Date:  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 02:56:06 -0800

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM>

Subject: Re: knife & fork



Maybe the rule is that the straight-man is listed first?



Martin and Lewis

Abbott & Costello

or is it the other way around?

Laurel & Hardy





and how about those classics:



Gallagher & Shean (Sheen?)

Gilbert & Sullivan

and the classic Groucho Marx law firm of

Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger & McCormick



and the slogans:

Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!

wing and a prayer

praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

the lame & the halt

hops, rice and best barley malt



And, what is the politically correct name for the "straight man" in a

lesbian comedy team?





SETH SKLAREY

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FLorida

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ix.netcom.com



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>I suppose the traditional male dominance or "power" factor is responsible

>for the fixed order of

>    Fibber McGee and Molly

>    George Burns and Gracie Allen

>though when duos like this are announced on stage, typically the master of

>ceremonies gives greater prosodic prominence to the second of the two.

>

>    Rudy

>    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)

>

>