Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Our BUAD3191 class is pairing up in teams to address kids at public schools.
I suggested in class that they study some of he famous duo acts,, to get pointers in how to bounce ideas off one another.
One can put these names into youtube.com for a host of videos
Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon
These two hosted the /Tonight Show for many years. No matter who the other networks threw up against them, nothing worked. Johnny and Ed were the consumate team for late night TV
Sony and Cher
In the 1970s, they also positioned themselves as media personalities with two top ten TV shows in the US, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and The Sonny & Cher Show. The couple's career as a duo ended in 1975 following their divorce. In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher sold over 40 million records worldwide.[3]
Performing under her first name, Cher went on to a highly successful career as a solo singer and actress, while Sonny Bono was eventually elected to Congress as a Republican U.S. Representative from California. The two performers were inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998, following Sonny's death in a skiing accident.
Read the Whole story here, really interesting After the divorce all the experts were sure Sonny would be a solo success. Wrong, it was the far more glamorous Cher who reigned supreme.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_%26_Cher
Abbott and Costello
One of the most famous comedy routines of all time, Who's On First?
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Vaudeville spawned a number of teams. Many went on to radio careers and from there launched television shows in the 1950s. In the day the female typically was a bit ditsy as if she did not quite understand what was going on. But it is clear from watching the perfect timing, that these two had 'the partnership' that typifies all great duos down pat.
Professor Elam 
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