Tag: comedy
To duck or not to duck
An evening pause: More Loony Tunes! To Duck or Not to Duck.
Yankee Doodle Daffy
An evening pause: How about some Loony Tunes silliness: Yankee Doodle Daffy.
The Argument Clinic
An evening pause: The argument clinic sketch from Monty Python.
Corny Concerto
An evening pause: A Corny Concerto (1943).
The best Johnny Carson show ever
An evening pause: This clip is only one segment from what Johnny Carson himself considered the best Tonight Show of all time. George Gobel comes on last and steals the show. Also, watch Dean Martin closely during the segment.
Bugs Bunny — Water Water Every Hare
An evening pause: Bugs Bunny in Water Water Every Hare. “In my business you meet so many interesting people.”
Stars Wars as told with lego
An evening pause: The Star Wars trilogy, told in a little over two minutes.
Laura Petrie and Alan Brady – the toupee
An evening pause: From the 1960s Dick van Dyke Show, Laura Petrie (played by Mary Tyler Moore) has revealed to the world the fact that her husband’s boss, television star Alan Brady (played by Carl Reiner), is bald and wears a toupee. The scene in which she tries to apologize to Brady is probably one of television’s funniest scenes.
The Muppets again: Mahna Mahna
An evening pause: The Muppets, again!
Jeff Dunham and Achmed the dead Terrorist
An evening pause: I love silly! Here is Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist, celebrating Christmas.
Johnny Carson and Doc talk about Thanksgiving
An evening pause: Johnny Carson and Doc talk about Thanksgiving.
Falling Hare (1943)
An evening pause: Falling Hare (1943). “I like him. He’s silly.”
Obamas’ vacation in DC
Important news! Obamas announce surprise vacation to nation’s capital!
Duck Amuck
Some evening silliness:
Muppets: Playing the Sax
An evening pause:
Rube Goldberg machine, part 1
An evening pause: We’ve had animated machines and actors pretending to be machines. Now, let’s have a Rube Goldberg machine.
Your Show of Shows: the clock skit
An evening pause: Yesterday we had a modern animation of a machine that made music. Tonight let’s watch a very different take on a vaguely similar idea, this time to produce comedy. This is a classic skit from Your Show of Shows, Sid Caesar’s variety show from early television. The four performers are, left to right, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coco, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris.
Jackie Gleason and Frank Fontaine
An evening pause: In the 1960s, the Jackie Gleason Show was one of television’s most popular variety shows. Each episode had one regular routine, where Gleason played Joe the bartender, visited by an unseen Mr. Dunnaghy. Invariably, Joe would bring out his friend, Crazy Guggenheim, played by Frank Fontaine. Fontaine, as Crazy, would then hold everyone spellbound for five plus minutes with the most silly charactor humor one can imagine.
Galaxy Song from Monty Python
An evening pause: Last night was Judy Garland and Trolley Song. Tonight, how about Galaxy Song from Monty Python? (Thanks to Jeff Wasserman for the tip)