Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity
"Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields
Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon
"Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence
Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice
Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood
Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army
Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.
