Showing posts with label Classic Comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classic Comedy. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Friday, March 09, 2012

Don Knotts: An Evening with me: Download the MP3s of the album

Coming out in 1961 and largely forgotten after that it's a bevy of top notch fun (and personally I found Knotts' stand up work much more enjoyable than the Andy Griffith stuff).

Click here to check out the Wayback Machine of the webpage hosting the files
(all seven of the MP3s still work so just right click to download)

and if you're just jonsing for more Knotts fun check out the remarkable value priced Don Knotts movie set over at Amazon.com

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Beloved by Stan Laurel, starring Addams' Family John Austin it's I'm Dickens..He's Fenster: Watch Online



It only lasted one season but it's legacy has remained for years as a remarkable comedy.

Funny story - show creator Leonard Stern (Get Smart) started getting fan letters for the show signed Stan Laurel. He didn't believe it instead thinking it was his old friend Steve Allen punking him. Finally it was all sorted out and Stern enjoyed some fun times with the great Stan Laurel.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Lost Three Stooges Tapes with Moe and Larry: Listen Online

Tom Bergeron (yep...the guy from Dancing with the Stars) spoke with Larry and Moe a few decades ago and they were recently unearthed.

Runs approx 30 minutes

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Monday, January 09, 2012

Betty White Mp3 interview

Right click here to download in Mp3 format

Her show Hot in Cleveland starts it's new season on CTV this week and check out this podcast interview with this wonderful old bag.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

A bevy of After M*A*S*H episodes: Watch Online

If you don't know After MASH you don't know jack...well not really. It was the bastard child of the iconic MASH series which saw Harry Morgan (Col. Potter, Jamie Farr (Klinger) and William Christopher (Father Mulcary) working stateside at a V.A. Hospital.

We've got 10 full episodes here direct from Youtube in streaming video for you to enjoy.

Fun fact: Although Klinger didn't bring dressing in drag over to the new series when ratings started to wain he put it back on - even in an ad for TV Guide...sadly even that didn't help tho since it was cancelled shortly thereafter.

Click here to watch directly from Youtube

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Influenced George Carlin: The Ritz Brothers: Hotel Anchovy: Watch Online

This is the first Ritz Brothers film from 1934 which prompted the films distributor Twentieth Century-Fox to sign the team to a contract which would turn into a career that lasted until their swan song comeback in 1975 with "Blazing Stewardesses".

As mentioned the team influenced the late great George Carlin however don't expect cutting edge political and social comedy (remember Carlin was also influenced by the song and dance comic Danny Kaye) - it's more a glimpse into the classic days of vaudeville and you can watch it in streaming video below direct from Youtube.






Thursday, October 13, 2011

Betty White: Times Talk: Download the MP3

The old bitch isn't dead yet! Join her for her chat with the NY Times

Download it mofos!

The Ropers (Norman Fell and Jeffory Tambor) on Family Fued (seriously!): Watch Online

Featuring the great Normal Fell and Jeffory Tambor (Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show) on Family Fued. I don't know what the fuck they were thinking but it's a hell of a ride.

Youtube: Here is the beginning of a 1979 one-hour special episode of Family Feud. This special features four TV shows, and in the first game, two short-lived ABC shows battle as Angie takes on The Ropers to see who will get the first crack at $5,000.





Classic Norman Fell (MR. ROPER!) interview: Watch Onine



Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Download 3 eps of Jim Backus in "Sad Sack"

The great Jim Backus (Thurston Howell the 3rd of Gilligan's Island and the voice of Mr. Magoo), Sandra Gould (Gladys Kravitz of Bewitched), Ken Cristy and Patsy Moran as "Sad Sack" based upon the comic strip from the 1940's.Align Center

Click each episode below to download in MP3 format direct from Archive.org

Sad Sack 1946-06-12 #001 Sack Returns Home from the Army Episode 1
Sad Sack 1946-06-19 (Inc) Domestic Science School Episode 2
Sad Sack 1946-08-14 The Liberty Bell Party (aka Sad Sack Runs for Mayor) Episode 3

Saturday, August 01, 2009

After MASH (Mash spin off) pilot: Watch Online

AfterMASH (a pun on the term aftermath) was written by Mash alumni Larry Gelbart and starred Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher (the only three cast members to vote against ending the actual MASH series during a cast vote).

This hour long dramady pilot episode was for the half hour series that ran for two seasons on CBS (31 episodes total with 30 aired) until it's cancellation.