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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...

From the table. >> when i am close up i see it. >> weber and fields gave us a lot of what we feel like are the identifiable marks of the comedy team. they invented slapstick, ethnic jokes, high in the face. >> pretty much anybody doing comedy and vaudeville at the turn-of-the-century, more or less, was in 18. the marx brotherss uncle was in 18. al sheen, gallagher and sheen, bert williams, and george walker were the first african-american performers to receive headline status, and there was smit...

>> and now, back to the play. >> george, can we take five minutes? my stomachs a little -- >> no, im good. >> i see an absolute parallel between what they were doing in 2017 on broadway -- >> enjoy the play. >> and what weber and fields created in the early 1900s, the basic concept of the comedy team. >> hey, keep a big cc from the paper. >> weber and fields gave us a lot of what we think of as the identifiable marks of a comedy team. they invented slapstick, ethnic jokes, and pie in the face. >...

Williams and george walker were the first african-american performers to receive headline status. and there was smith and dale who were notoriously the villains of vaudeville. >> if you should die, what would your wife bury you with? >> with pleasure. >> many of them were canny enough to realize that radio not only opened a new door career-wise but could become a major vehicle for their careers. >> say hello to everybody. >> hello, everybody. >> try again. >> what george and gracie did was not u...

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