# Whatever happened to comedy duos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353 "2006-01-17T13:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/41 "2006-01-18T19:16:32Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > You’ve never heard “I Want to Fuck You Sweetly” I presume. Very off colored animation of the song. **Very unsafe for work.** **Last Warning** : link is to an immediate download. Have fun [http://www.antra.dk/fuckher.swf](http://www.antra.dk/fuckher.swf) Jim ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/42 "2006-01-18T19:26:50Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > I have the single from that album, called “Polka Dot Undies,” a double-entendre takeoff on Bob Dylan. One of the earliest comedy songs I remember being exposed to, via Dr. Demento. Going from memory here: > [@](#): > > The moral of this story, like a jewel it is gleamin’ > But you’ll never find it in a glass of warm > Milk or tea, 'cuz it will not fit. > And you probably already think I am full of > Vague innuendos and double-meaning rhymes, > But I tell you that obscenity is all in your > Polka-Dot Undies! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/43 "2006-01-19T01:42:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **LL** – I mentioned Stiller and Meara in the OP. > > … Which I read, I swear! ( :smack: :smack: :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/44 "2006-01-19T05:49:38Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Yeah, I came into this thread specifically to mention Tenacious D, the comedy/music duo act of Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Wait a minute–they’re supposed to be **funny**? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/45 "2006-01-19T06:46:13Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > That would be “Slovin & Allen”, and that’s one funny bit. “Great! Twinkies!” And I think that one guy drank about five full bottles of Gatorade by the time the skit ended. Plus dumped one on his head! A “must”! Funniest thing I’ve seen since Hillary Andrews doing the weather. My wife says to add the “Greater Tuna” guys for comedy duo. Personally, I didn’t find it very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/46 "2006-01-19T09:53:51Z")
There are lots of minor ones that split up to launch one or two major careers [Kathy (Najimy) and Mo (Gaffney), (Tina) Fey & (Rachel) Dratch, Kenan and Kel]. The problem with most comedy duos is that one partner notices that he’s carrying the other. Cheech definitely carried Chong, and Franken for sure carried Davis. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/47 "2006-01-19T10:16:50Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > The Two Ronnies (Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett) weren’t a stand-up comedy duo, but their two-man sketches were terrific. They did a certain amount of stand-up in their live stage shows - I went to see them once, back in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/48 "2006-01-19T12:37:30Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > These guys are a riot. Did they “break up”? I know they both work independently of each other, but I don’t know if they called it quits as a team. I don’t think they broke up as much as moved on. David Cross is a more popular performer, and has found a glorious niche as Tobias on Arrested Development (praying for ABC to saave!). His [imdb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0189144/) list is massive. Odenkirk, on the other hand, seems to be happier to work in the background, writing and producing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/49 "2006-01-19T13:30:55Z")
What about Girls Guitar Club? I think this project may have fallen by the wayside, at least for the time being, as one of the members of the duo, Mary Lynn Rajskub, has been busy playing Chloe on _24_. Still, they were a comedy duo. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/50 "2006-01-19T14:41:18Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Farley & Spade are definitely a modern one, and I wouldn’t put them too far below Laurel & Hardy. Oh, man, I’m trying to wrap my head around this. Different strokes for different folks and all, but, man . . . I think of _Way Out West_ and compare it to _Tommy Boy_ . . . Sorry, I’m better now. Carry on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/51 "2006-01-19T15:32:18Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > Oh, man, I’m trying to wrap my head around this. Different strokes for different folks and all, but, man . . . I think of _Way Out West_ and compare it to _Tommy Boy_ . . . > > Sorry, I’m better now. Carry on. 🙂 What’s so great about Laureal & Hardy, really? It’s the same shtick movie after movie. Their jokes are low-brow, obvious and forgettable. Their personas seem clichè, even for the 1930s. It seems like half their movies were meeting a Zombie or a Werewolf or a g-g-g-g-ghost. Hardly funnier than anything Scooby & Shaggy did in any 20 minute cartoon. They weren’t even as funny as Abbott & Costello, not to mention any other film stars from that era. . .Marx Brothers or W.C Fields or Chaplin. I’m not going to put Spade and Farley on some pedestal, but as far as Fat Guy/Skinny Guy pairings, I don’t think comparing them to Laurel & Hardy is much of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353/52 "2006-01-19T16:02:15Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > What’s so great about Laureal & Hardy, really? > > It’s the same shtick movie after movie. Their jokes are low-brow, obvious and forgettable. Their personas seem clichè, even for the 1930s. > > It seems like half their movies were meeting a Zombie or a Werewolf or a g-g-g-g-ghost. Hardly funnier than anything Scooby & Shaggy did in any 20 minute cartoon. > > They weren’t even as funny as Abbott & Costello, not to mention any other film stars from that era. . .Marx Brothers or W.C Fields or Chaplin. > > I’m not going to put Spade and Farley on some pedestal, but as far as Fat Guy/Skinny Guy pairings, I don’t think comparing them to Laurel & Hardy is much of a stretch. Like I said, different strokes for different folks. I’m thinking in particular of Laurel and Hardy’s timing and physical comedy (where I would put them up against W.C. Fields, who I also love, any day), but I can understand if they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. But as for “It seems like half their movies were meeting a Zombie or a Werewolf or a g-g-g-g-ghost,” are you thinking of Abbot and Costello instead? This doesn’t sound like the Laurel and Hardy I remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-comedy-duos/340353.md?page=2)