Talk:Wayne and Shuster

South Park
I removed the South Park trivia item suggesting Terrence and Philip were based on Wayne and Schuster. I don't see the connection, personally, and this page is the only place where I've seen it suggested. If someone can provide a link indicating that Parker and Stone did in fact use W&S as the inspiration for their characters, then please feel free to put the item back. 23skidoo 19:38, 17 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Nearly two years later, the Souh Park section is back (or still there), and still unsourced. I'm removing it again. - BillCJ 23:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Quite right, too. There've been a gazillion "X & Y" comedy teams, probably hundreds in Canada. Terence and Philip are known for their tastelessness and Fauntleroy accents, Wayne and Shuster never were. Unless Parker and Stone have ever publicly indicated otherwise, the attribution makes no sense.
 * Mandrakos (talk) 16:53, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Spelling of Shuster
Is it Shuster or Schuster, or are both acceptable? Shuster seems to be the most common on the web but I came here to check and I see there are several Schusters in the text. Even Amazon has references to both.'

I have never seen it spelled "Schuster". Ever. If the text here on Amazon denoted it as such, the contributors were merely ignorant of the correct spelling.


 * Agreed. While it's very believable that different branches of one family may have adopted two different spellings over time (and if so, the pull of the more common spelling, Schuster, is understandable), it does seem like this branch (including the cousin who created Superman) preferred Shuster, and without definite knowledge that the family used both, that is the one we should probably be consistent with.
 * Mandrakos (talk) 16:53, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Does this anecdote make sense?
They spoofed accents and dialogue. After Wayne brought down an escaping felon with a gunshot (off screen), Shuster would say, "You got him in the rotunda/cloisters/etc.", with Wayne looking wryly at Shuster. "Srightry ahead of Panasonic!" "Srightry?" (Later...) "I go plug it in." "Don't you mean, 'prug it in'?" "No. One ethnic joke per sketch is plenty... or prenty if that's the way you like it." In another sketch, Shuster was calling on the phone for "Inspector Slattery." Wayne said, "Slattery will get you nowhere." It might just be me, but this reads like something that makes sense.. IF you've seen the sketch in question. To me, it is utterly incomprehensible. Maybe there's a way to make it more accessable?

--It88 (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about the Srightry sketch, but the one at the end, with the Slattery pun, was a parody of Charlie Chan mysteries, and Johnny played a Chinese detective.24.57.249.250 (talk) 02:57, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Reliable sources
This article currently has NO sources whatsoever. I've added *two* reliable, unimpeachable sources for the track "Frontier Psychiatrist" (the original source CD liner notes, and the official UK chart placing) -- and they immediately get reverted. What gives? 70.27.2.244 (talk) 18:53, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

"...continued into the 1980s by which time their comedy was regarded as old-fashioned."
This should be removed. I haven't been able to find anything on the net that could even be vaguely considered as a citation backing this up. It reads more as an opinion than anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.238.195.97 (talk) 04:04, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Yep - the first record I had of all their classic routines was in the 1960s - reissues and remakes may have happened up to the 80s, but that statement is a bit over the top 110.175.3.55 (talk) 04:10, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Rinse the blood off my toga
Why isn't there an article on Wikipedia for Rinse the Blood off My Toga?--71.228.186.13 (talk) 15:50, 17 March 2012 (UTC)TheRebelSharpshooter

Met in High School in 1930?
In 1930, Wayne was 12 & Shuster was 14. GoodDay (talk) 04:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Noted in passing
Somehow Wayne (born Weingarten) and Shuster have avoided the Wikipedia curse of having their Jewishness (unlike Methodism or Episcopalianism) being highlighted in the first line of their biographies, as if it were one of the most salient things about them. (Does anyone know the origin of this fetish? I assure you that it is very rare in the US for anyone to be referred to as a "Jewish American" actor except in some logical context like being honored for contributions to a Jewish-related charity. Yet almost any American actor of even third generation Jewish connection gets identified that way in Wikipedia. Not an insult, of course, but one wonders who it is who CARES so much, and why? British editors? Who?) I have made no edit to "correct" this, but the funny thing is that it might almost have been relevant for once, as their comedic style is very much in the tradition of Jewish broadcast comedians in the US in the same period. --Mandrakos (talk) 16:53, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Number of times on the Ed Sullivan Show
Three different numbers are quoted - 67 here, 58 on the Ed Sullivan page and "nearly 80" on IMDB. Anyone have an accurate, ot at least consistent value? 99.245.248.91 (talk) 06:36, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Who's Who?
Is it possible to identify which one is Wayne and which one is Shuster in the first picture? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:35, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem, I watched the 100 years retrospective hosted by Shuster and figured it out. Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 25 June 2019 (UTC)