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Article: Joey Faye.(British comedian)(Obituary)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 10, 1997
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IN THE art of making people laugh it was probably better to be the second banana than the top banana. The second banana was the clown taking the rise out of the straight man. Joey Faye was one of the greatest of all second bananas. Some people say he was one of the last. It is true that bananas of Mr Faye's background are close to extinction, surviving mainly only in the memories of those in America old enough to have seen vaudeville or burlesque or, in England, music hall. But he showed during a career of nearly 70 years that comedy is immensely accommodating to whatever audience is out there waiting to be diverted.
Mr Faye himself became a banana when technology, ...
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