Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?
An evening pause: Bob & Ray, performing live in 1979 with the three very talented ladies from the original Saturday Night Live crew.
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I just can see Todd and Lisa doing that one. Back when SNL was goofy and genuinely funny.
James–
Do you recall the tv show “Fridays?” (“live, from the LA basin…”) Aired on ABC Friday night (1980-ish) and was an attempt to do battle with SNL. Very funny show, but only lasted 1-2 seasons.
“Fridays TV Show” (1980)
“Battle Boy”
https://youtu.be/O_K8lCqvKiQ
7:02
For a deeper dive into Bob & Ray, start with–>
https://archive.org/details/bobandraytoaster?tab=collection
(i say ‘start with,’ cu’z the Archive has at least 1,900+ individual audio files from their shows, across 50 years.)
Sure, I remember Fridays. I’ve been a Bob & Ray fan from way back. This country has lost it’s collective since of humor. I want a… Shrubbery!
Humor should be silly quirky unexpected or some how out of character. Even simple and Juvenal. One of the funniest bits I’ve ever seen was Benny Hill simply trying to sit down in a leather chair and looking embarrassed as it made “noises.” I met Jonathan Winters when I first started in radio. He told some of the filthiest jokes I’ve ever heard. My sides hurt for a week. The thing is this all good natured stuff. The bitter topical screeds which are held out as humor these days just bore me.