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straight man
(
person
)
by
pingouin
Sun Nov 14 1999 at 9:04:35
A
heterosexual
male
.
In
comedy
, the nearest thing to a
center of gravity
, allowing the remainder of the team to Do The
Funny
. Not necessarily
the unfunny one
--George Burns (with wife Gracie Allen) could be a hoot, despite being the calm, cool
sidekick
; Dan Rowan did the same with Dick Martin, and Moe Howard, to an extent, with the
Three Stooges
. Even if unfunny, Bud Abbott was integral to Lou Costello. But Zeppo, however funny
IRL
, was a
fifth wheel
in the
Marx Brothers
.
printable version
chaos
The Oliver Wendell Douglas Call to Patriotism
How to give a blow job
Bud Abbott
Theremin
straight line
Marcie
Dem Bones
academia
Louk
Tommy Lee Jones
Size does matter
Marx Brothers
Fag hag
I Want to Go Home!
The Kansas Quake of 2007
Margaret Dumont
Viivi ja Wagner
Richard Russo
Editor Log: August 24, 2001
Don and Mike
Freddy Got Fingered
Rubber balls and liquor
G. Gordon Liddy and The Firesign Theater
Let's Bowl
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