I got to see Red Skelton live, and Hal Holbrook do Mark Twain (technically Twain would be humor, not comedy). It’s all downhill from thers.
“Hal Holbrook do Mark Twain”
I’ve been trying to find those recordings, but I haven’t seen them since they were on vinyl.
Saw Holbrook in Sacramento as Twain from the second row. Unbelievable presentation. I love wit and i think you have to include that as comedy.
Mark Steyn is funny and very biting on our side.
I like Garrison keillor (don’t not me yet) Despite all th liberalism’s and his last year attack on Trump every week, he was always a great story teller. His week in Lake Wobegon makes him Twain-like for my money and his voice is memorable and unique. The gut that replaced him i a great musician, but the storytelling is gone.
I find Lily Gomlyn funny and i know she’ll slip in some very liberals tuff but she has a creative mind.
I saw Prior with a mostly dressed up back crowd at the circae star in the Bay Area. Patty LaBelle opened. It wa son of the vest shows I have ever scene.
I go back to Sid Cesear, Groucho Marx (one of my all times) and laughed at the Real mcCoys wit my immigrant grandfather who barely spoke English.
Seinfeld never works blue. I ;ike comedians in the car getting coffee and his series. seen him twice live. Would pay again. He loves the work and other comedians. He’s the best since Williams died.
Rpbun Williams worked but but his mind was unbelievable. A dirtier version of Jonathan Winters. I like both of them.
No one will ver top Korman and conway or Burnett in that curtain dress. The look and the longest laugh ever submitted as evidence.
I’m 70 and comedy is different, but i don’t see my kids looking at coms or laughing at etertainment. If they do, it ill be streaming or web sites like the one Will Ferrell started.
Toime changes everything. I watched the most episodes of the history of comedy on CNN and they showed broadway clips and stand up from the 50s and 60 and tonight women comics. But humor changes and time changes and some onus are ridding into the sunset. We ill always need political jesters and finny people I just wish a new mprrt saul of Lenny bruce would emerge to use the envelope while;e i can watch them/
Thanx for the thread ROTFLMAO