The SNL cast these days (modern day Vaudeville) can't keep from breaking with a fraction of the physical comedy seen here. These guys got their own contracts from being so professional as live skit performers. I
You cannot beat this comedy with anybody else, but The Stooges Marx Brothers were great and Costello were great. Stooges are right up there at this skit one of Curley’s last is just absolute brilliance Maha aha forever LMFAO
3:55 - Gold. I mean, the whole segment is gold, but I love little things like that that they slip in there. The islands of Coney and Long... Coney Island and Long Island.
Moe: We shall see. (Shoves Larry aside to go over to Curly; seats himself across the table from him.) Maha! Curly: Aha! Moe: You like to speak dat? Curly: I like to talk dat! Moe: Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi, that, how do you say, that pickle-puss, he asky-tasky what did you fertsaik, you gaddit? Curly: Nya tink! Moe: Nya tink? Curly: Yoks! Moe: Oh, boy! (To the Governor:) The Maha- Curly: Aha! Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni- Moe: QUIET! Curly: Oh! Moe: The Rajah says that he is the bearer of a rare jewel, (Curly pulls a large lollipop from his costume and puts it in his mouth) known as the- Governor: A ruby! (Moe fetches the lollipop and gives it to him) A ruby as large as a turkey’s egg! Moe: The Ruby of Lollipopskia! Curly: It’s raspberry! Governor: What fire! I have many pigeon-blood rubies, but never have I been given the raspberry! What other rarity does the Rajah have for me? Moe: He had some bubble gum, but I think he swallowed it. But we shall see what we shall see. (Returns to Curly, shoving Larry aside again.) Maha! Curly: Aha! Moe: Ello doh! Curly: Ello doh! Moe: Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi, that, how do you call it, that frog head, he asky-tasky what did you fertsaig, ingensommen. Gadda something else, kiddo? Curly: Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi, pareDItima hiha, I gonna see dat! (Searches his costume and pulls out a fountain pen.) Governor: Ah, the tusk of a black walrus! Moe: (Examining pen) No leak dat? Curly: No leak dat. (Moe raps him on the nose with the pen then brings it to the governor.) Moe: (To the Governor) Guaranteed forever. Larry: You should live so long! (Moe conks him on the head.) Governor: Ask the Maha- Curly: (Rising, facing the wrong direction) Aha! Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi- Moe: Sit down, you Flatbush flathead! Curly: Oh, shut up, I don’t have to! (Tries to sit down and takes another spill. Moe and Larry rush over to set him into the chair.) Rasbanyas yatabenefuchi, I faw down! (Moe and Larry hit him, then return to the Governor.) Governor: Are there fair damsels in the Rajah’s domain? Moe: Damsels? Governor: Yes. (They chuckle together.) Moe: We shall see. (Returns to Curly.) Maha! Curly: Aha! Moe: Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi a Bay Meadows, that iron head, he asky-tasky what did you fertsaig, hendele bendele, you got some slick chicks? Curly: Oh, a wolf! Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi atimeni kharonchi, paneDI tima hiha, I’d like to see some babes myself. Moe: Me too- (interrupts utterance to slap Curly.) Curly: (Removing glasses) Hit a guy with glasses, huh? (Moe slaps him again.) AAH! All right. Moe: (Sotto voce) Put ’em back on! (To Governor:) The Maha- Curly: (Rising) Aha! Rasbanyas yata bene fuchi- Moe: (Rapping on desk) SIT DOWN! Curly: Oh, shut up, I don’t have to! Moe: The Rajah says that in his domain on the islands of Coney and Long, there are some fair chickadees, who prowl through the meadows day and night. If you give us till sunup, we shall bring some back by sundown. Governor: Excellent! Excellent! On your way with winged feet! (Moe and Larry rush past Curly toward the door.) Moe: (In passing) Come on, Maha! Curly: (Rising and groping about) Aha! yata bene-WHERE ARE YOU?! (Falls over his chair; Moe and Larry pick him up and hustle him toward the door.) Moe: Pick up your winged feet and let’s get going! (He and Larry exit through the open door; Curly walks into the wall.)
