>> i believe global warming is caused by man. >> and i believe it's just god hugging us closer. >> the idea of a comedy team predates the idea of a solo standup comedian. comedy teams now, you're considered an alternative act. >> oh, hello. >> it was just a broadway show last year with john mulaney and nick kroll called "oh, hello". >> and now, back to the play. >> george, can we take five minutes? my stomach's a little -- >> no, i'm good. >> i see an absolute parallel between what they were doing in 2017 on broadway -- >> enjoy the play. >> and what weber and fields created in the early 1900s, the basic concept of the comedy team. >> hey, keep a big cc from the paper. >> weber and fields gave us a lot of what we think of as the identifiable marks of a comedy team. they invented slapstick, ethnic jokes, and pie in the face. >> pretty much anybody doing comedy in vaudeville at the turn of the century more or less was