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America's favorite, abbott and costello. >> i say, who's on first, what's on second? i don't know what's on third. >> you know what that means? >> yes. >> who's on first? >> i mean they've got a plan first. >> who? >> the first baseman? >> who? >> who's 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 burlesque, because all of those burlesque comedians that new abbott and costello, had been doing the...

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

Not my jack. he drinks. plus -- he doesn't drink because he likes it. he drinks to steady his nerves. the other night he got so steady he couldn't 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 biggest comediennes of the late 1940s and getting bigger laughs than the guys. [ applause ] >> welcom...

>> 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 she's dimensional. >> i just want to see how it feels to make love to someone that i'm not in love with. >> how does it feel? >> sort of empty. >> in the '70s, there weren't 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 the 50s and early '60s elaine may and mike nichols were a big comedy team. >> she was tired of dir...

They're 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. that's because house eight left the team earlier in the day. police asked the colbert 9 to leave after they attempted to cover a hearing by the 1-6 committee. that's because the lack press credentials. they de...