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Bob and Ray were an American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades, composed of comedians Bob Elliott (1923–2016 [1]) and Ray Goulding (1922–1990). The duo's format was typically to satirize the medium in which they were performing, such as conducting radio or television interviews, with off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as though it were a serious broadcast.
Bob Elliott, half of the famed radio and television comedy team of Bob and Ray, died Tuesday from throat cancer, the New York Times reports. He was 92.
Slow Talkers of America is the title of a classic comedy routine by Bob and Ray.It was released on their live performance albums The Two and Only and A Night of Two Stars.In the routine, Ray Goulding interviews Bob Elliot as Harlow P. Whitcomb, who is playing the President "and Recording Secretary" of the Slow Talkers of America.
Bob and Ray in a publicity photo with Tedi Thurman for Monitor, where all were program regulars. On television, Elliott and Goulding hosted Bob and Ray from 1951 to 1953. He appeared on a number of other television programs, including Happy Days; Newhart; and Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda in 1979 (with Goulding, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner); The David Steinberg Show; and ...
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Away from the studio, Goulding's hobbies included photography and sport shooting. Together with Bob Elliott he also wrote a couple of humorous articles for Mad Magazine in the 1950s. [8] He was a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan. Ray Goulding died of kidney failure at his home in Manhasset on New York's Long Island in 1990, four days after his 68th ...
Bob and Ray parody the entire genre of old-time commercial radio, including the news, dramas, and advertisements. In many ways they seem too sweet-natured for satire. I wish they both were still around and working to parody current radio.
Rachael Ray has given fans an update on her health after she appeared to be “slurring” her words in a recent Instagram post.. During the 56-year-old’s premiere episode of her new podcast, I ...