# Pre-Poll Nominations: Comedy Teams (past and present) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738 "2015-06-28T22:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/1 "2015-06-28T22:30:11Z")
Title says it. At least two people, please. Up to whatever number stays together most of the time. Monty Python is an example of the latter. A starter group: Nichols and May Jeeves and Wooster Rowan and Martin Burns and Allen Martin and Lewis Stiller and Meara How quickly can we hit 100? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/2 "2015-06-28T22:43:46Z")
Bob and Ray. Second City The Kids in the Hall Upright Citizens Brigade Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/3 "2015-06-28T22:46:41Z")
The Smothers Brothers The Marx Brothers The Three Stooges > [@Zeldar](#): > > Jeeves and Wooster Did you really mean to include fictional characters? Or were you thinking of Fry and Laurie? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/4 "2015-06-28T22:47:42Z")
To get some of the classics down: Laurel and Hardy Abbott and Costello The Marx Brothers The Three Stooges The Ritz Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/5 "2015-06-28T22:49:12Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The Smothers Brothers > The Marx Brothers > The Three Stooges > > Did you really mean to include fictional characters? Or were you thinking of Fry and Laurie? Thanks for the fix. Fry and Laurie was who I meant, but I have minimal acquaintance with them (either way). Just names I thought of – and wouldn’t vote for. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/6 "2015-06-28T22:51:00Z")
[Flanders and Swann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_and_Swann) Peter Cook and Dudley Moore ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/7 "2015-06-28T22:58:56Z")
The Goons Key & Peele Mitchell & Webb Bob & David (Odenkirk & Cross) Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/8 "2015-06-28T23:02:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Flanders and Swann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_and_Swann) > Peter Cook and Dudley Moore For that matter, [Beyond the Fringe - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/9 "2015-06-28T23:30:51Z")
Cheech and Chong Amos & Andy Pryor and Wilder Monty Python (to make it “official”) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/10 "2015-06-28T23:53:45Z")
The _Seinfeld_ cast Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor and Rip Torn, _The Larry Sanders Show_ Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, _The Carol Burnett Show_ Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz Gene Kelly and Danny Kaye The Bickersons ( Don Ameche and Frances Langford) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/11 "2015-06-29T00:34:26Z")
Burns & Schrieber Allen & Rossi Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly Clark & McCormack The Goodies ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/12 "2015-06-29T00:42:02Z")
Burns & Allen The Sklar Brothers ---
**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:** [June 29, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/13 "2015-06-29T00:46:23Z")
(AKA Derek and Clive) The League of Gentlemen ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/14 "2015-06-29T00:59:47Z")
The Firesign Theater ---
**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:** [June 29, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/15 "2015-06-29T01:17:55Z")
Groucho and Margaret Dumont? Oh yeah! The Little Rascals The Bowery Boys The Gashouse kids ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/16 "2015-06-29T01:24:53Z")
Akroyd and Belushi ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/17 "2015-06-29T01:32:42Z")
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/18 "2015-06-29T01:39:09Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Amos & Andy They were characters played first by two white men, then by two black men. I’ll nominate the team’s creators, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/19 "2015-06-29T02:00:06Z")
No French & Saunders yet? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-comedy-teams-past-and-present/723738/20 "2015-06-29T02:03:13Z")
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