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Here are 40 of the all-time funniest Comedy Duos -- sometimes called a Comedy Double Act. This refers to a pair of comedians whose act is based on their uneven relationship.
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- Abbott and Costello. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. For as popular as Laurel and Hardy were for their time, by the early 1940s, things shifted to the point where Abbott and Costello arguably became the definitive cinematic comedy duo.
- Cheech & Chong. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. Okay, so if one were to assess comedic duos based purely on the quality of the movies they’d starred in, Cheech & Chong might not rank all that high, considering some of their films are pretty lousy, man.
- Tim & Eric. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. On paper, the duo known as Tim and Eric might not appear as one that’s deserving of iconic/legendary status, but time is starting to reveal this oddball team as revolutionary figures within the world of comedy.
- Laurel and Hardy. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Given they reached their peak as a duo in the 1930s, there’s a chance that Laurel and Hardy might not resonate as much with modern-day viewers, as their humor was certainly of its time and perhaps feels a little quaint nowadays.
- 10 1920S—Laurel & Hardy
- 9 1930S—Pitts & Todd
- 8 1940S—Abbott & Costello
- 7 1950S—Martin & Lewis
- 6 1960S—Lemmon & Matthau
- 5 1970S—Cheech & Chong
- 4 1980S—Wilder & Pryor
- 3 1990S—Farley & Spade
- 2 2000S—Pegg & Frost
- 1 2010S—Fey & Poehler
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are probably the best-known comedy duo of all time, and they haven’t performed together in decades. The team came together out of vaudeville and the silent film industry, and they complemented one another perfectly. Comedy duos at the time typically relied on a comedian playing off a straight man, but both Laurel and Ha...
Laurel & Hardy dominated in the 1920s and ’30s, but they weren’t the only team making waves throughout the Depression years. Men like Wheeler & Woolsey produced some great comedy, but there was another team that deserves some attention. Hal Roach, the creator of Laurel & Hardy, envisioned a team of comedic women. In 1931, he created the first major...
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are probably one of the best-known comedy duos from their era. Both men began working in vaudeville before making the jump to radio, and finally, film. You probably know them for their “Who’s on First” routine, but they did so much more than that. Throughout the 1940s and ’50s, Abbot & Costello dominated the industry. Th...
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are another comedy duo that’s stood the test of time. The pair began working together in 1946 doing live performances in clubs, and by ’49, they were killing it on the radio. They developed their act through a great deal of improvisation and slapstick. The pair managed to play the straight man/funny man act to perfection...
The 1960s is a decade that would go to the Smothers Brothers had they specialized in film instead of television variety shows. Since this list is all about film comedy duos, the honor of best team-up from the 1960s goes to Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Unlike the other teams on this list, this pairing wasn’t your typical comedy duo. When they got...
The 1970s was a great decade for comedy, thanks to folks like Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Monty Python. When it comes to comedy duos, the decade begins and ends with none other than Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. The two began working together in 1971. Cheech & Chong’s popular stand-up routine led to their success in studio recordings and numerous ...
For the most part, successful comedy duos were always the same race, and that race was typically Caucasian in prior decades. Before Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder came together, there were numerous attempts and making a mixed-race duo work. There have been plenty since, but none did nearly as well as these guys. Their comedy pairing began the previo...
The 1990s were filled with all manner of comedy duos, many of them coming straight out of Saturday Night Live. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey’s Wayne’s World led to two films, and while they were great together on-screen, you can’t talk about 90’s comedy duos and not look to Chris Farley and David Spade. These two guys had some of the best on-screen ch...
Picking the best comedy duo of the 2000s is no easy task. It’s the decade that saw exceptional pairings, including Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel & John C. Reilly, John Cho & Kal Penn, and many more. Despite all the offerings, the decade goes to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The pair began working together in 1999 on Spaced, and they kept thei...
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have known one another since 1993, and it wasn’t long before the two became close friends. They began working with one another soon after, and by the turn of the century, both were working on Saturday Night Live. They spent the first decade of their career working alongside one another, with most of their efforts being in t...
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- Cheech and Chong. Up in Smoke (1978) It’s easy to forget that the two lovable cheeba hounds in Cheech and Chong’s debut feature film actually had names (Pedro De Pacas and Anthony “Man” Stoner, for anyone keeping score at home), as the longtime comedy duo’s wacky countercultural odyssey not only spawned six more movies, but made their real monikers the kind of cultural shorthand that comedy writers dream of.
- Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield. Pulp Fiction (1994) It’s not so much that what Tarantino’s iconic hit men discuss is particularly funny (unless you find the possibility of divine intervention, foregoing all worldly possessions in favor of monk-like earth-wandering or the true meaning of a foot massage particularly hilarious), it’s the way they talk about it.
- Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne. Dumb and Dumber (1994) If you take nothing else from this film, take this: move through life with the confidence of a chip-toothed, bowl-cut-coiffured, Pendleton-bedecked ex-limo driver and his bamboozled bestie as they move from one failed venture to the next, never aware of nor concerned with the perpetuity of their deficiencies.
- Thelma & Louise. Thelma and Louise (1991) Thelma and Louise perfected the ditzy-but-successful archetype years before Erin Brockovich or Elle Woods did it.
- Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. These two helped cement the pairing of a straight-laced individual with a wacky sidekick throughout the 40s and 50s. After meeting in 1945, the two teamed up and began performing in nightclubs and on the radio before transitioning to TV and film.
- Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made four films together between 1976 and 1991 that had movie fans in hysterics. Wilder was an established actor while Pryor was one of the world’s top comedians when the two first starred in Silver Streak, a buddy cop thriller that made over $51 million at the box office.
- Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. One of the earliest comedy duos to make it big was the irrepressible Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, otherwise known as Laurel and Hardy.
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The friendship between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler dates back to the 90s when the two were first trying to break into the entertainment business.
Nov 3, 2010 · Whether it's a couple thrown together by fate in a screwball comedy or a couple of buddies who find themselves in an array of ridiculous situations, we all love a great comedy double act.
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