Olsen & Johnson

JOHN OLE OLSON d1963 and HAROLD CHIC JOHNSON d1962. American comedians of vaudeville, radio, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Their shows were noted for their crazy blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem ("anything can happen and it probably will"). Their most famous concept "Hellzapoppin" has become show-business shorthand for freewheeling, anything-goes comedy. Comedy teams traditionally had a straight man and a stooge. However, Olsen and Johnson both took on the comic role, good-naturedly chuckling their way through the steady barrage of gunshots, explosions, props plummeting to earth, intrusions from other performers and input from the audience