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>> historically, most of the duos have been either two men or a man and a woman. there's 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. 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 ...

>> historically, most of the duos have been either two men or a man and a woman. there's 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. 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. >> he had three stooges he would berate. larry fine, curly howard, mo howard, but he was a severe alcoholic. and when you're on the stage doing physical c...

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 he's doing physical comedy. he's mugging to the camera and he's doing a great schtick that was inspired by jerry lewis, and after he started about the plight of black in america talking about rac...

That's basically it, right? >> i guess, i don't know. female comedians? >> joan rivers is brilliant. i admire her, phyllis diller. >> jen rivers isn't really considered a woman anymore. >> phil. phyllis diller was awesome. >> why do you think there's so many more male come ex than female. >> guys are more getting up there and talking about their -- i don't 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 funny but they don't show men that as much because they also want to be considered attract i be. ...

She's good at physical comedy, very charming. the movie, she decides to go it her own, going to get artificially inseminated because she decides she can't 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 lassie or rin tin tin buddy the german shepard -- the trooper followed him all the way down the wood...