ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE Who's Who in American Comedy
Vaudeville comics whose feuding mitigated against their moving into radio; they formed the basis for Neil Simonis "Sunshine Boys." Here they are in their later years performing one of the classic sketches on the Jackie Gleason Show: "Take Off The Coat, My Boy!". Notice the Yiddish accents.
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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