Rich Little - Amazing comedian and great friend of Ronald Reagan (Vanity with link)

Rich Little's Web Page | 02/16/2006 | MarineBrat

[MarineBrat]

OK, so maybe this is my contribution to the Friday Silliness thread posted a day early.  :)  Here's a link to Richard Little's web page.  He's one of my all time favorite comedians and impressionists.  He also was a great friend of Ronald Reagan's, and can act and sound exactly like Reagan, as well as Nixon, Carter, Bush Sr., and hundreds of other famous people.

Many of you FReepers who are younger than me may not remember him, as his style of comedy seems to have disappeared along with Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.  But I can tell you that Rich Little was in the thick of the best comedy ever made in America.

Click here to view a 6 minute Quicktime Movie of snippets from Rich Little's routine.

Click here to view Rich's web page tribute to Ronald Reagan.

Click here to go to Rich Little's web page.

Enyoy!

[MarineBrat]

Watch the Quicktime movie. A barrel of laughs! I miss the days when "celebrities" were on our side.

[the tongue]

I'm 40 and I remember Rich. When I was a kid, I thought he was the funniest thing out there, but I've recently watched something that he was on, and it wasn't the least bit funny, nor did the impressions he did seem all that good as they did back in the day. I'll give this a look though, for old times sake.

[PaulJ]

From his Reagan tribute page:
I knew that[President Reagan] did impressions of Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne, but I never dreamed he would go into a Capote impression in the Lincoln Room! Some foreign visitors standing near us, who didn't know him, must have thought that the President was very strange.

Now there's something I'd have loved to seen; Ronald Reagan doing Capote!

[the tongue]

I was right. After watching the clip, Rich Little doesn't hold up for me.

[MarineBrat]

I was right. After watching the clip, Rich Little doesn't hold up for me.

I guess what I like about him so much is that the impressions jumping from one celebrity to another brings so many other memories with them. Did you ever watch Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast?

[oyez]

Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast killed comedy on network prime time because no other production been able to top it.

[scrabblehack]

He performed at the Liberal Leadership Convention in Canada -- the one that nominated John Turner to succeed Pierre Trudeau. Hmm...how long will it be before professional comedians start performing at US Political Conventions?

Dang, who was he impersonating? I don't remember.

Anyway, he did an impression of Trudeau -- the question was, "how do you start a small business in Canada?"
He answers, "Oh, that's easy. Just start a large business and then wait."

[freedumb2003]

Anyway, he did an impression of Trudeau -- the question was, "how do you start a small business in Canada?" He answers, "Oh, that's easy. Just start a large business and then wait."

ROTFLMAO -- that is REALLY funny!

I have my favorite Canadian target friend in my sights for next week with this one! :)

[Lib-Lickers 2]

Foster Brooks would steal the show

[Majie Purple]

R.W.R. ping.