These guys were *amazing* musicians. The drummer nailed every bit of percussion needed for the live sketch.

4:02 I'm amazed Freddy Morgan's banjo didn't catch on fire during that lightning fast solo.

@sandraclowdus6549

2 жыл бұрын

rapid-fire, machine/gun banjo.

@olliefoxx7165

Жыл бұрын

Very impressive. His hand was a blur.

@DrFrickenFrack

2 ай бұрын

Meme material right there

When I was a teenager, I babysat an eight month old. Her parents told me to play a Spike Jones record when she started crying. Sure enough, she started chuckling and smiling as soon as she heard Spike. I think she would have loved this!

@renemedina3641

9 жыл бұрын

📨love songs

I absolutely love all this hilarious old stuff. Much more talent than today's 'try to be' Hollywood actors!!!

Spike was a genius...especially picking out brilliant musicians with both huge humour and, optionally, freekish looks....(George Rock is a typical example of the former!)....this guy was nutty all the way to the bank... I was introduced to him many years ago by my late mother-in-law (lovely lady), got hooked, and have never repented !

Spike is one of those rare creatures who looks like a living cartoon...I adore the footage of him conducting the orchestra with a baton in one hand and a revolver in t'other...trying to find that.

@synthonaplinth5980

5 жыл бұрын

Chester Gould thought the same thing!

@martnal

3 жыл бұрын

It's here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X2mM0baihpmspNo.html&ab_channel=CharlesEwingSmith Start at 26 and a half minutes Plunger, not baton, though. Even better!!

@deborahjames3113

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYdmzLSQoNXFh9I.html&ab_channel=KnowlesKnows

Oh the many drunken Sunday afternoons with my parents and siblings listening to Spike Jones singing Beedle Bom, Der Fuerheurs Face, Cocktails For Two and others. Absolutely brilliant satirical works of the 40’s and 50’s. Memories are made of this!!

way back then, there were great variety shows on tv like Spike Jones. this man was a genius; and great entertainment!!!

@almeggs3247

6 жыл бұрын

Now it’s all anger and hate. When will the people realize that’s the real source of our massacres

@jubalcalif9100

6 жыл бұрын

Well said and well put, Percy ! These classic programs of yesteryear are PROOF that a show doesn't have to wallow in the gutter of violence, profanity and sexual vulgarity to be entertaining !

@shirleyandrews1152

10 ай бұрын

Yep, the good ol’ days 🤣😂

No tape! All these stunts were done live. Man, for an all-girl band they sure had a lot of balls.

@SteeleyeSpan2

8 жыл бұрын

+Oscar Groucho Yep. In Live TV, dramatic shows needed actors who could do at least utility stunts, or stunt people who could at least act some. Hence Burt Reynolds.

@markschildberg1667

2 жыл бұрын

Most of them were in Hugh Herbert’s chest.

@adamyourke

Жыл бұрын

That’s hilarious!

@kharbear53

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@shirleyandrews1152

10 ай бұрын

Yes they were live. Sometimes their blunders were funnier that what was planned.

The energy is so contagious. Fantastic!!!

@finley_seth

3 жыл бұрын

Ya said it!:)

The golden age of TV,gotta love it,this beats that reality TV crap any day,these people actually have talent!!!

@sandraclowdus6549

2 жыл бұрын

do Not watch the daily news. ©®™. Watch this,,it's the same.😊😎😁

@filmtvbiz

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Reality TV has little, to no creative influence, not much of a script (whatever IS scripted is obvious), and normally consists of contestants that make an complete fool (a$$) of themselves for the sake of being "on-air" (oh boy, TV 🙄), and chump change when compared to ad revenue. Then there are "game" shows on dumb dumb TV. Even jackpots of $100,000 is less than most 00.00:30 second spots costs. Every commercial costs between $120,000-$$160,000.00 for a 00.00.22 second spot so spare us with the voice over of contestants winning $5000 (FIVE THOUSAND) dollars 👀🙄, 🐑🐏 being played and they haven't got a clue. I understand wanting to "Turn on, tune out" after a long day but these days you'd have to be a complete moron to fall for any of today's do called "programming"

@fluffyunicorn57

Жыл бұрын

@@filmtvbiz Try watching some real tv. If you think Better Call Saul or the Mandalorian is bad, you have no tastes whatsoever.

@ChuckWortman

Жыл бұрын

Breaking news....Florida has banned this video. Gov Desantis calls it woke and offensive to children

Spike’s wife Helen Grayco said he loved coming up with gags and bits of all sorts to keep his TV and stage shows fresh. Spike was one of those people blessed with infinite creativity.

Spike always had the best suits.

I’m 23 years old & I find this hilarious!! I love this type of stuff bringing together music & comedy😂😂🎶🎭

@gedbalmer150151

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@kadzunk63

Жыл бұрын

good for you! I feel there is more you than just that. Do you have any relaritves or orther people that could be conected to this kind of music ??

@GODCONVOYPRIME

Жыл бұрын

Age is just a number when it comes to comedy. To laugh is is to be human.

@emilysantoyo918

Жыл бұрын

The only relatives I know that loves this type of music is my grandparents😂😂

@emilysantoyo918

Жыл бұрын

A hundred percent agree💯

How in the heck did they write this stuff? How in the heck did they figure out all the moves and the timing and the music and the choreography? It's beyond amazing. There is nobody today who comes even close to this kind of hilarious black humour. Spike and his crew really knew how to be funny in ways that today we don't even understand.

@StormCrusher94

11 ай бұрын

To easily sum it up, people knew how to take a joke and weren't snowflakes with an easy access to cancel someone for something that they might have found offensive. Pretty sure back then people had to write letters to the studios if they deemed something "offensive".

@dawnsalois

10 ай бұрын

Vaudevillians and left over Vaudeville and Burlesque skits.

@lordeden2732

9 ай бұрын

It's all that jazz and improvisation.

@metlhed7

19 күн бұрын

@@StormCrusher94 yeah, I can imagine the outrage over spike going "woke" with performers in drag

@Professional_FunHaver

17 күн бұрын

​@@metlhed7exactly. If this was done today it would be illegal in like 20 states.

George Rock was the best. Little child voices and silly things like slurring and spitting while just making us laugh. And a great trumpeter too.

@wms72

Жыл бұрын

Was the banjo player John Denver's father?

@hestheMaster

Жыл бұрын

@@wms72 John Denver was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. So his dad was Henry John senior and he was actually a Army Air Force pilot whose nickname was Dutch. Obviously no relation to banjo player Freddie Morgan with his "Moe" style haircut.

This is one of my favorites...especially Freddie!!

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 72yo Aussie fan. One of the most talented group of Muso's of all time.....

I Want Spikes Suits! He was Just the Best! Funny, Brilliant, Talented, I wish the Kids today had a billionth of this commitment to Comedy. Everyone there was just Amazing!

Unquestionably the most insane, zany musical antics on record ( or tape or CD....or..)

Beats the hell out of anything THAT passes as entertainment these days. We need more of this, and less of THAT. 😂😂😂

@devtrash

Жыл бұрын

@@davidekstrand8544 don't watch it, if you don't like it.

such talent and timing thewe guys have! I don't think anyone could replicate this madness today.

Probably the best satirical comment ever on producers and sponsors who force artist to follow a certain format. You must have an all-girl band segment and a dancing girls number. Okay, have it your way. And yes, I'm aware Spike produced this himself but that didn't mean that he couldn't poke fun at other producers.

Spike was absolutely one of a kind!!!!

When I was a kid, my friend's brother (who was a good 15 to 20 years older than she) had quite a collection of Spike Jones records. We laughed so hard listening to them. There was one about a cowboy (Pete and his gang) where they mentioned "girdle creek"....that's quite a "stretch"!!

Best laugh I've had in ages. Always liked Spike & TCS ever since I heard my Dad's collection of 78s way back when but never got to see the grate man ( ;-) ) until Recently and ... boy! what a treat! PS: Rupaul... Eat Yer Heart Out ;-)

This is wonderful! Spike Jones really was ahead of his time. This type of comedy would be illegal today.

This band had a great sound and a great spirit.

When I was a kid I wore my 45 of “Cocktails for Two” out. Love Spike Jones

@KathyWilliamsDevries

5 жыл бұрын

Jesslyn Stegman we wore out Spike Jones Murders Carmen!

@track1219

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that listening to Dr. Dimento in the 70s!

@FirefighterSEIN

Жыл бұрын

SJ's "Cocktails for Two" is my ringtone for the alarm on my cell phone. You can't sleep through that!

Now This is real comedy and music for that matter! Well during an era of real music!

Magnificent!! This would upset so many people these days. I love it.

@geoffreypiltz271

Жыл бұрын

No it doesn't.

@DanielBarberMusic

Жыл бұрын

I don't know why it should upset anyone, but yeah maybe it would get banned in Florida.

@hollerinwoman

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielBarberMusic NO, it would not get banned in Florida. These guys are not serious, they are not trying to normalize their behavior, and they are not reading books to children while demanding to be taken seriously. Anyone with any common sense knows the difference between drag queen perversion and pure comedy silliness.

@22lyric

Жыл бұрын

​@@DanielBarberMusic at least Spike and the band weren't imitating sex acts, and didn't wear obscene costumes!

@philswaim392

Жыл бұрын

This video is banned in Tennessee and in schools in Florida

Early television genius which is why it's remembered so joyously. No egos, nothing but clean entertainment.

These performers are all extraordinarily talented. Spike and the strong man have wicked core muscles, too.

Classic comedy and no one was banning drag shows then!

They were the BEST OF THE BEST!

Loved Spike Jones. This show is so funny. Slapstick at it's best. What a shame this type of entertainment is lost in history. What a talent George Rock was. I still play my Spike Jones records today. I've posted some on KZread.

Сколько задора, юмора! Прекрасные музыкальные и силовые номера! Браво! 👍 💖

@sandraclowdus6549

2 жыл бұрын

what ever you said, 💋💐💐💐💐

@LathropLdST

Жыл бұрын

@@sandraclowdus6549 "So much enthusiasm and humor! Great music and powerful numbers! Bravo!" You really cannot read.

Also.."is that the perfume you always wear?? No this is stronger, it's more alive....What do you call it? Corral number five!"

The Kings (or queens in this case lol) of craziness !. We will always love Spike Jones & the City Slickers !.

Real honest to God perfection in humour, timing and sheer professionalism. I was captivated by the originality for it's time❤️

Love how Spike loses it at 11:08 - hilarious!

Frank Zappa obviously watched a lot of Spike

@David_Theisen

10 жыл бұрын

Weird Al Yankovic too!

@MikeSmith74653

10 жыл бұрын

David Theisen And Dr. Demento, whose he called Spike his idol!!!

@David_Theisen

8 жыл бұрын

don't know!!! never listened to Dr. Demento

@gregorytrengove1654

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Summers iii

@MMOlivier

6 жыл бұрын

And so The Monty Python, especially this number :D

Thanks , I really needed a good laugh today here in 2023 😂😂

What a fine performer, and he's got great poise as a presenter. :)

Staggering musical ability of all the band

I can't imagine that there will ever be a combination of talent, chemistry, and good natured fun like this ever again. My friends mom had this on VHS and My friends and I would crack up watching it. What I would like to know is who is Petrillo and why is he watching over Georgette Rock, and why is the piano player barefoot?

@SSgtBaloo

7 жыл бұрын

Relevant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Petrillo

@spikejj

7 жыл бұрын

Hi - Thanks for the kind words. Wednesday, December 14 is Spike's B'day (105 years). We have rereleased two DVD set's. One of which is the title you were referring to. (The Best of Spike Jones).

@nealsausen4651

7 жыл бұрын

Portillo was the then head of the all powerful "A F M" / Anerican Federation of Musicians (the Musicians Union) he (Patrillo was evidently quite a "hard ass" who even instituted a "BAN" on All RECORDING) by A F M members! Ah, the fabulous 50's!!!!

@patrickchambers5999

5 жыл бұрын

Rumor had it that he was a poor trumpet player from Chicago where there was a bandshell in Grant Park along Lake Michigan named for him.

@larryneumann3594

5 жыл бұрын

9

Wonderful. Insane. Thank you.

Roberta Pinkus, the epitome of female grace ... I´m in LOVE !

@davidlafontant2973

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@carnevale366

11 ай бұрын

_"Nobody's Perfect!?"_ 😉😊

They don't make entertainment like this anymore. This is pure comedy gold. This is Marx Brothers level entertainment.

We did the first part of this at All State Music Camp at University of Iowa in the late 1980s. Great to see it again !

Cross-dressing humor without hysterical response from the domestic fascists. The good old days.

Always Beyond WOW, a True Treasure that will always be with us in our Hearts and in our Minds and Music ‼️

wonderful!!!!! Total madness!!!!

Perhaps my imagination is running amok, but I’ve always thought that Spike Jones bears a passable resemblance to James Cagney with his pinched face and sandy hair.

@ivetterodriguez1994

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's the eyebrows a bit too.

@kevink973

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivetterodriguez1994 Spike's biography says that people mixed him up with Cagney so much when asking for autographs that eventually he started signing Cagney's name.

@MixMastaCopyCat

Жыл бұрын

I see a vague resemblance to quentin tarantino LOL

@stevecline5102

Жыл бұрын

@@MixMastaCopyCat Quite honestly, I have never heard of Quinton, so I looked the boy up, and sure enough he has those same pinch faced features of Spike Jones and Cagney. Maybe they have the same genes and DNA, Ha ha ha ha ha

@kharbear53

Жыл бұрын

Bill Hader? Kurtwood Smith?

Great version of 12th Street Rag!

And Spike Jones was right in there on everything, like the rest of the band, and could improvise

This is absolutely hilarious, I'll be watching it frequently, thanks!!

Ha ha. Found this by chance ! I like it !

@romeysiamese6712

5 жыл бұрын

Andy Cook me too

They went to great lengths to make people laugh .I think they are very funny

@jubalcalif9100

6 жыл бұрын

So many of today's comic performers who think they have to be vulgar & dirty to be funny could a lot from Spike and his gang !

This is drag comedy in the right way(never would mistrust Spike). Some comidians thinks they can just dress up and be funny, or "funny", or even look good. When I was young, we had a man in danish TV who made comedy for youth. One man show. He played men and women. And he didn´t even look good as either. His name was Jesper Klein, and he was the greatest danish comedian for decades. He burned out after some time.

my whata beavy of riotous laughs and good humor all around.

@nicot9305

5 жыл бұрын

Hah! "beavy"!

Wonderful musicians, marvelous clowns, talent in its purest form. Doing all this work to make humans laugh, it was just awesome! To be honest, the majority of humans are not worth the investment artists make for them! Many humans are mean, bad, greedy, do not respect animals, or their planet, or other human beings, or anything for that matter ... They have little or no sensitivity, they are not very sensitive to the beauty of life. Most humans live their lives without thinking, without intelligence. Mr Spike Jones and all his wonderful friends: artists, musicians, clowns, actors without forgetting all the technicians of the show, lighting engineers, managers, and all the little hands without which nothing would be possible have offered us pure happiness. Now in 2021, I don't think we will find artists of this quality in our lifetime. Their work has been just fantastic: Staging, musicians of very, very high level, quality of the sketches, etc ... In short, a colossal work that we will certainly never see again. Thanks thanks ! and again a thousand times thank you! I do not believe in heaven, nor in paradise, and even less in all religions; Obviously it can be nice to think: "they continue, and they make people laugh after their death!" Me, I think not ... Some who "believe" think so; So 50/50. But, when in doubt, I think it is more reasonable to applaud and thank the "real artists" (I say that because there are a lot of fake ones) when they are alive! Kind regards to all of you ... PS: I'm talking about artists, but I pay the same tribute to all the doctors, researchers, engineers, nurses, teachers and of course to all the workers and artisans of all trades who make this planet more livable. For the rest, not being a believer, I say: Death to idiots! (hunters, toreadors, pedophiles, rapists, assassins, mafias, mafia, pimps, drug dealers, bandits of all kinds, white-collar crooks, corrupt politicians, etc.) Leave us alone, and let us live.

@MARKETMAN6789

5 ай бұрын

Don't lose your positive outlook on life whatever you do

Talented group of ... ladies.

Fabulous a bunch of enormous talents

magnificent, simply put, magnificent

Glenn Johnson My late father loved Spike Jones and true to say,so do i.I saw this footage some year`s ago and my dad said,that was unexpected,Hugh Herbert threw Spike Jones.So,guess that WAS unscripted.Classic.love it.Memories.

George Rock (the trumpeter) was a friend of my fathers. He came to the house many times, I tried to emulate him by learning to play the trumpet. Unfortunately I stunk at it and quit........

@chuffpup

4 жыл бұрын

That is very, very cool. They were really good musicians. That era was a sparkling, weird and wonderful, never to be seen again.... thing. Sounds like you were in the right place and time. I found some 78s of "Beetlebaum", "Cocktails for two", etc, in the 60s growing up in New Zealand, and it changed my life 😲... Thanks for sharing that.

Hubba hubba ! These gals ain't half bad lookin ! Now where did my seeing eye dog wander off to ?? :-)

@callofthewillman4469

3 жыл бұрын

The trombone player could play my bone anytime

Warning: Viewing this video in Florida is a criminal offense.

Just Brilliant

Zero vulgarity or obscenity, just very very funny. What's happened to us?

@jubalcalif9100

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's because too many of today's "comic" performers are lazy. Too many take the "easy road" of vulgarity, profanity & sex to get laughs. It takes TRUE talent to be funny without resorting to "blue" material.

@jonrod8731

10 ай бұрын

Satan, that's what happened to us. Satanism is wide spread now.

@yukyukyuk1335

10 ай бұрын

@@jonrod8731 Agree 100%.

"Me and my mate were back at the shack We had Spike Jones on the box She said 'I hate the way he sings but I'd love to hear him talk.'" - Up On Cripple Creek Actually, this looks like group therapy from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Krass!!! Gefällt mir sehr gut!😊 Klasse!

This has to be the funniest thing i've seen this week, shared from a friend,

Superb musicianship.

Goodness, to think that this has actually become our new reality. I thought it was a modern beauty contest.

Top notch musicians, all of them.

Just discovered this, never seen before. Thank you!

Man what a HARD WORKING crew of nuts! Just simply amazing...I found this purely by accident... I'm just about the last person on earth looking for drag queens! And great video quality....

@__avery.___

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say their drag queens, just doing a skit

@echoecho3108

2 жыл бұрын

@@__avery.___ Probably, knowing Spike, one of 'the suits' said they had to have an all-girl number in the show, and this is the result.

@HeronCoyote1234

Жыл бұрын

@@__avery.___ that’s what drag shows are. Entertainment. That’s it.

レコードは数枚持っていますが、写真すら出ていませんでした。リアルタイムで、これだけの演奏ができる事に前々から感心していましたが、今回映像を見て驚きです。

Put these guys with their wigs in bell bottoms and unisex shirts, and you've got the 70's! They were ahead of their time!

@scottstiefel2061

6 жыл бұрын

GeorgeBecky Dragan The dude shredding on the banjo would've been A great metal guitarist in the '70s or '80s

Muitoooooo bom, em pleno 9/9/2020 (Niterói RJ-Brasil 🇧🇷) vendo essa apresentação divertidíssima de 1952, um humor sensacional até hoje.

Finally a entertaining and funny video! Thanks for recommending on my feed KZread

so ahead of its time

Wonderful to see the great Ed Wynn, too.

love the show.

Fantastic

When drag was still just funny!

@kellybrown685

3 жыл бұрын

What are you TWELVE?

@gregorypalmer5403

3 жыл бұрын

Now it's just creepy and sad. " Prisscilla Queen of the Desert " spoiled " everything. There is nothing sad or pathetic about this Spike Jones clip. They were just making fun of other people, Ina Hutton and the other " all -Girl Orchestra " leaders. His trumpeter, for example , did " John and Marsha" routines on other episodes, was mocking Bandleader/ bugler Henry Busses, not something homosexual. And so here, this parody of all- Girl bands. It was not intended as a slur on homosexual men. Well actually with his amped-up bizarre takes ( my Dad, a musician back then, said they were probably a bit drug-fueled) WHO KNOWS what Spike Jones was thinking?! LOL. He sure was a talent, though, and what a talented band! Great to see Hugh Herbert here, too, near the end of his fine career.

Could this simultaneously be the weirdest and most impressive thing SJ ever did?

These guys were great musicians besides being hilarious comedians.

These guys out-goon the goon show. brliant musicians . and all live recordings

@EliezerPennywhistler

8 жыл бұрын

+James Quincey This is so completely un-Goon Show-like, I don't know where to begin. Maybe to say the Goons didn't do music ... funny or otherwise.

@egapnala65

7 жыл бұрын

You silly twisted boy you. "Ying tong Song" "My September Love" "You Gotta Go Owww!!" Needle nardle noo!! To name but a few!!

Spike Jones was geneus.

This is awesome.

One of my favorite songs was the horse race with “Beetle Boom”. We were so unsophisticated in those day. It was BETTER than now.

To go from that silly 'It's Tough To Be A Girl Musician' song to an insane version of '12th Street Rag'....wow.

I’m a semi-retired professional musician and when I joined the union in 1964 James Petrillo was running it. That gag used to crack me up.

Spike was a looker. hubba hubba.

Can't stop laughing. :-)

I've known these guys for a long time and I can't stop laughing when I see them.

George Rock was a genius,,,and funny.