Spike Jones and The City Slickers (1953) - MDA Telethon

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    Check out Spike Jones and The City Slickers during the 1953 MDA Labor Day! Spike Jones and The City Slickers' comedy routine will have you laughing out of your chair! You don't want to miss this!
    The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an enchanting yearly variety show that ran for half a century. Hosted for many years by Jerry Lewis, the telethon featured top stars from the world of music, comedy, and Broadway and was like no other show on earth.
    The telethon was created to help support the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which is leading the fight against muscular dystrophy. MDA dedicates itself to strength, independence and life. To learn more about MDA and to donate, please visit www.MDA.org.
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  • @patriozeb
    @patriozeb Před 5 lety +96

    Thats my Dad playing the Bass Trombone I was thrilled to find the clip!

    • @78rpmblog
      @78rpmblog Před 5 lety +9

      He's doing a superb job to keep a straight face to Freddie Morgan's antics.

    • @demef758
      @demef758 Před 4 lety +10

      It took a ton of will power to keep a straight face as Pop did while Freddie did his thing!

    • @josephinerimmer6888
      @josephinerimmer6888 Před 4 lety +3

      Patrick Nole Wow!!!

    • @josephinerimmer6888
      @josephinerimmer6888 Před 4 lety +6

      Was he good at Poker? He shoulda been with that face. God bless all of them, we will never see their like again. Xxx

    • @patriozeb
      @patriozeb Před 4 lety +6

      He didn’t gamble but he was alot of fun! Love my pops

  • @TubeNotMe
    @TubeNotMe Před 10 měsíci +6

    One of the great comedic geniuses now lost in the past. So great to see this performance still preserved!

  • @user-ov2ms4ei8w
    @user-ov2ms4ei8w Před 12 dny

    Huge Slicker fan here! Never saw this clip before! Thanks for making it available!

  • @deepblue1963
    @deepblue1963 Před rokem +4

    Amazing musicians. When Spike paused the comedy during their shows and they just jammed. It was mind-blowing! 💯👊🏻

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 Před rokem +3

    Forget trying to keep s straight face once Freddie Morgan starts his bit🤣🤣🤣

  • @baumcollcsame7871
    @baumcollcsame7871 Před 5 lety +19

    Wow!!! 1953 MDA Telethon with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis still together! And Spike Jones and his City Slickers at their finest. This video is a great find!!

  • @ThomasPrior-wv6zn
    @ThomasPrior-wv6zn Před rokem +2

    ITS 2023 I LOVE THESE GUYS STILL AS FUNNY NOW AS THEN R I P SPIKE AND SLICKER,S

  • @demef758
    @demef758 Před 4 lety +14

    Jones had the good sense to know that when you have great comedic talent on the staff, such as Freddie Morgan, then you let them do their things, stand back, and enjoy it with the audience. Although Jones is the straight man here, you can see Jones bust out laughing @ 4:07. What a fantastic act Jones had!

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 Před rokem

      when they claim that they dont see colour

    • @qqleq
      @qqleq Před rokem

      I only know Morgan form Spike Jones, but I can see immediately that he is one of the best in clownery that I've ever seen.

    • @williamcaspers7087
      @williamcaspers7087 Před 10 měsíci +1

      My mom famous dancer all over the world first husband was banjo great Freddie Morganstern.. two seldom together due to different talents yet had my gorgeous step sister Ann.. who died recently in her 80's our mom Sethma Williams died 2014 at 99... Freddie and Eddie Peabody considered two of the world's best banjo players in their time and both revered by banjo players around the world 🌎

  • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
    @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Před rokem +3

    i was born in 1990. i ostensibly should perceive this as a painfully cringey relic of a bygone era BUUuuUUuuUT i gotta say this is unbelievably funny. the banjo player is SUCH a good physical comedian it's insane

  • @jokerfreak1973
    @jokerfreak1973 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I want so bad to find videos of Spike Jones. He was introduced to me when I was a child by my Grandfather when he was alive.

  • @johnmitchelljr
    @johnmitchelljr Před rokem +2

    Never disappoints. Thank you.

  • @petelarose998
    @petelarose998 Před 2 lety +3

    😉☺😊😄 Spike Joan was a genius and also very very funny I've always loved his music good Peter

  • @echoecho3108
    @echoecho3108 Před 2 lety +4

    The only time no one needs to shout 'More Cowbell!' 🙄 😊

  • @thepizzasnobofnepasnj3730

    Surprised to learn the MDA telethon has been around that long.

    • @phillipnelson6076
      @phillipnelson6076 Před 2 lety

      For many of the early years it was only on a few TV stations.

  • @j.c.b6473
    @j.c.b6473 Před 2 lety +1

    Madness! 😂

  • @ellenrosenblatt5463
    @ellenrosenblatt5463 Před 2 lety +2

    First came Spike Jones in the 50's followed by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in the 60's.

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 Před 8 měsíci

      80s , 90s & 2000s came Weird AL Yankovic.
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @michaelthomsen4919
    @michaelthomsen4919 Před 11 měsíci

    Chaos pilots and break dancers ... before they where invented. Amazing

  • @wilihgrolsch3544
    @wilihgrolsch3544 Před 5 lety +3

    Timeless. Genius. 'That's a killer!' I laughed at your wedding. At last they were rid of youooooo!

  • @KlandestinosProducciones
    @KlandestinosProducciones Před 5 lety +6

    6:39 The very first BREAKDANCE ever

    • @exploreguitar684
      @exploreguitar684 Před 4 lety

      First thought the same, but have a look here
      czcams.com/video/14QEoEIvUuk/video.html

    • @KeithE4
      @KeithE4 Před 3 lety +1

      @@exploreguitar684 -- That film was from 1946. Curly Howard of the Three Stooges was "break dancing" a decade earlier. Woowoowoowoowoo!

  • @carolynebbert1482
    @carolynebbert1482 Před rokem +2

    Could that have been the worlds first break dancer at the 6:39 time stamp? Seen him doing more extensive moves elsewhere.

  • @johnsturdy6429
    @johnsturdy6429 Před 4 lety +3

    beat that!!! impossible

  • @jackfitzpatrick5566
    @jackfitzpatrick5566 Před rokem

    Crazy to think Spike Jones and Dean Martin interacted at some point. I don’t know why this is a crazy concept but they’re such polar opposites.

  • @MrTruckerf
    @MrTruckerf Před 5 lety +10

    Freddie Morgan reminds me of Harpo Marx at times, and the whole schtick here is one of bedlam and chaos in the fashion of the Marx brothers.

  • @AudiophileTommy
    @AudiophileTommy Před 9 měsíci

    🤯I now know where Rowan Atkinson got his character Mr.Bean from (watch the banjo player at the start of this performance .

  • @screamingeagle3032
    @screamingeagle3032 Před 3 lety +2

    Is that Dean Martin in the beginning clip?

    • @echoecho3108
      @echoecho3108 Před 2 lety +1

      Yep. Dino and Jerry were still speaking to each other then.

  • @MikeSmith-eb2jm
    @MikeSmith-eb2jm Před rokem

    I can see where Mad Magazine got it's character Alfred E Newman

  • @mellotronage7073
    @mellotronage7073 Před 5 lety +3

    What ? No latrine-ophone ? (instrument made from a toilet seat that the City Slickers used/invented)

  • @user-ii1eb6eg8e
    @user-ii1eb6eg8e Před rokem +1

    Надо же, ни одного чернокожего...

  • @batouttahell454
    @batouttahell454 Před rokem

    Anyone remember ERNIE KOVACS???

    • @pianopappy
      @pianopappy Před rokem

      Yes, from the time he first went on television on WPTZ, channel 3, in Philadelphia in the early 1950's. His zany program, called "Three to Get Ready", aired in the early-morning time slot eventually taken over by NBC's "Today" show. Ernie, himself, later starred in daytime and evening network programs on NBC and later on ABC. He often used music in his bits until he died in January 1962 in a one-car accident.

    • @russs7574
      @russs7574 Před 7 měsíci

      Kovacs was hysterical. He is generally credited with developing "blackout comedy," which was raised to another level in the late 60's/early 70's on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." Not only that, he was married to Edie Adams, who was hot, hot, hot.

  • @user-wt2rs2mm9n
    @user-wt2rs2mm9n Před 9 měsíci

    Funny as watching paint dry.

  • @mikerca
    @mikerca Před 4 lety

    Terrible camera work though.

    • @pgh45rpms
      @pgh45rpms Před 4 lety +2

      Early tv technology -- it's 1953.

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před rokem +1

      They had to belong to the union to get those jobs!

  • @petelarose998
    @petelarose998 Před 2 lety +2

    Christ is the ONLY WAY to heaven!!!

  • @GBart
    @GBart Před 4 lety +1

    What the hell is this? Is this supposed to be funny?
    I'm glad I wasn't alive in the 50s, I'd have died of boredom

    • @KeithE4
      @KeithE4 Před 3 lety +5

      Lighten up, Francis! If you don't like it, don't post here. Nobody will miss you.

    • @cpbrestvankempen2867
      @cpbrestvankempen2867 Před 3 lety +3

      Your comment, on the other hand, now THAT'S fascinating.

    • @Johnny35130
      @Johnny35130 Před 3 lety +1

      The studio recordings were much funnier.

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 Před 2 lety +5

      If you have to ask, you don't get it.

    • @danaldrich8278
      @danaldrich8278 Před 2 lety +1

      You my friend are very short sighted!