November 18, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 50) • Page Image 23
…ern Pennsylvania, Patchett and Tarses formed a stand-up duo. "We wanted to be the Smothers Brothers, but we weren't musicians," says Tarses, adding, "of course, neither were they." For six years Patchett and Tarses toured with some success, opening for jazz acts such as Art Blakey in clubs and appearing on talk shows. Tiring of the road, they de- cided to try writing for TV, so they moved to L.A., landed Brillstein as a manager and began to fr...…