Steve Allen time-travels through comedy's greatest hits — no DeLorean required.
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.
Acting
Laurel and Hardy's timeless physical chemistry
Production
Rare archive footage preservation
Direction
Steve Allen's affectionate curation
Director
David Bergman
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steve Allen personally knew several legends here; he started his TV career opposite Groucho Marx on 'You Bet Your Life.'
This 1986 release arrived just as physical comedy was being displaced by ironic '80s wit — making it both tribute and elegy.
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