# Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219 "2015-07-04T11:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/41 "2015-07-09T02:35:53Z")
While we’re still getting votes here I’ll continue posting periodic summaries. It may prove embarrassing if the eventual top finishers wind up being a different group from the ones being voted on at [Funniest Comedy Duos – Past and Present – Final Round.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761675) So far, we’re okay! 😉 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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 42 39.25% Abbott and Costello 37 34.58% Fry and Laurie 34 31.78% Laurel and Hardy 33 30.84% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 32 29.91% Burns and Allen 29 27.10% Penn and Teller 27 25.23% Bob and Ray 23 21.50% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 18 16.82% Rowan and Martin 18 16.82% Cheech and Chong 17 15.89% Key & Peele 17 15.89% Mitchell & Webb 16 14.95% Nichols and May 14 13.08% Odenkirk & Cross 12 11.21% Stiller and Meara 12 11.21% The Two Ronnies 10 9.35% Flight of The Conchords 8 7.48% French and Saunders 8 7.48% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 8 7.48% Franken and Davis 6 5.61% Flanders and Swann 5 4.67% Martin and Lewis 5 4.67% Garfunkel and Oates 5 4.67% The Bickersons 3 2.80% Fibber McGee and Molly 3 2.80% Hudson & Landry 2 1.87% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.87% Wayne and Shuster 2 1.87% Amos and Andy 1 0.93% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.93% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.93% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.93% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.93% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. 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 9, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/42 "2015-07-09T06:01:32Z")
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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 43 39.09% Abbott and Costello 37 33.64% Fry and Laurie 36 32.73% Laurel and Hardy 33 30.00% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 32 29.09% Burns and Allen 30 27.27% Penn and Teller 27 24.55% Bob and Ray 23 20.91% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 18 16.36% Rowan and Martin 18 16.36% Cheech and Chong 17 15.45% Key & Peele 17 15.45% Mitchell & Webb 17 15.45% Nichols and May 14 12.73% Odenkirk & Cross 12 10.91% Stiller and Meara 12 10.91% The Two Ronnies 10 9.09% Flight of The Conchords 9 8.18% French and Saunders 9 8.18% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 9 8.18% Flanders and Swann 6 5.45% Franken and Davis 6 5.45% Garfunkel and Oates 5 4.55% Martin and Lewis 5 4.55% The Bickersons 3 2.73% Fibber McGee and Molly 3 2.73% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.73% Hudson & Landry 2 1.82% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.82% Allen & Rossi 1 0.91% Amos and Andy 1 0.91% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.91% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.91% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.91% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.91% Burns & Schrieber 0 0% Butterbeans and Susie 0 0% The Funny Boys 0 0% Homer and Jethro 0 0% Lonzo and Oscar 0 0% Lum and Abner 0 0% Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey 0 0% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 110 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/43 "2015-07-10T13:01:56Z")
Update time: 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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 45 39.13% Abbott and Costello 39 33.91% Fry and Laurie 37 32.17% Laurel and Hardy 35 30.43% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 32 27.83% Burns and Allen 32 27.83% Penn and Teller 27 23.48% Bob and Ray 23 20.00% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 21 18.26% Mitchell & Webb 19 16.52% Rowan and Martin 19 16.52% Cheech and Chong 18 15.65% Key & Peele 17 14.78% Nichols and May 15 13.04% Stiller and Meara 13 11.30% Odenkirk & Cross 12 10.43% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 11 9.57% The Two Ronnies 11 9.57% Flight of The Conchords 9 7.83% French and Saunders 9 7.83% Franken and Davis 6 5.22% Flanders and Swann 6 5.22% Garfunkel and Oates 5 4.35% Martin and Lewis 5 4.35% Fibber McGee and Molly 4 3.48% The Bickersons 3 2.61% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.61% Hudson & Landry 2 1.74% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.74% Allen & Rossi 1 0.87% Amos and Andy 1 0.87% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.87% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.87% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.87% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.87% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 115 ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/44 "2015-07-10T15:00:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The credit should go to: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18476227&postcount=7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18476227&postcount=7) > 06-28-2015, 05:58 PM > Thudlow Boink > > The Goons > Key & Peele > Mitchell & Webb > Bob & David (Odenkirk & Cross) > Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18476565&postcount=19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18476565&postcount=19) > #19 06-28-2015, 09:00 PM > jayjay > > No French & Saunders yet? Good shout with French & Saunders. Im still at a loss to figure why Fry & Laurie are doing so well. As actors in comedic drama they were very good. As a comedy sketch show double act they were not particularly funny; clever but _not_ that funny. ---
**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, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/45 "2015-07-11T13:17:03Z")
With 24 hours since last summary post: 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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 45 38.14% Abbott and Costello 42 35.59% Fry and Laurie 38 32.20% Laurel and Hardy 37 31.36% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 33 27.97% Burns and Allen 32 27.12% Penn and Teller 28 23.73% Bob and Ray 24 20.34% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 21 17.80% Cheech and Chong 19 16.10% Key & Peele 19 16.10% Mitchell & Webb 19 16.10% Rowan and Martin 19 16.10% Nichols and May 15 12.71% Stiller and Meara 13 11.02% Odenkirk & Cross 12 10.17% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 11 9.32% The Two Ronnies 11 9.32% Flight of The Conchords 10 8.47% French and Saunders 9 7.63% Flanders and Swann 6 5.08% Franken and Davis 6 5.08% Garfunkel and Oates 5 4.24% Martin and Lewis 5 4.24% Fibber McGee and Molly 4 3.39% The Bickersons 3 2.54% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.54% Hudson & Landry 2 1.69% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.69% Allen & Rossi 1 0.85% Amos and Andy 1 0.85% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.85% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.85% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.85% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.85% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 118 No major change in the Top Eight. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/46 "2015-07-11T15:45:16Z")
It would seem that Bob and Ray are no longer in the **20% and up** group. ☹ 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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 45 37.19% Abbott and Costello 43 35.54% Fry and Laurie 39 32.23% Laurel and Hardy 37 30.58% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 34 28.10% Burns and Allen 33 27.27% Penn and Teller 30 24.79% Bob and Ray 24 19.83% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 22 18.18% Cheech and Chong 20 16.53% Mitchell & Webb 20 16.53% Key & Peele 19 15.70% Rowan and Martin 19 15.70% Nichols and May 15 12.40% Stiller and Meara 13 10.74% Odenkirk & Cross 12 9.92% The Two Ronnies 12 9.92% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 11 9.09% Flight of The Conchords 10 8.26% French and Saunders 9 7.44% Flanders and Swann 7 5.79% Franken and Davis 6 4.96% Garfunkel and Oates 6 4.96% Martin and Lewis 5 4.13% Fibber McGee and Molly 4 3.31% The Bickersons 3 2.48% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.48% Hudson & Landry 2 1.65% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.65% Allen & Rossi 1 0.83% Amos and Andy 1 0.83% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.83% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.83% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.83% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.83% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 121 ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/47 "2015-07-11T22:50:01Z")
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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 47 38.21% Abbott and Costello 43 34.96% Fry and Laurie 39 31.71% Laurel and Hardy 37 30.08% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 34 27.64% Burns and Allen 33 26.83% Penn and Teller 31 25.20% Bob and Ray 24 19.51% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 22 17.89% Cheech and Chong 20 16.26% Mitchell & Webb 20 16.26% Key & Peele 19 15.45% Rowan and Martin 19 15.45% Nichols and May 15 12.20% Stiller and Meara 13 10.57% Odenkirk & Cross 12 9.76% The Two Ronnies 12 9.76% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 11 8.94% Flight of The Conchords 10 8.13% French and Saunders 9 7.32% Flanders and Swann 7 5.69% Franken and Davis 7 5.69% Garfunkel and Oates 7 5.69% Martin and Lewis 5 4.07% Fibber McGee and Molly 4 3.25% The Bickersons 3 2.44% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.44% Hudson & Landry 2 1.63% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.63% Allen & Rossi 1 0.81% Amos and Andy 1 0.81% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.81% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.81% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.81% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.81% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 123 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/48 "2015-07-11T23:24:17Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > I can understand why you have not put them there, but ask any Brit and they would be looking for Morecombe & Wise. I used only 4 of my 5 votes for that reason. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/49 "2015-07-12T04:12:37Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I used only 4 of my 5 votes for that reason. See Post #8, please. ---
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/50 "2015-07-12T15:36:28Z")
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 ```auto The Smothers Brothers 48 37.80% Abbott and Costello 45 35.43% Fry and Laurie 42 33.07% Laurel and Hardy 40 31.50% Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner 35 27.56% Burns and Allen 33 25.98% Penn and Teller 31 24.41% Bob and Ray 25 19.69% Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 23 18.11% Cheech and Chong 20 15.75% Mitchell & Webb 20 15.75% Key & Peele 19 14.96% Rowan and Martin 19 14.96% Nichols and May 16 12.60% Stiller and Meara 13 10.24% The Two Ronnies 13 10.24% Odenkirk & Cross 12 9.45% French and Saunders 11 8.66% Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson 11 8.66% Flight of The Conchords 10 7.87% Flanders and Swann 7 5.51% Franken and Davis 7 5.51% Garfunkel and Oates 7 5.51% Martin and Lewis 6 4.72% Fibber McGee and Molly 4 3.15% The Bickersons 3 2.36% Wayne and Shuster 3 2.36% Amos and Andy 2 1.57% Hudson & Landry 2 1.57% Jack Black & Kyle Gass 2 1.57% Allen & Rossi 1 0.79% Ma and Pa Kettle 1 0.79% Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney 1 0.79% The Sklar Brothers 1 0.79% Bert Williams and George Walker 1 0.79% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 127 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219/51 "2015-09-22T03:18:40Z")
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