Editing Bob Elliott (comedian) (section)

==Life and career==
Elliott was born in [[Winchester, Massachusetts]],<ref name="Birth">{{cite web|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/bob-elliott-half-of-the-legendary-radio-comedy-team-bob-and-ray-dies/|first=Dennis|last=McLellan|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 3, 2016|title=Bob Elliott, half of legendary radio-comedy team Bob and Ray, dies|via=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> the son of Gail Marguarite ([[Given name|née]] Brackett), a needleworker, and Fred Russell Elliott, who worked in insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=haruspex&id=I148465|access-date=February 4, 2016|work=[[Ancestry.com]]|title=Fred Russell Elliott|publisher=[[Permira]]}}</ref> Bob Elliott served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in Northern Europe during [[World War II]]. On radio, he appeared in programs with his long-time partner [[Ray Goulding]]. These were in different series and time slots over decades, beginning in the late 1940s at Boston's [[WEEI (AM)|WHDH]] radio on the show ''Matinee with Bob and Ray''.<ref name="Washington Post">{{Cite news|title = Bob Elliott, master satirist of radio fame, dies at 92|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/pop-culture-satirist-bob-elliott-dies-at-92/2016/02/03/9ec0f682-ca98-11e5-ae11-57b6aeab993f_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 3, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2016|issn=0190-8286|language=en-US|first=Adam|last=Bernstein}}</ref>

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|quote = "The funniest people in this country, these guys are also two of the keenest observers of the American scene and the finest interviewers in the business."<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/bob-elliott-bob-and-ray-comedian-dead-at-92-20160203#ixzz3zEKxuh46|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 3, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|title=Bob Elliott, 'Bob and Ray' Comedian, Dead at 92}}</ref>
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[[File:Bob and Ray Tedi Thurman Monitor.gif|thumb|right|150px|[[Bob and Ray]] in a publicity photo with [[Tedi Thurman]] for ''[[Monitor (NBC radio)|Monitor]]'', where all were program regulars]] On television, Elliott and Goulding hosted ''[[Bob and Ray#Television|Bob and Ray]]'' from 1951 to 1953. He appeared on a number of other television programs, including ''[[Happy Days]]''; ''[[Newhart]]''; and ''Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda'' in 1979 (with Goulding, [[Jane Curtin]], [[Laraine Newman]] and [[Gilda Radner]]); ''[[David Steinberg#Career|The David Steinberg Show]]''; and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> In 1982, Elliott was in ''[[Author! Author! (film)|Author! Author!]]'' as Patrick Dicker.<ref name= "Bennetts">{{cite news|last=Bennetts|first=Leslie |title=''Author! Author!'' Shoots in N.Y., N.Y.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 1982|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/24/movies/author-author-shoots-in-ny-ny.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=February 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name= "Chase">{{cite news|last=Chase |first=Chris|title=The author of ''Author! Author!''|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 2, 1982|access-date=February 3, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/02/movies/at-the-movies-the-author-of-author-author.html}}</ref><ref name= "Scott">{{cite news|last=Scott|first=Jay|title=''Author! Author!'' Just a Mish-Mash of Mush|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=June 19, 1982|access-date=February 3, 2016|url=http://vhscollector.com/movie/author-author|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204045902/http://vhscollector.com/movie/author-author|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name= "Kroll">{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Jack|title=Kingdom of Cute|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=July 5, 1982|access-date=February 3, 2016|url=http://rheaven.blogspot.com/2009/12/author-author.html}}</ref><ref name= "Arnold">{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Gary|title=Al Pacino on the Writer's Block|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 19, 1982|access-date=February 3, 2016|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/06/19/al-pacino-on-the-writers-block/5bb5072f-e2c5-4ca4-bad9-709cc0f9a75a/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John|title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst|year=2005|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=0-446-69334-0}}</ref> He would star in [[Television film|made-for-TV-Movie]]'s such as ''[[Between Time and Timbuktu]]'' and ''FDR: A One Man Show''. Elliott also made television commercials,<ref name="Washington Post"/> and co-wrote some humor articles with Ray Goulding for ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' in the 1950s.<ref>[https://www.madcoversite.com/ugoi-bob_elliott.html Mad Magazine Contributors – Bob Elliott] Retrieved 31 May 2020.</ref>

In 1970, the duo debuted in ''The Two and Only'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].<ref name="Broadway">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/03/bob-elliott-dead|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 3, 2016|first=Ariana|last=Bacle|title=Comedian Bob Elliott dies at 92}}</ref> Bob and Goulding worked together up until Goulding's death in 1990.<ref name="Broadway"/>