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Twins. >> is so funny, weve been doing comedy for at least 15, 20 years, and we dont really talk about being twins that much, we havent wanted to-- >> we wanted didnt want to to define us. >> identical twins seems to fly in the face of the basic concept of the comedy team, which is one diet, powerful, one die ridiculous. >> we made a conscious choice that we werent going to be archetypal differences. we were like, maybe we can do the postmodern take on a comedy team. >> our chemistry sort of car...

Actually now doing something that not everyone can do. >> pregnant women are smug. everyone knows it, nobody says that, because they are pregnant. >> traditionally, to be defined as a comedy team, your roots are on the stage. >> what you think of my facebook status update? >> thanks, bye, guys. >> i want more you, i want more panache, more spunk, more jazzy jazz. >> okay. >> their domain is sketch comedy. >> before i go, i once again want to introduce you to my anger translator, luther. >> hi. >...

Voice. >> in my driving okay? >> everyone focuses on the drug side of it, but they were also just great timing. it is all about those two guys being finally tuned to each other. >> who is it? >> its dave, man, will you open up? ive got the stuff with me. >> who? >> date, man, open up. >> dave? >> yeah, dave, man, open up. >> dave is not here. >> how long have you been working together now? >> weve been working together five years >> >> five years. >> can you imagine 20 years ago during a drug ac...

But there are certain people that just have chemistry that seems very special. >> i dont know if you guys saw this on the news today, but bill cosby has finally spoken out a doubt about the allegations against him, cosby admitted to a reporter, i put the pills in the pickle. >> no, tina, that is not right. that is not right. it is more like, i got the pills in the bathrobe and i put them in the people. >> when tina fey and amy poehler hosted the golden globes, they were so funny together, and i ...

>> im hot. oh my god. why is this happening? >> i dont know. >> as performers, when you are around somebody who gets you and you get them, you go, what more can we do with this? >> you know, a lot of people go to college for 7 years. >> i know, they are called doctors. >> there are a lot of different kinds of comedy teams. and it all depends on what your definition of a comedy team is. >> without using your mouth to me say it! say it! how is it, son, that when i shout you say it. >> what fascina...

Americas favorite, abbott and costello. >> i say, whos on first, whats on second? i dont know whats on third. >> you know what that means? >> yes. >> whos on first? >> i mean theyve got a plan first. >> who? >> the first baseman? >> who? >> whos on first base? >> who are you asking me for? >> abbott and costello is probably one of hundreds of comedy teams, and it was controversial to do the same routine a 70 else, so, with the appeared on radio, they became the most hated comedy team in burlesqu...

The history of comedic duos and the evolution of comedy teams.

Not my jack. he drinks. plus -- he doesnt drink because he likes it. he drinks to steady his nerves. the other night he got so steady he couldnt move at all. >> jean carroll was in a comedy team with buddy howell who she ended up marrying, and he went to war. she rewrote the act so she could become a solo standup. >> this guy ate lake like he was going to the chair. i seen people eat with hands before, but not soup. [ laughter ] >> she got rave reviews. she was playing the same venues as the big...

>> she a good lay? >> her husband leaves her for a younger woman. and the whole movie is the aftermath of that. >> she had this kind of strength and femininity and vulnerability that shes dimensional. >> i just want to see how it feels to make love to someone that im not in love with. >> how does it feel? >> sort of empty. >> in the 70s, there werent too many female directors let alone female writer, director, actors. so elaine may is one of the great triple threats of the 20th century. >> in th...

Theyre off the hook after feds drop the charges. capitol police arrested nine members of the late show production team last month. the cops got them after hours in the longwood house office building on capitol hill. they were recording comedy skits. they want a lot to be there unattended at that hour. the u.s. attorney for washington, d.c., says it will be hard to win back a conviction. thats because house eight left the team earlier in the day. police asked the colbert 9 to leave after they att...