THAT WAS THEIR MAIN DRAW.
IT WAS FOUR BROTHERS.
511
00:32:00,288 --> 00:32:03,858
AND TOMMY AND I, WE WERE LIKE
THAT.
512
00:32:03,859 --> 00:32:05,159
WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS.
ME AND YOU AGAINST THE WORLD.
513
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:11,800
THATS HOW WE DID IT.
>> THATS SOME HEAVY [ BLEEP ].
514
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,570
>> THEY ARE COUNTERCULTURE
COMEDIANS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED A
515
00:32:15,570 --> 00:32:19,240
SPECIFIC KIND OF AUDIENCE
THROUGH THE SALE OF THEIR
516
00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:22,581
ALBUMS.
>> THEIR INFLUENCE WAS
517
00:32:22,577 --> 00:32:24,777
UBIQUITOUS.
PEOPLE GREW UP ON SMOKE.
518
00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:27,880
>> THEIR COMEDIC TIMING, THE
CHEMISTRY.
519
00:32:27,883 --> 00:32:30,183
THEY IMPROVISED A LOT.
>> AND THE WEED.
520
00:32:30,185 --> 00:32:33,785
>> AND THE WEED, OF COURSE.
>> BUT THEY WERE ALSO POLITICAL
521
00:32:33,789 --> 00:32:34,989
TOO.
>> WE WERE OF THE ROCK
522
00:32:34,990 --> 00:32:40,990
GENERATION, AND WE WERE ROCKERS.
THE ALMOND BROTHERS FOR A LONG
523
00:32:40,996 --> 00:32:44,296
TIME, ALICE COOPER.
BUT VERY SOON, WE HAD ROCK BANDS
524
00:32:44,299 --> 00:32:47,729
OPENING FOR US.
>> ITS QUITE AN UNLIKELY
525
00:32:47,736 --> 00:32:51,536
PAIRING.
MEXICAN‐AMERICAN, AND YOU ARE
526
00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:53,470
CHINESE‐CANADIAN.
HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVER
527
00:32:53,475 --> 00:32:57,805
GET TOGETHER?
>> IT WAS A MIXUP AT THE GREEN
528
00:32:57,813 --> 00:33:05,153
CARD OFFICE.
>> WE WERE REALLY BURLESQUE,
529
00:33:05,153 --> 00:33:07,623
REPRESENTING A STREET LEVEL VIEW
OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
530
00:33:07,622 --> 00:33:09,722
COUNTRY.
THAT WAS THE MOST LEGITIMATE
531
00:33:09,725 --> 00:33:12,325
VOICE.
>> AM I DRIVING OKAY?
532
00:33:12,327 --> 00:33:15,387
>> EVERYONE FOCUSES ON THE DRUG
SIDE OF IT.
533
00:33:15,397 --> 00:33:19,597
THEY WERE ALSO JUST GREAT
TIMING, ITS ALL ABOUT THOSE TWO
534
00:33:19,601 --> 00:33:22,741
GUYS BEING FINELY TUNED TO EACH
OTHER.
535
00:33:22,738 --> 00:33:26,468
>> WHO IS IT?
>> ITS DAVE, MAN, WE OPEN UP.
536
00:33:26,475 --> 00:33:28,275
I GOT THE STUFF WITH ME.
>> WHO?
537
00:33:28,276 --> 00:33:30,746
>> DAVE, MAN, OPEN UP.
>> DAVE?
538
00:33:30,746 --> 00:33:34,516
>> YEAH, DAVE, COME ON, MAN,
OPEN UP, I THINK THE COPS
539
00:33:34,516 --> 00:33:35,876
COMING.
>> DAVES NOT HERE.
540
00:33:35,884 --> 00:33:38,994
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER NOW?
541
00:33:38,987 --> 00:33:41,247
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
542
00:33:41,256 --> 00:33:45,926
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE 20 YEARS FROM
NOW DOING A DRUG ACT.
543
00:33:45,927 --> 00:33:51,127
>> INOH, FOR SURE.
>> THE 60s AND 70s BECAME IN
544
00:33:51,133 --> 00:33:56,603
ONE WAY THE DEMISE OF TEAMS.
>> THE COMEDY TEAM AS WE KNEW IT
545
00:33:56,605 --> 00:33:59,405
DOES NOT NECESSARILY EXIST
TODAY.
546
00:33:59,407 --> 00:34:06,177
>> WITH BOB NEWHART AND SHELLY
BERMAN AND LENNY BRUCE.
547
00:34:06,181 --> 00:34:10,051
COMEDY STARTED SHIFTING.
THESE GUYS WERE IN THE MORE
548
00:34:10,051 --> 00:34:11,781
INTELLECTUAL ARENA.
IT LENT ITSELF TO ONE PERSON.
549
00:34:11,787 --> 00:34:15,557
>> IVE GOT TO STAY HERE.
THERES NO REASON WHY YOU FOLKS
550
00:34:15,557 --> 00:34:19,857
SHOULDNT GO INTO THE LOBBY.
>> ONE OF THE REASON, YOU HAVE
551
00:34:19,861 --> 00:34:24,331
TO SPLIT THE CHECK, ITS NOT
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
552
00:34:24,332 --> 00:34:28,732
YOU SEE IT IN MODERN STANDUP
COMEDIES, ITS WHEN ITS
553
00:34:28,737 --> 00:34:31,107
MUSICAL.
>> HELLO.
554
00:34:31,106 --> 00:34:36,606
>> HI.
>> HELLO, MAN, SITTING IN THE
555
00:34:36,611 --> 00:34:38,511
PARK.
>> I JUST SAID HI.
556
00:34:38,513 --> 00:34:43,523
>> YOU CAN DO TWICE AS MANY
GIGS, THE COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND
557
00:34:43,518 --> 00:34:48,948
THE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
>> I LOVE YOU BABY, BUT ALL I
558
00:34:48,957 --> 00:34:56,227
CAN THINK ABOUT IS ‐‐
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
559
00:34:56,231 --> 00:34:59,401
>> YOU CAN PLAY AN INSTRUMENT,
OR IF YOU CAN SING LIKE JACK
560
00:34:59,401 --> 00:35:05,071
BLACK CAN SING, IT AUTOMATICALLY
PUTS YOU IN A DIFFERENT ‐‐
561
00:35:05,073 --> 00:35:08,813
PEOPLE RESPECT US MORE.
YOURE DOING SOMETHING NOT
562
00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:10,980
EVERYONE CAN DO.
>> PREGNANT WOMEN ARE SMUG,
563
00:35:10,979 --> 00:35:14,879
EVERYONE KNOWS IT, NOBODY SAYS
IT BECAUSE THEYRE PREGNANT.
564
00:35:14,883 --> 00:35:18,753
>> TRADITIONALLY, TO BE DEFINED
AS A COMEDY TEAM, YOUR ROOTS ARE
565
00:35:18,753 --> 00:35:20,153
ON THE STAGE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
566
00:35:20,155 --> 00:35:24,055
FOR MY FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATE,
SEEKING AIR CONDITIONER, FREE TO
567
00:35:24,059 --> 00:35:27,359
CHEAP, THANKS, BYE, GUYS.
>> BYE, GUYS, IS MY FAVORITE
568
00:35:27,362 --> 00:35:33,602
PART, I LOVE THAT.
I WANT MORE YOU, MORE SPUNK.
569
00:35:33,602 --> 00:35:35,432
>> OKAY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF FAMOUS
570
00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:38,437
COMEDY TEAMS TODAY, THEIR DOMAIN
IS SKETCH COMEDY.
571
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,480
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, ID LIKE TO
ONCE AGAIN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY
572
00:35:42,477 --> 00:35:45,337
ANGER TRANSLATOR LUTHER.
>> HI.
573
00:35:45,347 --> 00:35:49,917
>> WITH COMEDY TEAMS LIKE BOB
AND I, WERE A DUO THAT DOES
574
00:35:49,918 --> 00:35:54,388
COMEDY, BUT WERE NOT REALLY IN
ANY WAY WHATS CONSIDERED A
575
00:35:54,389 --> 00:35:57,019
TRADITIONAL COMEDY DUO.
>> I COULD USE A GUY LIKE YOU AS
576
00:35:57,025 --> 00:36:00,055
AN EXAMPLE.
YOURE STILL FIRED.
577
00:36:00,061 --> 00:36:08,931
>> THE ONLY COMEDY TEAMS THAT
WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME ARE
578
00:36:08,937 --> 00:36:12,807
20 YEARS AND WE DONT REALLY
TALK ABOUT BEING WINS THAT MUCH.
579
00:36:12,807 --> 00:36:17,937
>> WE DONT WANT IT TO DEFINE
US, WHAT IT REALLY DOES.
580
00:36:17,946 --> 00:36:21,576
>> IDENTICAL TWINS SEEMS TO FLY
IN THE FACE OF THE BASIC CONCEPT
581
00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:27,293
OF THE COMEDY TEAM, WHICH IS ONE
GUY POWERFUL, ONE GUY
582
00:36:27,289 --> 00:36:29,189
RIDICULOUS.
>> WE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
583
00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:33,330
THAT WE WERENT GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT.
584
00:36:33,328 --> 00:36:37,158
WE WERE LIKE MAYBE WE CAN DO THE
POST MODERN TAKE.
585
00:36:37,165 --> 00:36:41,465
>> OUR CHEMISTRY CARRIES US WHEN
ITS TIME FOR HE TO JUMP IN AND
586
00:36:41,469 --> 00:36:42,969
ADD INTERJECTION.
I CAN SENSE IT.
587
00:36:42,971 --> 00:36:47,841
>> WE WERE IN THE SUPERMARKET
LOOKING FOR JELL‐O AND SOME DUDE
588
00:36:47,842 --> 00:36:52,312
CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND SAID YO,
DO YOU HAVE A STICK OF DOUBLE
589
00:36:52,314 --> 00:36:55,384
MINT GUM?
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
590
00:36:55,383 --> 00:36:58,153
INNOCENT QUESTION BUT TO TWINS
ITS MAD DISRESPECT.
591
00:36:58,153 --> 00:37:00,223
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> TWO PEOPLE THAT ARENT FROM
592
00:37:00,221 --> 00:37:04,061
THE SAME FAMILY THAT CAN EASILY
SEPARATE AND DISAPPEAR FOR THE
593
00:37:04,059 --> 00:37:06,959
REST OF THEIR LIVES IF ITS NOT
WORKING OUT.
594
00:37:06,962 --> 00:37:09,732
WE CANT LEAVE EACH OTHERS
LIVES.
595
00:37:09,731 --> 00:37:22,741
NOT LIKE IM
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00:37:26,381 --> 00:37:31,851
>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
YOU MAY JUST LIKE TOGETHER,
597
00:37:31,853 --> 00:37:35,423
CERTAIN PEEP HAVE CHEMISTRY THAT
SEEM SPECIAL.
598
00:37:35,423 --> 00:37:39,163
>> BILL COSBY HAS SPOKEN OUT
ABOUT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
599
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,460
COSBY ADMITTED TO A REPORTER, I
PUT THE PILLS IN THE PEOPLE.
600
00:37:42,464 --> 00:37:46,934
>> TINA, THATS NOT RIGHT.
THATS NOT RIGHT.
601
00:37:46,935 --> 00:37:53,235
ITS MORE LIKE I GOT THE PILLS
IN THE BATHROOM WHEN I PUT THEM
602
00:37:53,241 --> 00:37:58,611
IN THE PEOPLE.
>> WHEN TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER
603
00:37:58,613 --> 00:38:02,453
HOSTED THE GOLDEN GLOBES, THEY
WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND RESPECT
604
00:38:02,450 --> 00:38:05,250
EACH OTHER AND YOURE GETTING A
GLIMPSE OF WHAT ITS LIKE IN
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00:38:05,253 --> 00:38:07,153
REAL LIFE.
>> PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THE
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00:38:07,155 --> 00:38:09,855
FRIENDSHIP.
THEY WANT TO WALK AWAY SAYING MY
607
00:38:09,858 --> 00:38:13,828
GOD, THEY REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER
OR HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER.
608
00:38:13,828 --> 00:38:17,598
>> FOR MORE ON THIS SITUATION,
WE TURN TO STEPHEN COLBERT.
609
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:30,579
>> IN A WAY, JOHN AND STEPHEN
WERE A TEAM ON COMEDY ESSENTIAL.
610
00:38:30,578 --> 00:38:34,748
>> EXCUSE ME, IVE BEEN INVITED
TO A HUNTING PARTY, A FEW DOZEN
611
00:38:34,749 --> 00:38:38,919
MEN, SOME STABLE BOYS, ALL OF US
IN KILTS NATURALLY.
612
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,220
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> HERE IS THE FUN PART, JOHN,
613
00:38:41,222 --> 00:38:45,392
WHOEVER SHOOTS THE ‐‐
[ LAUGHTER ]
614
00:38:45,393 --> 00:38:49,503
>> PEOPLE LUMP THEM TOGETHER IN
A WAY AND STILL DO BECAUSE THEY
615
00:38:49,497 --> 00:38:51,827
LIKE THEM TOGETHER.
>> IS THAT HER?
616
00:38:51,833 --> 00:38:54,203
>> YES.
>> WERE GOING TO NEED A SPECIAL
617
00:38:54,202 --> 00:38:57,072
LOCKER FOR THE HAT.
>> THATS A TERRIFIC THING WHEN
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00:38:57,072 --> 00:39:02,342
YOU HAVE ANOTHER ACTOR THAT YOU
FEEL YOU HAVE CHEMISTRY WITH.
619
00:39:02,343 --> 00:39:05,843
>> IM CONCONFUSED.
>> HES NOT GOING TO GET US
620
00:39:05,847 --> 00:39:07,717
ALONE BECAUSE HE THINKS WERE
TOO OLD.
621
00:39:07,715 --> 00:39:10,185
>> TOO OLD?
I WAS BLASTING DRAKE ALL THE WAY
622
00:39:10,185 --> 00:39:11,545
HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH JANE AND
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00:39:11,553 --> 00:39:17,263
WORKING WITH HER AND PEOPLE SAY
WE HAVE CHEMISTRY, IF WE DO,
624
00:39:17,258 --> 00:39:20,428
ITS BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER
AND ENJOY EACH OTHER AND HAVE
625
00:39:20,428 --> 00:39:23,928
FUN AND I KNOW I CAN TRUST HER
AND SHE CAN TRUST ME AND I KNOW
626
00:39:23,932 --> 00:39:26,632
SHES GOT MY BACK.
>> MALCOLM IS OVER EVERY NIGHT.
627
00:39:26,634 --> 00:39:29,274
>> EVERY NIGHT.
>> HOW LONG IS THAT
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00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:30,700
RELATIONSHIP?
>> 1950 ON.
629
00:39:30,705 --> 00:39:33,635
>> MEL AND I WERENT A TEAM.
WE WERE HAVING FUN.
630
00:39:33,641 --> 00:39:36,581
WE DID IT TEN YEARS WITHOUT EVER
GETTING PAID FOR IT.
631
00:39:36,578 --> 00:39:40,548
WE JUST DID IT BECAUSE WE
ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS THE
632
00:39:40,548 --> 00:39:42,448
AUDIENCE.
>> SIR, IM AFRAID TO ASK THE
633
00:39:42,450 --> 00:39:44,620
NEXT QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY
CHILDREN?
634
00:39:44,619 --> 00:39:51,379
>> I HAVE OVER 1500 CHILDREN.
AND NOT ONE COMES TO VISIT ME ON
635
00:39:51,378 --> 00:39:56,058
A SUNDAY.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
636
00:39:56,055 --> 00:40:00,325
IM BOB WHITE AND THIS IS MY
WOODEN HEADED FRIEND JASPER.
637
00:40:00,326 --> 00:40:02,526
>> HELLO CHUMS.
WHAT A CROWD.
638
00:40:02,528 --> 00:40:06,068
>> WHEN I WAS WORKING ALONE,
THERE IS A PRESSURE ON YOURSELF
639
00:40:06,065 --> 00:40:08,265
AND YOURE THE ONLY ONE TO JUDGE
YOURSELF.
640
00:40:08,267 --> 00:40:11,937
BUT I TOLD MARTY, I SAID THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY
641
00:40:11,938 --> 00:40:14,738
ENJOYED PERFORMING WHERE I
THOUGHT LET ME OUT THERE.
642
00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:18,510
>> I THINK ITS IDEAL WHEN YOU
WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE, WHEN YOU
643
00:40:18,511 --> 00:40:21,381
BOND OR SOMETHING GOES WEIRD AND
YOURE NOT ALONE UP THERE,
644
00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:25,120
YOURE SHARING IT WITH SOMEONE.
>> I LOVED WORKING WITH MARTY
645
00:40:25,117 --> 00:40:31,117
BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE
CONCEPT OF 60/40.
646
00:40:31,123 --> 00:40:34,463
>> CHEMISTRY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
DEFINE BUT WHEN IM OUT ON
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00:40:34,460 --> 00:40:39,230
STAGE, I ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING
YOU SO MAYBE THAT, THERE IS A
648
00:40:39,232 --> 00:40:40,932
GENUINE INTEREST IN THE OTHER
PERSON.
649
00:40:40,933 --> 00:40:45,073
>> I WISH I HAD THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
650
00:40:45,071 --> 00:40:48,641
>> WHATS THE MATTER?
>> IM SCARED.
651
00:40:48,641 --> 00:40:52,251
>> COMEDY IN GENERAL IS A TEAM
SPORT.
652
00:40:52,245 --> 00:40:55,375
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH PEOPLE
LISTENING AND RESPONDING SO
653
00:40:55,381 --> 00:40:59,851
THERE IS A CONNECTION THAT HAS
TO HAPPEN FOR IT TO WORK.
654
00:40:59,852 --> 00:41:03,262
>> 106 MILES TO CHICAGO.
WE GOT A FULL TANK OF GAS.
655
00:41:03,256 --> 00:41:06,886
HALF A PACK OF CIGARETTES.
ITS DARK AND WERE WEARING
656
00:41:06,892 --> 00:41:07,732
SUNGLASSES.
>> HIT IT.
657
00:41:07,727 --> 00:41:11,027
>> THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
DYNAMIC THAT YOU DONT GET FROM
658
00:41:11,030 --> 00:41:16,640
A SINGULAR COMIC VOICE JUST LIKE
IN LIFE, TWO PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING
659
00:41:16,636 --> 00:41:21,466
TO THE SAME THING CAN BRING IT
MORE POWER THAN ONE PERPSON
660
00:41:21,474 --> 00:41:23,744
ACTING ON THEIR OWN.
>> WELL STAND HERE UNTIL THEY
661
00:41:23,743 --> 00:41:25,813
FADE TO BLACK.
HOW ABOUT A NICE HAND.
662
00:41:25,811 --> 00:41:32,551
>> YOU DONT KNOW WHY CHEMISTRY
WORKS, YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO
663
00:41:32,551 --> 00:41:33,851
MANUFACTURER.
ITS THERE OR NOT AND ITS JUST
664
00:41:33,853 --> 00:41:37,793
BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT WORKS.
>> PUT IN ANOTHER PIECE OF FILM.
665
00:41:37,790 --> 00:41:41,290
>> THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TRACK
BUT JUST FOR FUN, WHY DONT YOU
666
00:41:41,294 --> 00:41:45,634
TELL ME WHO WAS ON FIRST, YES,
THE FELLAS NAME, THE GUY IN
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00:41:45,631 --> 00:41:46,771
FIRST.
THE FIRST BASEMAN.
668
00:41:46,766 --> 00:41:49,636
WHO WAS ON FIRST?
ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR?
669
00:41:49,635 --> 00:41:51,565
IM NOT ASKING YOU IM TELLING
YOU.
670
00:41:51,570 --> 00:41:54,210
IM ASKING YOU WHOSE ON FIRST.
THATS THE MANS NAME.
671
00:41:54,206 --> 00:41:57,906
GO AHEAD AND TELL ME WHO, THE
GUY ON FIRST, THE FIRST BASEMAN.
672
00:41:57,910 --> 00:42:00,980
WHEN YOU PAY OFF THE FIRST
BASEMAN EVERY MONTH, WHO GETS
673
00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:02,580
THE MONEY?
EVERY DOLLAR OF IT.
674
00:42:02,581 --> 00:42:05,691
WHY NOT?
THE MAN IS ENTITLED TO IT.
675
00:42:05,685 --> 00:42:06,685
WHO IS?
YES.
676
00:42:06,686 --> 00:42:09,086
WHO GETS IT?
ABSOLUTELY.
677
00:42:09,088 --> 00:42:11,258
SOMETIMES HIS WIFE COMES DOWN
AND COLLECTS IT.
678
00:42:11,257 --> 00:42:12,557
WHOSE WIFE?
YES.
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