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>> 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...

>> historically, most of the duos have been either two men or a man and a woman. theres very few two female comedy roles. >> they 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. >> he had three stooges he would berate. larry fine, cur...

Combined dick gregory, you get a man who was influenced by both of them, a man who is now considered to be the greatest comedian of all time richard pryor. richard pryor might surprise some people, but he said jerry lewis was one of his biggest influences early on and a martin and lewis picture and they started to mimic jerry lewis. you see him on stage, black and white footage and the skinny suit and hes doing physical comedy. hes mugging to the camera and hes doing a great schtick that was ins...

Thats basically it, right? >> i guess, i dont know. female comedians? >> joan rivers is brilliant. i admire her, phyllis diller. >> jen rivers isnt really considered a woman anymore. >> phil. phyllis diller was awesome. >> why do you think theres so many more male come ex than female. >> guys are more getting up there and talking about their -- i dont know. i have no idea idea. >> men feel much more free with, like, physical comedy. they see ugly faces, vulgarity and i think women are just as fu...

Shes good at physical comedy, very charming. the movie, she decides to go it her own, going to get artificially inseminated because she decides she cant get a man. then the day it happens, she meets the man of her dreams. always happens in new york. >> i appreciate it. thanks for coming in. in touch weekly. for the latest entertainment news, logon to scoop.msnbc.com. go hale a cab, find the man of your dreams. a few things considered news but only a few that say. >> no way. >> sounds like la...

Physical comedy, you think? because for us as fans and watching him, it seems like its completely natural. must be something that inspired him to do these things. tap dancer, chandelier in one of the movies, as well. >> he was multitalented. what inspired anybody is very hard to say. he told me the most wonderful stories about how he and dean martin got started and they were poor kids who couldnt even afford tuxedos and he actually was performing with another guy before dean martin, which didnt ...

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