Being a gay guy in love with a straight man. Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. Often acts as straight man to his siblings. According to Michael Barrier, Beans was more of a straight man. Burns wrote most of the material and played the straight man. James Agee considered Zeppo "a peerlessly cheesy improvement on the traditional straight man". The second Tachikoma is more logical, acting as the straight man to the first. Deayton was frequently a straight man alongside Rowan Atkinson. Michael is generally the straight man in the series. Tallarico played the irreverent, raunchy funny man to Lucas's straight man. Cooper often plays the straight man to Jackson's antics. Wise's character changed from being a conventional straight man into a pretentious and self-satisfied buffoon. Louis Nye or Tom Poston taking on the straight man role. Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man at the age of only fifteen years old. John is usually the straight man next to Felice's antics.