Date:  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 06:57:25 -0800

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

Subject: Re: Straight Wo/Man First?



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

>>

>

>Which Smothers Brother is said first?



Oops, it's Tommy.



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>

>> 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)

>> >

>> >

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