>>> WHEN YOU CAN FIND TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK OF OFF EACH OTHER,
THERE'S NOTHING MORE BRILLIANT TO WATCH.
>> CHEMISTRY IS OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN SPECIAL SAUCE IN A COMEDY
TEAM. >> OUR TIMING WAS PERFECT FOR
EACH OTHER. >> YOU BURNT A HOLE IN MY PANTS.
>> AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PALS, RIGHT?
>> THERE'S ONE GUY WHO'S OUT OF CONTROL, AND ONE GUY TRYING TO
SAY CALM DOWN. >> DO YOU EVER DISAGREE ON
MATERIAL? >> NO.
>> YEAH. >> THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO FEEL
THEY'RE LOOSE AND HAVING FUN. AND WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO FAKE
FUN AND BUSINESS. >> YEAH.
♪
>>> I ACTUALLY GREW UP AS A KID
ON COMEDY TEAMS. THAT'S THE WAY I LEARNED ABOUT
COMEDY WAS COMEDY TEAMS. >> HEY, HEY --
>> MICHELLE PFEIFFER. >> COMEDY TEAMS ARE DEPENDENT
UPON HARMONY. THAT HARMONY THAT BLENDS INTO
ONE VOICE. IT'S LIKE WOW.
>> I THINK CHEMISTRY IS SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE SECURE ENOUGH WITH
THAT YOU CAN BE PLAYFUL. YOU KIND OF DELIGHTED IN BEING
WITH THEM SO IT KIND OF COMES OUT.
YOU FEEL IT. YOU FEEL EXCITED.
>> I'M NOT FEELING SASSY. >> OH, YOU'RE NEVER FEELING
SASSY. >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SASSY
LOOKS LIKE ON ME. >> WHY DON'T YOU EAT A BULL OF
WINGS? >> WHEN YOU CAN NAIL THE
CHEMISTRY OF TWO COMEDIANS TOGETHER --
>> THAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT. >> IT'S A SYMBIOTIC
RELATIONSHIP, WITHOUT THE PERFECT STRAIGHT MAN FEEDING THE
FUNNY MAN OR THE STOOGE, ONE CAN'T EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER.
IT'S LIKE A GOOD TENNIS MATCH, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
IF YOU HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT PLAYERS, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
>> 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 CROW 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, THE
BASIC CONSET OF THE COMEDY TEAM. >> HEY, KEEP A BIG CC FROM THE
PAPER. >> WEBER AND FIELDS GAVE US A
LOT OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE IDENTIFIABLE MARKS OF A COMEDY
TEAM. THEY INVENTED SLAPSTICK, ETHNIC
JOKES, AND PIE IN THE FACE. >> PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY DOING
COMEDY IN VAUDEVILLE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY MORE OR LESS WAS
IN A TEAM. THE MARKS BROTHERS UNCLE WAS IN
A COMEDY TEAM, AL SHEEN, GALLAGHER AND SHEEN, BERT
WILLIAMS AND GEORGE WALKER WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PERFORMERS TO RECEIVE HEADLINE STATUS.
AND THERE WAS SMITH AND DALE WHO WERE --
>> IF YOU SHOULD DIE, WHAT WOULD YOUR WIFE BURY YOU WITH?
>> WITH PLEASURE. >> MANY OF THEM WERE CANNY
ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT RADIO NOT ONLY OPENED A NEW DOOR
CAREERWISE BUT COULD BECOME A MAJOR VEHICLE FOR THEIR CAREERS.
>> SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY. >> HELLO EVERYBODY.
>> TRY AGAIN. >> IT WAS NOT UNIQUE, THE
CHARACTER OF THE DIZZY DAME AS THEY USED TO CALL HER WAS A
TROEP, BUT THEY JUST DID BETTER. >> THEY EVEN LAUGHED AT JOE
DeVOS, BUT SHE WENT RIGHT AHEAD AND BUILT IT.
>> GRACIE HAD SUCH A NAIVE, WONDERFUL CUT INTO THE TRUTH.
SHE WAS THE FUNNY ONE. >> ORIGINALLY GRACIE ALLEN WAS
THE STRAIGHT WOMAN. AND A SPECIALIST SUGGESTED TO
THEM, FLIP IT AROUND. >> I HEARD A POLITICAL SPEECH ON
TELEVISION YESTERDAY, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
>> WAS THE SPEAKER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
>> I THINK SO. >> SAY TO GRACIE, HOW IS YOUR
BROTHER, AND SHE WOULD TALK FOR 17 MINUTES, AND I WOULD SMOKE A
CIGAR, WHEN SHE WOULD DANCE, I WOULD POINT AND TAP MY FOOT, WE
WOULD EXIT AND WE'D 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 BURR
LESS CK. AFTER THEY APPEARED ON RADIO,
THEY BECAME THE MOST HATED COMEDY TEAM IN BURLESQUE.
NOW ABBOTT AND COSTELLO ARE NATIONALLY KNOWN AND THEY GET
THEIR OWN RADIO SHOW ON NBC. >> DID YOU AND LOU ORIGINATE
WHO'S ON FIRST. >> LET'S NOT GO INTO THAT.
>> NO ONE KNOWS WHO WROTE WHO'S'S ON FIRST.
THAT'S THE GREAT PART OF IT. THEY PERFECTED IT.
>> AND NOW THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW.
>> IT WAS A PERVASIVE PRESENCE, THERE WAS AN ABSURDIST ELEMENT,
AND IT WAS ALSO FUNNY IN A KIND OF SAUDVAUDEVILLIAN WAY.
THEY WERE THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE DRAW A COUPLE YEARS IN A RO.
>> WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT ME TO TURN.
>> TO THE LEFT. >> TO THE LEFT, THAT'S LEFT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> TO THE LEFT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID, THE ONES I LOVED WERE WHEN THEY MEET THE
MONSTERS. EVERY PERSON AROUND MY AGE
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THOSE MOVIES.
>> OH, THESE ARE CLASSIC COMEDY ROUTINES, WOULDN'T THEY BE JUST
AS FUNNY TODAY? >> WHY NOT?
I THINK THEY'RE FUNNIER TODAY. >> GIVE ME A FIVE.
>> DID YOU EVER GO TO SCHOOL, STUPID?
>> YEAH, THEY COME OUT THE SAME WAY.
>> THEY HAD VARIATIONS ON MATERIAL A LOT OF VAUDEVILLIANS
DID, BUT THEIRS WAS THE BEST. THEY HAD HONED IT OVER THE YEARS
OF PERFORMING IT LIVE UNTIL IT BECAME COMPLETELY SPECIFIC TO
THEM AND THEIR DYNAMIC AND THEIR CHEMISTRY.
>> WHO'S ON SECOND? >> WHO'S ON FIRST?
>> I DON'T KNOW. >> HE'S ON THIRD.
>> THERE I
♪ >>> STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY
HAD SEPARATE FILM CAREERS AND BOTH WERE DOING OKAY ON THEIR
OWN. BUT THEN LEO McCARRY, THE GREAT
COMEDY DIRECTOR, DECIDED TO PAIR THEM.
>> NOW, IS THAT BETTER? NAKED AND WET.
>> OH, OH. >> IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. >> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AS DUMB AS
YOU LOOK. >> YOU BET YOUR LIFE YOU'RE NOT.
>> THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMART ONE AND A DUMB ONE.
BUT WITH LAUREL AND HARDY, THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE -- SORRY,
SORRY, SORRY. >> GO AHEAD.
>> LAUREL AND HARDY KIND OF CHANGED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE
BOTH KIND OF DUMB. BUT ONE THOUGHT HE WAS SMART.
>> AND THEY WERE BOTH REALLY FUNNY.
>> WHAT CAN THAT DO? >> THAT'S SIMPLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE YOUR BRAINS FOR THAT.
>> WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER NICE MESS YOU'VE GOTTEN ME INTO.
>> THEY WERE ALWAYS TRUE TO THEIR CHARACTERS.
YOU NEVER GET A SENSE THAT STAN LAUREL IS PLAYING A CHARACTER
CALLED STAN LAUREL, OR THAT OLIVER HARDY IS PLAYING A GUY
NAMED OLIVER HARDY, THEY JUST ARE STAN AND 'OLLY.
>> HELLO? >> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I WAS HERE WITH ME. >> STAN LAUREL WAS THE BRAINS OF
THE OPERATION. OLIVER HARDY WOULD SHOW UP, DO
HIS JOB WELL AND THEN GO GOLFING.
HE LEFT IT ALL TO STAN LAUREL. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT
CUSHION? >> WELL, I KEEP ON BUMPING ME
HEAD. SEE.
>> STAN LAUREL WAS THE TOTAL FILMMAKER.
HE WASN'T JUST A CHARACTER OR A SCREEN COMEDIAN.
HE WAS A WRITER AND A DIRECTOR, BUT HE WAS NEVER CREDITED AS
EITHER. >> I THINK WE WERE FORTUNATE IN
STICKING TO OUR METHODS. WE'RE NOT TALKING COMEDIANS.
WE ONLY SAID ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE WHAT WE WERE DOING.
EVERYBODY STARTED TO TALK THEIR HEADS OFF FOR NO REASON AT ALL,
FORGETTING THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMIC.
>> THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH LAUGHTER TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THE MOMENT LAUREL AND HARDY CAME
TOGETHER TO WORK AS A TEAM WAS A GIFT FROM THE COMEDY GODS.
>> YOU FELT THAT THEY SHARED A BOND.
OLLY WAS SOMETIMES MEAN TO STAN AND THEY WERE VIOLENT WITH EACH
OTHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER
QUESTIONED THAT THEY WERE FRIENDS.
THEY EVEN SLEPT IN THE SAME BED. >> WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 23
YEARS, AND WE'RE STILL FRIENDS. I THINK THAT'S A RECORD.
>> THAT IS A RECORD. >> DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION,
PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH THEY CAN RELY ON.
AND THERE WERE LAUREL AND HARDY PROVIDING YOU WITH A WAY OF
SEEING HOW YOU COULD BE A FAITHFUL FRIEND UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE. AND AUDIENCES DESPERATELY NEEDED
THAT. >> AIN'T THIS SWELL?
>> YEAH. GET OUT OF HERE.
>> HAL ROACH TRIED TO REPLICATE LAUREL AND HARDY'S SUCCESS WITH
WOMEN. IN THE EARLY '30s HE HAD THELMA
TODD AND HE SIGNED ZASU PITS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER.
>> 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 COMEDY, YOUR
COMEDY MIGHT GET MUCH MORE VIOLENT.
SO WHEN THEY GOT OFFERS TO DO SOLO SHORTS, MO HOWARD REALIZED
WE CAN'T WORK WITH THIS GUY SO THEY WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
>> DR. HOWARD, DR. FINE, DR. HOWARD.
>> IT TOOK PEOPLE'S MINDS OFF THEIR REAL TROUBLES.
A LOT OF IT WAS DEPRESSION ERA COMEDY.
THEY WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.
COME ON BOYS, WE'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
I THINK I SAW A ROASTED TURKEY. >> GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT.
>> YOU'RE HUNGRY, HUH? >> I NEVER APPRECIATED HOW FUNNY
THEY WERE, HOW INTRICATE AND WELL WRITTEN A LOT OF THEIR
THINGS WERE. >> THIS IS FOOTBALL, CHUMP.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHEN A MAN GETS THE BALL IS TACKLE HIM.
GET IT? THE MAN WITH THE BALL.
TAKE HIM DOWN. >> THROW ME THE BALL.
>> MO HOWARD WAS TREMENDOUS AT GETTING THEM TO REHEARSE.
SO EVERY MOVEMENT IS PERFECTLY PLANNED, LIKE A BALLET.
>> I'M A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE. >> WHO YOU HITTING?
>> THEY CHECKED A LOT OF BOXES. THEY WERE VISUALLY FUNNY, THEY
WERE PHYSICALLY FUNNY, THE SITUATIONS WERE FUNNY.
AND THE INSULTS THAT MO WOULD FLING WERE GENIUS.
>> I SAID WE CAN'T COME OVER. >> OH, A COWARD, HUH?
>>> A LOT OF THE BOYS ARE TAKING THE PLUNGE INTO TELEVISION, I
UNDERSTAND CROSBY IS GOING TO DO IT AS SOON AS THEY GET THE WIDER
SCREEN. >> HOPE AND I ARE JUST FRIENDLY
RIVALS. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD I
WOULDN'T DO FOR BOB HOPE. AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD
HE WOULDN'T DO FOR ME. THAT'S THE WAY WE GO THROUGH
LIFE, DOING NOTHING FOR EACH OTHER.
>> BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY FIRST PERFORMED TOGETHER IN
DECEMBER OF 1932 AT THE CAPITAL THEATER.
>> THE MEETING GAVE BIRTH TO THE LONGEST RUNNING GAG IN SHOW
BUSINESS. FOR THREE DECADES THEY'VE BEEN
ATTACKING EACH OTHER. >> BING WAS PERFORMING AND BOB
HOPE WAS EMCEEING, AND BOB HOPE WAS LIKE LET'S DO SOME BITS
TOGETHER. IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY.
>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE LAST NIGHT.
>> YOU PASSED MY HOUSE, THANKS. >> THE TWO OF THEM, SEPARATE OF
EACH OTHER, WERE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT TO PARAMOUNT.
THEY WERE GREAT FRIENDS, GOLFING BUDDIES, SO THEY DID PLAY OFF OF
EACH OTHER WELL. SO THEY THREW THEM TOGETHER FOR
THE GREAT ROAD MOVIES AT PARAMOUNT.
>> HERE WE ARE, OFF ON ANOTHER ROAD.
>> WHAT A ROAD, CHASING THOSE TREES, THAT SNOW, THAT SCENERY,
THAT SKY. >> GET A LOAD OF THAT BREAD AND
BUTTER. >> HOPE AND CROSBY MOVIES ARE
VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF COMEDY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST
ONES TO EXPLORE METACOMEDY. >> FINE THING.
FIRST YOU SELL ME FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS, YOU CUT IN ON ME.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR HEADS CHOPPED OFF.
>> I KNOW ALL THAT. >> THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE DON'T. >> THEY MISSED MY SONG?
>> I LOVE WHEN THEY BREAK THE FOURTH WALL AND TURN TO THE
CAMERA AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE AUDIENCE.
AS A KID, I SAID -- I NEVER THOUGHT YOU COULD DO THAT.
>> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THIS PICTURE IS OVER RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU BREAK THE FOURTH WALL YOU'RE BASICALLY INVITING
THE AUDIENCE IN. THESE PEOPLE AREN'T PERFORMING
FOR YOU, YOU'RE HANGING OUT WITH THEM.
WHEN BOB HOPE BREAKS AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA, THE PEOPLE
WATCHING ARE LIKE WE'RE ALL FRIENDS VAGUE A GREAT TIME.
>> THESE MOVIES WERE GROUNDED BY THE TWO OF THEM HANGING OUT AND
WISECRACKING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
THERE WAS A CERTAIN EASE TO IT THAT WAS DIFFERENCE THAN THE
FRANTICNESS OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO OR THE THREE STOOGES.
>> THIS IS THE SCREWIEST PICTURE I WAS EVER IN.
>> YOU THOUGHT OF SOMETHING, YOU SAID IT, AND BING WAS THE SAME
WAY. YOU HAD TO REACT AND COUNTER.
THAT'S ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHEMISTRY FOR THOSE
FILMS. 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.
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 THAT
IRRITATES YOU OR GETS ON YOUR NERVES.
>> HELLO. >> I'M NOT HERE.
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME. I AM NOT HERE.
>> YES, HE'S HERE. >> JACK LEMON AND WALTER
MATTHAU, THERE'S A VERSION OF A COMEDY TEAM THAT WASN'T REALLY A
COMEDY TEAM. >> ONCE YOU STARTED WITH
TEMPORARY TEAMS, THAT OPENED A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE JUST TWO STARS, PUT THEM TOGETHER, MIX
AND MATCH. >> YEAH.
>> YOU WOULD JUST BE EXCITED WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEY WERE
DOING A MOVIE TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THEIR CHEMISTRY
WAS EXPLOSIVE. >> WE SEEMED TO KNOW EACH OTHER,
LIKE AN OLD COUPLE. >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE TWO
VERY GOOD ACTORS AND DON'T SEEM TO WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL, YOU
FIND TWO OTHER PEOPLE AND -- >> I CAN'T PASS FOR BLACK.
>> WHO YOU TELLING? I DIDN'T SAY I WAS GOING TO MAKE
YOU BLACK. I SAID I WAS GOING TO GET YOU ON
THE TRAIN. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THEM COPS
THINK YOU'RE BLACK. >> IT WILL NEVER WORK.
>> WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID IT WON'T COME OFF?
>> THAT'S A GOOD JOKE. THAT'S HUMOROUS.
>> WHEN YOU SAW RICHARD PRYOR, AND GENE WILDER, YOU SIMPLY
BELIEVED IT, YOU JUST BELIEVED IT.
YOU THOUGHT THAT WHEN THEY LEFT THAT MOVIE SET, THEY WENT AND
HAD A BEER, YOU JUST KNEW THEY WERE FRIENDS.
>> HELP, I CAN'T -- >> NO AMOUNT OF BRAINSTORMING
AND PLANNING, IF THEY PUT ALL THE GREAT ACTORS ON THE WALL,
RICHARD PRYOR AND GENE WILDER ARE GREAT.
NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD.
>> I MEAN, 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 GOING TO RAISE MONEY TO SAVE THE
CHURCH, FINE, I'M GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS.
>> BABY CLOTHES. THIS PLACE HAS GOT EVERYTHING.
>> I THINK WHAT IT IS IS MUTUAL ASSURED CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CHEER EACH OTHER ON. >> I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE,
DAMIAN. >> FINE, THEN GO.
>> I'M GONE. >> GO?
>> I'M GONE. >> GO THEN.
>> WELL, I AM. >> I THINK WITH DANA, I HAD
CHOCOLATE IN HIS PEANUT BUTTER, HE HAD PEANUT BUTTER IN MY
CHOCOLATE. BETWEEN ACTION AND CUT, IT WAS A
GREAT THEM INDUSTRY. >> IT'S A MELTING POT FOR PEOPLE
TO COME IN AND EXCHANGE COMEDY IDEAS.
WHEN YOU FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU CONNECT WITH, IT USUALLY ENDS IN
A BUNCH OF HUGE COMEDY SPARKS. >> ARE YOU OKAY?
>> I'M SWEATY. >> OH, MY GOD.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING? >> I DON'T KNOW.
>> AS PERFORMERS, WHEN YOU'RE AROUND SOMEBODY WHO GETS YOU,
AND YOU GET THEM, YOU GO, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO WITH THIS?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
>> I KNOW. THEY'RE CALLED DOCTORS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMEDY TEAMS, AND IT
ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF A COMEDY TEAM IS.
>> WENT OUT, YOU'RE NOT MOVING YOUR MOUTH.
SAY IT. SAY IT.
HOW IS IT, SON, THAT WHEN I SHOUT, YOU STICK IN MY FACE.
>> WHAT FASCINATED ME ABOUT VENTRILOQUISM WAS ABOUT SEEING A
LITTLE WOODEN DOLL, SO TO SPEAK, COME TO LIFE.
IT'S LIKE MAGIC. >> I SAW YOU RUNNING DOWN THE
STREET THE OTHER DAY, THE STRANGE THING, I NEVER SEEN YOU
RUN AS FAST AS YOU RAN THE OTHER DAY.
I CAN TALK BETTER THAN YOU, AND I'M A DUMMY.
>> THE BASICS OF VENTRILOQUISM IS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE
VENTRILOQUIST AND THE DUMMY. >> I CERTAINLY AS A KID UNTIL
RECENTLY THOUGHT OF THEM AS TWO PEOPLE.
>> IT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE REINVENT THE
DYNAMIC OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMEDY TEAM.
>> YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT YOU AND ME PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACT?
>> OH, NO, SORRY, I ONLY WORK IN THE SINGLE.
>> OH, OKAY. >> JIM HENSON AND FRANK OZ
CREATED DUOS, THEY REPLICATED THEIR OWN FRIENDSHIP THROUGH
THESE PUPPETS. BERT AND ERNIE WERE SWUFT MOST
FAMOUS COMEDY DUOS OF ALL TIME. THE TALL SKINNY ONE AND THE
SHORT PUDGY ONE. >> BERT, YOU'RE NOT MAD AT ME,
ARE YOU? >> NO.
>> ANYBODY TELL YOU YOU'VE GOT EYES LIKE PING-PONG BALLS
FLOATING IN GREEN MOTOR OIL. >> WRITE ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF
THE CHARACTERS WHEN I'M TALKING TO MISS PIGGY, I THINK SHE'S
REAL. WHEN I WAS WITH KERMIT, I
THOUGHT HE WAS REAL. THEY COME ALIVE.
>> FRANK OZ JOINED ME ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO, WHICH I THINK I'VE
OFTEN CREDITED HIM WITH BEING ONE OF THE REAL REASONS THAT THE
MUCH PET MUPPETT SHOW IS FUNNY.
>> THEY DIDN'T INVENT PUPPETS, BUT THEY INVENTED A STYLE OF
PUPPETRY THAT'S BEEN REPLICATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, GIVING THEM
DEEP PERSONALITIES. I'M SURE THAT STARTS WITH THOSE
TWO PEOPLE HANGING OUT A LOT AND MAKING EACH OTHER LAUGH.
>> LET'S SET UP IN ONE BOWL. >> THEY HAD ONE OF THE ALL-TIME
GREAT CHEMISTRIES, SESAME STREET, THE MUPPETT SHOW, SAM
AND FRIENDS, IT'S TIMELESS. >> WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED YOUR
PERFORMANCE. >> OH, WELL --
>> SAY THANK YOU. >> RIGHT.
TH >>> WE'VE GOT TO GET THESE BOYS
OUT. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT COUPLE OF
SHOWS TONIGHT. THEY'RE WONDERFUL FOR COMING OUT
AND HELPING US. >> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACT
AS CONVULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE, AND FRIGHTENINGLY FUNNY AS DEAN
MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS. YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
GOING TO DO NEXT. >> ALL RIGHT, IT'S TIME -- IT'S
TIME FOR THE OLD-TIMERS TO SIT DOWN.
>> I OFTEN THINK OF THE MOMENT WHEN MARTIN AND LEWIS DISCOVERED
EACH OTHER, IT MUST HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.
THEY WERE JUST WORKING IN THE SAME CLUB.
LEWIS WAS DOING A LIP SINGING ACT.
>> THEY SORT OF IMPROVISED TOGETHER AT AFTER HOURS CLUBS.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. >> THEY WERE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BECAUSE TELEVISION WAS A NEW MEDIUM.
AND IT WAS STILL FINDING ITS WAY.
AND WAS IN DANGER OF BECOMING VERY CONVENTIONAL.
>> NOW, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS CLOSE TO A WEEK.
AND YOU -- NO, IF YOU DON'T MIND -- OH, THERE YOU ARE, UP
THERE. YOU'RE DRUNK, BOTH OF YOU.
>> THE CORE OF THEIR ACT WAS ONE VERY TALENTED, VERY SUAVE, VERY
CASUAL SINGER BEING INTERRUPTED BY A CRAZY PERSON.
♪ ♪ I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO HANG
AROUND ♪ >> THE RULES WERE NEW.
SO THEY WERE EASILY BROKEN. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS, BING.
OH. >> THE JOKE WASN'T FUNNY?
>> WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, CHESTERFIELD?
>> YES. >> THAT'S OUR BRAND, BECAUSE
THAT'S FRONT -- MONEY, MONEY. >> HE'S A PHYSICAL GUY THAT
JUMPED AROUND AND DID -- ASK DID ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
YOU'VE GOT TO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT.
>> OKAY, FINE. >> DEAN MARTIN SEEMED LIKE HE
WAS A STRAIGHT MAN, AND JERRY LEWIS CALLED HIMSELF A MONKEY.
IT WAS WAY MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT.
UNLIKE HOPE AND CROSBY, WHICH WERE FUNNY GUYS, JERRY LEWIS WAS
20 YEARS OLD, SO HE HAD A CERTAIN APPEAL.
AND THEN DEAN MARTIN HAD THIS VERY EASY GOING STYLE THAT WOMEN
LOVED, MEN LOVED, AND THEY WERE A POST-WAR PHENOMENON.
>> MARTIN AND LEWIS WERE BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES.
THEY WERE MASSIVE. THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE STREETS LINING UP TO SEE THEM.
THEY CREATED THIS MASS HYSTERIA OF COMEDY.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR CROSBY?
WE AIN'T GOT ANY. >> MARTIN AND LEWIS TRANSCENDED
THEIR MATERIAL IN A HUGE WAY. >> NO, NO, YOU BE A GOOD BOY, BE
A NICE BOY, AFTER THE SHOW, I'LL TAKE IT APART AND WE'LL PAINT
SOME SOCKS ON STATUES. >> THE ROOT OF WHAT MAKES
CHEMISTRY WORK FOR PEOPLE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
MARTIN AND LEWIS HAD THAT. THEY DID LOVE EACH OTHER AT ONE
POINT IN THE BEGINNING. BUT THEN THEY HATED EACH OTHER
TOWARDS THE END. >> THAT WAS A TERRIFIC GAG.
>> I MEAN, I WAS SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DO THE JOKES,
AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAME OUT WITH A GOOD ONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> THERE USUALLY IS A LIFE SPAN
FOR THESE COMEDY TEAMS FOR DUOS IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT BE ROGERS
AND HAMMER STEIN OR LEN ANYONE AND McCARTNEY, OR ABBOTT AND
COSTELLO. >> LET ME CATCH A BREATH HERE.
>> YOU HAD THIS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY, AND WHEN THEY BROKE UP
IN 1956 IT WAS HUGE NEWS. PEOPLE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> WE HAD PUT IN TEN YEARS, TEN VERY SUCCESSFUL YEARS AND WE
BUILT THE KIND OF A THEATRICAL EMPIRE THE LIKES OF WHICH NO ONE
HAS EVER SEEN. AND THERE WAS A VERY, VERY
STRONG RELATIONSHIP THERE. BUT EGOS GET PULLED INTO THIS
KIND OF A THING, AND THE TRUTH IS SIMPLY THAT WE LOVED ONE
ANOTHER, AND IF DEAN FEELS THIS DAY AS I FEEL ABOUT HIM, THEN I
CAN SAY WE STILL LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
WE JUST DIDN'T LIKE WORKING TOGETHER ANYMORE.
>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES WHAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR, AND WHO
JUST WANTED TO COME OUT -- WOULD YOU SEND MY FRIEND OUT, PLEASE?
WOULD YOU SEND HIM OUT HERE? COME HERE.
>> FOR 20 YEARS, MARTIN AND LEWIS HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER OR
TALKED TO EACH OTHER UNTIL THEY WERE REUNITED ON THE JERRY LEWIS
TELETHON. >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, BREAK
IT UP, BREAK IT UP. >> THINKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT, I
REMEMBER WATCHING IT LIVE. IT REALLY MAKES MY EYES WELL UP
RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY SOMETHING.
YOU KNEW IT WAS A MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO LOVED
EACH OTHER, BUT JUST COULDN'T GET ALONG ANYMORE AND SPLIT UP,
BUT WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY HAD TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
>> SO, ARE YOU WORKING? >> MARTIN AND LEWIS BROKE UP,
EVERYBODY WANTED TO TRY AND CREATE THE NEXT MARTIN AND LEWIS
TO TRY AND FILL THAT VACUUM. >> IS YOUR NAME JOSEPHINE.
>> GET AWAY FROM ME, DORIS, NOW BEAT IT.
>> DORIS, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY.
DO YOU LIVE AROUND HERE? >> LOOK, I'M WARNING YOU, I
DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE, YES, I LIVE AROUND HERE, GET OUT.
>> WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? >> LOOK, IT'S NO GOOD, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO MAKE A PICKUP, YOU UNDERSTAND, 4411 WESTMINSTER
PLACE, NOW GET GOING. >> NICOLS AND -- CAME OUT OF THE
COMPASS PLAYERS IN CHICAGO. IT WAS A PRECURSOR TO SECOND
CITY. I USED TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
LISTENING TO THEIR RECORDS AND I DISCOVERED THINGS ABOUT COMEDY I
COULD NEVER HAVE LEARNED LIKE SOMETIMES MIKE WOULD JUST GO,
OH. SO, OH CAN BE FUNNY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> INSTEAD OF A LINE OR A JOKE,
YOU CAN GET A LAUGH ON OH. >> IT'S A GREAT THRILL TO BE ON
THE SHOW TONIGHT. >> UH-HUH, UH-HUH.
>> SUCH A GREAT THRILL. >> HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> THESE TWO PEOPLE WERE COIMMEDIATICALLY IN LOVE WITH
EACH OTHER AND EXPRESSED THEIR COMEDIC LOVE TO US THE AUDIENCE
AND WE WERE THE LUCKY RECIPIENTS OF IT.
SERIOUSLY, THOUGH. >> THEY HAD SNOB APPEAL, AND THE
MOB APPEAL. PEOPLE LIKED THEM AND THE SNOBS
LIKED THEM. >> THEY WERE A GREAT COMEDY
COMPANION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN AMERICA AT THE TIME
POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY.
SO THEY WERE THE START OF A STYLISTIC SHIFT.
THERE WAS JERRY STILLER AND ANN MIRA.
>> I BET YOU GET A LOT OF WRONG NUMBER CALLS.
>> YES, YOU. >> YOU SOUND --
>> THERE WAS TIM REED, DID A WHITE MAN, BLACK MAN ACT.
>> YOU PRETEND YOU'RE NOT THE BLACK MAN.
WALK UP TO ME AND START A CONVERSATION.
>> HEY, BABY. OH, LOOK HERE, LEROY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS? AMOS AND ANDY.
>> IN THE '60s, COMEDY ITSELF CHANGED.
THERE'S A WAR GOING ON, SOCIETY WAS CHANGING.
AND COMEDY TEAMS REFLECTED THAT. >> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT NOW
AND THEN WE KIND OF POKE FUN -- A LITTLE FUN AT THE PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON. >> WASHINGTON?
>> WASHINGTON. ACTUALLY, WE MEAN EVERY WORD OF
>>> YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A HERO AMONG THE KIDS NOW BECAUSE
THEY'VE REDISCOVERED ALL THE MARKS BROTHERS FILMS.
DUCK SOUP IS PLAYING AT THE NEW YORKER WITH HAMLET.
>> WITH HAMLET? >> I SWEAR.
>> THE LATE '60s THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF THE MARKS BROTHERS
AMONG COLLEGE-AGED AUDIENCES. >> THE COUNTERCULTURE GENERATION
CAUGHT ON TO THE ANARCHY OF THE MARKS BROTHERS AND IT WAS
PERFECT. IT WAS ALSO LOVELY THAT GROUCHO
LIVED TO SEE IT. >> YOU HAD A MOVE LIKE DUCK SOUP
WHICH SHOWS HOW PREPOSTEROUS THE WHOLE IDEA OF WAR IS.
IF YOU'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE '60s, WHAT'S BETTER THAN
THAT? >> GENERAL SMITH REPORTING A GAS
ATTACK. >> TAKE A TEA SPOON OF SODA AND
HALF A GLASS OF WATER. >> YES, SIR.
>> THE MARKS BROTHERS ARE GREAT EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERS THAT HAVE
ALL THIS CHEMISTRY. CROUCHO REPRESENTS AN
AUTHORITARIAN FIGURE, BUT NOT REALLY.
>> CAPTAIN SPALDING, IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
>> YOU DO? >> YES.
>> FORGET ABOUT IT. >> HARPO, HE'S LIKE AN ALIEN
FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD THAT CHASES WOMEN AND PLAYS THE HARP.
WHAT IS THAT? AND IMMIGRANT, WHO FLEECES
PEOPLE WHO YOU HE TWISTS LANGUAGE ALL THE TIME?
>> I'M COLUMBUS, SAILING ALONG ON A VESSEL.
>> ON HIS WHAT? >> NOT ON HIS WHAT, ON HIS
VESSEL. >> DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT A VESSEL
IS? >> HOW THE THREE OF THEM MELDED
TOGETHER WAS A THING OF BEAUTY. >> DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE
YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE? >> WE DO.
>> THEY HAVE AN IRREVERENCE TOWARDS AUTHORITY.
THAT WAS THEIR MAIN DRAW. IT WAS FOUR BROTHERS.
AND TOMMY AND I, WE WERE LIKE THAT.
WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS. ME AND YOU AGAINST THE WORLD.
THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. >> THAT'S SOME HEAVY ****.
>> THEY ARE COUNTERCULTURE COMEDIANS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED A
SPECIFIC KIND OF AUDIENCE THROUGH THE SALE OF THEIR
ALBUMS. >> THEIR INFLUENCE WAS
UBIQUITOUS. PEOPLE GREW UP ON SMOKE.
>> THEIR COMEDIC TIMING, THE CHEMISTRY.
THEY IMPROVISED A LOT. >> AND THE WEED.
>> AND THE WEED, OF COURSE. >> BUT THEY WERE ALSO POLITICAL
TOO. >> WE WERE OF THE ROCK
GENERATION, AND WE WERE ROCKERS. THE ALMOND BROTHERS FOR A LONG
TIME, ALICE COOPER. BUT VERY SOON, WE HAD ROCK BANDS
OPENING FOR US. >> IT'S QUITE AN UNLIKELY
PAIRING. MEXICAN-AMERICAN, AND YOU ARE
CHINESE-CANADIAN. HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVER
GET TOGETHER? >> IT WAS A MIXUP AT THE GREEN
CARD OFFICE. >> WE WERE REALLY BURLESQUE,
REPRESENTING A STREET LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
COUNTRY. THAT WAS THE MOST LEGITIMATE
VOICE. >> AM I DRIVING OKAY?
>> EVERYONE FOCUSES ON THE DRUG SIDE OF IT.
THEY WERE ALSO JUST GREAT TIMING, IT'S ALL ABOUT THOSE TWO
GUYS BEING FINELY TUNED TO EACH OTHER.
>> WHO IS IT? >> IT'S DAVE, MAN, WE OPEN UP.
I GOT THE STUFF WITH ME. >> WHO?
>> DAVE, MAN, OPEN UP. >> DAVE?
>> YEAH, DAVE, COME ON, MAN, OPEN UP, I THINK THE COP'S
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 DOING A DRUG ACT.
>> INOH, FOR SURE. >> 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 ITSELF TO ONE PERSON.
>> I'VE GOT TO STAY HERE. THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU FOLKS
SHOULDN'T GO INTO THE LOBBY. >> ONE OF THE REASON, YOU HAVE
TO SPLIT THE CHECK, IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
YOU SEE IT IN MODERN STANDUP COMEDIES, IT'S WHEN IT'S
MUSICAL. >> HELLO.
>> HI. >> HELLO, MAN, SITTING IN THE
PARK. >> I JUST SAID HI.
>> YOU CAN DO TWICE AS MANY GIGS, THE COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND
THE MUSIC FESTIVAL. >> I LOVE YOU BABY, BUT ALL I
CAN THINK ABOUT IS -- >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, OR IF YOU CAN SING LIKE JACK
BLACK CAN SING, IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS YOU IN A DIFFERENT --
PEOPLE RESPECT US MORE. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING NOT
EVERYONE CAN DO. >> PREGNANT WOMEN ARE SMUG,
EVERYONE KNOWS IT, NOBODY SAYS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE PREGNANT.
>> TRADITIONALLY, TO BE DEFINED AS A COMEDY TEAM, YOUR ROOTS ARE
ON THE STAGE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
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CHEAP, THANKS, BYE, GUYS. >> BYE, GUYS, IS MY FAVORITE
PART, I LOVE THAT. I WANT MORE YOU, MORE SPUNK.
>> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU THINK OF FAMOUS
COMEDY TEAMS TODAY, THEIR DOMAIN IS SKETCH COMEDY.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY
ANGER TRANSLATOR LUTHER. >> HI.
>> WITH COMEDY TEAMS LIKE BOB AND I, WE'RE A DUO THAT DOES
COMEDY, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY IN ANY WAY WHAT'S CONSIDERED A
TRADITIONAL COMEDY DUO. >> I COULD USE A GUY LIKE YOU AS
AN EXAMPLE. YOU'RE STILL FIRED.
>> THE ONLY COMEDY TEAMS THAT WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME ARE
20 YEARS AND WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT BEING WINS THAT MUCH.
>> WE DON'T WANT IT TO DEFINE US, WHAT IT REALLY DOES.
>> IDENTICAL TWINS SEEMS TO FLY IN THE FACE OF THE BASIC CONCEPT
OF THE COMEDY TEAM, WHICH IS ONE GUY POWERFUL, ONE GUY
RIDICULOUS. >> WE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
WE WERE LIKE MAYBE WE CAN DO THE POST MODERN TAKE.
>> OUR CHEMISTRY CARRIES US WHEN IT'S TIME FOR HE TO JUMP IN AND
ADD INTERJECTION. I CAN SENSE IT.
>> WE WERE IN THE SUPERMARKET LOOKING FOR JELL-O AND SOME DUDE
CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND SAID YO, DO YOU HAVE A STICK OF DOUBLE
MINT GUM? I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
INNOCENT QUESTION BUT TO TWINS IT'S MAD DISRESPECT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> TWO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FROM
THE SAME FAMILY THAT CAN EASILY SEPARATE AND DISAPPEAR FOR THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT.
WE CAN'T LEAVE EACH OTHER'S LIVES.
NOT LIKE I'M
>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU MAY JUST LIKE TOGETHER,
CERTAIN PEEP HAVE CHEMISTRY THAT SEEM SPECIAL.
>> BILL COSBY HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
COSBY ADMITTED TO A REPORTER, I PUT THE PILLS IN THE PEOPLE.
>> TINA, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
IT'S MORE LIKE I GOT THE PILLS IN THE BATHROOM WHEN I PUT THEM
IN THE PEOPLE. >> WHEN TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER
HOSTED THE GOLDEN GLOBES, THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND RESPECT
EACH OTHER AND YOU'RE GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IN
REAL LIFE. >> PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THE
FRIENDSHIP. THEY WANT TO WALK AWAY SAYING MY
GOD, THEY REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER OR HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER.
>> FOR MORE ON THIS SITUATION, WE TURN TO STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> IN A WAY, JOHN AND STEPHEN WERE A TEAM ON COMEDY ESSENTIAL.
>> EXCUSE ME, I'VE BEEN INVITED TO A HUNTING PARTY, A FEW DOZEN
MEN, SOME STABLE BOYS, ALL OF US IN KILTS NATURALLY.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> HERE IS THE FUN PART, JOHN,
WHOEVER SHOOTS THE -- [ LAUGHTER ]
>> PEOPLE LUMP THEM TOGETHER IN A WAY AND STILL DO BECAUSE THEY
LIKE THEM TOGETHER. >> IS THAT HER?
>> YES. >> WE'RE GOING TO NEED A SPECIAL
LOCKER FOR THE HAT. >> THAT'S A TERRIFIC THING WHEN
YOU HAVE ANOTHER ACTOR THAT YOU FEEL YOU HAVE CHEMISTRY WITH.
>> I'M CONCONFUSED. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO GET US
ALONE BECAUSE HE THINKS WE'RE TOO OLD.
>> TOO OLD? I WAS BLASTING DRAKE ALL THE WAY
HERE. >> GREAT TO BE WITH JANE AND
WORKING WITH HER AND PEOPLE SAY WE HAVE CHEMISTRY, IF WE DO,
IT'S BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER AND HAVE
FUN AND I KNOW I CAN TRUST HER AND SHE CAN TRUST ME AND I KNOW
SHE'S GOT MY BACK. >> MALCOLM IS OVER EVERY NIGHT.
>> EVERY NIGHT. >> HOW LONG IS THAT
RELATIONSHIP? >> 1950 ON.
>> MEL AND I WEREN'T A TEAM. WE WERE HAVING FUN.
WE DID IT TEN YEARS WITHOUT EVER GETTING PAID FOR IT.
WE JUST DID IT BECAUSE WE ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS THE
AUDIENCE. >> SIR, I'M AFRAID TO ASK THE
NEXT QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN?
>> I HAVE OVER 1500 CHILDREN. AND NOT ONE COMES TO VISIT ME ON
A SUNDAY. >> GREAT TO BE HERE.
I'M BOB WHITE AND THIS IS MY WOODEN HEADED FRIEND JASPER.
>> HELLO CHUMS. WHAT A CROWD.
>> WHEN I WAS WORKING ALONE, THERE IS A PRESSURE ON YOURSELF
AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE TO JUDGE YOURSELF.
BUT I TOLD MARTY, I SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY
ENJOYED PERFORMING WHERE I THOUGHT LET ME OUT THERE.
>> I THINK IT'S IDEAL WHEN YOU WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE, WHEN YOU
BOND OR SOMETHING GOES WEIRD AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE UP THERE,
YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH SOMEONE. >> I LOVED WORKING WITH MARTY
BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT OF 60/40.
>> CHEMISTRY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE BUT WHEN I'M OUT ON
STAGE, I ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING YOU SO MAYBE THAT, THERE IS A
GENUINE INTEREST IN THE OTHER PERSON.
>> I WISH I HAD THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHAT'S THE MATTER? >> I'M SCARED.
>> COMEDY IN GENERAL IS A TEAM SPORT.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH PEOPLE LISTENING AND RESPONDING SO
THERE IS A CONNECTION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR IT TO WORK.
>> 106 MILES TO CHICAGO. WE GOT A FULL TANK OF GAS.
HALF A PACK OF CIGARETTES. IT'S DARK AND WE'RE WEARING
SUNGLASSES. >> HIT IT.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DYNAMIC THAT YOU DON'T GET FROM
A SINGULAR COMIC VOICE JUST LIKE IN LIFE, TWO PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING
TO THE SAME THING CAN BRING IT MORE POWER THAN ONE PERPSON
ACTING ON THEIR OWN. >> WE'LL STAND HERE UNTIL THEY
FADE TO BLACK. HOW ABOUT A NICE HAND.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHY CHEMISTRY WORKS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
MANUFACTURER. IT'S THERE OR NOT AND IT'S JUST
BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT WORKS. >> PUT IN ANOTHER PIECE OF FILM.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TRACK BUT JUST FOR FUN, WHY DON'T YOU
TELL ME WHO WAS ON FIRST, YES, THE FELLA'S NAME, THE GUY IN
FIRST. THE FIRST BASEMAN.
WHO WAS ON FIRST? ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR?
I'M NOT ASKING YOU I'M TELLING YOU.
I'M ASKING YOU WHOSE ON FIRST. THAT'S THE MAN'S NAME.
GO AHEAD AND TELL ME WHO, THE GUY ON FIRST, THE FIRST BASEMAN.
WHEN YOU PAY OFF THE FIRST BASEMAN EVERY MONTH, WHO GETS
THE MONEY? EVERY DOLLAR OF IT.
WHY NOT? THE MAN IS ENTITLED TO IT.
WHO IS? YES.
WHO GETS IT? ABSOLUTELY.
SOMETIMES HIS WIFE COMES DOWN AND COLLECTS IT.
WHOSE WIFE? YES.