Now they were funny and the humor stood the test of time.
I'll see your Abbott and Costello (whom I love, by the way) and raise you Fred Allen and the Burns and Allen Show "Gracie for President" stunt that lasted for thirteen episodes and an eternity of laughs. (The thing of it is, if she was running now I'd vote for Gracie, who admitted what she was up to---"Everybody knows a woman is better than a man when it comes to introducing bills into the house"---and actually got a few thousand votes in the 1940 election and, anyway, why should her being dead at the present time stop me? If dead people can vote for Democrats, why can't I vote for a dead Surprise Party candidate?)
And I'll see your Edgar Bergen and tuxedoed future box of matches for Easy Aces, Vic and Sade, and Jack Benny's parody of The Whistler, which he called (what a surprise) "The Fiddler." (Though I have to admit I still love the famous Bergen-McCarthy duels with W.C. Fields.)
I had never even HEARD of Bergen-McCarthy duels with Fields...any idea where I might hear them? Just the IDEA makes me smile!
"Abbott and Costello , Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy skits, Burns and Allen Show , Jack Benny", ..
Oh Yea! Now were talking. I would bet you are member of the Radio Spirits club or one of the other old time radio show clubs. Let add to the kitty- Fibber McGee and Molly, and one of my favories - Duffy's Tavern.