bluesguitar65 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLRQvK2-iqQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Pretty much sums it up. I miss George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yeah, he was GREAT! And, hilariously (and frighteningly, at the same time) accurate! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjay777 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 He was the king of comedy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 George was a really funny guy. But toward the end of his live shows, he got to political. No comedy at all. Just him imposing his biased views. Myself and others there thought we were at a political rally or something. As George would have said it, A Real Downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 A true national treasure. Man, I miss his wit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 His way of looking at things, taking them apart and reassembling them into something we all found funny was an art form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks for that! I am quite a new fan (less than a year), an American friend on facebook started sending me links and I got hooked. I think he was a real comedy genius and I don't use the word genius lightly - but think his man with his sharp mind and hard hitting delivery was deserving of that! Cheers! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornflake Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Can you beleve he was Mr Conducter on Shining Time Station, a PBS kids show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yeah he really is missed. I got to see him once back in 2003 great show that he put on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Can you beleve he was Mr Conducter on Shining Time Station, a PBS kids show. He was also the "Hippy-Dippy Weatherman" on the Smothers Brothers show, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 He was also the "Hippy-Dippy Weatherman" on the Smothers Brothers show, I think. More like on Ed Sullivan of course my favorite is the 7 dirty words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 George was a really funny guy. But toward the end of his live shows, he got to political. No comedy at all. Just him imposing his biased views. Myself and others there thought we were at a political rally or something. As George would have said it, A Real Downer. Couldn't agree more gsg. In his later years I just found George to be a cranky old man. Thought he was never as funny as he was in the 70s. Maybe he was just bitter because Richard Pryor was always the king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 He sure had wit yet he was a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 He's right up there with the top of them, no doubt...Still a great one.. But, my favorite was and still is Don Rickels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Ron Gallager with his sledge-o-matic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Wouldn't even put him in the top 10. Very political, not very funny. If America is so crappy, he should have moved to Mexico and dodged bullets from the drug cartels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 One comedian that doesn't get enough props is Buddy Hackett. Maybe the best story teller bar none. If you ever get the chance to see his HBO special from years ago check it out. Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Buddy Hacket was a total panic. Like a lot of folks my age, we saw Buddy on The Tonight Show. (Johnny Carson) I never saw how much better he was, until I saw him on the HBO Specials. So much he obviously couldn't do on NBC or any other broadcast network. And yes Carlin did get way to political for people paying a lot to see his comedy shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I think George was always a little bitter that his acting career never really developed. Most of his parts in movies were small and his short lived tv series sucked. I'd still put him in my top 10 though just for the Baseball / Football bit and his Class Clown album. His Hippy Dippy Weatherman always made my mom laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 My top 10 of comedians would go something, but not exactly like this. Based on standup alone not acting. Pryor Dangerfield Cosby Hackett Newhart Allen (Woody) Rickles Cooper (Pat) Carlin Smothers Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 My top 10 of comedians would go something, but not exactly like this. Based on standup alone not acting. Pryor Dangerfield Cosby Hackett Newhart Allen (Woody) Rickles Cooper (Pat) Carlin Smothers Brothers Good list, but I'd put Skelton at the top. (and I always thought Allen Woody was a bass player for Gov't. Mule!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Good list, but I'd put Skelton at the top. (and I always thought Allen Woody was a bass player for Gov't. Mule!) Not only at the top of the list, Red Skelton never had to use foul language to be funny. Any one at any age could appreciate a truly funny man. The cream always rises to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 More like on Ed Sullivan He for sure did that routine on Ed Sullivan, but I'd bet money he also did it on The Smothers Brothers. As I recall, it was a little different from his stand-up or Sullivan routine, he as seated at a weather desk. But I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 He for sure did that routine on Ed Sullivan, but I'd bet money he also did it on The Smothers Brothers. As I recall, it was a little different from his stand-up or Sullivan routine, he as seated at a weather desk. But I could be wrong. No, you're right. He was just getting into his "ponytail" phase and was a semi regular on the SB's. And +1 on Red Skelton. Man was a comedic genius. Let's not forget Sid Ceasar, Soupy Sales, and a host of others from early tv as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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