Those
days have long past and all we have is some glimpses of their glorious careers.
Not one comedian today can hold a candle to the likes of Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, or
Cary Grant. Gone are they along with the rest of those funny men and they have
taken down the comedic teams. Comedic teams that consisted of the tall man and
short man, the straight man and the funny man, or the thin man and the fat man.
What happened to the times were the Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Lewis
and Martin, Hope and Crosby, or Laurel and Hardy were popular? Who can forget
those famous routines? What is this world coming too??? Ruin, it’s all come to
ruin! *Sobs*
Yes,
that might be a tad extreme but there are many generations that have grown up
without the enjoyment of the type of comedy only these teams could provide. Who
can forget hearing Abbott and Costello’s famous routine “Who’s On First?”
Or
who can forget Laurel and Hardy’s “Tell Me That Again” routine:
Or
what about the Three Stooges classic Courtroom scene:
I
have never met these funny men but I have watched their work and like a master
they make something so simple sound so hilarious. Ah, for the days of the
comedic teams to resurrect themselves into popular culture. If that never happens,
we can still celebrate them by enjoying every piece of clip or movie that we
can and although these men have long passed, we can still enjoy them. It still amazes
me that something that someone did in the 1950’s can still be funny today and
can still impact them.
I
leave you with this quote from the one of the masters himself Bud Abbott:
"It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?"
