Wayne and Shuster -- Laugh Tracks Legends of Comedy

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Meet Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster -- better known as Wayne & Shuster, Canada's top comedy duo for decades, in this miniprogram. Wayne & Shuster specialized in sharp, literate comedy and they hold the record for most appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. As always, thanks for sharing our shows.

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Perhaps their most famous routine, Wayne & Shuster reprised their "Shakespearean Baseball Game" many times over the years. Here is one of their favorite versions, taken from one of their "best of" specials. https://youtu.be/mhQ9aeCE8Oo

Wayne & Shuster were known for literate comedy and one of their best bits was a mashup of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with a potboiler film noir called "Rinse the Blood Off My Toga." https://youtu.be/rR_5h8CzRcI

Wayne & Shuster hold the record for the most appearances on the Ed Sullivan show -- but unfortunately the quality on the clips that have made it to YouTube is poor. Lucky for us the CBC preserved a bit of an interview with Ed Sullivan (circa 1958) talking about the comedy magic Wayne & Shuster conjured. https://youtu.be/WPGmq4VVHF4