Who is your favorite comedy duo?

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:00 pm

I will start off saying that my favorite comey duo of all the time is Laurel & Hardy.

Just two trivial questions:

1) What was Stan Laurel's actual birth name?

2) In what town or city in Georgia was Oliver "Babe" Hardy born?

No googling. No IMDB.com

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by **KnoxVegas** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:51 pm

Brent,
Great questions but I amsure there are only about five of us on this forum that know who you are asking about.

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:59 pm

KnoxVegas wrote:Brent,
Great questions but I amsure there are only about five of us on this forum that know who you are asking about.

I will wait one more day before giving the final answers to the two questions. However, I am interested in seeing what your favorite comedy duo is.

by **shrekjr** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:16 pm

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte
Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed
Denny Crane and Alan Shore

by **KnoxVegas** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:45 pm

Easy Tom and Dick Smothers!

Then there is George and Dick. They are like the Martin and Lewis of the 2000s.

by **WaterBoy** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:47 pm

personally,

walter mathau and jack lemmon

by **shrekjr** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:57 pm

WaterBoy wrote:personally,

walter mathau and jack lemmon

Yeah, very good!

by **primelax** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:08 pm

There are so many great duo's, but this is not a hard choice for me! I have to go with the Blues Brothers with Bulushi and Akkrod(I think that's how their names are spelled). And you can't forget Cheech and Chong, that wrestling match with the invisible man is the best.

by **lil lady lax fan** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:21 pm

Many to choose from but Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" will always be one of my favorites.

Don't forget Burns and Allen!! "Say goodnight Gracie!"

by **DanGenck** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:37 pm

WaterBoy wrote:personally,

walter mathau and jack lemmon

Agreed. They were terrific together.

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:38 pm

Answers to my two questions:

1) Stan Laurel was born as Arthur Stanley Jefferson; he was a Scottish lad. It was a good thing that Stan changed his last name.

2) Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem, Georgia. In fact, he was born as Norvell Hardy. When his father died when Ollie was young, he later added Oliver to honor his father's name. Almost three years ago, it was too late for my family and I to have a quick tour of the Laurel and Hardy Museum in Harlem, GA. It is quite a very small one.

Wow. Yeah, what you have brought up are quite good duos.

Abbott and Costello's "Who on First?" is quite a classic!

by **OldPoly75** on Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:06 pm

Opie and Anthony
Kruk and Kuip
Jeff and Doug
Sonny and Cher