The show was a vehicle to bring the duo's tried and true burlesque routines to television in a format that the team could control.

It underwent a swift decline, and by the late 1960s, the form drew on the limited market for its burlesque routines.

"It's perfectly easy," she would say, sounding like a dowager doing a burlesque routine.

Von Teese is best known for her burlesque routines and is frequently dubbed the "Queen of Burlesque" in the press.

He had trouble lighting his cigarette, which kept moving away from the flame of his lighter as if he were performing a carefully rehearsed burlesque routine.

Most moviegoers had never seen the duo's burlesque routines, and so their dated but hilarious material seemed fresh.

The theatrical flourishes and unique gimmicks she used in her stage show went beyond established burlesque routines like the fan dance and balloon dance.

The pairing of the scrappy Costello and the sardonic Abbott kept old burlesque routines alive.

The coroner was busying himself about the standing dead man, going through what seemed like a burlesque routine.

The sketch was based on other burlesque routines with similar wordplay.