Can you name these popular comedians of the 1960s?
These stand-up pioneers had people rolling in the aisles.
True comedy is timeless. Whether it's taking a pie in the face to telling a self-deprecating joke, if it's funny, it should forever remain funny.
Take the stand-up comics of the 1960s. Though they were working half a century ago, their routines can still split sides today. Perhaps you grew up watching them. Perhaps you came to know them through watching movies and reruns over the years. Most of them stayed famous for decades. See if you can name them!
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She sharpened her stand-up routine in the clubs of Greenwich Village.
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His "Button-Down Mind" won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1961.
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This husband-wife duo passed on their funny genes to their son.
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His many appearances on 'The Tonight Show' and 'Ed Sullivan' led to TV stardom in the 1970s.
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He was known to take a pie in the face to make children laugh.
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This counterculture icon sadly passed away in 1966.
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He was known for crying, his mustache, wearing a toupee and tossing around confetti — oh, and a role on 'Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.'
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This comic had roles in 'The Music Man' and 'The Love Bug' in the '60s.
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This is one of the Smothers Brothers. But which one?
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This Oscar winner starred in a silly spy TV show called 'The Double Life of Henry Phyfe.'
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He won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recording in 1959.
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This New York legend had an infamous "finger incident" on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in 1964.
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This talk-show regular wrote a humorous cookbook titled 'I Think I'll Start on Monday: The Official 8½ Oz. Mashed Potato Diet.'
