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Old jokers have a way with old jokes

Published: February 6, 2012 4:31 PM
By STEVE PARKS  steve.parks@newsday.com

The knock against Neil Simon, before he started writing "serious" comedies, was that his plays were just a string of gags. Several Simon comedies -- especially "The Odd Couple" -- were very funny. But with "The Sunshine Boys" -- the first nonmusical at Northport's Engeman Theater in a season and a half -- gags are the lifeblood of its title characters.

"You know what your problem was, Willie?...