Comedian Foster Brooks at "Dean Martin Comedy Show". 2 of the funniest sketches shown on TV, where Foster Brooks tries - and succeeds - getting Dean Martin speechless and laughing so the tears flow
I just love Dean reaction to these skits. How he lost it is truly priceless and he was not afraid to show everyone his human side. Just love him for the way he was
The guy was a genius. Not only could he mimic a drunk so well that it made you wonder if he was really smashed or acting the part. Not only that but he NEVER broke character. In all the time I have seen him act, the audience would be howling with laughter and he never so much as cracked a smile at his antics. THAT is the mark of a true professional.
I read a while ago that Dean Martin never knew what Foster Brooks would act as what kind occupation character he would be when he enters the club scene.
Clean family-friendly comedy. Timeless. How mr brooks can keep a straight face while making everyone bust a gut laughing is just plain skills not many comedians now days have this ability
When I watch these I think of my Mom and Dad in the living room and my brothers and sisters running around the house playing. Back then you thought you would never age. What I wouldn't give to go back for one night and experience all that again. Mom and Dad are gone now so with one Brother, don't take anyone for granted.
Amen Brother. I think we had a shared experience then. My Mom and Dad would watch that as well as the Dean Martin Roasts. Who could forget the Dean Martin Roasts??? There was a comedian who played a Mafioso gangster, Sammy Davis Jr, Don Rickles and on and on. Did those happen in the mid or late 70's? Seems like an eternity ago for me as well. Hey! Thanks for sharing...
Two class acts that cannot be replaced. Humor at its best, absolutely brilliant. Anyone can do bathroom humor and I mean anyone. Only real talent can do this. God bless them both may they rest in peace. They gave the world great happiness and joy. That is the greatest gift of all!
I am surprised the SJWs aren't marching to have all the Dean Martin Roast burned. They are modern day book burners! Destroying everything they touch especially comedy.
These guy's were comic geniuses. Families watched these shows like this together and everyone just enjoyed good clean comedy and were entertained to the fullest. I won't comment on what's considered comedy today.
Priceless... These guys left shoes that will never be filled by anyone else. Dean, as always, the greatest straight man there ever was. It's so great watching these two guys together....
Tony S I loved it when Foster & Dean got together & Foster would go into his "lovable drunk" character act and JUST KILL Dean...he could never keep a straight face while Foster was in charge. GREAT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. NO VULGARITY...NO NUDITY...NONE!!!
How in the world did anyone ever work with this guy and not crack up? A brain surgeon! LOL I have seen every Dean Martin roast with Foster. What a talented man. The Jackie Geason, Lucille Ball and Sammy Davis Jr. ones are classic!
What do you say Loose...that's what the football team use to call her... I remember the 1st time I scored & you shook your pom-poms at me...do you remember that Lucy? those 2 lines kills me EVERY TIME I watch Foster roast Lucy...
It’s not just the line...it’s the “in the palm of my hand”, with that hand shaking for all it’s worth. Foster Brooks was hysterically funny...kudos to Dean for holding it together as long as he did!
Best drunk there ever was !! I grew up watching these shows. A simpler, happier time. When you could just have fun and laugh. Way better than these P.C Bullshit times.
I'm probably in the minority but I loved Carol too but watching her show today... for me it doesn't hold up well at all. I don't know why. It just doesn't. Her appearances on The Garry Moore Show, however, are priceless.
Stephen Prater This generation has no idea about the GREAT T.V. SHOWS THAT OUR GENERATION GREW UP ON. Carol Burnett Sanford & Son Chico & The Man Maude All In The Family The Jefferson's 8 is Enough Happy Days The Blue Knight Police Woman Logan's Run Starsky & Hutch Chips Apple's WAY James At 15 And I COULD GO ON AND ON
Foster was an consummate professional. Well written material, fellow performers and audiences absolutely losing it and he never breaks character -- which makes it even funnier.
You know whats amazing to me is how Dean starts cracking up pretty much almost emediately right when foster shakes his hand is when dean loses it and the skits done thats when i loose it to this is to funny this os comedy at its finest
He always had me rolling on the floor. He carried with him so many lines that were gems ... and not a curse word in sight. Today comedians think it's funny to swear. It's offensive.
Okay. I'm old. The first time I saw Foster Brooks on "The Tonight Show." Carson was the host and no-one had ever heard of Brooks. Carson had just moved the show from New York to California. Brooks was introduced as the mayor of Burbank who had made a special trip to welcome Johnny to his new home. Dear Lord, but it was funny! Carson, of course, explained that it was not the real mayor of Burbank but a comedian named Foster Brooks. According to Wikipedia, that was in 1972 - and I still remember it . . . 46 years later.
Foster Brooks was so believable playing a drunk. As a kid I thought he was because Dean would be belting them down and Foster comes on and let the antics begin.
This is real comedy. Not like today’s rubbish. Most so called comedians have to use foul language to get laughs through the shock factor, or March up and down a stage ranting about something. Great to see Foster Brooks and Dean Martin having as much fun doing the sketch as the audience did watching it. 👍👍
