Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present

Cafe Society
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Vote for up to FIVE duos. Depending on response this may be preliminary to a Final Round later.

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The Group:

Abbott and Costello
Allen & Rossi
Amos and Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll)
The Bickersons (Don Ameche and Frances Langford)
Bob and Ray

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
Burns and Allen
Burns & Schrieber
Butterbeans and Susie
Cheech and Chong

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (AKA Derek and Clive)
Flanders and Swann
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie (Flight of The Conchords)
Franken and Davis
French and Saunders

Fry and Laurie
The Funny Boys (Jim Vallely and Jonathan Schmock)
Garfunkel and Oates
Homer and Jethro
Hudson & Landry

Key & Peele
Laurel and Hardy
Lonzo and Oscar
Lum and Abner
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride)

Martin and Lewis
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson
Fibber McGee and Molly
Mitchell & Webb
Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney

Nichols and May
Bob & David (Odenkirk & Cross)
Penn and Teller
Rowan and Martin
The Sklar Brothers (Randy and Jason Sklar)

The Smothers Brothers
Stiller and Meara
Tenacious D = Jack Black & Kyle Gass
The Two Ronnies
Wayne and Shuster (Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster)

Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey
Bert Williams and George Walker

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Wow, I am very surprised at how unfunny and unworthy of my vote almost all of these duos are (at least the ones I’m familiar with).

I went with Penn & Teller and Stiller & Meara.
mmm

3

Well, at least there are two of us – so far. Actually, I did have to make some choices; I could have picked maybe ten that I laughed at on a regular basis. But so many of them are dated or were funny when I was so young. Nothing demonstrates “tastes change” more than this group, I’d say.

Hopefully someone else will deal with the other groups from

Pre-Poll Nominations: Comedy Teams (past and present)
06-28-2015, 05:30 PM

Happy Fourth Everybody! :smiley:

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An early checkpoint. How much will it change, if at all? :slight_smile:

View Poll Results: Funniest Comedy Duos – Past and Present – Vote for up to FIVE
This poll will close on 07-24-2015 at 06:42 AM



Abbott and Costello           4 57.14% 
Rowan and Martin              4 57.14% 
The Smothers Brothers         4 57.14% 

Nichols and May               3 42.86% 
Penn and Teller               3 42.86% 
Stiller and Meara             3 42.86% 
Key & Peele                   3 42.86% 

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner    2 28.57% 
Burns and Allen               2 28.57% 
Cheech and Chong              2 28.57% 
Laurel and Hardy              2 28.57% 
Martin and Lewis              2 28.57% 

Bob and Ray                   1 14.29% 
Flight of The Conchords       1 14.29% 
Franken and Davis             1 14.29% 
Fry and Laurie                1 14.29% 
Odenkirk & Cross              1 14.29%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7

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Twice as many Voters:

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Abbott and Costello           6 42.86% 
Penn and Teller               6 42.86% 
The Smothers Brothers         5 35.71% 
Burns and Allen               4 28.57% 
Nichols and May               4 28.57% 
Rowan and Martin              4 28.57% 

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner    3 21.43% 
Cheech and Chong              3 21.43% 
Key & Peele                   3 21.43% 
Laurel and Hardy              3 21.43% 
Stiller and Meara             3 21.43% 

Franken and Davis             2 14.29% 
Martin and Lewis              2 14.29% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson    2 14.29% 

Bob and Ray                   1 7.14% 
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore   1 7.14% 
Flanders and Swann            1 7.14% 
Flight of The Conchords       1 7.14% 
Fry and Laurie                1 7.14% 
Hudson & Landry               1 7.14% 
Ma and Pa Kettle              1 7.14% 
Odenkirk & Cross              1 7.14% 
The Two Ronnies               1 7.14%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14

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I can understand why you have not put them there, but ask any Brit and they would be looking for Morecombe & Wise.

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I had 4 of my 5 before I got out of the B’s.

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My error, because they were mentioned in this post in the nominations thread. and I had them listed under
— Not billed as an act:
in this post.

I didn’t realize they were a duo. Sorry

9

Maybe I should have set this first pass at more than five votes per! :slight_smile:

With any luck the ones you would have picked are among these leaders:

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Abbott and Costello           9 45.00% 
Penn and Teller               7 35.00% 
The Smothers Brothers         7 35.00% 
Burns and Allen               6 30.00% 
Laurel and Hardy              6 30.00% 

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner    5 25.00% 
Nichols and May               5 25.00% 
Fry and Laurie                4 20.00% 
Rowan and Martin              4 20.00% 

Bob and Ray                   3 15.00% 
Cheech and Chong              3 15.00% 
Flight of The Conchords       3 15.00% 
Key & Peele                   3 15.00% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson    3 15.00% 
Stiller and Meara             3 15.00% 
The Two Ronnies               3 15.00% 

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore   2 10.00% 
Franken and Davis             2 10.00% 
Martin and Lewis              2 10.00% 
Mitchell & Webb               2 10.00% 
Odenkirk & Cross              2 10.00% 

Flanders and Swann            1 5.00% 
Hudson & Landry               1 5.00% 
Ma and Pa Kettle              1 5.00%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 20

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Updating the spread:

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Abbott and Costello            11 44.00% 
Laurel and Hardy                8 32.00% 
Penn and Teller                 8 32.00% 
The Smothers Brothers           8 32.00% 

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner      7 28.00% 
Burns and Allen                 7 28.00% 
Nichols and May                 6 24.00% 
Rowan and Martin                6 24.00% 
Bob and Ray                     5 20.00%  
Fry and Laurie                  5 20.00% 

Cheech and Chong                3 12.00% 
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore     3 12.00% 
Flight of The Conchords         3 12.00% 
Key & Peele                     3 12.00% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson      3 12.00% 
Mitchell & Webb                 3 12.00% 
Stiller and Meara               3 12.00% 
The Two Ronnies                 3 12.00% 

Franken and Davis               2 8.00% 
Martin and Lewis                2 8.00% 
Odenkirk & Cross                2 8.00% 

Flanders and Swann              1 4.00% 
Hudson & Landry                 1 4.00% 
Ma and Pa Kettle                1 4.00% 
Wayne and Shuster               1 4.00% 
Bert Williams and George Walker 1 4.00%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 25

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Another checkpoint:

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Abbott and Costello             13 43.33% 
The Smothers Brothers           12 40.00% 
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner      10 33.33% 
Laurel and Hardy                10 33.33% 
Burns and Allen                  9 30.00% 
Penn and Teller                  9 30.00% 

Rowan and Martin                 8 26.67% 
Bob and Ray                      7 23.33% 
Fry and Laurie                   6 20.00% 
Nichols and May                  6 20.00% 

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore      5 16.67% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson       5 16.67% 

Cheech and Chong                 4 13.33% 
Key & Peele                      4 13.33% 
Stiller and Meara                4 13.33% 
The Two Ronnies                  4 13.33% 

Flight of The Conchords          3 10.00% 
Franken and Davis                3 10.00% 
Martin and Lewis                 3 10.00% 
Mitchell & Webb                  3 10.00% 
Odenkirk & Cross                 3 10.00% 

Flanders and Swann               1 3.33% 
French and Saunders              1 3.33% 
Garfunkel and Oates              1 3.33% 
Hudson & Landry                  1 3.33% 
Ma and Pa Kettle                 1 3.33% 
Wayne and Shuster                1 3.33% 
Bert Williams and George Walker  1 3.33%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 30

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Oh this is ridiculous.
It’s a long comprehensive list, and full of flat out geniuses.

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Yet another checkpoint:

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Abbott and Costello              14 40.00% 
The Smothers Brothers            14 40.00% 
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner       11 31.43% 
Laurel and Hardy                 11 31.43% 

Fry and Laurie                   10 28.57% 
Burns and Allen                   9 25.71% 
Penn and Teller                   9 25.71% 
Rowan and Martin                  9 25.71% 
Bob and Ray                       8 22.86% 
Mitchell & Webb                   7 20.00% 

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore       6 17.14% 
Nichols and May                   6 17.14% 
Odenkirk & Cross                  6 17.14% 

Key & Peele                       5 14.29% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson        5 14.29% 
The Two Ronnies                   5 14.29% 

Cheech and Chong                  4 11.43% 
Flight of The Conchords           4 11.43% 
Stiller and Meara                 4 11.43% 

Franken and Davis                 3 8.57% 
Martin and Lewis                  3 8.57% 

Flanders and Swann                1 2.86% 
French and Saunders               1 2.86% 
Garfunkel and Oates               1 2.86% 
Hudson & Landry                   1 2.86% 
Ma and Pa Kettle                  1 2.86% 
Wayne and Shuster                 1 2.86% 
Bert Williams and George Walker   1 2.86%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 35

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After 40 Voters:

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Abbott and Costello             16 40.00% 
The Smothers Brothers           15 37.50% 
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner      13 32.50% 
Burns and Allen                 12 30.00% 
Laurel and Hardy                12 30.00% 

Fry and Laurie                  11 27.50% 
Penn and Teller                 11 27.50% 
Rowan and Martin                10 25.00% 
Bob and Ray                      8 20.00% 

Mitchell & Webb                  7 17.50% 
Stiller and Meara                7 17.50% 
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore      6 15.00% 
Key & Peele                      6 15.00% 
Nichols and May                  6 15.00% 
Odenkirk & Cross                 6 15.00% 

Flight of The Conchords          5 12.50% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson       5 12.50% 
The Two Ronnies                  5 12.50% 
Cheech and Chong                 4 10.00% 
Martin and Lewis                 4 10.00% 

Franken and Davis                3 7.50% 
French and Saunders              2 5.00% 
Garfunkel and Oates              2 5.00% 

Flanders and Swann               1 2.50% 
Hudson & Landry                  1 2.50% 
Ma and Pa Kettle                 1 2.50% 
Jack Black & Kyle Gass           1 2.50% 
Wayne and Shuster                1 2.50% 
Bert Williams and George Walker  1 2.50%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 40

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Odenkirk and Cross is the only duo I voted for.

I consider Stewie & Brian Griffin a pretty good comedy duo. Other than that, no idea. Maybe David Spade and Chris Farley, but that duo wasn’t amazing. Just decent.

EDIT: John C Reilly & Will Ferrell is a good duo. I’d vote for them but I didn’t see them.

So I’d say Odenkirk & Cross; Stewie & Brian, Reilly & Ferrell.

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Oops, I missed French and Saunders.

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After 45 Voters:

View Poll Results: Funniest Comedy Duos – Past and Present – Vote for up to FIVE
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Abbott and Costello             18 40.00% 
The Smothers Brothers           17 37.78% 
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner      14 31.11% 
Burns and Allen                 14 31.11% 
Laurel and Hardy                13 28.89% 
Penn and Teller                 12 26.67% 
Fry and Laurie                  11 24.44% 
Rowan and Martin                11 24.44% 

Bob and Ray                      8 17.78% 
Stiller and Meara                8 17.78% 
Mitchell & Webb                  7 15.56% 
Nichols and May                  7 15.56% 
Odenkirk & Cross                 7 15.56% 
Cheech and Chong                 6 13.33% 
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore      6 13.33% 
Key & Peele                      6 13.33% 
Flight of The Conchords          5 11.11% 
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson       5 11.11% 
The Two Ronnies                  5 11.11% 

Martin and Lewis                 4 8.89% 
Franken and Davis                3 6.67% 
French and Saunders              2 4.44% 
Garfunkel and Oates              2 4.44% 
Hudson & Landry                  2 4.44% 

The Bickersons                   1 2.22% 
Flanders and Swann               1 2.22% 
Ma and Pa Kettle                 1 2.22% 
Fibber McGee and Molly           1 2.22% 
Jack Black & Kyle Gass           1 2.22% 
Wayne and Shuster                1 2.22% 
Bert Williams and George Walker  1 2.22%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 45

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I’m impressed. I know the nomination thread got some action but sometimes that falls off during the actual poll.

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I’m impressed as well. I don’t remember a poll I started that got this much action this soon. People must love Funny Folks is all I can figure! :slight_smile:

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Tenacious D has gotta be funnier than Penn and Teller. They’re not comedians.
Smothers Brothers had a good TV show, but I’m reminded of the Tom Waits rap where he’s trying to seduce himself and all he’s got for “hip” records is the Smothers Brothers.