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Way. you had to react and counter. that's actually made a different kind of chemistry for those films. and the public really enjoyed that. >> the road movies are sort of like the original buddy comedy. it was not the classic comedy team template where they had established routines, those films worked. but they could have just as easily not worked. maybe the chemistry wouldn't have been there. it becomes fairly obvious when it clicks or when it doesn't. >> if i do anything that irritates you or gets on your nerves, don't be afraid to tell me. he's your partner, and i don't want to do anything t...

>> i believe global warming is caused by man. >> and i believe it's just god hugging us closer. >> the idea of a comedy team predates the idea of a solo standup comedian. comedy teams now, you're considered an alternative act. >> oh, hello. >> it was just a broadway show last year with john mulaney and nick kroll called "oh, hello". >> and now, back to the play. >> george, can we take five minutes? my stomach's a little -- >> no, i'm 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...

>> help, i can't -- >> no amount of brainstorming and planning, if they put all the great actors on the wall, and all the great comedians, richard pryor and gene wilder are great. nobody could have predicted that that was going to be that good. >> when two incredible drama people come together, and if they get chemistry, it's delightful. >> "saturday night live" had a great and has a great knack of putting two people together. >> two people together. they had aykroyd and belushi and the blues brothers. >> we're on a mission from god. >> it was a chemistry they had that, okay, fine, you're goin...

>> who? >> dave, man, open up. >> dave? >> yeah, dave, come on, man, open up, i think the cops are coming. >> dave's not here. >> how long have you been working together now? >> we have been working together about five years. >> can you imagine 20 years from now still doing a drug act. >> oh, for sure. 20 years ago, they were doing it. >> the '60s and '70s became in one way the demise of teams. >> the comedy team as we knew it does not necessarily exist today. >> with bob newhart and shelly berman and lenny bruce. comedy started shifting. these guys were in the more intellectual arena. it lent...

Split salaries. >> and now guess what the two of america's favorite, abbott and costello. >> i say, who's on first, what's on second, i don't know's on third. >> yeah, you know both names. >> yes. >> well, who's on first. >> yes. >> i mean the fella playing first. >> who. >> the guy playing first. >> who is on first? >> what are you asking me for? >> they were one of probably hundreds of comedy teams in burlesque. after they appeared on radio, they became the most hated comedy team in burlesque. all the comedians had been doing the same routine their whole career. now abbott and costello are n...