Spike Jones feat Wilbur Hal - Pop Goes the Weasel (AMAZING VIOLIN) 

Spike knew comic musical genius. Now we just need 30 million views to educate people. Thanks for sharing.

Spike Jones didn't mess around with amateurs in his band--he was known to be very demanding--and any of his musicians had to be the best at their craft, and Wilbur Hal was no exception. You can bet that these bits were literally timed to the second.

No props, no special effects, pure genius and talent. Try that lady goo goo.

This is incredible. How many thousands of hours precede this performance?

The title of this video is not lying : this virtuoso violin play is executed in the most entertaining manner. Many Thanks for sharing this masterpiece 👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

They were before our time. Mom and Dad loved them.

Now THAT was entertainment!!!!!!!!

Wilbur Hall was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra for many years and is featured in the 1930 Technicolor feature "King of Jazz," available on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion.

my dad remembers this from when he was little❤

Simply amazing!

I Like Spike!

Incredible!

Wilbur had been doing this and other musical gags since the 1920s, when he played trombone in the Paul Whiteman band. In their movie, _King of Jazz,_ he plays "Stars and Stripes Forever" on a bicycle pump.

Oh I loved that. Had me laughin' every minute.

Genius.

Awesome violin playing.

Awesome! Ha ha ha...I think the violin was playing him! 😅

Genius and still funny.

Pretty amazing.

Love it

somewhere in the sony pictures vault there's an epsisode of the gong show from the 70s where wilbur hall did this routine as a contestant -- i genuinely wish that episode was floating around on youtube.

This is what Bruce Lee meant by practicing one kick a thousand times.

Insane!

amazing❤

Genius!

Damn ! The musicality and stage pressence of this guys is perfect! Wait, so is this where michael jackson got the idea for his smooth criminal body lean?

Holy cow! I want to say that this is fake, but Spike was all about live performances. No pre-recorded anything, all done live. As amazing as Mr. Hal was, the rest of Spikes band was equally as talented.

1:09 when you play, if curly hears it

musical quotes in this performance: (corrections and additions welcomed!) 0:37 "Music Music Music" (Put Another Nickel In) (Stephen Weiss & Bernie Baum) 0:44 sounds familiar (I don't recognize it) 1:06 also sounds familiar (anyone know it?) 1:09 Pop Goes the Weasel itself actually started 1:28 don't recognize it 1:34 Bolero (Maurice Ravel) 1:42 sounds like The Peanut Vendor (El manisero) (Moisés Simons) but maybe isn't (?) 1:53 Chansonette AKA "Donkey Serenade" (Rudolf Friml) (he starts this melody with pizzicato and finishes by bowing it)

does he give lessons

The Spike Jones song I want is "Your Morning Feature", recorded under the one-off pseudonym The Country Dodgers. Recorded in the 1930's it had its one and only broadcast ever on the 3rd show of 1990 of the Dr. Demento show. The record was a promo by Standard Recording, sent to radio stations under the spoof label "Standirt Recording". Considered far too risque to broadcast in the 30's and decades later, it didn't raise a hair in 1990.

great performance, but ... why are faces of the 3 guys sitting behind artificially blurred @ parts of this?

An exquisite chansonette, perhaps enjoyed best with a cigarette?

Hey fiddler, play that weasel tune.

Hilarious!

Funniest thing I ever saw

Somebody... Name of song, please?

Amazing acrobstics. But not funny to me.

Corny and silly, yet how few humans who have ever lived were physically and mentally disciplined to develop such skills?

It is obvious that these musicians needed to be professionals in order to be comedic while playing amatuers couldnt perform like this