Movie: Classic Comedy Teams

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Steve Allen
Steve Allen

Host

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx

Self (archive footage)

Harpo Marx
Harpo Marx

Self (archive footage)

Chico Marx
Chico Marx

Self (archive footage)

Zeppo Marx
Zeppo Marx

Self (archive footage)

George Burns
George Burns

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy DeBorba

Dorothy (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)

Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Self (archive footage)

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    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 Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

  • Release Date

    1986-01-01

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    7

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