Dean Martin & Foster Brooks in 'The Pilot'

chonday ^ | 12/21/2016 | self

[sodpoodle]

Where has the humor gone?

[SkyDancer]

I’ve been using one-liners from that scene at work.

[Puppage]

Hysterical. Foster Brooks was great. There’s another with Martin where he’s a dentist.

[Maverick68]

Dean Martin was the man!

[Right_in_Virginia]

I don’t know what made me laugh more, Foster Brooks or watching Dean Martin’s reaction. Very funny.

Thanks for posting! :^D

[Maverick68]

It’s really sad when the best thing on television are infomercials featuring Dean Martin, Carol Burnette, Red Skelton, etc.....

[sodpoodle]

Good Grief - hope you are not a pilot!!!!! LOL!!!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

Great skit! Another one,easily found on youtube,is Hudson & Landry doing “Ajax Airline”.For that matter another one they did is also classic “Ajax Liquor Store”....also found on youtube.

[redhead]

I thought I was the only person left in the world who remembered Hudson and Landry. Those were some hilarious routines. I think some material may still be available online.

[sodpoodle]

So of course I checked your home page = now it’s even funnier:)

[Hot Tabasco]

Dean Martin’s daughter was on Fox and Friends a couple weeks ago and she said that the image of her father as being a heavy drinker was all just a show on his part and that he very seldom drank.......

[crz]

Remember the Dean Martin roasts?

There are a ton of them on youtube.

[Gay State Conservative]

P>I think some material may still be available online.

Yup,it is....youtube.Just went there to refresh old memories.Ajax Liquor Store,Ajax Airline and Old Floyd (the prospectors) are there.

[sodpoodle]

I believe he created that illusion for his comedy routine - great talent. Smoking caused his health problems.

[A CA Guy]

Foster was his uncle?

[Puppage]

[Lurker]

For later.

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[unread]

"It’s really sad when the best thing on television are infomercials featuring Dean Martin, Carol Burnette, Red Skelton, etc..."

I always like Benny Hill... Absolutely hilarious..!

[sodpoodle]

Checked Wiki - Martin & Brooks are not shown as being related.

[GreenHornet]

Here’s the genius of Foster Brooks: Every other comedian who did a “drunk act” overplayed it. They would stagger wildly, really slur their words, and then start singing “Sweet Adeline.” Foster Brooks did the opposite. He played a guy who was obviously drunk, but was trying very hard to hold it together. He would walk across the stage taking slow, measured steps trying not to stagger. When he spoke, there was some slurring of his words, but when he reached a word that was difficult to pronounce, he would try a couple of times, then use a different word in its place.