Early on, comic dialogue fans in Taiwan secretly tuned in to the radio programs of the main land with an aim to learn. Since exchanges between the two sides began, many people have crossed the strait to learn the ropes or have gone on observation tours. Actor Li Kuo-hsiu once cooperated in making cassettes with five comic dialogue masters, called "The Two Sides Talk."
早期台灣的相聲迷曾偷聽大陸的電台節目「私淑」；兩岸開放後，也有人到大陸拜師學藝或是觀摩，演員李國修還曾與五位大陸的相聲名家合作灌製錄音帶，名之曰「兩岸合說」的「私房帶」。