Ok, funny old comedy time! Who do you think was the greatest?

by Pip Posted 2008/12/23 13:43:22

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	The HoneyMooners	12 votes	7%
	Amos and Andy	2 votes	1%
	The Marx Brothers	12 votes	7%
	Mae West	0 votes	0%
	The Three Stoogies	35 votes	21%
	Abbott and Costello	19 votes	12%
	W C Fields	4 votes	2%
	Laurel and Hardy	6 votes	4%
	The Little Rascals	11 votes	7%
	Phil Silvers	2 votes	1%
	Undecided	11 votes	7%
	All of the above	30 votes	18%
	None of the above	20 votes	12%

Lets have some time to laugh! There was a lot of good comedy, that got by mostly with laughs and suggestive thinking. Choose your favorite or add your own. Try to limit your choice to the pre-Seventies.

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Lee The Hybrid Snowflake 2008/12/23 14:34:54

Abbott and Costello

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Who's on first is still one of the funniest skits I have ever heard!
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jr 2009/01/18 18:31:00

Undecided

Benny Hill

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Pip to jr 2009/01/18 18:40:48

Benny Hill is very funny!

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chastity_1111 2009/01/18 14:00:34

All of the above

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thp partial to abbot and costello

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Pip to chastit... 2009/01/18 14:02:26

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They were outstanding! Have you viewed any youtube clips on them?

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chastit... to Pip 2009/01/18 14:31:40

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no not yet....
abott is still dreamy...lol
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**Bessie** 2009/01/18 13:29:59

The HoneyMooners

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Tough question! Honeymooners for TV, but Abbott & Costello for movies.

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Pip to **Bessie** 2009/01/18 13:45:22

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Great choices Bessie!

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dlyn 2009/01/18 06:47:10

None of the above

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i love lucy, the sonny and cher comedy hour, carol burnett, three's company,flip wilson(remember geraldine and killa)? they don't make 'em like they use to!!!!!!

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on and on1 2009/01/05 23:55:11

Abbott and Costello

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cronewinter 2008/12/27 03:48:48

None of the above

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Danny Kaye, the Inspector General

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artist1963-Progressive Patr... 2008/12/26 08:10:42

Undecided

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It's a toss up btwn the Three Stooges and The Little Rascals. They were so FUNNY and LOVED watching them when I was a kid on Saturday mornings. My sister and me would laugh so hard we'd pratically wet our pants.
I loved Buckwheat and Curly!!!!!

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jcl51355 2008/12/25 06:50:08

Undecided

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Honeymooners, Little Rascals, Amos n Andy,

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Dale 2008/12/24 14:47:12

Amos and Andy

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But they were funny before it became politically incorrect to like them.

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Rod 2008/12/24 13:10:16

The Marx Brothers

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Some great ones here but I have to go with the Marx Brothers.

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jrauch 2008/12/24 11:03:06

The Marx Brothers

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Groucho...the king of double-talk.

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Pip to jrauch 2008/12/24 11:54:35

sometimes you had to listen carefully to what he was saying! LOL!!

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Joanne 2008/12/24 10:53:38

All of the above

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And many more..

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DANIEL 2008/12/24 10:41:56
Pip to DANIEL 2008/12/24 11:55:19

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I agree!

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Autumn 2008/12/24 10:41:19

Undecided

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DANIEL to Autumn 2008/12/24 10:45:30
Dead Star ~ In MUSE I trust 2008/12/24 10:02:20

None of the above

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Les Dawson :D

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Desert Cloud 2008/12/24 09:37:37

The Marx Brothers

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The Marx Brothers. I also like Laurel & Hardy.

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Marie/M2M2K™-#1Conservative... 2008/12/24 08:58:37

The HoneyMooners

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Ha! I just used this answer on a different question, LOL!

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The Truth 2008/12/24 08:07:45 (edited)

All of the above

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All of them were great but at the top of my list would be The Three Stoogies. One of a kind. Followed by the Marx Brothers,The Little Rascals,The HoneyMooners,Abbott and Costello's bit "Who's On First" and then the rest. What seperates these comedians from the others is they had their own unique style. You could never confuse one for the other. I can't say that about many today.

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Mom *Standing in the Christ... 2008/12/24 07:13:30

Laurel and Hardy

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I love my L&H;.

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OhioGirl ~ Peace ~ 2008/12/24 07:06:07

All of the above

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I really loved all the ones on the Carol Burnett Show!!

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Desert ... to OhioGir... 2008/12/24 09:41:32

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They were so funny. Tim Conway, Harvey (can't remember his last name) and Carol burnett were one of a kind, that we'll never see again.

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OhioGir... to Desert ... 2008/12/24 09:43:04

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So true!
I would laugh till I had tears...

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Desert ... to OhioGir... 2008/12/24 09:48:58

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Most of their comedy routines were spontaneous.

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DANIEL to Desert ... 2008/12/24 11:13:30 (edited)
DANIEL to OhioGir... 2008/12/24 10:56:42
Desert ... to DANIEL 2008/12/24 11:08:06

+1
I loved that one too.

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DANIEL to Desert ... 2008/12/24 11:00:46
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karmadea 2008/12/24 06:38:58

The Marx Brothers

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Ok this was a very hard choice..
So many of these people have influences my sence of humor and they were all way beyond my time..
One more good one that isnt on the list is red foxx from sanford and son. ;)

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driley 2008/12/24 06:19:24

The Little Rascals

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My kids would even agree with me on this one.

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will 2008/12/24 06:17:33

All of the above

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I don't remember Mae West or Amos and Andy as being funny, but then I haven't seen their comediac work. The Three Stooges or the Little Rascals always got my sides ripped open. I also like Dobie Gillis, Leave it to Beaver, M*A*S*H, and Hogan's Heroes.

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steelbill 2008/12/24 06:15:16

The Three Stoogies

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Dallas Texas ,late 60s early 70s, Channel 11s Slam Bang Theater. Every morning before school I ate Breakfast with the Stooges and learned how to fight the stooge way. WOOWOOWOOWOOWOO dink.

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conrman 2008/12/24 06:11:37

The Little Rascals

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Kids crack me up.....New Dad Syndrome????

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