Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 07, 2015

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    Like I said last week, the straight man is under appreciated.

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    Mike31g  over 9 years ago

    To all my fellow Brits, don’t forget to vote today!Mike

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    HeckleMeElmo  over 9 years ago

    A straight line is the shortest distance between two jokes.

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    @pbarnrobSorry, but I still say that Bud Abbott was under appreciated.

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    pathfinder  over 9 years ago

    And the greatest straight man of all time IMO was Jack Benny

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    pathfinder  over 9 years ago

    And the greatest straight man of all time IMO was Jack Benny

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    SuicideShovel (84" stroker, 9:1 pistons)  over 9 years ago

    Did Pastis write today’s strip?

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    DeeBeeS  over 9 years ago

    Bud Abbott and all other straight men (Dean Martin, Oliver Hardy, etc.) were paid MORE than their comic partner.

    The reason was straight men were harder to find and thus were in greater demand. They had to keep a straight face when the comic gave the joke (hence the term, Straight Man).

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    DeeBeeS  over 9 years ago

    P.S. Some straight men, like Harvey Korman (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles, etc.) blurred the line between setting up and saying jokes. Tim Conway was notorious in trying to make Korman laugh on the Carol Burnett Show.

    Conway was so successful, Carol Bunett almost fired him early in the show’s tenure because he kept crackiing up at Conway’s joks. The audience loved it so he stayed on the show.

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    goweeder  over 9 years ago

    Thanks for the memories…….

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    ZorkArg  over 9 years ago

    Let’s see… Cameron is one of those Brits (said w/ respect) – who’s the other, and which one is a Tory? And, what’s a Tory?

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    Lorenzo Browncoat  over 9 years ago

    George Burns, with Gracie. Greatest straight man ever

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 9 years ago

    Without a Straight Man most Jokes Aren’t

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    jnnydnti  over 9 years ago

    This must be where Pastis got it.

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