Joe Weber (vaudevillian)

[4] They returned to New York, appearing at Tony Pastor's theater on 14th Street, and in 1894 made their Broadway debut in Hammerstein's Olympia.

[5] It was the resident theatre of the comedy duo from 1896 through 1904; with the pair starring in numerous original high energy musical farces mounted at that theatre; including Cyranose de Bric-a-Brac (1898), Helter Skelter (1899), Whirl-i-gig (1899), Fiddle-dee-dee (1900), Hoity Toity (1901), Twirly Whirly (1902), Humming Birds and Onions (1902), The Stickiness of Gelatine (1902-1903), and The Big Little Princess (1903).

[6] Several of their shows were created by the writing team of Edgar Smith and Louis De Lange; the latter of which also worked as the duos manager for their national tours.

[6] In 1923, Weber and Fields partnered yet again for a Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film short, where the team recreated their famous pool hall routine.

[17] Weber and Fields also reunited for the December 27, 1932 inaugural show at Radio City Music Hall, which proved to be the last stage appearance of the two performers as a team.

The backstage hostility in Neil Simon's play and film The Sunshine Boys is reportedly based on Gallagher and Shean, but also possibly on Weber and Fields, or on Smith and Dale, other similar comedy teams with partners in real-life conflict.