R.I.P. Peter Sellers (1925-1980), Dean Martin (1917-1995), Nipsey Russell (1918-2005) and Dom DeLuise (1933-2009). 4 great entertainers that are gone but not forgotten!!!!!!!!!
@@bethzacovic7343 Stink?.. it's funny as anything. they are not being "malicious" if you go look at their work it's them trying to make the others laugh, just part of their "routine". Just like Don Rickles telling jokes. They just go overboard trying to make their fellow actors laugh.
Peter Sellers was one of the funniest men who ever lived. I thought I would lose my bladder control watching this scene. I also thought that Dean Martin would too. I'll bet that no one had any idea that Peter Sellers would do this routine in this character. He could just as well have come out as a mob boss and been just as hilarious. R.I.P. Mr. Sellers. A GREAT talent who left us far too soon.
Pink Panther was my favorite movies to watch. Language was clean, no sex scenes, and you laughed through the entire movie. Dean Martin with Jerry Lewis were also favorites in our house. It was a shame when those two stopped making movies.
@@judgeberry6071 Yes! I did. That proves my point. There were lots of good comedians and comedy programs on TV before. The comedy in question was on TV so it's very much in the debate.
@@owlpercent2045 Yeah. I was born at 1983 and I’m not even American, but still I enjoy everything from 60’s to 80’s. Dean, Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, Foster Brooks etc. All legends.
We are talking here about the four of the biggest main comedians of America at that times! ..Peter Sellers, Dom DeLuise, Nipsey Russell and.. Dean Martin! .. This is a diamond piece of stone ..of Humor.. finest!
This is just beahtiful. The nostalgia almost aches. What great times and talent. Today tv stars just swear and dress uglly. These guts were cool cats, and America was just awesome back then.
Oh I don’t know. Trump and Pence were hilarious - especially when Trump threw Pence under the bus during the failed insurrection. Can’t believe Trump let an old geezer like Biden steal the election from him. That’s priceless!
I love how Dean has such a hard time handling Peter Sellers in this sketch. Just too damn funny. They’re having so much fun too. To me, this is what comedy looks like.
Saw this with my father when it first played on NBC, we laughed so hard. Peter Sellers knew how to bust Dean up through the sketch; Nipsey Russell's ad lib about being the "token straight" was classic.
On Match Game when a white lady contestant matched with Nipsey, he mentioned how come everyone else get's kissed, the lady came over and gave him a big kiss (the amount she won was enough to almost buy a house). I can't remember if he said "Once you go black, you never go back" for sure (I believe so), as I saw the show when it was on in the 1970's, but it would have been his type of adlib, Nipsey would have given.
I truly miss the variety shows we used to have. New people every week with lots of skits. Live with mistakes and all. Red Skelton was one of my favorites along with Dean Martin.
Besides his occasional pantomime what I miss most about Red is that if you "riffed" with him onstage he'd do that right back entirely in character and simply not relent. The audience would laugh and likely think that was all part of the scripted routine. He was a genuine anarchist. If it's still on the 'tube check him as George Appleby in a routine with Harpo Marx.
The way Peter Sellers immediately cracks up Dean kills me every time. When Peter was supposed to play Orville Spooner in Kiss Me Stupid the same problem arose. Dean couldn't keep a straight face take after take. Then Peter had his heart attack and was replaced by My Favorite Martian. I wish he stayed in that movie. THAT would have been something special.
This never stops being absolutely hilarious. Four old pros delivering a brilliant skit. Dean Martin's struggle to keep his composure on hearing Peter Sellers' speak is priceless, and when they burst into song at the conclusion, well, there was never a quartet like this one.
This is priceless!!!!!! The Dean Martin Show is pure comedy!!!! To bad we have nothing like this anymore!!!!!!! There is nothing!!!!! Thank's for posting these!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤!! 💯💯💯💯!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍....
This is an amazing bit from the Dean Martin show. Peter Sellers, Dom DeLuise and Nipsy Russell sith a priceless ad lib five minutes into the sketch. I’m literally rolling on the floor!
Absolutely! While Frank had the more authoritative voice, Dean was by far the stronger entertainer. He was so chilled with everybody he worked with and was the only member of the Rat Pack to truly conquer the field of television!
Sam Topeka 👍🏻I just happened to have a utube come on my iPhone the other morning. Every song was great, and yes, I heard him singing a Western song, that was very nice. I remember thinking that to myself, that it must have come from one of his Westerns, he starred in.
I am now 55 and remember this era so well as Nick Sr. ( who was a tough laugh ) this show always made him laugh out loud !! as well as The Dean Martin Roast ....Classic times ! Peter had them all rolling ! Nipsey was so great too !
I think it's obvious that in rehearsal, Peter must have played it straight and given no hint that on the night, he would play it like this. Every time he spoke, Dean would crease up. Just the kind of thing a great comedian/performer like Sellers would do and it adds so much more to the sketch. He was trying to out do them, basically ... crack them up and it worked.
Absolutely true. Greg Garrison, the show's producer, once said in an interview that is exactly what happened with this bit. Sellers brought the character to the show, not the rehearsal.
Nota: Thankfully there is fim, video, and digital evidence of just how good some of these entertainers were. It has been wonderful to go back mentally and relive moments of my youth, and maybe even better to see scenes of f my favorite entertainers that I have never seen before. Thanks for posting.
These were the beat days - real humor, real TV shows with well-known talent . This generation was the best as far as loose and fun , in my opinion . The networks had to fight to stay in top and gave us really good comedy .
Peter admitted he hated coming on TV as himself, he would appear like Strangelove, Fassbender, Closeau or his Goon Show voices. Peter tried this voice in rehearsals So Dean knows what he,s gonna say but not how he,d say it.
