# Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present -- Final Round **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573 "2015-07-08T13:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/21 "2015-07-11T16:06:55Z")
At last count, the preliminary thread/poll at > **[Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761305)** > > Vote for up to FIVE duos. Depending on response this may be preliminary to a Final Round later. =============================== The Group: Abbott and Costello Allen & Rossi Amos and Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll) The Bickersons... Funniest Comedy Duos – Past and Present had Bob and Ray dropping out of the **20% and Over** group. Since they’re losing ground here I’m wondering if we need a playoff of the top two or three. Please indicate a preference – if you have one! 🙂 ================================================== View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto The Smothers Brothers 11 16.18% Laurel and Hardy 11 16.18% Fry and Laurie 9 13.24% Abbott and Costello 8 11.76% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 8 11.76% Penn and Teller 8 11.76% Burns and Allen 8 11.76% Bob and Ray 5 7.35% ``` Voters: 68 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/22 "2015-07-12T03:58:39Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto The Smothers Brothers 11 15.71% Laurel and Hardy 11 15.71% Fry and Laurie 10 14.29% Penn and Teller 9 12.86% Abbott and Costello 8 11.43% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 8 11.43% Burns and Allen 8 11.43% Bob and Ray 5 7.14% ``` Voters: 70 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/23 "2015-07-12T15:41:29Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 12 15.79% The Smothers Brothers 11 14.47% Laurel and Hardy 11 14.47% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 10 13.16% Penn and Teller 10 13.16% Abbott and Costello 8 10.53% Burns and Allen 8 10.53% Bob and Ray 6 7.89% ``` Voters: 76 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/24 "2015-07-12T20:05:06Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 13 16.25% Laurel and Hardy 12 15.00% The Smothers Brothers 11 13.75% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 11 13.75% Penn and Teller 10 12.50% Burns and Allen 9 11.25% Abbott and Costello 8 10.00% Bob and Ray 6 7.50% ``` Voters: 80 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/25 "2015-07-12T23:43:56Z")
Mel and Carl was a close second but the Smothers Brothers just did so much together I had to give them the vote. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/26 "2015-07-13T00:04:07Z")
This is already behind the times but it can serve as a checkpoint perhaps: View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 14 16.47% Laurel and Hardy 13 15.29% The Smothers Brothers 12 14.12% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 11 12.94% Penn and Teller 10 11.76% Burns and Allen 10 11.76% Abbott and Costello 8 9.41% Bob and Ray 7 8.24% ``` Voters: 85 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/27 "2015-07-14T01:18:35Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 14 15.91% Laurel and Hardy 13 14.77% The Smothers Brothers 12 13.64% Abbott and Costello 11 12.50% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 11 12.50% Penn and Teller 10 11.36% Burns and Allen 10 11.36% Bob and Ray 7 7.95% ``` Voters: 88 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/28 "2015-07-15T02:07:29Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 15 16.67% Laurel and Hardy 13 14.44% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 12 13.33% The Smothers Brothers 12 13.33% Abbott and Costello 11 12.22% Penn and Teller 10 11.11% Burns and Allen 10 11.11% Bob and Ray 7 7.78% ``` Voters: 90 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/29 "2015-07-15T13:37:47Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto The Smothers Brothers 12 13.04% Abbott and Costello 13 14.13% Fry and Laurie 15 16.30% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 12 13.04% Laurel and Hardy 13 14.13% Penn and Teller 10 10.87% Burns and Allen 10 10.87% Bob and Ray 7 7.61% ``` Voters: 92 ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/30 "2015-07-15T14:16:15Z")
I voted for Fry and Laurie but, as others have said, any poll without Morecambe and Wise is pretty much redundant. What you have here sunshine, is all the wrong acts and not necessarily in the right order. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/31 "2015-07-15T16:24:20Z")
Why did the final poll start before the initial one ended? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/32 "2015-07-15T16:47:51Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Why did the final poll start before the initial one ended? See [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18500625&postcount=36](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18500625&postcount=36) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/33 "2015-07-15T22:21:25Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 20 19.23% Abbott and Costello 17 16.35% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 13 12.50% Laurel and Hardy 13 12.50% The Smothers Brothers 12 11.54% Penn and Teller 12 11.54% Burns and Allen 10 9.62% Bob and Ray 7 6.73% ``` Voters: 104 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/34 "2015-07-16T04:13:23Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 21 19.63% Abbott and Costello 17 15.89% The Smothers Brothers 13 12.15% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 13 12.15% Laurel and Hardy 13 12.15% Penn and Teller 12 11.21% Burns and Allen 11 10.28% Bob and Ray 7 6.54% ``` Voters: 107 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/35 "2015-07-16T11:45:13Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 22 20.00% Abbott and Costello 17 15.45% The Smothers Brothers 14 12.73% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 14 12.73% Laurel and Hardy 13 11.82% Penn and Teller 12 10.91% Burns and Allen 11 10.00% Bob and Ray 7 6.36% ``` Voters: 110 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/36 "2015-07-16T16:38:07Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I tried to watch an Abbott and Costello show on Youtube. I can’t say it’s aged well. I’m not sure what the appeal is now. I love A&C, but I have to say that they weren’t at the top of their game on their TV series. Try watching a couple of their movies, or better yet, their [radio program](https://archive.org/details/otr_abbottandcostello). A lot of the references are dated, of course, but their timing is timeless. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/37 "2015-07-16T17:04:45Z")
I recently played a clip of _Who’s On First_ for my kids (8 and 10) and they thought it was hysterical. So for timelessness I went with A&C. Although I probably should show them some Laurel and Hardy and see what they think. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/38 "2015-07-16T19:04:12Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Try watching a couple of their movies, or better yet, their [radio program](https://archive.org/details/otr_abbottandcostello). Yes, I did mean \*watching \*their radio program. Turn your monitor off and relive the days when the family would spend the evening gathered in the living room, staring at a box with sound and no picture. Good save…? ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/39 "2015-07-16T19:14:13Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I recently played a clip of _Who’s On First_ for my kids (8 and 10) and they thought it was hysterical. So for timelessness I went with A&C. Although I probably should show them some Laurel and Hardy and see what they think. The Who’s on First episode of the radio show that I linked to above has some routines with references that are dated, but still funny. For example: Salesman: Here’s a good bat. This bat was made for Slaughter. Costello: Ain’tcha got one that was made for baseball? Abbott: No, Costello. When the man says the bat was made for Slaughter, he means Slaughter the baseball player. Costello: Slaughter the baseball player? With a bat that size, you could slaughter anybody! Abbott: No, Slaughter is the man’s last name. Costello: What’s his first name? Salesman: Enos. Costello: Now there’s a smart guy. 'E knows his own first name! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573/40 "2015-07-17T14:15:23Z")
View Poll Results: Vote for ONE as Funniest Comedy Duo This poll will close on 07-29-2015 at 08:19 AM ```auto Fry and Laurie 23 19.17% Abbott and Costello 19 15.83% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 15 12.50% The Smothers Brothers 14 11.67% Laurel and Hardy 14 11.67% Penn and Teller 13 10.83% Burns and Allen 13 10.83% Bob and Ray 9 7.50% ``` Voters: 120 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present-final-round/724573.md?page=3)