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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
Editor
Sandy Oliveri
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124 cast members
Name Known for
Steve Allen
Host Host   See fewer
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Saps at Sea (1940)
Oliver Hardy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Saps at Sea (1940)
Groucho Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Harpo Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Chico Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Zeppo Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
George Burns
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Oh, God! (1977)
Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Dorothy (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Moe Howard
Moe (archive footage) Moe (archive footage)   See fewer
If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
Larry Fine
Larry (archive footage) 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
Shemp (archive footage) 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
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
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
Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Alfalfa (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Alfalfa (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Second Childhood (1936)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Bedtime Worries (1933)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Pay As You Exit (1936)
Darla Hood
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
The Awful Tooth (1938)
Jackie Cooper
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Superman (1978)
Douglas Greer
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Little Daddy (1931)
Buddy McDonald
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Teacher's Pet (1930)
Mary Ann Jackson
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Norman 'Chubby' Chaney
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Love Business (1930)
Clifton Young
Our Gang (segment "Bonedust") (archive footage) Our Gang (segment "Bonedust") (archive footage)   See fewer
Dark Passage (1947)
June Marlowe
Our Gang (segment "Miss Crabtree") (archive footage) Our Gang (segment "Miss Crabtree") (archive footage)   See fewer
Pardon Us (1931)
Joe Cobb
Our Gang (archive footage) Our Gang (archive footage)   See fewer
Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926)
Donald Haines
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage) Our Gang and The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Ernest Morrison
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage) Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)   See fewer
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Leo Gorcey
The East Side Kids (archive footage) The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Huntz Hall
The East Side Kids (archive footage) The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Dead End (1937)
Gabriel Dell
The East Side Kids (archive footage) The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Billy Halop
The East Side Kids (archive footage) The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Bobby Jordan
The East Side Kids (archive footage) The East Side Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Freeman F. Gosden
Amos Jones (archive footage) Amos Jones (archive footage)   See fewer
Check and Double Check (1930)
Charles J. Correll
Andy Brown (archive footage) Andy Brown (archive footage)   See fewer
Check and Double Check (1930)
Bert Wheeler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
High Flyers (1937)
Robert Woolsey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
High Flyers (1937)
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
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Harry Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Gorilla (1939)
Jimmy Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Edgar Bergen
Self / Charlie McCarthy (archive footage) Self / Charlie McCarthy (archive footage)   See fewer
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
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
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
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
Leo Davis (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Leo Davis (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Psycho (1960)
Eve Arden
Peerless Penny (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Peerless Penny (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Our Miss Brooks (1952)
Alexander Asro
Sasha (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Sasha (segment "The Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Room Service (1938)
Clyde Beatty
Self (segment "Abbott and Costello") (archive footage) Self (segment "Abbott and Costello") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Big Cage (1933)
Noah Beery
Uncle Pete (segment "Clancy Street Boys") (archive footage) Uncle Pete (segment "Clancy Street Boys") (archive footage)   See fewer
Beau Geste (1926)
Bonnie Bonnell
Bonnie (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Bonnie (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Nertsery Rhymes (1933)
Betty Mae Crane
Talking Titles (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Talking Titles (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Beverly Crane
Talking Titles (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Talking Titles (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Vernon Dent
Hassan Ben Sober (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Hassan Ben Sober (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Shadow (1937)
Douglass Dumbrille
Mr. Grover (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Mr. Grover (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Claypool / Mrs. Dukesbury / Martha Phelps (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Mrs. Claypool / Mrs. Dukesbury / Martha Phelps (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Cliff Dunstan
Joseph Gribble (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Joseph Gribble (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Room Service (1938)
Fritz Feld
Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
John Garfield
Johnnie / Jack (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Johnnie / Jack (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
Four Daughters (1938)
Anita Garvin
Mrs. Laurel (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage) Mrs. Laurel (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage)   See fewer
Blotto (1930)
Betsy Gay
Eccentric Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Eccentric Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Mystery Plane (1939)
Percy Helton
Warden B.W. Oswald (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Warden B.W. Oswald (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Set-Up (1949)
Doris Houck
Former Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Former Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Heading West (1946)
Olin Howland
Lawyer (segment "Olsen and Johnson") (archive footage) Lawyer (segment "Olsen and Johnson") (archive footage)   See fewer
Them! (1954)
Bert Hunn
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Knockout Wallop (1915)
Virginia Hunter
Former Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Former Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Stranger from Ponca City (1947)
Bud Jamison
Defense Attorney (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Defense Attorney (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Three Little Beers (1935)
George Jeske
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Skybound (1935)
Allan Jones
Ricardo (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Ricardo (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Eddie Kane
Detective Kane (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage) Detective Kane (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Big Wheel (1949)
Danny Kaye
Self (segment "Hope and Crosby") (archive footage) Self (segment "Hope and Crosby") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Isabelle Keith
Mrs. Hardy (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage) Mrs. Hardy (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage)   See fewer
Perfect Day (1929)
Patsy Kelly
Kitty (segment "The Ritz Brothers") (archive footage) Kitty (segment "The Ritz Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Edgar Kennedy
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Margaret Kerry
Receptionist (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Receptionist (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Canon City (1948)
Walter Woolf King
Beecher (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Beecher (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Dorothy Lee
Poppy (segment "Wheeler and Woolsey") (archive footage) Poppy (segment "Wheeler and Woolsey") (archive footage)   See fewer
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Henry 'Spike' Lee
Spike (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Spike (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
Edward LeSaint
Judge (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Judge (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Modern Times (1936)
George J. Lewis
Ginna Rumma (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Ginna Rumma (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
Alyn Lockwood
Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Badman's Gold (1951)
Bela Lugosi
Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage) Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage)   See fewer
Dracula (1931)
Donald MacBride
Gregory Wagner (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Gregory Wagner (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
June MacCloy
Lulubelle (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Lulubelle (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Gloria Mackey
Eccentric Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Eccentric Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Clown Princes (1939)
Barton MacLane
Captain Jenkins (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Captain Jenkins (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Judy Malcolm
Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
G.I. Wanna Home (1946)
Hank Mann
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Modern Times (1936)
Charles Middleton
Legion Commandment (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage) Legion Commandment (segment "Laurel and Hardy") (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Rube Miller
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Shy Thirty Cents (1916)
Polly Moran
Norma Shearer's Maid (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Norma Shearer's Maid (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
James C. Morton
Court Clerk (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Court Clerk (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Daughter of Uncle Sam (1918)
Mabel Normand
Mabel (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Mabel (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Mickey (1918)
Virginia O'Brien
Kitty (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Kitty (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Henderson (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Henderson (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Doris Oelze
Imogene (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Imogene (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Pleasant Journey (1923)
Bennett Parker
Whitcomb (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Whitcomb (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
A Genesis Found (2010)
Rosemary Portia
Margie (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Margie (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
Roger Pryor
Joe Reagan (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage) Joe Reagan (segment "East Side Kids") (archive footage)   See fewer
Sitting on the Moon (1936)
Andy Samuel
Cooty Martin (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Cooty Martin (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Buccaneers (1924)
Nancy Saunders
Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Ex Girlfriend (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
The Millerson Case (1947)
Fritz Schade
Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage) Keystone Kop (segment "The Keystone Kops") (archive footage)   See fewer
Hash House Mashers (1915)
Harry Semels
District Attorney (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) District Attorney (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Les Misérables (1935)
Ronald Sinclair
J. Douglas Williamson (segment "They Made Me A Criminal") (archive footage) J. Douglas Williamson (segment "They Made Me A Criminal") (archive footage)   See fewer
Die Hard (1988)
Harold Switzer
Harold (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Harold (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Beginner's Luck (1935)
Ben Taggart
Mr. Lee (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage) Mr. Lee (segment "Marx Brothers") (archive footage)   See fewer
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
Ben Turpin
Ben (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage) Ben (segment "The Three Stooges") (archive footage)   See fewer
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Laura June Williams
Hula Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) Hula Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)   See fewer
Gloria Winters
Hula Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) (as Gloria Hurst) Hula Girl (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) (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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