Tim and Tom

Tim and Tom were an American comedy duo. DuPont marketing manager Tim Reid and insurance salesman Tom Dreesen met at a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting near Chicago [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/02/tim.and.tom/index.html "WKRP" vet Reid, standup Dreesen's previous life] , an October 2008 CNN article] in 1968. They were "put together to promote an anti-drug program in the local schools" and, prompted by a comment from a child, decided to form a comedy team. The team, later billed as "Tim & Tom", was the first interracial comedy duo (Reid was African-American and Dreesen was white). Years later, Reid and Dreesen co-wrote a book about those years called "Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White" (ISBN 978-0-226-70900-0, co-written with sports writer Ron Rapoport).

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