I am probably Bob and Rays biggest fan!! Every night I put their cassette in my player{ that shows you how old I am} and I listen to their skits! I`m sure I can recite most of them by memory!! Great comedy
My parents--especially my father--were big fans of Bob & Ray so my brothers & I grew up with them (so to speak). I loved their humor, we listen to it on X radio (?), love Garish Summit. I also enjoy ther old routines, "Slow Talkers of America," "Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife," "Wally Ballou," & the man who did imitations of U.S. presidents who served before 1900. Great stuff!
They started out both working at the same radio station. Sometimes on together, they would try to make each other laugh on the air. They were so good playing against one another the station used them for drive-time and a wonderful comedy team was born. They did not have the ego probelms that most teams have because each knew he was nothing with out the other. Ray Goulding is great on their radio show with a character called, Webley Webster. Bob's character Wally Ballew is a real treat, too.
Actually, it's Bob Elliot, sitting next to Johnny, who mentions Chris. I'd bet this was in '76 or '77, long before Letterman had his own network gig. As for the long haired guy, that's magician Doug Henning.
In his intro to another of their books, Andy Rooney flat-out says that 'talking to Bob and Ray separately is interesting, because two duller people you never met.' They were professionals, but I gather from other readings that they were also rather shy, private men in real life. Their characters were likely as much of a shield as anything else.
One thing revealed by interviews like this one is that Bob and Ray were the type of performers who couldn't be comfortable unless they were "on". Give them a routine to perform and they were hilarious, but once out of character they had seemingly nothing to say to each other, or anyone else. No knock against these talented comics, just an observation.
I'm sure this is not true. There are an Aussie duo named Dawes and Clarke that do a weekly thing on Australian TV. Try searching for "The front fell off" on RUclips. So much in the tradition of Bob and Ray.
I am probably Bob and Rays biggest fan!! Every night I put their cassette in my player{ that shows you how old I am} and I listen to their skits! I`m sure I can recite most of them by memory!! Great comedy
Classic Bob and Ray...I laugh every time I see it!
My parents--especially my father--were big fans of Bob & Ray so my brothers & I grew up with them (so to speak). I loved their humor, we listen to it on X radio (?), love Garish Summit. I also enjoy ther old routines, "Slow Talkers of America," "Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife," "Wally Ballou," & the man who did imitations of U.S. presidents who served before 1900. Great stuff!
They started out both working at the same radio station. Sometimes on together, they would try to make each other laugh on the air. They were so good playing against one another the station used them for drive-time and a wonderful comedy team was born. They did not have the ego probelms that most teams have because each knew he was nothing with out the other.
Ray Goulding is great on their radio show with a character called, Webley Webster. Bob's character Wally Ballew is a real treat, too.
Brilliant acts like this are, unfortunately, a thing of the past.
The guy with the long hair on the couch (next to Ray Goulding) is the now-late magician Doug Henning.
When was the last time you saw anything that funny on television?
Actually, it's Bob Elliot, sitting next to Johnny, who mentions Chris. I'd bet this was in '76 or '77, long before Letterman had his own network gig. As for the long haired guy, that's magician Doug Henning.
In his intro to another of their books, Andy Rooney flat-out says that 'talking to Bob and Ray separately is interesting, because two duller people you never met.'
They were professionals, but I gather from other readings that they were also rather shy, private men in real life. Their characters were likely as much of a shield as anything else.
One thing revealed by interviews like this one is that Bob and Ray were the type of performers who couldn't be comfortable unless they were "on". Give them a routine to perform and they were hilarious, but once out of character they had seemingly nothing to say to each other, or anyone else.
No knock against these talented comics, just an observation.
still very funny stuff..!
Now Abby Elliott will be the big reference... her star is rising fast on SNL.
I'm sure this is not true. There are an Aussie duo named Dawes and Clarke that do a weekly thing on Australian TV. Try searching for "The front fell off" on RUclips. So much in the tradition of Bob and Ray.
Well... Bob's still with us at least.
Doug Henning! POOF!
This is comedy....There are no viable comics today.