DocCaeruleus, you are wonderful to find and post this rare clip of a legend in the early stages of developing his brilliant craft. Thank you so much. :-)
correction... It's Anchors Aweigh. It's the Navy's Song. The marine's hymn is the one that starts with "From the halls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli"
Wow, 51! I wish there were more of his stuff. There's mostly only that one over an hour long at the opera house. Still, it's one of the funniest comedy acts I've ever seen!
Realize this was shot in the 1950's nearly 70 years ago. It was a different world then, with different people. They had a more slap stick, goofy and innocent sense of humor, filled with sight gags, buffoonery and dumb stuff. 'Can't compare it to the more sophisticated comedy we expect today.
Crow's nest: You are right. But over the last half century we have seen comedy on TV and films as well as live comedy in stand-up and plays, become more sophisticated, witty and clever. Then in the 1980's it started to degenerate into vulgarity just as so much of pop music degenerated into rap and gangster rap music. Today, comedy is a vile parade of crude vulgarities mixed with political hate. Neither of these elements represent art or entertainment. The 1950's comedy may have been simple and dumb, but it was clean and devoid of social programming, and your kids could watch it without learning how to become profane.
one of the true originals. I am new too you tube and thankyou DocCaeruleus for bringing back some of the childhood memories when a black and white television was a miracle. Thanks.
He was a formidable bongo player and also participated in a Brasilian street band playing the frigideira. Why do you think he couldn't beat a piano with the best of them?
Yep, because the light sensor causes the lens to shut down thereby only metering for the telescope and causing all else to go darker in relation to the telescope.
I don't know the technical reason but you see that phenomenon in a lot of early television recordings if the light level becomes too intense -- it must have something to do with the electronics of early television cameras and their light-capturing mechanism. It seems like when the intensity of light reaches saturation in a given area, it suppresses the light responsiveness of nearby areas. I've also often wondered exactly why that was but I've never looked into the details
+2s7a2m7 It's because this is recorded on video. Early video sensors suffered from this shortcoming where an abundance of light would cause that part of the sensor to overload and dial down the exposure on that part of the sensor to protect it. TV stations were experimenting with recording on video in the 50s because in the long run it would have been cheaper than film, which is what everything was recorded with back then. But there were a lot of shortcomings in video (many which persisted into the late 70s and 80s). If you owned a VHS camera in the 70s and 80s, you'd remember light leaving trails and shadows...all kinds of weird things. Anyway - it's just a shortcoming of the new video technology at the time. There's even 4 of the original twilight zones (the rod serling ones) that were recorded on video and suffer from all kinds of these artifacts. He only shot 4 on video and returned to film though because he hated the look of video.
+Mehran Loud You're kidding, right? Sensors have been around since the first thermostat was invented in 1883. Light and motion sensors have existed since the 1940s and in fact in World War II, there were mines invented that would be triggered by detecting motion above the ground where they were buried. Technology goes back a lot longer than you would think.
Has anyone encountered a calculus problem involving the hinged pole holding up the lid of a grand piano- at what angle will the pole hold the lid up at the most open angle?
Oh God to be able to afford abusing a Steinway D like this (typewriter bit had me squirming for the notestand) His older self was funnier to me somehow.
To those who say this is not funny, I wonder why they think that ? I found it hilarious ! Perhaps it is dated, so maybe not many people associate reflex touch tests (like when doctors would tap your hands to check your reflexes) with doctors nowadays or something ? Do they still do those tests ? Anyway - funny stuff, watch it for yourself, don't skip it just because someone else found it unfunny.
in 1951, this was very funny because people actually understood some of the musical references. unlike today, when most folks cannot even name the sitting vice-president.
@captain21x I kinda felt bad for him during the first act, of the secretary. I got the joke, but people barely laughed, and you really feel bad for him. im not usally this sensitive lol
