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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...

Writer Christine Schoenwald shares how a one-night stand led to an unexpected disaster at an improv audition.

"The Comedy Gods were smiling on the performance, providing bonus laughs and additional comic material that no one could dream up." JOE WOODWARD reviews “Paul McDermott Plus One – Blood Orange”.

When talkies came in. we are not talking comedians. we only set enough to motivate what we were doing. everybody started to talk their heads off for no reason at all, forgetting the principle of the comedy. >> they brought so much laughter to so many people. i cant help but think the moment laurel and hardy came together to work as a team was a gift from the comedy gods. >> he felt that they shared a bond. all he was sometimes mean to stan, they were violent with each other at different times, b...

Theyre on big stadium tours. they play the hits. smells like teen spirit, satisfaction. >> people come for the hits. >> and he played gumby. he played velvet jones. he played buckwheat. he played the characters people know and love and they still hit just as hard as they did 35 years ago. >> yeah. clearly they loved it. getting 10 million people to watch. it was also special because in this show he was actually, to your point, performing comedy. the last time we saw him, they were doing a 40th a...

With the mechanics of it. he left it all to stan laurel. >> what are you doing with that cushion? >> well, i keep on bumping me head. see? >> stan laurel was the total filmmaker. he wasnt just a character or a screen comedian. he was a writer and a director, but he was never credited as either. >> i think we were fortunate in sticking to our silent reel methods. were not talking comedians. we only said enough to motivate what we were doing. everybody started to talk their heads off for no reason...

To so many people. i cant help but think that the moment laurel and hardy came together to work as a team was a gift from the comedy gods. >> you felt that they shared a bond. ollie was sometimes mean to stan and they were violent with each other at different times. but i dont think anybody ever questioned that they were friends. they even slept in the same bed. >> weve been together for 23 years, and were still friends. i think thats a record. >> that is a record. >> during the great depression...

The operation. oliver hardy would show up, do his job well and then go golfing. he left it all to stan laurel. >> what are you doing with that cushion? >> well, i keep on bumping me head. see. >> stan laurel was the total filmmaker. he wasnt just a character or a screen comedian. he was a writer and a director, but he was never credited as either. >> i think we were fortunate in sticking to our methods. were not talking comedians. we only said enough to motivate what we were doing. everybody sta...

His job well and then go golfing. he didnt want anything to do with the mechanics of it. he left it all to stan laurel. >> what are you doing with that cushion? >> well, i keep on bumping me head. see? >> stan laurel was the total filmmaker. he wasnt just a character or a screen comedian. he was a writer and a director, but he was never credited as either. >> i think we were fortunate in sticking to our silent reel methods. were not talking comedians. we only said enough to motivate what we were...