Comedy double acts?

r3nu4l

I've been thinking about comedy double-acts recently, a stalwart of comedy, the straight man and the funny-man. Brilliant.

So who is your favourite double act?
For me it will always be Laurel and Hardy, pure class and excellence, some of their creative talent and work was stunted by poor writing and studio control but they were brilliant nonetheless.

I think after that for me it might be Morcambe and Wise but what about you guys.

I'm adding a poll but if your favourite isn't listed just post in the thread

Agamemnon

Hale & Pace for me. The show declined rapidly towards the end but when it was good, it was very, very good. I like Laurel & Hardy as well but Cannon & Ball make me ill.

gaffmaster

I voted the two Ronnies. I think they wrote the best double act sketches and the script writing was genius. They also had the best timing.

Another duo that are not in the list are Reeves and Mortimer. I really like them in a slapstick madcap kind of a way.

petes

Ritchie and Eddie.

r3nu4l

petes wrote:

Ritchie and Eddie.

While I love "Bottom" I'm not sure they can be classified as a traditional "double-act" akin to those in the poll. Tough call as "Bottom" wasn't exactly a traditional Sit-com either.

I also left out French and Saunders whom many people also like. The ones inthe poll are just suggestions really to get peoples minds ticking over, it's good to hear what people think

Ruu_Old

Would Ted and Dougal fit in here?

Kolodny

I too think French and Saunders deserve be in the poll, although they did start to lose it a bit in their later shows. Of those that are there, I'll say Smith and Jones (although I loved them as part of Not the Nine O'Clock News as well as on their own shows). Followed very closely by The Two Ronnies.

Gaspode

I picked the 2 ronnies but I loved morecambe and wise too. And laurel and hardy - well they're just class!!

tj-music.com

Laurel & Hardy take the cream for me - but I also think that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were very funny together e.g.

DublinWriter

gaffmaster wrote:

I voted the two Ronnies. I think they wrote the best double act sketches and the script writing was genius.

Ronnie Barker used to write a lot of the sketches himself, but he do so under a false name and mailed them into the director. He never admitted it until years later.

hiscan

steptoe and son were very good