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Sparky
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vagabon movin on
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I used to love watching reruns of his program in college (early 90's). Haven't seen them on television for awhile though.
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SteveW
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The state of confusion
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I was talking with my facelift buddy Bob that I brought
along--about Red--the old timer's never had to resort to
4 letter words for comedy. Not that we're all these prudes,
but after a couple of times, the words get old.
Red was GREAT! (and a heck of a great clown painter too)!
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pocoloco1
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Mom is a big fan of Red. When his son passed away,mom requested a Mass be said in his sons honor. Subsequently, Red wrote mom a letter,in long hand, not an assistant doing the typing. How many of the beautiful people would do that today? Red was a class guy.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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hahaha Man, that was ghey! Yikes!
Must be a generational thing... I also cannot stand the Three Stooges, Lucy, any of that crap. Just plain bad. The over-acting of that time was horrendous too. lol
I do like Chaplin though!
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WoodySt
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Riverside
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RS was one of the greatest comedians that ever existed in the US. I have a set of videos of his TV programs. Have any of you ever seen some of his films such as the Fuller Brush Man? Not only was his standard comedy superb, he was the only mime that I could enjoy. He was a genius in the classic tragic/comedy sense. Another was Jacky Gleason. He was also a master comedian through numerous characters that he developed.
The foulness of many modern stage comedians reflects their lack of true comedic competence. Being a "true" and competent comedian requires intelligence and a great deal of talent and hard work.
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Nefarius
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"The foulness of many modern stage comedians reflects their lack of true comedic competence. Being a "true" and competent comedian requires intelligence and a great deal of talent and hard work. "
Too funny. Again, a generational thing. Hey, guess what? People swear nowadays... That kinda means the comedians too. If they got up on stage and did the acts of decades ago, they'd get booed off the stage and have never "made it". Certainly doesn't mean they work less or aren't as funny. Just something different and modern, that's all. Kinda like we don't march out on the battlefields in formation, wielding black powder anymore either...
Does this mean you also don't like all that screaming and screeching (rock n' roll) too? :)
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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"Cirque du Soleil"
Point taken, Tami. I've seen a number of the various Cirque shows live, and they have been amazing!!! Some of them I've seen twice. Laughed my ass off at the slapstick stuff. Brian Dewhurst, the slapstick, black-tied clown in Mystere has me laughing my ass off every time I see him.
Thanks for reminding me and pointing it out. :)
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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like toast in France,
Waffles in belgium,
muffins in England,
Mole in Morocco....
Back on T; Growing up, I was a fan of Freddy the freeloader.
The clown paintings are creepy, though.
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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In addition to Tami's list of great comedians past and present I would add Jacques Tati.
If you've never seen him or heard of him, well, that's okay, you're American, and films that aren't in English are... Well... You know... Foreign.
But if you can overcome your fear of subtitles and foreign languages, M. Tati will reward you with some of the best comedy -- physical and non-physical -- you've ever seen.
C'mon Tami, back me up on this.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Big time fan of Red here. Watched weekly and tried to guess what character he was going to be next week.
Went out and bought a DVD of most of his old shows. Still laugh knowing whats coming next.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say... i used to see some of red skeltons shows when my parents watched him.... i had always wondered who he was and where he came from (dont know why, but i was always that way when i saw folks on tv)---wellll, later, i saw him in some of the old movies, and thus i learned...
i liked his simple and kind humour... he always said "and may god bless" i think it was, at the end of his show, and he seemed to be sincere, too...
i remember, too, as a kid, that i liked to watch the show to see what he was up to, as a "curiosity type thing"---though, being a kid, it was still easy enough to understand ...
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say, woodyst, as to your quote:
"The foulness of many modern stage comedians reflects their lack of true comedic competence. Being a "true" and competent comedian requires intelligence and a great deal of talent and hard work."
i myself, agree with this... just my opinion, too, folks, but the uncouthe words really are not needed, when someone has a skilled-latch-on-hold at humour... quality-highs-marks go to those that work to find it, and then thus, can casualy and easily put it forth when the time to do, is upon them....
(kind of like the bolshoi ballet... the hard life-time work, since kids, as to the exercises, made the show-time flawless and perfect and appear so natural... )
last note:
say, i had heard that the marx brother went on the road with their comic-stuff... each time something failed, they worked and reworked it, until it was perfected to bring the response that they wanted... it was great stuff... and very done in an excellent manner by them...
even after all these years, it still brings laughs to watch their old movies... a few that did not go over as well, it turned out that there had been a change in format (think the fist guy that worked setting up the movies, etc, died?????---not sure---perhaps you all know---but the newer movies were not done as uniquely only "them")....
yep, sure do appreciate them ol' guys... many times they made fun of situaiton instead of others...
course, though, when it came to the marx brothers, i DO know that groucho's character could pick anyone apart, himself included, yet, somehow it'd still float as uniquely "on a mission" in the story-line (things very VERY hard for modern comics to do in the movies these days--or more so, i should say, the tv sitcom type stuff that the kids seems to be watching nowadays).... (note: though, back to groucho, i did hear that in his real life, he could have a hard edge--but i was talking "movies" here)...
thanks for the interesting "look back" at "part of a part of", many of our lives...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there ghost.. say, thanks for the lesson, here... say, i had seen a few older foreign movies, as we had some friends from europe... but i do not remember what they were... (i was a kid then)...
but a few times in texas, i rented some that were on the shelves.. .they did NOT have anywhere near as many as calif. would, but it was a nice adventure...
i think if is very fun, and interesting, to see the humour of the other countries in the world... some things are similar, as to family events... yet, other things are uniquely cultural.. you learn a lot too, about what others think and feel...
thanks for the share...
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dirtineye
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the south
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Yeah I'm old. Used to watch the original (not reruns) Red Skelton show. We loved it. He was one of the greatest comedians, and so versatile.
Remember his slack rope thing?
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MisterE
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My Inner Nut
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 3, 2008 - 03:59pm PT
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I remeber being freaked out by the floating ghosts and the bed that folded him into the wall.
That was scary as a kid new to TV...
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