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Milt & Marty: The Longest Lasting & Least Successful Comedy Writing Duo in Show Biz History, by Tom Leopold and Bob Sand
Cover illustration by Drew Friedman

Milt & Marty: The Longest Lasting & Least Successful Comedy Writing Duo in Show Biz History

"Milt and Marty? Eww! Why are you writing about them?" —Catherine O'Hara

"At one point in my career I was working with a partner in a comedy act. Wagonman and Sloyxne wanted to manage us but only if we promised to punctuate each punch line by breaking into the Twist. We graciously declined because a) they scared us and b) we were going for something more sophisticated at the time." —Fred Willard

"Milt and Marty did a few days' work on SCTV when I was there but I stopped talking to them the day Marty tried to convince me that Harrison Ford was a third-generation octoroon." —Martin Short

"I can’t honestly say that Milt and Marty ever made me laugh, but what I learned about pettiness and lying has proved invaluable over the years." —Christopher Guest

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