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  • Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
  • Video | 108 min | Comedy, Documentary
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
Video | 108 min | Comedy, Documentary
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and ...See moreSteve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis. Written by See less
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Director
David Bergman
Producer
Paul Harris (producer)
Editor
Sandy Oliveri
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124 cast members
Name Known for
Steve Allen
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Block-Heads (1938)
Oliver Hardy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Block-Heads (1938)
Groucho Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Horse Feathers (1932)
Harpo Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Horse Feathers (1932)
Chico Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Zeppo Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Horse Feathers (1932)
George Burns
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Oh, God! (1977)
Dorothy DeBorba
Self - Dorothy (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Dorothy (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
Moe Howard
Self - Moe (archive footage) Self - Moe (archive footage)   See fewer
If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
Larry Fine
Self - Larry (archive footage) Self - Larry (archive footage)   See fewer
Disorder in the Court (1936)
Curly Howard
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
Shemp Howard
Self - Shemp (archive footage) Self - Shemp (archive footage)   See fewer
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Joe Besser
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Desert Hawk (1950)
Joe DeRita
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Ted Healy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mad Love (1935)
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Dean Martin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Jerry Lewis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Shirley Jean Rickert
Self - Shirley (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Shirley (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Self - Alfalfa (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Alfalfa (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Second Childhood (1936)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
General Spanky (1936)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
General Spanky (1936)
Darla Hood
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Second Childhood (1936)
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Fishy Tales (1937)
Jackie Cooper
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Superman (1978)
Douglas Greer
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Little Daddy (1931)
Buddy McDonald
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Teacher's Pet (1930)
Mary Ann Jackson
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Little Daddy (1931)
Norman 'Chubby' Chaney
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Clifton Young
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) (segment "Bonedust") Self - Our Gang (archive footage) (segment "Bonedust")   See fewer
Dark Passage (1947)
June Marlowe
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) (segment "Miss Crabtree") Self - Our Gang (archive footage) (segment "Miss Crabtree")   See fewer
The Life of Riley (1927)
Joe Cobb
Self - Our Gang (archive footage) Self - Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926)
Donald Haines
Self - Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Ernest Morrison
Self - Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage) (segment "Sunshine Sammy") Self - Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage) (segment "Sunshine Sammy")   See fewer
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Leo Gorcey
Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Huntz Hall
Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Dead End (1937)
Gabriel Dell
Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Little Tough Guy (1938)
Billy Halop
Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Bobby Jordan
Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage) Self - The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Freeman F. Gosden
Self - Amos Jones (archive footage) Self - Amos Jones (archive footage)   See fewer
Check and Double Check (1930)
Charles J. Correll
Self - Andy Brown (archive footage) Self - Andy Brown (archive footage)   See fewer
Check and Double Check (1930)
Bert Wheeler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Robert Woolsey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Paul McCullough
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Music Fiends (1929)
Bobby Clark
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kraft Theatre (1947)
Al Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Life Begins in College (1937)
Harry Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Jimmy Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Life Begins in College (1937)
Edgar Bergen
Self / Self - Charlie McCarthy (archive footage) Self / Self - Charlie McCarthy (archive footage)   See fewer
Letter of Introduction (1938)
Ole Olsen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Chic Johnson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
White Christmas (1954)
Keystone Kops
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
Tons Of Fun
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank Albertson
Self - Leo Davis (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers") Self - Leo Davis (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Psycho (1960)
Eve Arden
Self - Peerless Penny (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers") Self - Peerless Penny (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Our Miss Brooks (1952)
Alexander Asro
Self - Sasha (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers") Self - Sasha (archive footage) (segment "The Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Room Service (1938)
Clyde Beatty
Self (archive footage) (segment "Abbott and Costello") Self (archive footage) (segment "Abbott and Costello")   See fewer
The Big Cage (1933)
Noah Beery
Self - Uncle Pete (archive footage) (segment "Clancy Street Boys") Self - Uncle Pete (archive footage) (segment "Clancy Street Boys")   See fewer
Beau Geste (1926)
Bonnie Bonnell
Self - Bonnie (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Bonnie (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Nertsery Rhymes (1933)
Betty Mae Crane
Self - Talking Titles (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Talking Titles (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Beverly Crane
Self - Talking Titles (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Talking Titles (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Vernon Dent
Self - Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
The Shadow (1937)
Douglass Dumbrille
Self - Mr. Grover (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Mr. Grover (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Margaret Dumont
Self - Mrs. Claypool / Self - Mrs. Dukesbury / Self - Martha Phelps (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Mrs. Claypool / Self - Mrs. Dukesbury / Self - Martha Phelps (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Cliff Dunstan
Self - Joseph Gribble (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Joseph Gribble (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Room Service (1938)
Fritz Feld
Self - Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
John Garfield
Self - Johnnie / Self - Jack (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Johnnie / Self - Jack (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Anita Garvin
Self - Mrs. Laurel (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy") Self - Mrs. Laurel (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy")   See fewer
Blotto (1930)
Betsy Gay
Self - Eccentric Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Eccentric Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Mystery Plane (1939)
Percy Helton
Self - Warden B.W. Oswald (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Warden B.W. Oswald (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
The Set-Up (1949)
Doris Houck
Self - Former Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Former Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Heading West (1946)
Olin Howland
Self - Lawyer (archive footage) (segment "Olsen and Johnson") Self - Lawyer (archive footage) (segment "Olsen and Johnson")   See fewer
Them! (1954)
Bert Hunn
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
The Knockout Wallop (1915)
Virginia Hunter
Self - Former Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Former Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
The Stranger from Ponca City (1947)
Bud Jamison
Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Three Little Beers (1935)
George Jeske
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Skybound (1935)
Allan Jones
Self - Ricardo (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Ricardo (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Eddie Kane
Self - Detective Kane (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy") Self - Detective Kane (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy")   See fewer
The Big Wheel (1949)
Danny Kaye
Self (archive footage) (segment "Hope and Crosby") Self (archive footage) (segment "Hope and Crosby")   See fewer
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Isabelle Keith
Self - Mrs. Hardy (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy") Self - Mrs. Hardy (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy")   See fewer
Perfect Day (1929)
Patsy Kelly
Self - Kitty (archive footage) (segment "The Ritz Brothers") Self - Kitty (archive footage) (segment "The Ritz Brothers")   See fewer
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Edgar Kennedy
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Margaret Kerry
Self - Receptionist (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Receptionist (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Canon City (1948)
Walter Woolf King
Self - Beecher (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Beecher (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Dorothy Lee
Self - Poppy (archive footage) (segment "Wheeler and Woolsey") Self - Poppy (archive footage) (segment "Wheeler and Woolsey")   See fewer
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Henry 'Spike' Lee
Self - Spike (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Spike (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
Edward LeSaint
Self - Judge (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Judge (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Modern Times (1936)
George J. Lewis
Self - Ginna Rumma (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Ginna Rumma (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
Alyn Lockwood
Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Badman's Gold (1951)
Bela Lugosi
Self - Emil (archive footage) (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") Self - Emil (archive footage) (segment "Ghosts On The Loose")   See fewer
Dracula (1931)
Donald MacBride
Self - Gregory Wagner (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Gregory Wagner (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
High Sierra (1941)
June MacCloy
Self - Lulubelle (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Lulubelle (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Gloria Mackey
Self - Eccentric Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Eccentric Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Clown Princes (1939)
Barton MacLane
Self - Captain Jenkins (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Captain Jenkins (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Judy Malcolm
Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
G.I. Wanna Home (1946)
Hank Mann
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Modern Times (1936)
Charles Middleton
Self - Legion Commandment (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy") Self - Legion Commandment (archive footage) (segment "Laurel and Hardy")   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Rube Miller
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Shy Thirty Cents (1916)
Polly Moran
Self - Norma Shearer's Maid (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Norma Shearer's Maid (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Politics (1931)
James C. Morton
Self - Court Clerk (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Court Clerk (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
A Daughter of Uncle Sam (1918)
Mabel Normand
Self - Mabel (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Mabel (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Mickey (1918)
Virginia O'Brien
Self - Kitty (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Kitty (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Self - Henderson (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Henderson (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Doris Oelze
Self - Imogene (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Imogene (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Giants vs. Yanks (1923)
Bennett Parker
Self - Whitcomb (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Whitcomb (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
A Genesis Found (2010)
Rosemary Portia
Self - Margie (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Margie (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
Roger Pryor
Self - Joe Reagan (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids") Self - Joe Reagan (archive footage) (segment "East Side Kids")   See fewer
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Andy Samuel
Self - Cooty Martin (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Cooty Martin (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
The Buccaneers (1924)
Nancy Saunders
Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Ex Girlfriend (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
The Millerson Case (1947)
Fritz Schade
Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops") Self - Keystone Kop (archive footage) (segment "The Keystone Kops")   See fewer
Hash House Mashers (1915)
Harry Semels
Self - District Attorney (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - District Attorney (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Les Misérables (1935)
Ronald Sinclair
Self - J. Douglas Williamson (archive footage) (segment "They Made Me A Criminal") Self - J. Douglas Williamson (archive footage) (segment "They Made Me A Criminal")   See fewer
Die Hard (1988)
Harold Switzer
Self - Harold (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Harold (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Beginner's Luck (1935)
Ben Taggart
Self - Mr. Lee (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers") Self - Mr. Lee (archive footage) (segment "Marx Brothers")   See fewer
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
Ben Turpin
Self - Ben (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges") Self - Ben (archive footage) (segment "The Three Stooges")   See fewer
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Laura June Williams
Self - Hula Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") Self - Hula Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang")   See fewer
Gloria Winters
Self - Hula Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") (as Gloria Hurst) Self - Hula Girl (archive footage) (segment "Our Gang") (as Gloria Hurst)   See fewer
Sky King (1951)
Ed Wynn
Self - Three Stooges segment (archive footage) Self - Three Stooges segment (archive footage)   See fewer
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
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