The word "professional actor" or even the term genius gets thrown around to easily in the drama world. However, when one sees such masterful art as in this video it is indeed correct to use Professional, genius actors at work.
There are singular moments in the course of time that were destined to come but once and only once. This is one of those moments. Imagine being in the audience witnessing these legends interact in real time. I'm willing to bet that you'd never see anything like it ever again in your lifetime.
What Frank Sinatra said about Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dancing "Begin The Beguine" can be said about this snippet: "You know, you can wait around and hope. But you'll never see the likes of this ever again." And today's teenagers' grandchildren will hopefully be watching this, and laughing along too.
In interviews Lucy has said when she first started out in the business, she wanted to be a part of vaudeville but she didn't realize vaudeville was dead by the time she began in the business.
He continued to perform until the end of his life. His doctor tokd him to slow down and enjoy retirement, but he got bored. He loved performing. He talks about it at the end of his autobiography, which was only a year or so before he died.
Lucy was crazy as hell as far as physical comedy she was one of the funniest comedians ever. And I love all that wild stuff that Harpo and his brothers used do. People might think that it's corny but we need comedy like this nowadays. Maybe people will calm down a little bit.
paul best In a interview, Lucy was asked of all the famous stars she had worked with, who did she miss the most? She said “Harpo”.....”Such a dear kind man...
It's actually a rather common theater game--at our high school we called it "Darling, I love you, won't you smile for me?"--to practice cracking each other up (and not cracking up ourselves) with just those words and staring into someone's eyes.
My favorite episode of I Love Lucy. I am teary watching this, for the memories it brought, knowing they are now gone and the enjoyment Harpo, Lucy and their partners brought. This is priceless!
Incredible performer, and a natural genius. The Marx Brothers were so ahead of their time, and All naturally gifted. Harpo was my favourite out of the Marx Brothers, and could watch their films on loop. Total respect to them. RIP Groucho Chico Harpo and Zeppo.🙏✊
Still makes you winder how witty Zeppo was if he was even wittier than Groucho? He reportedly could spot for any of his elder brothers and was absolutely magnificent straight man. Three masters of their own style and one mimicking them all and keeping straight face.
Notice that Harpo's eyes widen a bit after Lucy does the hand clap in the exact same off-way he does at 1:47. The "oh, she's good" feeling on his face is perfect.
Lucy said in an interview that this was a rare moment for Harpo to work with another person on set at the same time and he had to keep being reminded about how the routine went. He was very happy to work with Lucy again as she did appear in one of the Marx Brothers movies.
@@elwoodblues9613 I watch Harpo Marx play “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at the start of every Baseball Season, and again when my beloved St. Louis Cardinals are eliminated from contention every year.
Though there have been tons of fabulous female TV stars in the 50s and 60s, Lucy always rises above with her style and talent and what she's done on the small and large screen.
Harpo is my favorite of the Marx brothers. And who doesn't love Lucy ??? These two together are absolutely golden !!! Love them both 🤗❤️. Rest in peace Harpo Marx & Lucille Ball !!!
I love watching old shows and movies. There was no cgi, special effects, or multiple cuts for a single scene. They had to do this without fail in pretty much one take. True skill. And there is no female comic funnier than Lucille Ball. She was a legend.
I am amazed at the stuff silent movie comedians did, like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Most of the time they did not have stuntpeople. Buster Keaton was especially physical.
This is comedy as it should be; near perfect timing, and a performance that's superb! How anyone could give this a "dislike" is beyond me! For any aspiring comedians (and comediennes) this is what you should be aiming for!
The sad part of it is that in this jaded day and age, there is no demand for this style of Comedy, We buy $100 tickets to sit in seats for an hour or two and comedy is people talking,. To us, at us and about us. Comedy in words, meanings and inflections. Harpo and Lucy spoke not a word, and yet they communicated more than you will ever hear from one of those $100 seats. Today. people would hear nothing, get bored, stand up and leave to get their money back. What you saw between Lucy and Harpo was Vaudeville from the turn of the 20th century. Now, in the 21st Century, Vaudeville is too sophisticated for today's jaded audiences. It's over their heads.
I was a big fan of the Marx brothers movies growing up. Although I admired the keyboard antics of Chico more (I play also), Harpo was a blast! He and Lucy should've won an Emmy for this episode. TV comedy was brilliant back then.
I see 64 thumbs down, for this clip..?! How on Earth could ANYONE object to, or have ANYTHING negative to say about one of the most memorable, iconic, & hilarious clips in Television comedy history?! I truly don't get it! 😵😕⁉️
I never tire of watching ILL. Great cure for depression, just watch Lucy and her friends. I highly recommend a trip to Jamestown NY. The birthday celebration festival weekend is the best. My mom and I even stayed an extra day. I have very fond memories of our mother-daughter weekend in Jamestown, NY.
Now this is comedy genius, old school at its very best rest in peace harpo, such a joy to watch the likes of whom will never be seen again pure class, the world was better for the marx brothers all so sadly missed, stay safe at this troubled time folks love from nottingham England 🏴 🇬🇧 ❤️
"I Love Lucy" was in widespread re-runs when I was growing up in the late 1960s and '70s. It was just part of the background noise of my childhood -- seems like yesterday. Hard to believe, in retrospect, that Harpo Marx's heyday (1930s) was closer in time to "I Love Lucy," than Lucille Ball's TV show (1950s) is to the present day.
This is my all-time favorite scene.,. This was comedic gold... Because it shows exactly why she was considered of the funniest and greatest comedic stars that ever lived..
I wished I lived in this era. I’m almost 40 years old and Lucille Ball is my favorite and always will be. I just for the first time started to listen to My Favorite Husband. It’s very interesting!
In my book the 3 greatest American comedians of the 20th century were Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx, and Lucille Ball. To see two of these ultimates working together so perfectly is a tremendous gift. I love Harpo, and of course I love Lucy.
Absolutely.🙂 and it is now 2022 and I still laugh at every episode and always will. At almost 69, it is the best remedy when I am in a bad mood. Bring out the DVDs, popcorn, and ice tea. Oh yes, a nice warm blanket and cozy chair. What could be better.❤🙂
You can see that Harpo had to hold his tongue to keep from bursting out laughing 1:07 when he stood in front of Lucy mimicking his face. Two giants of comedy.
My second favorite is "Be A Pal" when she dresses up and mimes to Carmen Miranda. This is the song Harpo and Chico did together in 1941 "The Big Store" and again in a TV show in 1952.
It entertained me sixty years ago when I was a kid. It utterly astounds me now that I can appreciate more subtlety. Lucy was a mistress of comedy and so extremely talented, a nonesuch for all times, and a perfect complement to Harpo. What I was unable to appreciate at all sixty years ago was her repartee with Desi. ... Ethel isn't so bad either, no?
Believe me, if circumstances were different in the early 20th century, Harpo could have been a great silent movie star in comedy. Thanks for the era of that time where they were born and raised in NYC, my old hometown. By the way, if I am not mistaken the top hat Harpo wore came from when his parents were married from their wedding back in the 1890s. Most New Yorkers who went to church or synagogue wore it with their best suits.
Lucy and Harpo were awesome in this, thanks! The "mirror routine," made famous in The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933), was in fact first performed by Max Linder in Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). It's also very good and maybe my favorite version?
I remember hearing of her death when I was listening to the radio in my office. I was among many who were devastated to hear of her death. Several years later I traveled to Jamestown NY to attend the Birthday Celebration Festival Weekend . I will never forget it. What a PHENOMENAL mini vacation with my mom. So much to see and do. WE ❤ LUCY
they are truly masters of their craft. For Lucy to keep up with Harpo in terms of facial expressions etc was amazing. She truly is a great talent,
Dare I say that she did better than Chico and Groucho in the same skit from Duck Soup....
Absolutely!
No bet that Lucy had to have gone over and over that routine with Harpo.
This may be the single greatest comedy bit ever on TV. Two absolute legends. Really fun to watch!
The word "professional actor" or even the term genius gets thrown around to easily in the drama world. However, when one sees such masterful art as in this video it is indeed correct to use Professional, genius actors at work.
Was “who’s on first” not on TV?
@@byHexted No. They did it first in vaudeville, then on the radio.
@@photomanwilliams4147 Just one word TALENT !!!!
Lucy was indeed great - but nobody - nobody, can top Groucho as the greatest Comedian of ALL TIME !!!
This (only) three minute bit between Lucy and Harpo surpasses ANYTHING on TV today!!
I agree!
@@user-ko7bb5kh4i SO VERY TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being able to convey to an audience what he is thinking simply by a look is a tremendous talent. Harpo Marx was a master!
Lucy was in the Marx Bros film Room Service- she remained friends with Harpo until his death
Now that is one hell of a brilliant performance by two amazing comedic actors!
One of all time Lucy classics. How they could keep from just exploding with laughter is amazing.
Harvey Korman had to just make his hilarious outbursts part of the act and so did Tim Conway of her variety show
There are singular moments in the course of time that were destined to come but once and only once. This is one of those moments. Imagine being in the audience witnessing these legends interact in real time. I'm willing to bet that you'd never see anything like it ever again in your lifetime.
What Frank Sinatra said about Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dancing "Begin The Beguine" can be said about this snippet: "You know, you can wait around and hope. But you'll never see the likes of this ever again." And today's teenagers' grandchildren will hopefully be watching this, and laughing along too.
One of the greatest moments in the history of television. Vaudeville had landed in everyone's living room through this 1950s episode of I LOVE LUCY.
In interviews Lucy has said when she first started out in the business, she wanted to be a part of vaudeville but she didn't realize vaudeville was dead by the time she began in the business.
Life is better for having seen this.
Absolutely. Positively. Definitely.
I totally agree.
Actually, yes
Agreed.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣absolutely
Harpo was 67 years old when he appeared in this episode!!!!!
He continued to perform until the end of his life. His doctor tokd him to slow down and enjoy retirement, but he got bored. He loved performing. He talks about it at the end of his autobiography, which was only a year or so before he died.
He also recently had heart surgery when this was filmed!
I don’t want to trust him because he’s crazy, immature, outrageous, chaotic, not a fuck given, and funny
That's awesome, I wonder what he's up to today.
Lucy was crazy as hell as far as physical comedy she was one of the funniest comedians ever. And I love all that wild stuff that Harpo and his brothers used do. People might think that it's corny but we need comedy like this nowadays. Maybe people will calm down a little bit.
They had to stare directly into each other's eyes. Amazing that they could keep from cracking up!
1:06 - 1:08 I think Harpo was struggling a bit at this point to keep from laughing....
paul best In a interview, Lucy was asked of all the famous stars she had worked with, who did she miss the most? She said “Harpo”.....”Such a dear kind man...
Marcia Ushimaru they did a better job keeping a poker face than the Carol Burnett crew would have. 😆
This seems like such a simple comedy move, yet for the actors it's very difficult because timing and detail are everything!
It's actually a rather common theater game--at our high school we called it "Darling, I love you, won't you smile for me?"--to practice cracking each other up (and not cracking up ourselves) with just those words and staring into someone's eyes.
Comedians today could learn a lot from routines like this - they were legends.
Recently read Harpo's book ... Harpo Speaks! well worth reading ... a nice, good man who arranged a happy life for himself & his family ...
I LOVED the part where he would torture the snobby guys at his golf club by playing naked.
That routine never gets old.
My favorite episode of I Love Lucy. I am teary watching this, for the memories it brought, knowing they are now gone and the enjoyment Harpo, Lucy and their partners brought. This is priceless!
Incredible performer, and a natural genius.
The Marx Brothers were so ahead of their time, and All naturally gifted.
Harpo was my favourite out of the Marx Brothers, and could watch their films on loop.
Total respect to them.
RIP
Groucho
Chico
Harpo and Zeppo.🙏✊
Still makes you winder how witty Zeppo was if he was even wittier than Groucho? He reportedly could spot for any of his elder brothers and was absolutely magnificent straight man. Three masters of their own style and one mimicking them all and keeping straight face.
Wasn't there also a brother named Gummo?
Notice that Harpo's eyes widen a bit after Lucy does the hand clap in the exact same off-way he does at 1:47. The "oh, she's good" feeling on his face is perfect.
Actually, Lucy does it wrong. Harpo has his left hand in front of his right one, and so does Lucy. In a mirror, it would have been the opposite.
Also, when Harpo honks the horn he does it with his right hand. so does Lucy: she should have done it with her heft hand.
@@espenharbek3907 so what
@@hempson1 so what. Both are so hysterical it does not matter🙂
@@maddyhayes617 I agree. Just nitpicking.
Genius. My favourite scene. For years. Lucy is a physical genius. I’m sure Harpo was impressed.
Lucy said in an interview that this was a rare moment for Harpo to work with another person on set at the same time and he had to keep being reminded about how the routine went. He was very happy to work with Lucy again as she did appear in one of the Marx Brothers movies.
@@kenthuang436 the movie was "Room Service."
Just brilliant. Lucy and Harpo. Two of the greatest.
Love how Lucy and Harpo did the mirror routine it was so Cool
One of the greatest comic routines in television history! ICONIC!!!!
I laughed so hard! Harpo was hysterical! He played the HARP beautifully 🌹
He sure did. I love harp music.
"Take Me Out To The Ballgame"
@@elwoodblues9613 I watch Harpo Marx play “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at the start of every Baseball Season, and again when my beloved St. Louis Cardinals are eliminated from contention every year.
Though there have been tons of fabulous female TV stars in the 50s and 60s, Lucy always rises above with her style and talent and what she's done on the small and large screen.
Harpo is my favorite of the Marx brothers. And who doesn't love Lucy ??? These two together are absolutely golden !!!
Love them both 🤗❤️.
Rest in peace Harpo Marx & Lucille Ball !!!
Lucille Ball is perhaps the only comedian who could have kept up with this bit from Duck Soup. Hats off to her.
Actually, Red Skelton taught Lucy the art of pantomime.
Lmao this holds up for eternity!
I love watching old shows and movies. There was no cgi, special effects, or multiple cuts for a single scene. They had to do this without fail in pretty much one take. True skill. And there is no female comic funnier than Lucille Ball. She was a legend.
She was a "comic" genius ...the female Charlie Chaplin!
I am amazed at the stuff silent movie comedians did, like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Most of the time they did not have stuntpeople. Buster Keaton was especially physical.
This is comedy as it should be; near perfect timing, and a performance that's superb! How anyone could give this a "dislike" is beyond me! For any aspiring comedians (and comediennes) this is what you should be aiming for!
The sad part of it is that in this jaded day and age, there is no demand for this style of Comedy, We buy $100 tickets to sit in seats for an hour or two and comedy is people talking,. To us, at us and about us. Comedy in words, meanings and inflections.
Harpo and Lucy spoke not a word, and yet they communicated more than you will ever hear from one of those $100 seats. Today. people would hear nothing, get bored, stand up and leave to get their money back. What you saw between Lucy and Harpo was Vaudeville from the turn of the 20th century. Now, in the 21st Century, Vaudeville is too sophisticated for today's jaded audiences. It's over their heads.
I can use this to teach symmetry to my third grade math students.
I was a big fan of the Marx brothers movies growing up. Although I admired the keyboard antics of Chico more (I play also), Harpo was a blast! He and Lucy should've won an Emmy for this episode. TV comedy was brilliant back then.
+Elder Rondy Fleming you said it all right there
Kate, your last sentence makes a very good point! I've witnessed Jerry Lee Lewis dazzle the 'ivories'...but Chico reigns supreme.
I see 64 thumbs down, for this clip..?! How on Earth could ANYONE object to, or have ANYTHING negative to say about one of the most memorable, iconic, & hilarious clips in Television comedy history?! I truly don't get it! 😵😕⁉️
I agree.
Such a seemingly effortless bit of light comedy, that is the product of hard work, practice and professionalism.
Still funny in late 2019.
And early 2020!
I never tire of watching ILL. Great cure for depression, just watch Lucy and her friends. I highly recommend a trip to Jamestown NY. The birthday celebration festival weekend is the best. My mom and I even stayed an extra day. I have very fond memories of our mother-daughter weekend in Jamestown, NY.
Funny forever.
I'm sorry to say that in March of 2020 it stopped being funny. Ah well it had a good run
@@gbowers123 March is almost over, and it's funny again.
The best three minutes of television in history.
Two geniuses.
I actually prefer this version over the original in Duck Soup. Two great masters of comedy working together. A genuine classic.
I've loved Lucy for 54 years- my entire life, and I haven't stopped laughing yet!!!!
2 fab. The sweetest & most wonderful of comedy gags ever! A pure treat, many thanx
Now this is comedy genius, old school at its very best rest in peace harpo, such a joy to watch the likes of whom will never be seen again pure class, the world was better for the marx brothers all so sadly missed, stay safe at this troubled time folks love from nottingham England 🏴 🇬🇧 ❤️
this show had more iconic moments than you could count. This, the grape stomping, vita meata vegemin, and on and on.
0:07 It takes a lot to blow Harpo's mind, but Lucy found a way.
And he was surprised instantly
Two comic legends at the top of their games.
It’s the simple things that brings joy & laughter 😂❤️
THIS is what brilliance looks like.
One of the best things ever made for TV. Nothing can compare.
2 icons of laughter appreciating their art
All I can think is how much fun is heaven you got a lot of comedic talents like Lucy, Harpo, Robin Williams and much more
I've watched this about 1,000,000 times and it never gets old.
"I Love Lucy" was in widespread re-runs when I was growing up in the late 1960s and '70s. It was just part of the background noise of my childhood -- seems like yesterday. Hard to believe, in retrospect, that Harpo Marx's heyday (1930s) was closer in time to "I Love Lucy," than Lucille Ball's TV show (1950s) is to the present day.
Ms Ball had great respect and warm feelings for Harpo, a man she always said was so kind, and so wonderful.
This is my all-time favorite scene.,. This was comedic gold... Because it shows exactly why she was considered of the funniest and greatest comedic stars that ever lived..
I wished I lived in this era. I’m almost 40 years old and Lucille Ball is my favorite and always will be. I just for the first time started to listen to My Favorite Husband. It’s very interesting!
The mind boggles at the sheer concentration and counting skills of both these great entertainers. Brilliant.
I have not seen that in 40 plus years. But, I still remembered it fondly, I loved it immensely, enjoyed it again...
In my book the 3 greatest American comedians of the 20th century were Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx, and Lucille Ball. To see two of these ultimates working together so perfectly is a tremendous gift. I love Harpo, and of course I love Lucy.
Two comedic geniuses at work.
One of my favorite moments from this show
One episode that I remember super well!
Classic we are Blessed to have grown up in this Era of Real Talent......
You can't get much better than this.
Only Lucille Ball could do this, two comedic geniuses at their best! It's good to laugh at something so classic and funny!!!
It is impossible to repeat those masterpieces!
This still makes me laugh.
Absolutely.🙂 and it is now 2022 and I still laugh at every episode and always will. At almost 69, it is the best remedy when I am in a bad mood. Bring out the DVDs, popcorn, and ice tea. Oh yes, a nice warm blanket and cozy chair. What could be better.❤🙂
I just watched it again and I am laughing out loud and I am alone. LOL!
You can see that Harpo had to hold his tongue to keep from bursting out laughing 1:07 when he stood in front of Lucy mimicking his face. Two giants of comedy.
Her face compared to his caught me off guard the first time. Absolutely hilarious expression!
It does not get any better than this! ❤️I Love Lucy
Classic. Haven't seen that scene in over 50 years. Still chuckling all these years later.
I’m sure this was harder than what they made it seem, truly brilliant!
Harder than they made it seem? It seems nearly impossible to get their timing so incredibly in synch!
This is 1 of 2 brilliant moments on I love Lucy.... the other, Lucy and Ethel working at the candy factory.
My second favorite is "Be A Pal" when she dresses up and mimes to Carmen Miranda. This is the song Harpo and Chico did together in 1941 "The Big Store" and again in a TV show in 1952.
I used to love getting myself up early to watch Lucy before the school bus came😅
I have seen this several times, and every time I watch, it makes me laugh out loud. That's because it's real humor!
My two favorite comedians in my favorite I Love Lucy episode! Can’t get any better than that! ❤️
This is pure comic genius,!
This and the grape stomping scene are the two best routines Lucy ever did!!!
That she was able to keep up with Harpo is a testament to her talent
I have watched this bit my whole life. It was only last week that I FINALLY watched "Duck Soup" and saw this bit with Groucho. Laughed my ass off. :)
Lucy actually looked really cute with short curly hair, in my opinion.
she actually looked young in this
She did appeared in Room Service in 1938
Loved the original version with Groucho n harpo but this is also excellently done too , Lucille is a wonderful comedian too
Funny and interesting to watch this is like a mirroring a person drama ❤👍
Two greats right there.
Lucy was one of the funniest women in the world, and still Is! But, she was never funnier when she did this with Harpo!
I love the Marx Brothers seen their films many many times but this television classic will never die
Comedy gold right here. Truly amazing Lucy and Harpo
Comedy can be funny without going into the gutter.
True, but sadly that's how it is. Plus, it's all about politics!
Amen
One of my favorite episodes.
Seth MacFarlane can learn a thing or two from this, no offense.
And without uttering a single word.
Lucy was a perfectionist and this routine was rehearsed to the gills
Doesn't get any better than this!
4 dislikes? What the matter with you 4 . This is beautiful comedy without any vulgarity and is raw talent !!
This is my favorite scene. pure genius.
Comedy at its finest! I love this episode, but I Love Lucy! All my life watched the reruns and I always laugh!
No matter how many times I see this it still makes me laugh.
Murderville - the mirror scene is an homage to Groucho Marx in Duck Soup (1933) and Harpo Marx & Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy (1955).
One of the greatest comedy routines of all time.
It entertained me sixty years ago when I was a kid. It utterly astounds me now that I can appreciate more subtlety. Lucy was a mistress of comedy and so extremely talented, a nonesuch for all times, and a perfect complement to Harpo. What I was unable to appreciate at all sixty years ago was her repartee with Desi. ... Ethel isn't so bad either, no?
Love this show so much
Lucy is SO FREAKIN' TALENTED!!!
Believe me, if circumstances were different in the early 20th century, Harpo could have been a great silent movie star in comedy. Thanks for the era of that time where they were born and raised in NYC, my old hometown. By the way, if I am not mistaken the top hat Harpo wore came from when his parents were married from their wedding back in the 1890s. Most New Yorkers who went to church or synagogue wore it with their best suits.
Lucy and Harpo were awesome in this, thanks! The "mirror routine," made famous in The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933), was in fact first performed by Max Linder in Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). It's also very good and maybe my favorite version?
One of the best scenes from this show. Vitameatavegamin.
8/7/19 just read Lucy would have 108 today...Happy Birthday!!
Harpo would have been about 132. No wonder he's dead.
I remember hearing of her death when I was listening to the radio in my office. I was among many who were devastated to hear of her death. Several years later I traveled to Jamestown NY to attend the Birthday Celebration Festival Weekend . I will never forget it. What a PHENOMENAL mini vacation with my mom. So much to see and do. WE ❤ LUCY