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>>> WHEN YOU CAN FIND TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK OF OFF EACH OTHER,

THERES NOTHING MORE BRILLIANT TO WATCH.

>> CHEMISTRY IS OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN SPECIAL SAUCE IN A COMEDY

TEAM. >> OUR TIMING WAS PERFECT FOR

EACH OTHER. >> YOU BURNT A HOLE IN MY PANTS.

>> AND WERE GOING TO BE PALS, RIGHT?

>> THERES ONE GUY WHOS OUT OF CONTROL, AND ONE GUY TRYING TO

SAY CALM DOWN. >> DO YOU EVER DISAGREE ON

MATERIAL? >> NO.

>> YEAH. >> THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO FEEL

THEYRE LOOSE AND HAVING FUN. AND WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO FAKE

FUN AND BUSINESS. >> YEAH.

♪

♪ >>> I ACTUALLY GREW UP AS A KID

ON COMEDY TEAMS. THATS THE WAY I LEARNED ABOUT

COMEDY WAS COMEDY TEAMS. >> HEY, HEY ‐‐

>> MICHELLE PFEIFFER. >> COMEDY TEAMS ARE DEPENDENT

UPON HARMONY. THAT HARMONY THAT BLENDS INTO

ONE VOICE. ITS LIKE WOW.

>> I THINK CHEMISTRY IS SOMEBODY THAT YOURE SECURE ENOUGH WITH

THAT YOU CAN BE PLAYFUL. YOU KIND OF DELIGHTED IN BEING

WITH THEM SO IT KIND OF COMES OUT.

YOU FEEL IT. YOU FEEL EXCITED.

>> IM NOT FEELING SASSY. >> OH, YOURE NEVER FEELING

SASSY. >> YOU DONT KNOW WHAT SASSY

LOOKS LIKE ON ME. >> WHY DONT YOU EAT A BULL OF

WINGS? >> WHEN YOU CAN NAIL THE

CHEMISTRY OF TWO COMEDIANS TOGETHER ‐‐

>> THAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT. >> ITS A SYMBIOTIC

RELATIONSHIP, WITHOUT THE PERFECT STRAIGHT MAN FEEDING THE

FUNNY MAN OR THE STOOGE, ONE CANT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER.

ITS LIKE A GOOD TENNIS MATCH, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.

IF YOU HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT PLAYERS, SO MUCH THE BETTER.

>> I BELIEVE GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY MAN.

>> AND I BELIEVE ITS JUST GOD HUGGING US CLOSER.

>> THE IDEA OF A COMEDY TEAM PREDATES THE IDEA OF A SOLO

STANDUP COMEDIAN. COMEDY TEAMS NOW, YOURE

CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE ACT. >> OH, HELLO.

>> IT WAS JUST A BROADWAY SHOW LAST YEAR WITH JOHN MULANEY AND

NICK CROW CALLED "OH HELLO". >> AND NOW BACK TO THE PLAY.

>> GEORGE, CAN WE TAKE FIVE MINUTES?

MY STOMACHS A LITTLE ‐‐ >> NO, IM GOOD.

>> I SEE AN ABSOLUTE PARALLEL BETWEEN WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN

2017 ON BROADWAY ‐‐ >> ENJOY THE PLAY.

>> AND WHAT WEBER AND FIELDS CREATED IN THE EARLY 1900s, THE

BASIC CONSET OF THE COMEDY TEAM. >> HEY, KEEP A BIG CC FROM THE

PAPER. >> WEBER AND FIELDS GAVE US A

LOT OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE IDENTIFIABLE MARKS OF A COMEDY

TEAM. THEY INVENTED SLAPSTICK, ETHNIC

JOKES, AND PIE IN THE FACE. >> PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY DOING

COMEDY IN VAUDEVILLE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY MORE OR LESS WAS

IN A TEAM. THE MARKS BROTHERS UNCLE WAS IN

A COMEDY TEAM, AL SHEEN, GALLAGHER AND SHEEN, BERT

WILLIAMS AND GEORGE WALKER WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN‐AMERICAN

PERFORMERS TO RECEIVE HEADLINE STATUS.

AND THERE WAS SMITH AND DALE WHO WERE ‐‐

>> IF YOU SHOULD DIE, WHAT WOULD YOUR WIFE BURY YOU WITH?

>> WITH PLEASURE. >> MANY OF THEM WERE CANNY

ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT RADIO NOT ONLY OPENED A NEW DOOR

CAREERWISE BUT COULD BECOME A MAJOR VEHICLE FOR THEIR CAREERS.

>> SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY. >> HELLO EVERYBODY.

>> TRY AGAIN. >> IT WAS NOT UNIQUE, THE

CHARACTER OF THE DIZZY DAME AS THEY USED TO CALL HER WAS A

TROEP, BUT THEY JUST DID BETTER. >> THEY EVEN LAUGHED AT JOE

DeVOS, BUT SHE WENT RIGHT AHEAD AND BUILT IT.

>> GRACIE HAD SUCH A NAIVE, WONDERFUL CUT INTO THE TRUTH.

SHE WAS THE FUNNY ONE. >> ORIGINALLY GRACIE ALLEN WAS

THE STRAIGHT WOMAN. AND A SPECIALIST SUGGESTED TO

THEM, FLIP IT AROUND. >> I HEARD A POLITICAL SPEECH ON

TELEVISION YESTERDAY, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

>> WAS THE SPEAKER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?

>> I THINK SO. >> SAY TO GRACIE, HOW IS YOUR

BROTHER, AND SHE WOULD TALK FOR 17 MINUTES, AND I WOULD SMOKE A

CIGAR, WHEN SHE WOULD DANCE, I WOULD POINT AND TAP MY FOOT, WE

WOULD EXIT AND WED SPLIT SALARIES.

>> AND NOW GUESS WHAT THE TWO OF AMERICAS FAVORITE, ABBOTT AND

COSTELLO? >> I SAY, WHOS ON FIRST, WHATS

ON SECOND, I DONT KNOWS ON THIRD.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW BOTH NAMES. >> YES.

>> WELL, WHOS ON FIRST. >> YES.

>> I MEAN THE FELLA PLAYING FIRST.

>> WHO. >> THE GUY PLAYING FIRST.

>> WHO IS ON FIRST? >> WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR?

>> THEY WERE ONE OF PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF COMEDY TEAMS IN BURR

LESS CK. AFTER THEY APPEARED ON RADIO,

THEY BECAME THE MOST HATED COMEDY TEAM IN BURLESQUE.

NOW ABBOTT AND COSTELLO ARE NATIONALLY KNOWN AND THEY GET

THEIR OWN RADIO SHOW ON NBC. >> DID YOU AND LOU ORIGINATE

WHOS ON FIRST. >> LETS NOT GO INTO THAT.

>> NO ONE KNOWS WHO WROTE WHOSS ON FIRST.

THATS THE GREAT PART OF IT. THEY PERFECTED IT.

>> AND NOW THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW.

>> IT WAS A PERVASIVE PRESENCE, THERE WAS AN ABSURDIST ELEMENT,

AND IT WAS ALSO FUNNY IN A KIND OF SAUDVAUDEVILLIAN WAY.

THEY WERE THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE DRAW A COUPLE YEARS IN A RO.

>> WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT ME TO TURN.

>> TO THE LEFT. >> TO THE LEFT, THATS LEFT.

>> THATS RIGHT. >> TO THE LEFT.

>> TO THE LEFT. >> THATS RIGHT.

>> WHEN I WAS A KID, THE ONES I LOVED WERE WHEN THEY MEET THE

MONSTERS. EVERY PERSON AROUND MY AGE

COULDNT GET ENOUGH OF THOSE MOVIES.

>> OH, THESE ARE CLASSIC COMEDY ROUTINES, WOULDNT THEY BE JUST

AS FUNNY TODAY? >> WHY NOT?

I THINK THEYRE FUNNIER TODAY. >> GIVE ME A FIVE.

>> DID YOU EVER GO TO SCHOOL, STUPID?

>> YEAH, THEY COME OUT THE SAME WAY.

>> THEY HAD VARIATIONS ON MATERIAL A LOT OF VAUDEVILLIANS

DID, BUT THEIRS WAS THE BEST. THEY HAD HONED IT OVER THE YEARS

OF PERFORMING IT LIVE UNTIL IT BECAME COMPLETELY SPECIFIC TO

THEM AND THEIR DYNAMIC AND THEIR CHEMISTRY.

>> WHOS ON SECOND? >> WHOS ON FIRST?

>> I DONT KNOW. >> HES ON THIRD.

>> THERE I

♪ >>> STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY

HAD SEPARATE FILM CAREERS AND BOTH WERE DOING OKAY ON THEIR

OWN. BUT THEN LEO McCARRY, THE GREAT

COMEDY DIRECTOR, DECIDED TO PAIR THEM.

>> NOW, IS THAT BETTER? NAKED AND WET.

>> OH, OH. >> IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF

SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. >> YOU KNOW, IM NOT AS DUMB AS

YOU LOOK. >> YOU BET YOUR LIFE YOURE NOT.

>> THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMART ONE AND A DUMB ONE.

BUT WITH LAUREL AND HARDY, THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE ‐‐ SORRY,

SORRY, SORRY. >> GO AHEAD.

>> LAUREL AND HARDY KIND OF CHANGED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE

BOTH KIND OF DUMB. BUT ONE THOUGHT HE WAS SMART.

>> AND THEY WERE BOTH REALLY FUNNY.

>> WHAT CAN THAT DO? >> THATS SIMPLE.

YOU DONT HAVE TO USE YOUR BRAINS FOR THAT.

>> WELL, HERES ANOTHER NICE MESS YOUVE GOTTEN ME INTO.

>> THEY WERE ALWAYS TRUE TO THEIR CHARACTERS.

YOU NEVER GET A SENSE THAT STAN LAUREL IS PLAYING A CHARACTER

CALLED STAN LAUREL, OR THAT OLIVER HARDY IS PLAYING A GUY

NAMED OLIVER HARDY, THEY JUST ARE STAN AND OLLY.

>> HELLO? >> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

>> I WAS HERE WITH ME. >> STAN LAUREL WAS THE BRAINS OF

THE OPERATION. OLIVER HARDY WOULD SHOW UP, DO

HIS JOB WELL AND THEN GO GOLFING.

HE LEFT IT ALL TO STAN LAUREL. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT

CUSHION? >> WELL, I KEEP ON BUMPING ME

HEAD. SEE.

>> STAN LAUREL WAS THE TOTAL FILMMAKER.

HE WASNT JUST A CHARACTER OR A SCREEN COMEDIAN.

HE WAS A WRITER AND A DIRECTOR, BUT HE WAS NEVER CREDITED AS

EITHER. >> I THINK WE WERE FORTUNATE IN

STICKING TO OUR METHODS. WERE NOT TALKING COMEDIANS.

WE ONLY SAID ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE WHAT WE WERE DOING.

EVERYBODY STARTED TO TALK THEIR HEADS OFF FOR NO REASON AT ALL,

FORGETTING THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMIC.

>> THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH LAUGHTER TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

I CANT HELP BUT THINK THAT THE MOMENT LAUREL AND HARDY CAME

TOGETHER TO WORK AS A TEAM WAS A GIFT FROM THE COMEDY GODS.

>> YOU FELT THAT THEY SHARED A BOND.

OLLY WAS SOMETIMES MEAN TO STAN AND THEY WERE VIOLENT WITH EACH

OTHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BUT I DONT THINK ANYBODY EVER

QUESTIONED THAT THEY WERE FRIENDS.

THEY EVEN SLEPT IN THE SAME BED. >> WEVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 23

YEARS, AND WERE STILL FRIENDS. I THINK THATS A RECORD.

>> THAT IS A RECORD. >> DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION,

PEOPLE DIDNT HAVE MUCH THEY CAN RELY ON.

AND THERE WERE LAUREL AND HARDY PROVIDING YOU WITH A WAY OF

SEEING HOW YOU COULD BE A FAITHFUL FRIEND UNDER ANY

CIRCUMSTANCE. AND AUDIENCES DESPERATELY NEEDED

THAT. >> AINT THIS SWELL?

>> YEAH. GET OUT OF HERE.

>> HAL ROACH TRIED TO REPLICATE LAUREL AND HARDYS SUCCESS WITH

WOMEN. IN THE EARLY 30s HE HAD THELMA

TODD AND HE SIGNED ZASU PITS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER.

>> HISTORICALLY, MOST OF THE DUOS HAVE BEEN EITHER TWO MEN OR

A MAN AND A WOMAN. THERES VERY FEW TWO FEMALE

COMEDY ROLES. >> THEY DEALT WITH MORE

CONTEMPORARY SUBJECTS THAN THEIR PEERS.

THEY WANDERED INTO ROMANTIC ATTRACTION, AND YOU COULD SEE IN

SOME CASES MANIPULATING MEN ON DATES, OR USING BEAUTY.

ITS REALLY SUBJECT MATTER THAT WANDERED FAR AFIELD FROM WHAT

EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING. >> IS YOUR NAME FRED HEEL?

>> NO TED HEALY IS THE NAME. >> HE HAD THREE STOOGES HE WOULD

BERATE. LARRY FINE, CURLY HOWARD, MO

HOWARD, BUT HE WAS A SEVERE ALCOHOLIC.

AND WHEN YOURE ON THE STAGE DOING PHYSICAL COMEDY, YOUR

COMEDY MIGHT GET MUCH MORE VIOLENT.

SO WHEN THEY GOT OFFERS TO DO SOLO SHORTS, MO HOWARD REALIZED

WE CANT WORK WITH THIS GUY SO THEY WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN.

>> DR. HOWARD, DR. FINE, DR. HOWARD.

>> IT TOOK PEOPLES MINDS OFF THEIR REAL TROUBLES.

A LOT OF IT WAS DEPRESSION ERA COMEDY.

THEY WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.

COME ON BOYS, WEVE GOT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.

I THINK I SAW A ROASTED TURKEY. >> GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT.

>> YOURE HUNGRY, HUH? >> I NEVER APPRECIATED HOW FUNNY

THEY WERE, HOW INTRICATE AND WELL WRITTEN A LOT OF THEIR

THINGS WERE. >> THIS IS FOOTBALL, CHUMP.

ALL YOUVE GOT TO DO WHEN A MAN GETS THE BALL IS TACKLE HIM.

GET IT? THE MAN WITH THE BALL.

TAKE HIM DOWN. >> THROW ME THE BALL.

>> MO HOWARD WAS TREMENDOUS AT GETTING THEM TO REHEARSE.

SO EVERY MOVEMENT IS PERFECTLY PLANNED, LIKE A BALLET.

>> IM A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE. >> WHO YOU HITTING?

>> THEY CHECKED A LOT OF BOXES. THEY WERE VISUALLY FUNNY, THEY

WERE PHYSICALLY FUNNY, THE SITUATIONS WERE FUNNY.

AND THE INSULTS THAT MO WOULD FLING WERE GENIUS.

>> I SAID WE CANT COME OVER. >> OH, A COWARD, HUH?

>>> A LOT OF THE BOYS ARE TAKING THE PLUNGE INTO TELEVISION, I

UNDERSTAND CROSBY IS GOING TO DO IT AS SOON AS THEY GET THE WIDER

SCREEN. >> HOPE AND I ARE JUST FRIENDLY

RIVALS. THERES NOTHING IN THE WORLD I

WOULDNT DO FOR BOB HOPE. AND THERES NOTHING IN THE WORLD

HE WOULDNT DO FOR ME. THATS THE WAY WE GO THROUGH

LIFE, DOING NOTHING FOR EACH OTHER.

>> BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY FIRST PERFORMED TOGETHER IN

DECEMBER OF 1932 AT THE CAPITAL THEATER.

>> THE MEETING GAVE BIRTH TO THE LONGEST RUNNING GAG IN SHOW

BUSINESS. FOR THREE DECADES THEYVE BEEN

ATTACKING EACH OTHER. >> BING WAS PERFORMING AND BOB

HOPE WAS EMCEEING, AND BOB HOPE WAS LIKE LETS DO SOME BITS

TOGETHER. IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY.

>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE LAST NIGHT.

>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE, THANKS. >> THE TWO OF THEM, SEPARATE OF

EACH OTHER, WERE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT TO PARAMOUNT.

THEY WERE GREAT FRIENDS, GOLFING BUDDIES, SO THEY DID PLAY OFF OF

EACH OTHER WELL. SO THEY THREW THEM TOGETHER FOR

THE GREAT ROAD MOVIES AT PARAMOUNT.

>> HERE WE ARE, OFF ON ANOTHER ROAD.

>> WHAT A ROAD, CHASING THOSE TREES, THAT SNOW, THAT SCENERY,

THAT SKY. >> GET A LOAD OF THAT BREAD AND

BUTTER. >> HOPE AND CROSBY MOVIES ARE

VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF COMEDY BECAUSE THEYRE THE FIRST

ONES TO EXPLORE METACOMEDY. >> FINE THING.

FIRST YOU SELL ME FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS, YOU CUT IN ON ME.

NOW WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR HEADS CHOPPED OFF.

>> I KNOW ALL THAT. >> THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE DONT. >> THEY MISSED MY SONG?

>> I LOVE WHEN THEY BREAK THE FOURTH WALL AND TURN TO THE

CAMERA AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE AUDIENCE.

AS A KID, I SAID ‐‐ I NEVER THOUGHT YOU COULD DO THAT.

>> AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED THIS PICTURE IS OVER RIGHT NOW.

>> WHEN YOU BREAK THE FOURTH WALL YOURE BASICALLY INVITING

THE AUDIENCE IN. THESE PEOPLE ARENT PERFORMING

FOR YOU, YOURE HANGING OUT WITH THEM.

WHEN BOB HOPE BREAKS AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA, THE PEOPLE

WATCHING ARE LIKE WERE ALL FRIENDS VAGUE A GREAT TIME.

>> THESE MOVIES WERE GROUNDED BY THE TWO OF THEM HANGING OUT AND

WISECRACKING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

THERE WAS A CERTAIN EASE TO IT THAT WAS DIFFERENCE THAN THE

FRANTICNESS OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO OR THE THREE STOOGES.

>> THIS IS THE SCREWIEST PICTURE I WAS EVER IN.

>> YOU THOUGHT OF SOMETHING, YOU SAID IT, AND BING WAS THE SAME

WAY. YOU HAD TO REACT AND COUNTER.

THATS ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHEMISTRY FOR THOSE

FILMS. THE PUBLIC REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

>> THE ROAD MOVIES ARE SORT OF LIKE THE ORIGINAL BUDDY COMEDY.

IT WAS NOT THE CLASSIC COMEDY TEAM TEMPLATE WHERE THEY HAD

ESTABLISHED ROUTINES, THOSE FILMS WORKED.

THEY COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY NOT WORKED.

MAYBE THE CHEMISTRY WOULDNT HAVE BEEN THERE.

IT BECOMES FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHEN IT CLICKS OR WHEN IT DOESNT.

>> IF I DO ANYTHING THAT IRRITATES YOU OR GETS ON YOUR

NERVES, DONT BE AFRAID TO TELL ME.

HES YOUR PARTNER, AND I DONT WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT

IRRITATES YOU OR GETS ON YOUR NERVES.

>> HELLO. >> IM NOT HERE.

YOU HAVENT HEARD FROM ME. I AM NOT HERE.

>> YES, HES HERE. >> JACK LEMON AND WALTER

MATTHAU, THERES A VERSION OF A COMEDY TEAM THAT WASNT REALLY A

COMEDY TEAM. >> ONCE YOU STARTED WITH

TEMPORARY TEAMS, THAT OPENED A WHOLE NEW WORLD.

IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE JUST TWO STARS, PUT THEM TOGETHER, MIX

AND MATCH. >> YEAH.

>> YOU WOULD JUST BE EXCITED WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEY WERE

DOING A MOVIE TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THEIR CHEMISTRY

WAS EXPLOSIVE. >> WE SEEMED TO KNOW EACH OTHER,

LIKE AN OLD COUPLE. >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE TWO

VERY GOOD ACTORS AND DONT SEEM TO WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL, YOU

FIND TWO OTHER PEOPLE AND ‐‐ >> I CANT PASS FOR BLACK.

>> WHO YOU TELLING? I DIDNT SAY I WAS GOING TO MAKE

YOU BLACK. I SAID I WAS GOING TO GET YOU ON

THE TRAIN. WEVE GOT TO MAKE THEM COPS

THINK YOURE BLACK. >> IT WILL NEVER WORK.

>> WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID IT WONT COME OFF?

>> THATS A GOOD JOKE. THATS HUMOROUS.

>> WHEN YOU SAW RICHARD PRYOR, AND GENE WILDER, YOU SIMPLY

BELIEVED IT, YOU JUST BELIEVED IT.

YOU THOUGHT THAT WHEN THEY LEFT THAT MOVIE SET, THEY WENT AND

HAD A BEER, YOU JUST KNEW THEY WERE FRIENDS.

>> HELP, I CANT ‐‐ >> NO AMOUNT OF BRAINSTORMING

AND PLANNING, IF THEY PUT ALL THE GREAT ACTORS ON THE WALL,

RICHARD PRYOR AND GENE WILDER ARE GREAT.

NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD.

>> I MEAN, TWO INCREDIBLE DRAMA PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, AND IF

THEY GET CHEMISTRY, ITS DELIGHTFUL.

>> SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HAD A GREAT AND HAS A GREAT KNACK OF

PUTTING TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER.

THEY HAD AYKROYD AND BELUSHI AND THE BLUES BROTHERS.

>> WERE ON A MISSION FROM GOD. >> IT WAS A CHEMISTRY THEY HAD

THAT, OKAY, FINE, YOURE GOING TO RAISE MONEY TO SAVE THE

CHURCH, FINE, IM GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS.

>> BABY CLOTHES. THIS PLACE HAS GOT EVERYTHING.

>> I THINK WHAT IT IS IS MUTUAL ASSURED CONSTRUCTION.

YOU CHEER EACH OTHER ON. >> IM GETTING OUT OF HERE,

DAMIAN. >> FINE, THEN GO.

>> IM GONE. >> GO?

>> IM GONE. >> GO THEN.

>> WELL, I AM. >> I THINK WITH DANA, I HAD

CHOCOLATE IN HIS PEANUT BUTTER, HE HAD PEANUT BUTTER IN MY

CHOCOLATE. BETWEEN ACTION AND CUT, IT WAS A

GREAT THEM INDUSTRY. >> ITS A MELTING POT FOR PEOPLE

TO COME IN AND EXCHANGE COMEDY IDEAS.

WHEN YOU FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU CONNECT WITH, IT USUALLY ENDS IN

A BUNCH OF HUGE COMEDY SPARKS. >> ARE YOU OKAY?

>> IM SWEATY. >> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHAT IS HAPPENING? >> I DONT KNOW.

>> AS PERFORMERS, WHEN YOURE AROUND SOMEBODY WHO GETS YOU,

AND YOU GET THEM, YOU GO, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO WITH THIS?

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

>> I KNOW. THEYRE CALLED DOCTORS.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMEDY TEAMS, AND IT

ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF A COMEDY TEAM IS.

>> WENT OUT, YOURE NOT MOVING YOUR MOUTH.

SAY IT. SAY IT.

HOW IS IT, SON, THAT WHEN I SHOUT, YOU STICK IN MY FACE.

>> WHAT FASCINATED ME ABOUT VENTRILOQUISM WAS ABOUT SEEING A

LITTLE WOODEN DOLL, SO TO SPEAK, COME TO LIFE.

ITS LIKE MAGIC. >> I SAW YOU RUNNING DOWN THE

STREET THE OTHER DAY, THE STRANGE THING, I NEVER SEEN YOU

RUN AS FAST AS YOU RAN THE OTHER DAY.

I CAN TALK BETTER THAN YOU, AND IM A DUMMY.

>> THE BASICS OF VENTRILOQUISM IS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE

VENTRILOQUIST AND THE DUMMY. >> I CERTAINLY AS A KID UNTIL

RECENTLY THOUGHT OF THEM AS TWO PEOPLE.

>> ITS ALWAYS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE REINVENT THE

DYNAMIC OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMEDY TEAM.

>> YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT YOU AND ME PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACT?

>> OH, NO, SORRY, I ONLY WORK IN THE SINGLE.

>> OH, OKAY. >> JIM HENSON AND FRANK OZ

CREATED DUOS, THEY REPLICATED THEIR OWN FRIENDSHIP THROUGH

THESE PUPPETS. BERT AND ERNIE WERE SWUFT MOST

FAMOUS COMEDY DUOS OF ALL TIME. THE TALL SKINNY ONE AND THE

SHORT PUDGY ONE. >> BERT, YOURE NOT MAD AT ME,

ARE YOU? >> NO.

>> ANYBODY TELL YOU YOUVE GOT EYES LIKE PING‐PONG BALLS

FLOATING IN GREEN MOTOR OIL. >> WRITE ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF

THE CHARACTERS WHEN IM TALKING TO MISS PIGGY, I THINK SHES

REAL. WHEN I WAS WITH KERMIT, I

THOUGHT HE WAS REAL. THEY COME ALIVE.

>> FRANK OZ JOINED ME ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO, WHICH I THINK IVE

OFTEN CREDITED HIM WITH BEING ONE OF THE REAL REASONS THAT THE

MUCH PET MUPPETT SHOW IS FUNNY.

>> THEY DIDNT INVENT PUPPETS, BUT THEY INVENTED A STYLE OF

PUPPETRY THATS BEEN REPLICATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, GIVING THEM

DEEP PERSONALITIES. IM SURE THAT STARTS WITH THOSE

TWO PEOPLE HANGING OUT A LOT AND MAKING EACH OTHER LAUGH.

>> LETS SET UP IN ONE BOWL. >> THEY HAD ONE OF THE ALL‐TIME

GREAT CHEMISTRIES, SESAME STREET, THE MUPPETT SHOW, SAM

AND FRIENDS, ITS TIMELESS. >> WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED YOUR

PERFORMANCE. >> OH, WELL ‐‐

>> SAY THANK YOU. >> RIGHT.

TH >>> WEVE GOT TO GET THESE BOYS

OUT. THEYVE DONE A GREAT COUPLE OF

SHOWS TONIGHT. THEYRE WONDERFUL FOR COMING OUT

AND HELPING US. >> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACT

AS CONVULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE, AND FRIGHTENINGLY FUNNY AS DEAN

MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS. YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE

GOING TO DO NEXT. >> ALL RIGHT, ITS TIME ‐‐ ITS

TIME FOR THE OLD‐TIMERS TO SIT DOWN.

>> I OFTEN THINK OF THE MOMENT WHEN MARTIN AND LEWIS DISCOVERED

EACH OTHER, IT MUST HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

THEY WERE JUST WORKING IN THE SAME CLUB.

LEWIS WAS DOING A LIP SINGING ACT.

>> THEY SORT OF IMPROVISED TOGETHER AT AFTER HOURS CLUBS.

>> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. >> THEY WERE MADE FOR TELEVISION

BECAUSE TELEVISION WAS A NEW MEDIUM.

AND IT WAS STILL FINDING ITS WAY.

AND WAS IN DANGER OF BECOMING VERY CONVENTIONAL.

>> NOW, I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.

BECAUSE IVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS CLOSE TO A WEEK.

AND YOU ‐‐ NO, IF YOU DONT MIND ‐‐ OH, THERE YOU ARE, UP

THERE. YOURE DRUNK, BOTH OF YOU.

>> THE CORE OF THEIR ACT WAS ONE VERY TALENTED, VERY SUAVE, VERY

CASUAL SINGER BEING INTERRUPTED BY A CRAZY PERSON.

♪ ♪ IVE GOT A RIGHT TO HANG

AROUND ♪ >> THE RULES WERE NEW.

SO THEY WERE EASILY BROKEN. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS, BING.

OH. >> THE JOKE WASNT FUNNY?

>> WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, CHESTERFIELD?

>> YES. >> THATS OUR BRAND, BECAUSE

THATS FRONT ‐‐ MONEY, MONEY. >> HES A PHYSICAL GUY THAT

JUMPED AROUND AND DID ‐‐ ASK DID ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

YOUVE GOT TO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOURE DOING THAT.

>> OKAY, FINE. >> DEAN MARTIN SEEMED LIKE HE

WAS A STRAIGHT MAN, AND JERRY LEWIS CALLED HIMSELF A MONKEY.

IT WAS WAY MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT.

UNLIKE HOPE AND CROSBY, WHICH WERE FUNNY GUYS, JERRY LEWIS WAS

20 YEARS OLD, SO HE HAD A CERTAIN APPEAL.

AND THEN DEAN MARTIN HAD THIS VERY EASY GOING STYLE THAT WOMEN

LOVED, MEN LOVED, AND THEY WERE A POST‐WAR PHENOMENON.

>> MARTIN AND LEWIS WERE BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES.

THEY WERE MASSIVE. THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE IN THE STREETS LINING UP TO SEE THEM.

THEY CREATED THIS MASS HYSTERIA OF COMEDY.

>> TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR CROSBY?

WE AINT GOT ANY. >> MARTIN AND LEWIS TRANSCENDED

THEIR MATERIAL IN A HUGE WAY. >> NO, NO, YOU BE A GOOD BOY, BE

A NICE BOY, AFTER THE SHOW, ILL TAKE IT APART AND WELL PAINT

SOME SOCKS ON STATUES. >> THE ROOT OF WHAT MAKES

CHEMISTRY WORK FOR PEOPLE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.

MARTIN AND LEWIS HAD THAT. THEY DID LOVE EACH OTHER AT ONE

POINT IN THE BEGINNING. BUT THEN THEY HATED EACH OTHER

TOWARDS THE END. >> THAT WAS A TERRIFIC GAG.

>> I MEAN, I WAS SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DO THE JOKES,

AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAME OUT WITH A GOOD ONE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> THERE USUALLY IS A LIFE SPAN

FOR THESE COMEDY TEAMS FOR DUOS IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT BE ROGERS

AND HAMMER STEIN OR LEN ANYONE AND McCARTNEY, OR ABBOTT AND

COSTELLO. >> LET ME CATCH A BREATH HERE.

>> YOU HAD THIS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY, AND WHEN THEY BROKE UP

IN 1956 IT WAS HUGE NEWS. PEOPLE COULDNT BELIEVE IT.

>> WE HAD PUT IN TEN YEARS, TEN VERY SUCCESSFUL YEARS AND WE

BUILT THE KIND OF A THEATRICAL EMPIRE THE LIKES OF WHICH NO ONE

HAS EVER SEEN. AND THERE WAS A VERY, VERY

STRONG RELATIONSHIP THERE. BUT EGOS GET PULLED INTO THIS

KIND OF A THING, AND THE TRUTH IS SIMPLY THAT WE LOVED ONE

ANOTHER, AND IF DEAN FEELS THIS DAY AS I FEEL ABOUT HIM, THEN I

CAN SAY WE STILL LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

WE JUST DIDNT LIKE WORKING TOGETHER ANYMORE.

>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES WHAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR, AND WHO

JUST WANTED TO COME OUT ‐‐ WOULD YOU SEND MY FRIEND OUT, PLEASE?

WOULD YOU SEND HIM OUT HERE? COME HERE.

>> FOR 20 YEARS, MARTIN AND LEWIS HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER OR

TALKED TO EACH OTHER UNTIL THEY WERE REUNITED ON THE JERRY LEWIS

TELETHON. >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, BREAK

IT UP, BREAK IT UP. >> THINKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT, I

REMEMBER WATCHING IT LIVE. IT REALLY MAKES MY EYES WELL UP

RIGHT NOW. ITS REALLY SOMETHING.

YOU KNEW IT WAS A MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO LOVED

EACH OTHER, BUT JUST COULDNT GET ALONG ANYMORE AND SPLIT UP,

BUT WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY HAD TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.

>> SO, ARE YOU WORKING? >> MARTIN AND LEWIS BROKE UP,

EVERYBODY WANTED TO TRY AND CREATE THE NEXT MARTIN AND LEWIS

TO TRY AND FILL THAT VACUUM. >> IS YOUR NAME JOSEPHINE.

>> GET AWAY FROM ME, DORIS, NOW BEAT IT.

>> DORIS, IM JUST TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY.

DO YOU LIVE AROUND HERE? >> LOOK, IM WARNING YOU, I

DONT WANT ANY TROUBLE, YES, I LIVE AROUND HERE, GET OUT.

>> WHATS YOUR ADDRESS? >> LOOK, ITS NO GOOD, YOURE

NOT GOING TO MAKE A PICKUP, YOU UNDERSTAND, 4411 WESTMINSTER

PLACE, NOW GET GOING. >> NICOLS AND ‐‐ CAME OUT OF THE

COMPASS PLAYERS IN CHICAGO. IT WAS A PRECURSOR TO SECOND

CITY. I USED TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT

LISTENING TO THEIR RECORDS AND I DISCOVERED THINGS ABOUT COMEDY I

COULD NEVER HAVE LEARNED LIKE SOMETIMES MIKE WOULD JUST GO,

OH. SO, OH CAN BE FUNNY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> INSTEAD OF A LINE OR A JOKE,

YOU CAN GET A LAUGH ON OH. >> ITS A GREAT THRILL TO BE ON

THE SHOW TONIGHT. >> UH‐HUH, UH‐HUH.

>> SUCH A GREAT THRILL. >> HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> THESE TWO PEOPLE WERE COIMMEDIATICALLY IN LOVE WITH

EACH OTHER AND EXPRESSED THEIR COMEDIC LOVE TO US THE AUDIENCE

AND WE WERE THE LUCKY RECIPIENTS OF IT.

SERIOUSLY, THOUGH. >> THEY HAD SNOB APPEAL, AND THE

MOB APPEAL. PEOPLE LIKED THEM AND THE SNOBS

LIKED THEM. >> THEY WERE A GREAT COMEDY

COMPANION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN AMERICA AT THE TIME

POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY.

SO THEY WERE THE START OF A STYLISTIC SHIFT.

THERE WAS JERRY STILLER AND ANN MIRA.

>> I BET YOU GET A LOT OF WRONG NUMBER CALLS.

>> YES, YOU. >> YOU SOUND ‐‐

>> THERE WAS TIM REED, DID A WHITE MAN, BLACK MAN ACT.

>> YOU PRETEND YOURE NOT THE BLACK MAN.

WALK UP TO ME AND START A CONVERSATION.

>> HEY, BABY. OH, LOOK HERE, LEROY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS? AMOS AND ANDY.

>> IN THE 60s, COMEDY ITSELF CHANGED.

THERES A WAR GOING ON, SOCIETY WAS CHANGING.

AND COMEDY TEAMS REFLECTED THAT. >> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT NOW

AND THEN WE KIND OF POKE FUN ‐‐ A LITTLE FUN AT THE PEOPLE IN

WASHINGTON. >> WASHINGTON?

>> WASHINGTON. ACTUALLY, WE MEAN EVERY WORD OF

>>> YOU KNOW, YOURE A HERO AMONG THE KIDS NOW BECAUSE

THEYVE REDISCOVERED ALL THE MARKS BROTHERS FILMS.

DUCK SOUP IS PLAYING AT THE NEW YORKER WITH HAMLET.

>> WITH HAMLET? >> I SWEAR.

>> THE LATE 60s THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF THE MARKS BROTHERS

AMONG COLLEGE‐AGED AUDIENCES. >> THE COUNTERCULTURE GENERATION

CAUGHT ON TO THE ANARCHY OF THE MARKS BROTHERS AND IT WAS

PERFECT. IT WAS ALSO LOVELY THAT GROUCHO

LIVED TO SEE IT. >> YOU HAD A MOVE LIKE DUCK SOUP

WHICH SHOWS HOW PREPOSTEROUS THE WHOLE IDEA OF WAR IS.

IF YOURE A COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE 60s, WHATS BETTER THAN

THAT? >> GENERAL SMITH REPORTING A GAS

ATTACK. >> TAKE A TEA SPOON OF SODA AND

HALF A GLASS OF WATER. >> YES, SIR.

>> THE MARKS BROTHERS ARE GREAT EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERS THAT HAVE

ALL THIS CHEMISTRY. CROUCHO REPRESENTS AN

AUTHORITARIAN FIGURE, BUT NOT REALLY.

>> CAPTAIN SPALDING, ITS A WONDERFUL IDEA.

>> YOU DO? >> YES.

>> FORGET ABOUT IT. >> HARPO, HES LIKE AN ALIEN

FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD THAT CHASES WOMEN AND PLAYS THE HARP.

WHAT IS THAT? AND IMMIGRANT, WHO FLEECES

PEOPLE WHO YOU HE TWISTS LANGUAGE ALL THE TIME?

>> IM COLUMBUS, SAILING ALONG ON A VESSEL.

>> ON HIS WHAT? >> NOT ON HIS WHAT, ON HIS

VESSEL. >> DONT YOU KNOW WHAT A VESSEL

IS? >> HOW THE THREE OF THEM MELDED

TOGETHER WAS A THING OF BEAUTY. >> DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE

YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE? >> WE DO.

>> THEY HAVE AN IRREVERENCE TOWARDS AUTHORITY.

THAT WAS THEIR MAIN DRAW. IT WAS FOUR BROTHERS.

AND TOMMY AND I, WE WERE LIKE THAT.

WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS. ME AND YOU AGAINST THE WORLD.

THATS HOW WE DID IT. >> THATS SOME HEAVY [ BLEEP ].

>> THEY ARE COUNTERCULTURE COMEDIANS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED A

SPECIFIC KIND OF AUDIENCE THROUGH THE SALE OF THEIR

ALBUMS. >> THEIR INFLUENCE WAS

UBIQUITOUS. PEOPLE GREW UP ON SMOKE.

>> THEIR COMEDIC TIMING, THE CHEMISTRY.

THEY IMPROVISED A LOT. >> AND THE WEED.

>> AND THE WEED, OF COURSE. >> BUT THEY WERE ALSO POLITICAL

TOO. >> WE WERE OF THE ROCK

GENERATION, AND WE WERE ROCKERS. THE ALMOND BROTHERS FOR A LONG

TIME, ALICE COOPER. BUT VERY SOON, WE HAD ROCK BANDS

OPENING FOR US. >> ITS QUITE AN UNLIKELY

PAIRING. MEXICAN‐AMERICAN, AND YOU ARE

CHINESE‐CANADIAN. HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVER

GET TOGETHER? >> IT WAS A MIXUP AT THE GREEN

CARD OFFICE. >> WE WERE REALLY BURLESQUE,

REPRESENTING A STREET LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE

COUNTRY. THAT WAS THE MOST LEGITIMATE

VOICE. >> AM I DRIVING OKAY?

>> EVERYONE FOCUSES ON THE DRUG SIDE OF IT.

THEY WERE ALSO JUST GREAT TIMING, ITS ALL ABOUT THOSE TWO

GUYS BEING FINELY TUNED TO EACH OTHER.

>> WHO IS IT? >> ITS DAVE, MAN, WE OPEN UP.

I GOT THE STUFF WITH ME. >> WHO?

>> DAVE, MAN, OPEN UP. >> DAVE?

>> YEAH, DAVE, COME ON, MAN, OPEN UP, I THINK THE COPS

COMING. >> DAVES NOT HERE.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING TOGETHER NOW?

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE 20 YEARS FROM NOW DOING A DRUG ACT.

>> INOH, FOR SURE. >> THE 60s AND 70s BECAME IN

ONE WAY THE DEMISE OF TEAMS. >> THE COMEDY TEAM AS WE KNEW IT

DOES NOT NECESSARILY EXIST TODAY.

>> WITH BOB NEWHART AND SHELLY BERMAN AND LENNY BRUCE.

COMEDY STARTED SHIFTING. THESE GUYS WERE IN THE MORE

INTELLECTUAL ARENA. IT LENT ITSELF TO ONE PERSON.

>> IVE GOT TO STAY HERE. THERES NO REASON WHY YOU FOLKS

SHOULDNT GO INTO THE LOBBY. >> ONE OF THE REASON, YOU HAVE

TO SPLIT THE CHECK, ITS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.

YOU SEE IT IN MODERN STANDUP COMEDIES, ITS WHEN ITS

MUSICAL. >> HELLO.

>> HI. >> HELLO, MAN, SITTING IN THE

PARK. >> I JUST SAID HI.

>> YOU CAN DO TWICE AS MANY GIGS, THE COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND

THE MUSIC FESTIVAL. >> I LOVE YOU BABY, BUT ALL I

CAN THINK ABOUT IS ‐‐ >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, OR IF YOU CAN SING LIKE JACK

BLACK CAN SING, IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS YOU IN A DIFFERENT ‐‐

PEOPLE RESPECT US MORE. YOURE DOING SOMETHING NOT

EVERYONE CAN DO. >> PREGNANT WOMEN ARE SMUG,

EVERYONE KNOWS IT, NOBODY SAYS IT BECAUSE THEYRE PREGNANT.

>> TRADITIONALLY, TO BE DEFINED AS A COMEDY TEAM, YOUR ROOTS ARE

ON THE STAGE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS

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CHEAP, THANKS, BYE, GUYS. >> BYE, GUYS, IS MY FAVORITE

PART, I LOVE THAT. I WANT MORE YOU, MORE SPUNK.

>> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU THINK OF FAMOUS

COMEDY TEAMS TODAY, THEIR DOMAIN IS SKETCH COMEDY.

>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, ID LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY

ANGER TRANSLATOR LUTHER. >> HI.

>> WITH COMEDY TEAMS LIKE BOB AND I, WERE A DUO THAT DOES

COMEDY, BUT WERE NOT REALLY IN ANY WAY WHATS CONSIDERED A

TRADITIONAL COMEDY DUO. >> I COULD USE A GUY LIKE YOU AS

AN EXAMPLE. YOURE STILL FIRED.

>> THE ONLY COMEDY TEAMS THAT WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME ARE

20 YEARS AND WE DONT REALLY TALK ABOUT BEING WINS THAT MUCH.

>> WE DONT WANT IT TO DEFINE US, WHAT IT REALLY DOES.

>> IDENTICAL TWINS SEEMS TO FLY IN THE FACE OF THE BASIC CONCEPT

OF THE COMEDY TEAM, WHICH IS ONE GUY POWERFUL, ONE GUY

RIDICULOUS. >> WE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE

THAT WE WERENT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

WE WERE LIKE MAYBE WE CAN DO THE POST MODERN TAKE.

>> OUR CHEMISTRY CARRIES US WHEN ITS TIME FOR HE TO JUMP IN AND

ADD INTERJECTION. I CAN SENSE IT.

>> WE WERE IN THE SUPERMARKET LOOKING FOR JELL‐O AND SOME DUDE

CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND SAID YO, DO YOU HAVE A STICK OF DOUBLE

MINT GUM? I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN

INNOCENT QUESTION BUT TO TWINS ITS MAD DISRESPECT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> TWO PEOPLE THAT ARENT FROM

THE SAME FAMILY THAT CAN EASILY SEPARATE AND DISAPPEAR FOR THE

REST OF THEIR LIVES IF ITS NOT WORKING OUT.

WE CANT LEAVE EACH OTHERS LIVES.

NOT LIKE IM

>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU MAY JUST LIKE TOGETHER,

CERTAIN PEEP HAVE CHEMISTRY THAT SEEM SPECIAL.

>> BILL COSBY HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.

COSBY ADMITTED TO A REPORTER, I PUT THE PILLS IN THE PEOPLE.

>> TINA, THATS NOT RIGHT. THATS NOT RIGHT.

ITS MORE LIKE I GOT THE PILLS IN THE BATHROOM WHEN I PUT THEM

IN THE PEOPLE. >> WHEN TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER

HOSTED THE GOLDEN GLOBES, THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND RESPECT

EACH OTHER AND YOURE GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHAT ITS LIKE IN

REAL LIFE. >> PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THE

FRIENDSHIP. THEY WANT TO WALK AWAY SAYING MY

GOD, THEY REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER OR HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER.

>> FOR MORE ON THIS SITUATION, WE TURN TO STEPHEN COLBERT.

>> IN A WAY, JOHN AND STEPHEN WERE A TEAM ON COMEDY ESSENTIAL.

>> EXCUSE ME, IVE BEEN INVITED TO A HUNTING PARTY, A FEW DOZEN

MEN, SOME STABLE BOYS, ALL OF US IN KILTS NATURALLY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> HERE IS THE FUN PART, JOHN,

WHOEVER SHOOTS THE ‐‐ [ LAUGHTER ]

>> PEOPLE LUMP THEM TOGETHER IN A WAY AND STILL DO BECAUSE THEY

LIKE THEM TOGETHER. >> IS THAT HER?

>> YES. >> WERE GOING TO NEED A SPECIAL

LOCKER FOR THE HAT. >> THATS A TERRIFIC THING WHEN

YOU HAVE ANOTHER ACTOR THAT YOU FEEL YOU HAVE CHEMISTRY WITH.

>> IM CONCONFUSED. >> HES NOT GOING TO GET US

ALONE BECAUSE HE THINKS WERE TOO OLD.

>> TOO OLD? I WAS BLASTING DRAKE ALL THE WAY

HERE. >> GREAT TO BE WITH JANE AND

WORKING WITH HER AND PEOPLE SAY WE HAVE CHEMISTRY, IF WE DO,

ITS BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER AND HAVE

FUN AND I KNOW I CAN TRUST HER AND SHE CAN TRUST ME AND I KNOW

SHES GOT MY BACK. >> MALCOLM IS OVER EVERY NIGHT.

>> EVERY NIGHT. >> HOW LONG IS THAT

RELATIONSHIP? >> 1950 ON.

>> MEL AND I WERENT A TEAM. WE WERE HAVING FUN.

WE DID IT TEN YEARS WITHOUT EVER GETTING PAID FOR IT.

WE JUST DID IT BECAUSE WE ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS THE

AUDIENCE. >> SIR, IM AFRAID TO ASK THE

NEXT QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN?

>> I HAVE OVER 1500 CHILDREN. AND NOT ONE COMES TO VISIT ME ON

A SUNDAY. >> GREAT TO BE HERE.

IM BOB WHITE AND THIS IS MY WOODEN HEADED FRIEND JASPER.

>> HELLO CHUMS. WHAT A CROWD.

>> WHEN I WAS WORKING ALONE, THERE IS A PRESSURE ON YOURSELF

AND YOURE THE ONLY ONE TO JUDGE YOURSELF.

BUT I TOLD MARTY, I SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY

ENJOYED PERFORMING WHERE I THOUGHT LET ME OUT THERE.

>> I THINK ITS IDEAL WHEN YOU WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE, WHEN YOU

BOND OR SOMETHING GOES WEIRD AND YOURE NOT ALONE UP THERE,

YOURE SHARING IT WITH SOMEONE. >> I LOVED WORKING WITH MARTY

BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT OF 60/40.

>> CHEMISTRY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE BUT WHEN IM OUT ON

STAGE, I ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING YOU SO MAYBE THAT, THERE IS A

GENUINE INTEREST IN THE OTHER PERSON.

>> I WISH I HAD THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]

>> WHATS THE MATTER? >> IM SCARED.

>> COMEDY IN GENERAL IS A TEAM SPORT.

YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH PEOPLE LISTENING AND RESPONDING SO

THERE IS A CONNECTION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR IT TO WORK.

>> 106 MILES TO CHICAGO. WE GOT A FULL TANK OF GAS.

HALF A PACK OF CIGARETTES. ITS DARK AND WERE WEARING

SUNGLASSES. >> HIT IT.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DYNAMIC THAT YOU DONT GET FROM

A SINGULAR COMIC VOICE JUST LIKE IN LIFE, TWO PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING

TO THE SAME THING CAN BRING IT MORE POWER THAN ONE PERPSON

ACTING ON THEIR OWN. >> WELL STAND HERE UNTIL THEY

FADE TO BLACK. HOW ABOUT A NICE HAND.

>> YOU DONT KNOW WHY CHEMISTRY WORKS, YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO

MANUFACTURER. ITS THERE OR NOT AND ITS JUST

BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT WORKS. >> PUT IN ANOTHER PIECE OF FILM.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TRACK BUT JUST FOR FUN, WHY DONT YOU

TELL ME WHO WAS ON FIRST, YES, THE FELLAS NAME, THE GUY IN

FIRST. THE FIRST BASEMAN.

WHO WAS ON FIRST? ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR?

IM NOT ASKING YOU IM TELLING YOU.

IM ASKING YOU WHOSE ON FIRST. THATS THE MANS NAME.

GO AHEAD AND TELL ME WHO, THE GUY ON FIRST, THE FIRST BASEMAN.

WHEN YOU PAY OFF THE FIRST BASEMAN EVERY MONTH, WHO GETS

THE MONEY? EVERY DOLLAR OF IT.

WHY NOT? THE MAN IS ENTITLED TO IT.

WHO IS? YES.

WHO GETS IT? ABSOLUTELY.

SOMETIMES HIS WIFE COMES DOWN AND COLLECTS IT.

WHOSE WIFE? YES.