@@jamescates9095 The funniest show was his radio show, for public radio, called Le Show. He was free associating for an hour a week. Brutally funny stuff. He went after W, the way Hunter Thompson pointed out reagan’s brain dead stupidity.
_"Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, and formerly Dr. Hibbert."_ It's pretty impressive that those and other Simpsons characters come from Harry Shearer.
@@mkunes2502 I hated the whole disco scene. But the mid to late 1970s was not a great time in the United States. From 1975 till the end. From the horrible end of the Vietnam war, Watergate, high unemployment and inflation, gas lines in 1979 and more. But compared to 2024 it was paradise. So I should have taken things less seriously, including disco, but I was young.
@@mkunes2502 I would say 1965 was the beginning of the end. One could say 1946 or 47 when Truman signed the CIA into existence. But that's another story. After '65 it really went down hill. I saw it.
@@ronniecozzi8385 I’m old enough to know the 60s. As clearl as a bell, it was reagan that turned the country back toward stupidity, when it was progressing, forward. EVERYTHING that we’re seeing today started when Reagan grifted his way to power, as a traitor.
Ah, good old Fernwood Tonight. I would love to find video of the episode where the Salvation Army band appears doing their version of Stayin Alive. Fernwood, Taxi, Barney Miller, the last hurrah of the golden age of television, 1965-1980. After that, things went downhill at an amazingly rapid pace. When they got rid of Taxi, they got rid of me. Anyway, I wasn't a huge Mary Hartman fan but I was way into Fernwood Tonight, best late-night talk show next to Johnny and Letterman before he turned into a self-absorbed overly political bitter old man.
Snider was lovable twit sometimes. One of those guys you couldn't stay angry at. He had The Clash on his show and they played for fifteen minutes doing Magnificent Seven and This Is Radio Clash. It's one of their only good live performances available online. Letterman was on his show. It was as if he just wanted to put Snider in his place by humiliating him on his own show. Maybe Snider asked for it. I don't know. Harry Shearer is a brilliant comedian.
@@michaelwilson2340 I assume John "Lydon" was there and being a narcissist. Wendy was always a sweetheart. Ever check out Amyl and the Sniffers? They are an Aussie punk band and the singer Amy Taylor reminds me a bit of Wendy and the Plasmatics.
@@Alsatiagent-zu1rx Lydon was quite rude. It was a very awkward interview. Snyder was actually being professional. I think Johnny was doing his "act" again. Keith Levine was very subdued though. It's a tragedy how Wendy took her own life.
@@michaelwilson2340 Snyder did a second interview with Lydon decades later. Lydon admitted he was trying to cause a scene and said Snyder did a great job of not falling for it. It's worth looking up.
Letterman’s morning show used comedians as pretend guests, also. It was much funnier than Late Night, with its boring real guests. Also, Shearer’s radio show, LeShow, had comedians as fake guests.
Shearer is always dead-on with his impersonations. He's got the cadence, the habits, the riffs
@@jamescates9095 The funniest show was his radio show, for public radio, called Le Show. He was free associating for an hour a week. Brutally funny stuff. He went after W, the way Hunter Thompson pointed out reagan’s brain dead stupidity.
Tom Snyder was one of the best interviewers gosh I miss him 😢
Everybody in this vid are legends.
Fernwood Tonight was such a funny show !
Martin mull died 😢😢😢😢
Genius comedy. I miss this stuff!
When does the comedy start I could not tell.
@@bltvd If you don't get it, you don't get it...
_"Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, and formerly Dr. Hibbert."_ It's pretty impressive that those and other Simpsons characters come from Harry Shearer.
Also, Spinal Tap and The Folksmen.
Brilliant Harry and Snyder impression.
1:10 He calls himself "steamed" despite the fact that he's obviously grilled.
Now I miss the late 1970s.
Umm…disco.
@@mkunes2502 I hated the whole disco scene. But the mid to late 1970s was not a great time in the United States. From 1975 till the end. From the horrible end of the Vietnam war, Watergate, high unemployment and inflation, gas lines in 1979 and more. But compared to 2024 it was paradise. So I should have taken things less seriously, including disco, but I was young.
@@ronniecozzi8385 History will show it was the apogee of American civilization. Starting in 1980, the nation started downhill quickly.
@@mkunes2502 I would say 1965 was the beginning of the end. One could say 1946 or 47 when Truman signed the CIA into existence. But that's another story. After '65 it really went down hill. I saw it.
@@ronniecozzi8385 I’m old enough to know the 60s. As clearl as a bell, it was reagan that turned the country back toward stupidity, when it was progressing, forward. EVERYTHING that we’re seeing today started when Reagan grifted his way to power, as a traitor.
I'm a big fan of everyone in this video, including Tom Snyder. Snyder was very underrated as a late night host.
RIP Martin
Harry Shearer is the best!
Ah, good old Fernwood Tonight. I would love to find video of the episode where the Salvation Army band appears doing their version of Stayin Alive. Fernwood, Taxi, Barney Miller, the last hurrah of the golden age of television, 1965-1980. After that, things went downhill at an amazingly rapid pace. When they got rid of Taxi, they got rid of me. Anyway, I wasn't a huge Mary Hartman fan but I was way into Fernwood Tonight, best late-night talk show next to Johnny and Letterman before he turned into a self-absorbed overly political bitter old man.
"95% of ppl at 1 o'clock in the morning are in the nude"
Snider was lovable twit sometimes. One of those guys you couldn't stay angry at. He had The Clash on his show and they played for fifteen minutes doing Magnificent Seven and This Is Radio Clash. It's one of their only good live performances available online. Letterman was on his show. It was as if he just wanted to put Snider in his place by humiliating him on his own show. Maybe Snider asked for it. I don't know. Harry Shearer is a brilliant comedian.
Snyder's interview with Public Image Limited didn't go so well. Wendy O Williams was a blast though. Literally.
@@michaelwilson2340 I assume John "Lydon" was there and being a narcissist. Wendy was always a sweetheart. Ever check out Amyl and the Sniffers? They are an Aussie punk band and the singer Amy Taylor reminds me a bit of Wendy and the Plasmatics.
@@Alsatiagent-zu1rx Lydon was quite rude. It was a very awkward interview. Snyder was actually being professional. I think Johnny was doing his "act" again. Keith Levine was very subdued though. It's a tragedy how Wendy took her own life.
@@michaelwilson2340 Snyder did a second interview with Lydon decades later. Lydon admitted he was trying to cause a scene and said Snyder did a great job of not falling for it. It's worth looking up.
People in ice shows have fan clubs... Heh heh
Freakin' hilarious
Harry Shearer SNL, Spinal Tap, Airheads lol. Great voices of the Simpsons. So funny.
wayne’s world 2 as well
@Mork2001 I meant Wayne's World 2, not Airheads.
It’s Mr Burns and the other characters from The Simpsons. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Perfect!
Haha!! Love harry!
LOVELOVELOVE
Fernwood Tonight was screwy. Saw it on cable at another house.
Shearer looks like David Horowitz
Is that martin mull with the Ed Begley jr haircut?
He always wore hair like that. Even in 1974 when I saw him in concert. In terms of chronology, Ed Begley Jr imitated Martin Mull
‘We’ll pay ya scale’. It’s a shame comedic talk shows became political shit shows thanks to DB like Seth Myers.
RIP gentlemen.
Sounds like today's hyper sensitive DEI standard
Letterman’s morning show used comedians as pretend guests, also. It was much funnier than Late Night, with its boring real guests. Also, Shearer’s radio show, LeShow, had comedians as fake guests.
RIP Martin