Classic Comedy Teams (1986)

7.0/10 108 min Documentary Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Steve Allen

Host

Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Groucho Marx

Self (archive footage)

Harpo Marx

Self (archive footage)

Chico Marx

Self (archive footage)

Zeppo Marx

Self (archive footage)

George Burns

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy DeBorba

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

Gracie Allen

Self (archive footage)

Moe Howard

Moe (archive footage)

Larry Fine

Larry (archive footage)

Curly Howard

Self (archive footage)

Shemp Howard

Shemp (archive footage)

Joe Besser

Self (archive footage)

Joe DeRita

Self (archive footage)

Ted Healy

Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Lou Costello

Self (archive footage)

Dean Martin

Self (archive footage)

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