Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present

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.

So far, we’re okay! :wink:

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



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

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



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

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



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

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.

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



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. :slight_smile:

It would seem that Bob and Ray are no longer in the 20% and up group. :frowning:

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



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

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



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

I used only 4 of my 5 votes for that reason.

See Post #8, please.

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



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

The Marx Brothers
The Three Stooges