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who work together there is nothing but watch. >> chemistry is the main special sauce. >> our timing was perfect for each other. >> you burn a hole in my bed. >> and we are going to be pals, right? >> there is one guy, who is out of control, and one guy trying to say come down. >> you ever disagree on material? >> no. yeah. >> the audience has to feel like they are loose and having fun. >> we are really able to fake fun and looseness. >> yeah. i actually grew up as a kid on comedy teams...

Ventriloquist and the dummy. >> i certainly, as a kid, recently thought of them as two people. >> it is always fascinating how people reinvent the dynamic of the relationship of the comedy team. >> you know, how about you and me putting together an act? >> no, sorry, i only work as a single. >> oh, okay. >> it makes sense that jim henson and frank oz would create duos. they replicated their own friendship through these puppets. i would say that bert and ernie are one of the greatest comedy duos ...

Desperately needed that. >> g, and this swell? >> yeah. get out of here. >> howell roach tried to replicate laurel and hardys success with women, and in the early 30s yet under contract the beautiful comedian, thelma todd, and signed the equally established brynn gingras five. >> historically most of the duos have been either two men, or a man and a woman, very few female comedy duos. that was revolutionary. >> zasu pitts and thelma todd dealt with more contemporary subjects than their peers. >>...

Theres very few two female comedy duos. that an was revolutionary -- that was revolutionary. >> pitts and todd dealt with more contemporary subjects than their peers. they wandered into romantic attraction, and you could see in some cases manipulating men on dates, or using beauty. its really subject matter that wandered far afield from what everyone else was doing. >> is your name fred heel? >> no, ted healy is the name. >> ted healy, he had three stooges he would berate. larry fine, curly howa...

Rely on. and there were laurel and hardy providing you with a way of seeing how you could be a faithful friend under any circumstance. and audiences desperately needed that. >> aint this swell? >> yeah. lets get out of here. >> hal roach tried to replicate laurel and hardys success with women. in the early 30s he had thelma todd and he signed zasu pitts and put them together. >> historically, most of the duos have been either two men or a man and a woman. theres very few two female comedy duos. ...

>> historically, most of the duos have been either two men or a man and a woman. theres very few two female comedy duos. >> pitts and todd dealt with more contemporary subjects than their peers. they wandered into romantic attraction, and you could see in some cases manipulating men on dates, or using beauty. its really subject matter that wandered far afield from what everyone else was doing. >> is your name fred heel? >> no, ted healy is the name. >> ted healy, he had three stooges he would be...

And teams from the Highways Agency and the local authority as they use diggers to clear miles of road food and medicines are now able to make it through and engineers from Southwest water due to reach the area this morning to restore part of the water supply which was lost the switch winter night shelter for the homeless is to stay open for an extra week it will now shut on the 13th of March it will allow more time to find accommodation for those whove been using the service during the recent s...

To make it through and engineers from south of us water due to reach the area this morning to restore part of the water supply which was lost the switch winter night shelter for the homeless is to stay open for an extra week it will now shut on the 13th of March it will allow more time to find accommodation for those whove been using the service during the recent severe weather heres Julia Hancock from the Seelig trust the charity who run the shelter we decided on Friday at that were going to s...

Grandson of an 84 year old woman from Pembrokeshire have both been jailed for at least 11 years for her murder Penelope John plied Betty guy with drugs and alcohol before Barry Rodgers suffocated her to death at home 6 years ago Thomas Morgan reports from Swanzy Crown Court Betty guy died in November 2011 at the time had death was put down to natural causes this case came to the police attention 4 years later when a former girlfriend of Barry Rogers reported him to the police he had told her an...