I was born in the late 90's, but man, entertainment just looks so much more enjoyable and elegant back then. Sort of feel like I was born in the wrong year. :c
More elegant, absolutely! Things started going downhill when Johnny Carson moved the Tonight Show to California. Glad at least Colbert is still in NYC.
Exuvium97 .. you should look ALL of these guys up on RU-vid..Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Don Knotts but also the Rat Pack videos etc. It is a wonderful thing to know all if the stars that came before the ones we see now days! You will Love it
I've always found Dean funnier and more enjoyable than Jerry for so many reasons - not the least of which being that Dean seemed to enjoy other people's humor so much, whereas Jerry seemingly always wanted to be the funniest person in the room.
Also Dean relies more on his laid back charisma. All respect to Jerry but he is always playing a sort of over the top character who is easily dated while Dean is naturally that one cool guy who you may even know still. Dean got lucky and fell into the position of being typecasted as himself, and he was lucky enough to have a personality which is timelessly likable. I'm not saying Dean wasn't talented, but success is arguably more about being lucky to be the right person in the right place - and Dean has a way of being such a likable character that he's always the right person, and atleast from a retroperspective he's always been lucky enough to be put in the right place.
As a youngster I found Jerry to be the funniest person in the room and could have been paired up with any singer to still be successful as he was after the team broke up. Though Dean had great and fun-loving sense of humor as well and was well loved. He also seemed to have a big heart.
Donn Knotts once talked about comedy, being able to make people laugh without profanity or lewd behavior, he said he always tried to keep it clean, this was probably the furthest he ever strayed from being morally responsible during his time as a comedian. There really isn't any need in the cursing and bad influence to be funny.
wow dean martin was really strong. given don knotts is skinny here....but then the way he carried the man from the floor to his shoulders like he was carrying a child...! he sure must be strong in the back and knees
Don Knotts and Dean had class and still were funny. These little boy actors aint nothing on them. I like seeing men on TV not little boys in skinny jeans
I agree. The epitaph is beautifully written and just absolutely perfect - I wonder who wrote it? It is worth quoting here... "He saw the poignancy in people's pride and pain and turned it into something hilarious and endearing."
I used to be sweet on Dean. He was so handsome. Loved in westerns. 😃 As far as Don, I wished they had more comedians today like him.Who said you have to vulgar to make people laugh?
so true! and steve buscemi is a mega talent too. did you see 'Trees Lounge'? it's a gem of a movie and buscemi is the main character....worth a good view.
Dean had a series of Specials that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1960 this was a clip from one of the Specials, they were however simply named the Dean Martin Show not to be confused with the weekly version that began in Sept of 1965. I thought some of these Specials were superior to Dean's early weekly shows until Greg Garrison took over production in 1967.
Don Knotts had such a unique gift as a comedian. I loved watching him as Deputy Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show. NO ONE COULD HAVE DONE THAT CHARACTER BETTER!!
Knotts signed for 5 years to do the Griffith show and had 3 Emmys.... , and Griffith none.. A.G. was really the real life persona of "Face in The Crowd....." AG did not like to be overshadowed and Knotts contract was 'Not" extended. Knotts teaming with Conway and 3s Company kept him afloat and excellence....
@ridgerunner5772 I'm Lynette Palecek. You're wrong about Don Knotts. He quit "The Andy Griffith Show" because he wanted to spend more time with his son. His son was born in 1954 and doing the show caused him to not spend enough time with him.
It's a shame the TV studios don't put entire old shows online for the public to enjoy. They're so old that they aren't going to make money for the networks, but these are works of art and should be appreciated.
Agreed! Dean had magnificent timing and was the master of the adlib. In fact Jerry Lewis was notorious for stealing his adlibs on the Martin and Lewis Show. One of the greatest straight men, and the funniest guy in the Rat Pack.
That Mr. Limpit. Always had me laughing and smiling. What strength of ego he had to play the parts he did. Always liked the story on how good buddies Knots and Andy really were.
Pure gold! Don Knotts was a natural talent. Another American icon has gone away to the ages. May he rest in peace. The world seems a little more out of place now as he and other icons left us with a void that cant be filled.
He was known as an amazing comic when he was alive so I don't think underrated is really the right word. Maybe for young people who don't know anything about television history
Allen Woodall Only a few channels and everything on it was great and worth watching. TV was a family affair that actually brought people together in the evenings.
Allen Woodall mr Martin was just a singer who got famous thorough J Lewis but very funny. All they knew was smoking , drinking and women NOT A GOOD WAY TO LIVE..after a person gets hook on that .
Dean I love you all you need to sing to me and thats a liee because that's would make me what moure get me I love your Homer and charming you not to mention looks to make girl needs week days gone by not forgotten
I think Don was improvising in 6:17 because of Dean's reaction...Then again they used to say that Dean never went to rehearsals so it could've still caught him off guard lol!
+Special Fart ... big part of Dean's show he didn't like to rehearse anything. He show up for the show and his director Greg Greggison would walk him though it. That as much of rehearsal he got for most of the skits. Music number with guest... he got 3 cassette each week. According to a interview I heard of his. He kept 1 in his car, one at home and one in his golf cart. He would sing with the tapes so he would know the songs. This is what make his show so much fun to watch was you never know when he was going to lose it completely. His producer/Director said sometime they would put things on the clue cards misspelled or something just to caught his reaction to it. Either way with this skit I sure Dean was caught off guard, him losing it was just the coolest easy going guy that ever lived.
Don Knotts is brilliant here. But Dean Martin is also brilliant as the straight man. He was the master straight man when coupled with Jerry Lewis. A lot of people don't know that in comedy pair ups where one guy is the straight man the straight man usually gets paid more than the funny guy! Why? Because it's actually a rarer, more specialized talent being a good straight man instead of being the funny guy. A straight man has to have excellent acting ability to make the comic shine. Deano excels.
Don Knotts was a comedic master.. It's funny how Norman Fell, who played Mr Roper on Three's Company, was allegedly considered to be fifth member of the Rat Pack, then you have Don Knotts performing here with one of the Rat Pack ..Goes to show how interconnected these guys all were.. To me, Don Knotts will always be the high strung, bumbling Mr Furley, cause that's when i grew up watching him.. He may have been type cast, but he was the best at his craft, in that genre of comedy..
This was my generation and I am proud! We had Frank, Sammy, Dean, Elvis, Bobby, and many more. Today we have Snoopy, and such. Sure glad I am from a different but better era.
Don Knotts was the best.No one could reel you in the way he did.He will always be number one in my book! I never saw this before and thanks for posting.Having been born in the 1950's I was the fortunate one to have experienced the great ones.
