Date:  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 08:07:19 MST

From:  Tom Uharriet <UTOM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ADMN.SHS.NEBO.EDU>

Subject: Straight Wo/Man First?



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

>



Which Smothers Brother is said 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

>

> ======================

> >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)

> >

> >

>