I thank you my friend. They don't make 'em like that anymore. I was born too late!Buddy Hackett's Duck joke was one of the great shaggy dog stories of its day.
I thank you my friend. They don't make 'em like that anymore. I was born too late!Buddy Hackett's Duck joke was one of the great shaggy dog stories of its day.
I was born just in time.I thank you my friend. They don't make 'em like that anymore. I was born too late!
You brought back a lot of great memories @CCS !
Rodney Dangerfield and Buddy Hackett never failed to get a laugh out of Johnny Carson. Late night TV stinks today.
Not to be controversial, but I do not know that they do not make them like they used to. I think ever era has great comedians. Often folks who are standing on the shoulders of those who went before. Not that I am keeping up with a lot of current comics.I thank you my friend. They don't make 'em like that anymore. I was born too late!
Jackie was a classic. I remember once time he joked that Frank Sinatra got out of the shower to take a pee, then got back in the shower to finish cleaning up.I do think Jackie Mason does not get enough love.
A hung around with a neighborhood friend of mine that had the same name as me so much his mom started calling us the two Darrell's. She still calls us Darrell.That is a great Jackie Mason joke. Subtle in its way. Not a joke I could tell. I suspect JM was highly influential.
Newhart was good. Not sure what his current day equivalent would be.
So you've heard the stories about Sinatra too. Ava Gardner was credited with the best comment about his, um, significance, other than his voice...Jackie was a classic. I remember once time he joked that Frank Sinatra got out of the shower to take a pee, then got back in the shower to finish cleaning up.
I'm sure you had to hear Jackie say it, but he sure could get on a roll.
Newhart is the king of dry comedy.
~doug~
Did you know they buried Sinatra with a roll of dimes in his pocket? Maybe that was what Ava was talking about...So you've heard the stories about Sinatra too. Ava Gardner was credited with the best comment about his, um, significance, other than his voice...
Yes, I've heard that and no, I don't think that's what Ava was talking about. Of course, Francis and I never crossed paths in the locker room so it's all just internet fun.Did you know they buried Sinatra with a roll of dimes in his pocket? Maybe that was what Ava was talking about...
~doug~
I do not think that is what Jackie Mason was talking about! The joke is more subtle than that!So you've heard the stories about Sinatra too. Ava Gardner was credited with the best comment about his, um, significance, other than his voice...
I'm sorry you can't see me, the mike stand must be in the way.John Pinette.
For sure, JM was very subtle. There was a lot more to that joke that isn't printable here.I do not think that is what Jackie Mason was talking about! The joke is more subtle than that!
Hmmm. I really put some thought into what comedian these days was most like Newhart. I did some Google searches to see how he might be categorized as a comedian, aside from "dry,' which seems a like a reasonable descriptor, and the web seemed to lead me to lists of "deadpan" comedians. Deadpan apparently means: "Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, or apparently unintentional."Newhart was good. Not sure what his current day equivalent would be.
Steven Wright comes closer.Hmmm. I really put some thought into what comedian these days was most like Newhart. I did some Google searches to see how he might be categorized as a comedian, aside from "dry,' which seems a like a reasonable descriptor, and the web seemed to lead me to lists of "deadpan" comedians. Deadpan apparently means: "Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, or apparently unintentional."
Seems to me many modern comedians are deadpan. I am not sure that is much of a category. Although certainly Pryor and Kinison were not. I guess Mitch Hedberg would be, oddly. Lists seem to say Bill Hicks. I would not have thought so. Not consistently anyway. Certainly Norm MacDonald was. Steve Marton sometimes.
In event, it seems to me that Larry David is in many strange ways, a successor to Bob Newhart. And, maybe, Steve Carrell is.