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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. that's how i learned about comedy, on comedy teams. >> hey, hey, michelle pfeiffer. >> comedy team...

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 of all time. like, i would say, you know, it is a classic, like the tall skinny one, and the sort of...

Desperately needed that. >> g, and this swell? >> yeah. get out of here. >> howell roach tried to replicate laurel and hardy's success with women, and in the early 30's 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. >> why don't i show you the japanese pagoda. >> and they entered into romantic attraction, and you c...

There's 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. it's 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 howard, moe howard, but he was a severe alcoholic. and when you're on the stage doing physical comedy,...