# Spectre, Some Comments

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**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-some-comments/589136 "2011-07-15T15:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-some-comments/589136/41 "2011-07-25T14:39:47Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> A straight man was the more “serious” half of a comedy duo back in the earlier days of TV and before that. He’d feed his partner the lines on which the the partner would build the jokes.

If people actually don’t understand this, that makes me sad.

> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> You do remember that I withdrew my moderation of your statement to **Cat Whisperer** , right?

Yes, which I appreciate. I just don’t think that \*either \*note was justified.

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