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Are these comedy duos or TV crimefighters?
Who cracked down and who cracked up?
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Famous comedy duos have been entertaining audiences since the vaudeville days. With the rise of television, couples often did comedy together, releasing records and performing on variety shows.
The other kind of popular TV duo? Crimefighters! Whether they were beat cops, detectives or special agents, two people keeping the peace were always better than one.
Here are some of our favorite duos from years past. Can you guess which ones told jokes and which ones chased down bad guys?
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Abbott & Costello
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Starsky & Hutch
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Cagney & Lacey
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Laurel & Hardy
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Reed & Malloy
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Martin & Lewis
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Mulder & Scully
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Cheech & Chong
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Burns & Allen
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Poncherello & Baker
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Nichols & May
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Friday & Gannon
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Crockett & Tubbs
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Stiller & Meara
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McGarrett & Williams
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Allen & Rossi
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Coyle & Sharpe
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Simon & Simon
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Gallagher & Shean
Are these comedy duos or TV crimefighters?
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240 Comments
19/19. Very easy one and I’ll take it!
16 - glad I got Crockett and Tubbs, living in Miami at that time...
19/19
18/19, I haven’t heard of Coyle and Sharpe
17/19
19/19...two were guesses.
18/19
18/19
You got 17 out of 19
19/19
18/19. You knew you'd get me on the radio question. Merry holiday🎅
Merry holiday to you too
18/19. Missed Coyle & Sharpe. Didn’t know this was MeRadio !
17/19
Hey, got them all right!
Wah hoo!!
18, don’t know Coyle & Sharpe.
Me neither.
18/19
16 out of 19 👀
17/19
A few got me!
A few got me!
16/19. I hadn't heard of 3.
19/19. Nailed it, for once.