Tim Reid and Tom Dressen perform a routine about race relations in the '70s

Reid, who turns 70 today, is best known as Venus Flytrap on "WKRP in Cincinnati," but before breaking into sitcoms, he was half of "Tim and Tom," one of the (if not the) first interracial comedy duo with fellow stand-up Tom Dressen -- a partnership that started when both met at a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Chicago.  Here's one of their '70s-era routines, presenting potentially touchy race issues with an ease and a sense of humor few have managed since.