Albert Brooks deconstructing a dummy. From the Flip Wilson Show 1972
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@StandApartComedy5 жыл бұрын
*This clip had 400,000 views and over 2,000 likes as of September 2018. Unfortunately, I accidentally took this clip down on September 2, 2018. It has been re-uploaded as of September 28, 2018*
@cabal3747
5 жыл бұрын
I will miss all the comments from people complaining that they could see his lips move.
@vincentmoon9187
4 жыл бұрын
Well that was silly of you
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
likely story.
@Dillinger86
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on TV with my dad, thank you for uploading this gem.
@MaoistBanker
6 ай бұрын
Nice to see this routine get time in the new Albert Brooks documentary on MAX
@linmiller81476 ай бұрын
His routines, short films on SNL, his appearances on ANY talk show, his albums, his movies, AND his novel -- sheer genius -- no one else like him.
@halweiss8671
3 ай бұрын
Did you see his elephant tamer routine, where the elephant was delayed in transit so he uses a frog? It was hysterical.
@thefifthdementia52312 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this back in the day. Fell in love with Brooks's comedy immediately. When he drops the dummy it still makes me laugh, 50 years later.
@cordellsenior993510 ай бұрын
This was etched into my memory. I may have been 12 or so when I saw this aired on TV and I was on the FLOOR. Couldn't catch my breath when he got to "Lady of Spain". Think I did a Kool-Aide spit take. I became an Albert Brooks fan instantly and forever. Learned years later that his brother was Super Dave Osborne (also, a comic genius).
@linmiller8147
6 ай бұрын
I think we have a shared memory. GENIUS.
@wvu05 Жыл бұрын
On _The Tonight Show_ in the 1960s, Mel Brooks was asked who is the funniest comedian he had ever seen. He mentioned "a kid named Albert Einstein." He wasn't kidding.
@billfranz1724
7 ай бұрын
Not to quibble, but I believe you meant Carl Reiner.
@wvu05
7 ай бұрын
@@billfranz1724 You may be right, but I'd heard that it was Mel Brooks who said it. Stupid telephone game!
@billkirchner6738
5 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks' real name IS Albert Einstein.@@wvu05
@halweiss8671
3 ай бұрын
His older brother, Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave) was funny too.
@billyhigh46907 ай бұрын
My main problem with AB is he wasn’t on TV more and that he didn’t make more movies! What a talent simply brilliant and I don’t throw that word around very often for people other than me!
@daveidmarx82966 ай бұрын
This comedy seems so far ahead of its time for when it actually aired originally. This would've been cutting edge in the 80s, let alone a decade earlier.
@kevinwachs5905
6 ай бұрын
Fred Allen must have been REALLY far ahead of his time when he did a parody ventriloquist act in vaudeville in 1916.
@billfranz17243 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks was so young when he first came on Carson. He’d always do sketchy, fringe of show biz characters. His Mime is also pee in your pants funny. So is the lion tamer, and the around the bend comedian who has plum run out of material. Aren’t that many geniuses in the comedy world, but Brooks ranks high.
@ClueSign
Жыл бұрын
Like a precursor to Andy Kaufman
@STEVEHEROLD
7 ай бұрын
my favorite bit he did on Carson was the Speak N Spell one.
@apseudonym3 жыл бұрын
when he drops him facedown the first time... I almost cried laughing
@fgrady14 жыл бұрын
Every appearance he made on Johnny Carson was original and hilarious!
@anncarper81635 жыл бұрын
The great Albert Brooks, ladies and gentlemen...
@bronsonhilliard6841 Жыл бұрын
This is, in my mind, the single funniest 4 minutes in the history of standup comedy. I can't watch it without paroxysms of laughter, tears and wheezing. It's the only funny ventriloquism act in the long history of ventriloquism.
@GrantSchinto11 ай бұрын
Underrated genius. So many original ideas . . .
@taztaztaz2 жыл бұрын
and to think Super Dave Osborne was his brother, also played Marty Funkhauser on Curb your Enthusiasm.. cant imagine how funny that house they grew up in was!!
@Razormiller
9 ай бұрын
Theyre dad was a famous comedian(on the radio) too... hilarious house indeed
@JoshuaDavidMurillo5 жыл бұрын
Dude, that was f***ing gold. I literally just laughed out loud uncontrollably. lol So good.
@jfjoubertquebec3 жыл бұрын
Back here again. That thump when the puppet falls hahahaha
@Lori-lp6uc7 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Albert Brooks is the voice of Nemo's dad, Marlin.
@kaybee515010 ай бұрын
I'm not sure, but I could have sworn I saw Alberts lips move.
@moongirl20322 ай бұрын
The funniest thing I'vd watched in years! Man, I love this guy! Brilliant. Loved "Lost In America and Defending your life" 😂❤
@jobysaad2 жыл бұрын
I love it, and he is a big hit on Network television....no surprise there. Still I'd love to see Albert Brooks try to pull off his Anti-comedy at the Fayetteville North Carolina Comedy Zone.
@garethbull530314 күн бұрын
A great character and study of failure. What a laugh. It still works in 2024.
@Nickplay217 ай бұрын
I never saw this until today. It was pretty funny. And then the cigarette drop part happened and I realized how genius and ahead of its time this was.
@JosephJamesScott6 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks was the Albert Einstein of comedy until he changed his stage name to Brooks
@SesameCake4 жыл бұрын
Still a better ventriloquist than Jeff Dunham.
@WytZox1
3 жыл бұрын
* THose toy dummies come with a booklet that teach you to talk without moving your lips! ☺
@vestibulate
2 жыл бұрын
Andrew B. Dunham ventriloquizes the audience. He gets a crowd of born again Christian nationalists to agree with every word he puts in their mouths.
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Now explain how Jeff Dunham got crowds in both Abu Dhabi and Israel to laugh when he did Achmed the dead terrorist. After all, they’re not Christians.
@vestibulate
Жыл бұрын
@@LuckyCharms777 Israel? That's self evident. The same reason they have annual "Death to Arabs" marches through Jerusalem and smear all resistance to apartheid as terrorism. Zionists are a natural audience for Dunham's act. As for Abu Dhabi, I'd like to see a video of his performance there. Can you supply a link?
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Here’s a clip of Achmed in Abu Dhabi. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6eAj7OihbfVmJM.html
@IDFK303Ай бұрын
In a lot of ways I think Albert Brooks paved the way for Andy Kaufman and other similar comics that followed.
@douggraham50824 жыл бұрын
This is like a meta joke of a meta joke! Brilliant!
@PositiveLastAction5 жыл бұрын
The one person that disliked this is the real dummy
@vilentman1114 жыл бұрын
This deliberately bad bit is almost exactly like how Carrot Top acts on stage
@jamesbowen8960 Жыл бұрын
Either you get Albert Brooke's comedy or you don't. I believe him to be a comedic genius.
@csnide6702
7 ай бұрын
his last name ( true) is actually Einstein..... Super Dave was his brother.
@ronmcmartin4513
6 ай бұрын
His "How to Impersonate Famous People" Kit almost gave Johnny Carson a stroke!
@aum3.14625 күн бұрын
National comic gem
@joemedley1957 ай бұрын
That this is still funny just shows that the stock gags of ventriloquists never change.
@ShiningEyeBrigade6 ай бұрын
Wonder if this was inspiration for Norm McDonald’s brief flirt with ventriloquism deconstruction.
@jesseraspler37006 ай бұрын
Pure comedy. He was playing in front of an audience that didn’t appreciate his comedy. Wonder how it felt without laughter until canned during playback.
@joguestin2 жыл бұрын
I had never heard about him until Bojack Horseman mentioned him. He is hilarious. They both are.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
oh my god. Run out and find Lost in America and Defending Your Life. Now. He also did short films for SNL when it first started. They were brilliant. I wish someone would put them together.
@bonwatcher7 ай бұрын
Wow, such a young Albert Brooks on the Flip Wilson Show. I always loved Brook's comedy, but he was fabulous in the movie Broadcast News. His disdain for the main anchors while kissing up to them and hating the whole corporate culture, He was perfect in that role.
@NightMedicine2 жыл бұрын
I think his style was really before its time!
@ayokay1233 жыл бұрын
And if ventriloquism wasn't dead at the time, this most certainly was its coup de grace.
@ernestkinas59734 жыл бұрын
I wish Albert would do a comedy tour again. It would be a sellout.
@jeffreywillstewart6 ай бұрын
I liked Albert Brooks then I watched the HBO special on him and he and Rob Reiner just gloating about how privileged and talented they were. Best friends from childhood in Beverly Hills. brooks ALWAYS played the sad sack who wouldn't get the girl. But it turns out he is another nepo baby. His dad was a legendary comic in Carl Reiners circles but had a heart attack early on. They go on and on how Brooks was allowed to go on shows and do absurdist comedy, when he had his foot in the door all along. He is the original Ben Platt.
@isaackwon20303 жыл бұрын
Albert brooks is is the best
@thegreatelfinko2 жыл бұрын
Pure genius
@SpaneenOomlong4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sioux Falls!
@michaelhall54293 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@ShadowsOnTheScreen4 жыл бұрын
The best and worst ventriloquist ever!
@SubdolphinX3 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks is the funniest man on earth.
@nothenryporter812 жыл бұрын
I find it extra hilarious that, despite the laugh track, none of the visible audience members seemed to so much as crack a smile. But I guess Brooks was still relatively unknown and it was a few years before this type of absurdist meta-humor went more mainstream with SNL, Andy Kaufman, etc.
@NachosElectric
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the couple in the front are very confused. I guess they really thought he was a terrible ventriloquist and were just trying to be polite (by not laughing). I still don't know how you couldn't laugh when he drops the dummy.
@knightrdrx
Жыл бұрын
Great observation. I didn't notice
@ronmcmartin4513
6 ай бұрын
But he was Destroying Flip. Much like Norm MacDonald did to Conan and Dennis Miller. I Never thought George Burns was funny, but Jack Benny loved him. Bob Newhart did the same to Don Rickles.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
The people you could see couldn't see his lips moving. So they didn't get half the gag.@@NachosElectric
@Nerflover10097Ай бұрын
Crazy how he went on to voice Marlin in Finding Nemo
@CrazyHank362 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooke always cracked me up
@chrispiazza74873 жыл бұрын
To my brother and I, back in the day, Flip Wilson was god.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
If you missed Flip Wilson you wouldn't have any clue what all your friends were talking about the next day at school.
@sethie_shots5 ай бұрын
You can see his mouth moving! 😂😂😂 favorite comment
@bobgarner444 ай бұрын
If you look closely, you can see Albert Brooks lips move while the dummys talking
@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr7 ай бұрын
There aren't enough superlatives to describe the genius of Albert Brooks. (as well as his brother, Bob (Super Dave) Einstein). Watch his electronic ventriloquism bit on The Tonight Show with Carson - Screamin Funny. And your life will not be complete until you see "Lost In America".
@jasonsmith83006 ай бұрын
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second I thought it was Andre the Giant.
@YodatheHobbit5 ай бұрын
Who would guess this guy would go on to play a fairly intimidating LA mobster 40 years later in Drive?
@TRHARTAmericanArtist7 ай бұрын
I had that same dummy when I was a kid.
@daveydudely99547 ай бұрын
i had that very same dummy as a kid
@stormbringercoming8105 Жыл бұрын
If you don’t find this hilarious… you’re not worth knowing.
@postatility97035 ай бұрын
What really made this work was Albert having the nerve to completely parody one of those old(and,by then,tired)show biz traditions,taking it to an unprecedented level of absurdity. This was during an importantly subversive period of comedy(Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Firesign Theater, etc.)
@mauriceortiz8817 Жыл бұрын
Genius
@AlejandroKearne Жыл бұрын
A perfect mix between Chris Farley and Andy Kaufman
@JDL042729 күн бұрын
Imagine a young Andy Kaufman at home watching this.
@srhegarty5 ай бұрын
The balls on that man!
@markswishereatsstuff25005 жыл бұрын
Kevin Pollack's podcast brought me here.
@TylerJamesPryor
5 жыл бұрын
Mark Swisher dude same
@DoppSkates4 жыл бұрын
I didnt think I'd laugh BUT I CRACKED THE FUCK UP
@ronmcmartin45136 ай бұрын
It was funnier the 2nd time watching, because even as a fan, my mouth was agape for most of it!
@markdaly16487 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks is unknown quantity outside of America. I know He has done voice work on the Sampson. I could be wrong but there are very few people in the uk or Ireland who have heard of him or are familiar with his work. Many years ago I was on holiday in the US with my family and I think they showed the film he made with merly Streep and had never heard of him. His films are never shown on TV in the uk. Us audiences are more familiar with him.
@ethnographic17 ай бұрын
This…yeah!
@FOXMAN095 ай бұрын
Wow his voice was so different
@porflepopnecker43763 жыл бұрын
Blaffy flaffy flurp.
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
hello longfellow.
@nowitsabadtime4 жыл бұрын
Looks like something Andy Kaufman would've done! haha
@HolmanHal
7 ай бұрын
Brooks was way earlier and way funnier.
@YouWorryMe Жыл бұрын
OMG LOVE IT!
@mcrawsers2 жыл бұрын
I see this is where Norm got his ventriloquist act
@billfranz17247 ай бұрын
Goods news: As of today you can watch a new documentary by Rob Reiner about Brooks. Max.
@davidhull14817 ай бұрын
He kinda shares a comic sensibility here with his brother Super Dave.
@steveconkey73624 ай бұрын
Super Dave's brother.....
@LIFETHRUAWINDSHIELDDanielTChea2 жыл бұрын
Look up ALBERT BROOKS Rewiring the Star Spangled Anthem
@WKRPinCINN2 жыл бұрын
This is so meta it’s zed
@bradrainey90186 ай бұрын
Wow!!!
@richardledoux58685 ай бұрын
Watch the other clip of this bit from the Ed Sullivan show. It didn't seem to go over very well with that audience. I don't think they got the joke.
@gouvyrock4 жыл бұрын
sooo funny
@mactimo333 Жыл бұрын
if smoke would have come out of the dummy on the floor i would have died
@ZAJDML3 жыл бұрын
That is a funny bit. W.C. Fields also has a bad vent bit in one of his movies I think. Here is something fans of ventriloquism should like. I came across this on KZread searching for these acts. It's called Trillo and Suede and reminds of the old Bergen and McCarthy movies. kzread.info
@JamieJobb7 ай бұрын
We've seen Albert Brooks talk before, so this is not believable because Albert is no dummy.
@JohnDoe-gk7ok5 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia says that his birth name was Albert Einstein. Is that true, or was someone making a joke edit?
@gregbeck4439
5 жыл бұрын
Yes its true. His brother was the great Bob Einstein (a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne)
@dianespies31045 ай бұрын
The best lol
@8888jaws5 ай бұрын
Is this the Flip Wilson show?
@jamescollinson24569 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a video clip of Albert Brooks first appearance on the Tonight Show. This bit as the world's worst ventriloquist had Johnny Carson almost falling off his chair laughing.
@davetoffen79447 ай бұрын
I can't stop laughing 😅😅😅😅
@Jimfromearthoo73 жыл бұрын
Who’s that dummy with Danny?lol
@GregoryAmicar573 жыл бұрын
Marlin
@arantxaurrutia03 жыл бұрын
Fuckin Bernie Rose.
@patrickmuhwheeney65187 ай бұрын
I've tried, I really have, but jamesbowen8960 must be right. After seeing him in at least 15 roles, I just don't see the appeal....Thanks for the upload!
@PopeLando5 ай бұрын
Hey, he does funny stuff too? Last time i saw Albert Brooks he was murdering Heisenberg.
@kiradupuis6472 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks Voice Mariln
@emilypetsche13 жыл бұрын
Is that Marlin?
@nordicpaws2423
2 жыл бұрын
Think so - think he also voiced the salesman who sells Homer the RV in Season 1 of the Simpsons.
@jackoconnell1092
Жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bob?
@TheTcwalton7 ай бұрын
s'right
@rahulmaini557 ай бұрын
It’s little hobo
@avieus7 ай бұрын
Yeah..I dunno
@nathandodge6652 ай бұрын
His real name is Albert Einstein
@vincentrimmer58446 ай бұрын
Wow! The bit would be so lame if Brooks didn't commit 100% to it. He DOES, however, and makes it hilarious.
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*This clip had 400,000 views and over 2,000 likes as of September 2018. Unfortunately, I accidentally took this clip down on September 2, 2018. It has been re-uploaded as of September 28, 2018*
@cabal3747
5 жыл бұрын
I will miss all the comments from people complaining that they could see his lips move.
@vincentmoon9187
4 жыл бұрын
Well that was silly of you
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
likely story.
@Dillinger86
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on TV with my dad, thank you for uploading this gem.
@MaoistBanker
6 ай бұрын
Nice to see this routine get time in the new Albert Brooks documentary on MAX
His routines, short films on SNL, his appearances on ANY talk show, his albums, his movies, AND his novel -- sheer genius -- no one else like him.
@halweiss8671
3 ай бұрын
Did you see his elephant tamer routine, where the elephant was delayed in transit so he uses a frog? It was hysterical.
I remember seeing this back in the day. Fell in love with Brooks's comedy immediately. When he drops the dummy it still makes me laugh, 50 years later.
This was etched into my memory. I may have been 12 or so when I saw this aired on TV and I was on the FLOOR. Couldn't catch my breath when he got to "Lady of Spain". Think I did a Kool-Aide spit take. I became an Albert Brooks fan instantly and forever. Learned years later that his brother was Super Dave Osborne (also, a comic genius).
@linmiller8147
6 ай бұрын
I think we have a shared memory. GENIUS.
On _The Tonight Show_ in the 1960s, Mel Brooks was asked who is the funniest comedian he had ever seen. He mentioned "a kid named Albert Einstein." He wasn't kidding.
@billfranz1724
7 ай бұрын
Not to quibble, but I believe you meant Carl Reiner.
@wvu05
7 ай бұрын
@@billfranz1724 You may be right, but I'd heard that it was Mel Brooks who said it. Stupid telephone game!
@billkirchner6738
5 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks' real name IS Albert Einstein.@@wvu05
@halweiss8671
3 ай бұрын
His older brother, Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave) was funny too.
My main problem with AB is he wasn’t on TV more and that he didn’t make more movies! What a talent simply brilliant and I don’t throw that word around very often for people other than me!
This comedy seems so far ahead of its time for when it actually aired originally. This would've been cutting edge in the 80s, let alone a decade earlier.
@kevinwachs5905
6 ай бұрын
Fred Allen must have been REALLY far ahead of his time when he did a parody ventriloquist act in vaudeville in 1916.
Albert Brooks was so young when he first came on Carson. He’d always do sketchy, fringe of show biz characters. His Mime is also pee in your pants funny. So is the lion tamer, and the around the bend comedian who has plum run out of material. Aren’t that many geniuses in the comedy world, but Brooks ranks high.
@ClueSign
Жыл бұрын
Like a precursor to Andy Kaufman
@STEVEHEROLD
7 ай бұрын
my favorite bit he did on Carson was the Speak N Spell one.
when he drops him facedown the first time... I almost cried laughing
Every appearance he made on Johnny Carson was original and hilarious!
The great Albert Brooks, ladies and gentlemen...
This is, in my mind, the single funniest 4 minutes in the history of standup comedy. I can't watch it without paroxysms of laughter, tears and wheezing. It's the only funny ventriloquism act in the long history of ventriloquism.
Underrated genius. So many original ideas . . .
and to think Super Dave Osborne was his brother, also played Marty Funkhauser on Curb your Enthusiasm.. cant imagine how funny that house they grew up in was!!
@Razormiller
9 ай бұрын
Theyre dad was a famous comedian(on the radio) too... hilarious house indeed
Dude, that was f***ing gold. I literally just laughed out loud uncontrollably. lol So good.
Back here again. That thump when the puppet falls hahahaha
Fun fact: Albert Brooks is the voice of Nemo's dad, Marlin.
I'm not sure, but I could have sworn I saw Alberts lips move.
The funniest thing I'vd watched in years! Man, I love this guy! Brilliant. Loved "Lost In America and Defending your life" 😂❤
I love it, and he is a big hit on Network television....no surprise there. Still I'd love to see Albert Brooks try to pull off his Anti-comedy at the Fayetteville North Carolina Comedy Zone.
A great character and study of failure. What a laugh. It still works in 2024.
I never saw this until today. It was pretty funny. And then the cigarette drop part happened and I realized how genius and ahead of its time this was.
Albert Brooks was the Albert Einstein of comedy until he changed his stage name to Brooks
Still a better ventriloquist than Jeff Dunham.
@WytZox1
3 жыл бұрын
* THose toy dummies come with a booklet that teach you to talk without moving your lips! ☺
@vestibulate
2 жыл бұрын
Andrew B. Dunham ventriloquizes the audience. He gets a crowd of born again Christian nationalists to agree with every word he puts in their mouths.
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Now explain how Jeff Dunham got crowds in both Abu Dhabi and Israel to laugh when he did Achmed the dead terrorist. After all, they’re not Christians.
@vestibulate
Жыл бұрын
@@LuckyCharms777 Israel? That's self evident. The same reason they have annual "Death to Arabs" marches through Jerusalem and smear all resistance to apartheid as terrorism. Zionists are a natural audience for Dunham's act. As for Abu Dhabi, I'd like to see a video of his performance there. Can you supply a link?
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Here’s a clip of Achmed in Abu Dhabi. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6eAj7OihbfVmJM.html
In a lot of ways I think Albert Brooks paved the way for Andy Kaufman and other similar comics that followed.
This is like a meta joke of a meta joke! Brilliant!
The one person that disliked this is the real dummy
This deliberately bad bit is almost exactly like how Carrot Top acts on stage
Either you get Albert Brooke's comedy or you don't. I believe him to be a comedic genius.
@csnide6702
7 ай бұрын
his last name ( true) is actually Einstein..... Super Dave was his brother.
@ronmcmartin4513
6 ай бұрын
His "How to Impersonate Famous People" Kit almost gave Johnny Carson a stroke!
National comic gem
That this is still funny just shows that the stock gags of ventriloquists never change.
Wonder if this was inspiration for Norm McDonald’s brief flirt with ventriloquism deconstruction.
Pure comedy. He was playing in front of an audience that didn’t appreciate his comedy. Wonder how it felt without laughter until canned during playback.
I had never heard about him until Bojack Horseman mentioned him. He is hilarious. They both are.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
oh my god. Run out and find Lost in America and Defending Your Life. Now. He also did short films for SNL when it first started. They were brilliant. I wish someone would put them together.
Wow, such a young Albert Brooks on the Flip Wilson Show. I always loved Brook's comedy, but he was fabulous in the movie Broadcast News. His disdain for the main anchors while kissing up to them and hating the whole corporate culture, He was perfect in that role.
I think his style was really before its time!
And if ventriloquism wasn't dead at the time, this most certainly was its coup de grace.
I wish Albert would do a comedy tour again. It would be a sellout.
I liked Albert Brooks then I watched the HBO special on him and he and Rob Reiner just gloating about how privileged and talented they were. Best friends from childhood in Beverly Hills. brooks ALWAYS played the sad sack who wouldn't get the girl. But it turns out he is another nepo baby. His dad was a legendary comic in Carl Reiners circles but had a heart attack early on. They go on and on how Brooks was allowed to go on shows and do absurdist comedy, when he had his foot in the door all along. He is the original Ben Platt.
Albert brooks is is the best
Pure genius
Thank you Sioux Falls!
Genius.
The best and worst ventriloquist ever!
Albert Brooks is the funniest man on earth.
I find it extra hilarious that, despite the laugh track, none of the visible audience members seemed to so much as crack a smile. But I guess Brooks was still relatively unknown and it was a few years before this type of absurdist meta-humor went more mainstream with SNL, Andy Kaufman, etc.
@NachosElectric
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the couple in the front are very confused. I guess they really thought he was a terrible ventriloquist and were just trying to be polite (by not laughing). I still don't know how you couldn't laugh when he drops the dummy.
@knightrdrx
Жыл бұрын
Great observation. I didn't notice
@ronmcmartin4513
6 ай бұрын
But he was Destroying Flip. Much like Norm MacDonald did to Conan and Dennis Miller. I Never thought George Burns was funny, but Jack Benny loved him. Bob Newhart did the same to Don Rickles.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
The people you could see couldn't see his lips moving. So they didn't get half the gag.@@NachosElectric
Crazy how he went on to voice Marlin in Finding Nemo
Albert Brooke always cracked me up
To my brother and I, back in the day, Flip Wilson was god.
@tomharvey6961
6 ай бұрын
If you missed Flip Wilson you wouldn't have any clue what all your friends were talking about the next day at school.
You can see his mouth moving! 😂😂😂 favorite comment
If you look closely, you can see Albert Brooks lips move while the dummys talking
There aren't enough superlatives to describe the genius of Albert Brooks. (as well as his brother, Bob (Super Dave) Einstein). Watch his electronic ventriloquism bit on The Tonight Show with Carson - Screamin Funny. And your life will not be complete until you see "Lost In America".
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second I thought it was Andre the Giant.
Who would guess this guy would go on to play a fairly intimidating LA mobster 40 years later in Drive?
I had that same dummy when I was a kid.
i had that very same dummy as a kid
If you don’t find this hilarious… you’re not worth knowing.
What really made this work was Albert having the nerve to completely parody one of those old(and,by then,tired)show biz traditions,taking it to an unprecedented level of absurdity. This was during an importantly subversive period of comedy(Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Firesign Theater, etc.)
Genius
A perfect mix between Chris Farley and Andy Kaufman
Imagine a young Andy Kaufman at home watching this.
The balls on that man!
Kevin Pollack's podcast brought me here.
@TylerJamesPryor
5 жыл бұрын
Mark Swisher dude same
I didnt think I'd laugh BUT I CRACKED THE FUCK UP
It was funnier the 2nd time watching, because even as a fan, my mouth was agape for most of it!
Albert Brooks is unknown quantity outside of America. I know He has done voice work on the Sampson. I could be wrong but there are very few people in the uk or Ireland who have heard of him or are familiar with his work. Many years ago I was on holiday in the US with my family and I think they showed the film he made with merly Streep and had never heard of him. His films are never shown on TV in the uk. Us audiences are more familiar with him.
This…yeah!
Wow his voice was so different
Blaffy flaffy flurp.
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
hello longfellow.
Looks like something Andy Kaufman would've done! haha
@HolmanHal
7 ай бұрын
Brooks was way earlier and way funnier.
OMG LOVE IT!
I see this is where Norm got his ventriloquist act
Goods news: As of today you can watch a new documentary by Rob Reiner about Brooks. Max.
He kinda shares a comic sensibility here with his brother Super Dave.
Super Dave's brother.....
Look up ALBERT BROOKS Rewiring the Star Spangled Anthem
This is so meta it’s zed
Wow!!!
Watch the other clip of this bit from the Ed Sullivan show. It didn't seem to go over very well with that audience. I don't think they got the joke.
sooo funny
if smoke would have come out of the dummy on the floor i would have died
That is a funny bit. W.C. Fields also has a bad vent bit in one of his movies I think. Here is something fans of ventriloquism should like. I came across this on KZread searching for these acts. It's called Trillo and Suede and reminds of the old Bergen and McCarthy movies. kzread.info
We've seen Albert Brooks talk before, so this is not believable because Albert is no dummy.
Wikipedia says that his birth name was Albert Einstein. Is that true, or was someone making a joke edit?
@gregbeck4439
5 жыл бұрын
Yes its true. His brother was the great Bob Einstein (a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne)
The best lol
Is this the Flip Wilson show?
I've been looking for a video clip of Albert Brooks first appearance on the Tonight Show. This bit as the world's worst ventriloquist had Johnny Carson almost falling off his chair laughing.
I can't stop laughing 😅😅😅😅
Who’s that dummy with Danny?lol
Marlin
Fuckin Bernie Rose.
I've tried, I really have, but jamesbowen8960 must be right. After seeing him in at least 15 roles, I just don't see the appeal....Thanks for the upload!
Hey, he does funny stuff too? Last time i saw Albert Brooks he was murdering Heisenberg.
Albert Brooks Voice Mariln
Is that Marlin?
@nordicpaws2423
2 жыл бұрын
Think so - think he also voiced the salesman who sells Homer the RV in Season 1 of the Simpsons.
@jackoconnell1092
Жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bob?
s'right
It’s little hobo
Yeah..I dunno
His real name is Albert Einstein
Wow! The bit would be so lame if Brooks didn't commit 100% to it. He DOES, however, and makes it hilarious.