Jogging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di95Trumupc

Haiku-dos to you Tom

Hello, Biff.

Stand Up and Knock 'em Dead

I'm kicking of a stand up comedy stretch.  Enjoy.  Thanks for this one, Aaron.

Nerves

This is the last of the old time comedy streak.  Who doesn't love Don Knotts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWZo0UjLNQ

Quick Talk

It can make sense out of all sorts of wrong math.

I HOPE you enjoy this.

Bob Hope is appearing on the Dean Martin variety show, in this clip.

Stage Fright

I don't think I realized how funny some people are/were.

Dean and Jerry's

No, it's not ice cream, but they sure make me smile enough that Ben and Jerry's isn't full on attacking my waste line every time I get stressed ;)  Watching the show I can see why people gave Jerry Lewis all the credit, but I love that Jerry has always made it clear that they were a team.  Also, even though this team broke up, it was for the mutual benefit of both parties, and they respected each other as per this interview with Jerry Lewis (here is a longer interview-about 16 minutes- about their whole career together).

Chomping Chaplin

Coming Back with a Bang

I hope you had a great holiday.  I know I sure did.  Now that I'm back from a long weekend hiatus, here's some good old fashioned fun to start off the week.

When I saw this Three Stooges Skit, one particular part of it made me think of an SNL skit I saw a LONG time ago.  What do you think, was SNL inspired by the Three Stooges?

 

(link to the SNL skit is in the text above that reads 'SNL skit')

Shave and a Hair Cut

Two Bits.  I present Charlie Chaplin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaaDiCwfTxY

(if these links don't work, please let me know.)

I've Seen That Face Before

Let's be honest, I'm loving this week's theme.  It will probably spill over into next week.  Sticking with Vaudeville, here's another.  Now, I know that I've seen a lot of Vaudeville faces in my life (my mom is a huge fan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.  My dad- The Three Stooges).  But there's something fun about recognizing someone when you HAVEN'T been watching a lot of their films.  So hopefully you recognize him/her too, and if you don't then I've also posted, by link, the more modern movie you've seen him/her in.

Hopefully you remember, if not, then hopefully this will jog your memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOMqqI-kzHY

Jumping Off Point

Vaudeville.  How can I describe this amazing variety show?  Do you know how many famous performers got started OR used this as a jumping off point to more famous paths?  Fred Astaire, Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello, Harry Houdini, Drew Barrymore's famous family, Charlie Chaplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Judy Garland, George Gershwin... I could go on and on.  It was like SNL, American Idol, and Do You Think You Can Dance rolled into one and without the petty competition.  Really, it is just SO interesting and fun.  This one was filmed in 1928.  It's a little wild but fun.