The Folksmen once opened for Spinal Tap at a concert, and the audience booed them. I wish I had been there for that.

@edp3202

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god

@kensredemption

Жыл бұрын

Is there video proof?

@buzjevur

10 ай бұрын

True story. Guys mentioned it a few times. They forgot to announce there was an opening act so the audience was not ready for three old men playing acoustic folk instead of hard rock.

@dabarnes12

9 ай бұрын

If you are at a spinal tap show and the opener is a folk act, aren't you supposed to booo?

@itoaraziofficial5048

8 ай бұрын

"They were still booing the Folksmen when we got onstage!"

Christopher Guest is a comedic genius - the ability of these three to improvise against each other like this is something I could never get tired of. Tap, Folksmen, or otherwise...

This was aired the same year that Spinal Tap was released. And almost 20 years before A Mighty Wind was released.

@petemcintire4339

2 жыл бұрын

The three of them were also guests as Spinal Tap in May 1984. The Folksmen skit was broadcast in November 1984, when Michael McKean hosted - while Chris Guest and Harry Shearer were cast members.

Wait? They had the Folksman idea since the 80's? That's commitment!

@John_McDonnell

Жыл бұрын

The Folksmen have been releasing albums since the early 1960s, friend. They're a folk institution!

@kidalex77

Жыл бұрын

@@John_McDonnell I legit thought they were an invention for A Mighty Wind

@ytzpilot

10 ай бұрын

@@John_McDonnellthe Folksman were kinda alright but they ain’t no Schmenge Brothers

@eltedioso

10 ай бұрын

@@kidalex77 they opened for Spinal Tap on the 92 tour, and it's on the home video

@ugadawgs1990

Ай бұрын

The Folksmen opened the 87 Farm-Aid show. I mean, technically, they were asked to play during a sound check the night before the crowd arrived, but it was a magical moment for the 15 or so people who were there.

their humor is so subtle, i'll wake up thinking about one of their lines and want to see it again, it gets better each time you watch it.

I had Barrows as a professor at Swarthmore College in 1988.

Man is an acoustic instrument. lol

“I teach a yoga class on the side.” “It’s good to see all of us.”

All three are players and so talented and funny.

Guest in character is hilarious and scary at the same time lol

@armygrunt13

11 ай бұрын

I still want to take his yoga class! 😄

@whitlowjohnonly1_2

8 ай бұрын

Almost looks like the inspiration to Ned Flanders.

Dude. Mellow out. He's an improvisational satirist. These guys are some of the GOATs of contemporary comedy. If you don't like this stuff, you probably can't laugh at your own eccentricities. We're all fair game

Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Chris Guest as the Folksmen (Jerry Palter, Mark Shubb and Alan Barrows) before A Mighty Wind.

the Spanish civil war thing never gets old 😂 I didn’t even realize the joke was this old

@jroc2201

9 ай бұрын

I love that coffee station in the background, why does that strike me as so funny???

@sweetbabyray1000

3 ай бұрын

I guess "Valencia" became "Skeleton of Quinto"?

I like how the audience has no idea how to react to this.

@matthewwelch4305

9 ай бұрын

I remember watching this rerun on Comedy Central when I was 10 or so, and I wasn't aware of folk music or the singers of it in the '60s, so most of this went over my head. But I later became a fan of Spinal Tap, and A Mighty Wind, and gradually gained more knowledge of American folk songs and the styles and cliches of their singers. I still say this performance is "dry" comedy, but love how subtle and dead-on accurate they maintain it!

@jkta97

7 ай бұрын

@@matthewwelch4305 The beauty of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries is thatt you end up becoming quite invested in the subject matter and the characters as if you were watching a documentary and then one of the characters ends up saying something so bizarre or off-kilter that it catches you offf guard.

@petemcintire4339

2 ай бұрын

It was recorded so the audience reaction is to a video, not a live performance.

The best part of this, is the audience just can’t quite grasp what’s going on.

this is Spinal Tap!

@meekmeads

9 жыл бұрын

I swear this comment will go to 11 ;)

@stvartak

3 жыл бұрын

@@meekmeads I upvoted it, saw your comment, and had to remove my upvote.

They were better than most of the actual folk singers in the Sixties.

When Harry used a bald cap for this character.

SCTV-level subtlety. No punchlines, just character.

How many peoples heads this went completely over. Just genius. And the fact they’re all actually playing the instruments makes it just more epic. Love it.

Mark Shubb was brave when he came out later on, I was impressed with that, him keeping up with the latest trends n 'all, wearing ladies things y'know !!

#TheFolksmen@ can hardly be overrated, that's how good they are!✌️😜💥🌟

This came out before Chuck McGill enrolled in law school.

@fecklessmovies

Жыл бұрын

And before Moira and Johnny Rose lost all their cash and had to move to Schitt’s Creek.

@djendick

11 ай бұрын

WHAT A SICK JOKE

Jeff Bezos should grown a chin beard.

The one playing the bald headed bearded guy is Harry Shearer from The Simpsons...best known for playing Principal Skinner .

@donsurlylyte

7 ай бұрын

among many other things, one talented mofo.

And the records didn't even have holes in them

@mattgoldberg4335

Жыл бұрын

But if you punch a hole in them, you'll have a good time. (Something like that.)

@miaouew

Жыл бұрын

@@mattgoldberg4335 lol

@djavidianmx1832

2 ай бұрын

They didn't have much distribution... They didn't have ANY distribution 😅😅

@gregorymoore2877

Ай бұрын

@@mattgoldberg4335 If not, they'd go topsy turvy on the spindle.

There are songs about mining disasters and there are songs about train disasters. The Folksmen said let's do both in one song.

"Man is an acoustic instrument"....damn, that's funny. Lol. (Subtly satirical.)

My reunions with old bands went a little more productive….although I am a drummer and they just can’t not be apart of me warming up or giving an opinion on the process 🤷🏻🤣

Guest was actually a folk musician long before SNL

@mfisher1952

7 ай бұрын

All three have musical chops, from my understanding. In Spinal Tap, one of the funniest moments was how Christopher Guest transcribed Boccarini's Tarantella for electric guitar. Folks who studied classical music were rolling in the aisles.

The bass player sounds a bit like Seymour Skinner.

@alnorcross8635

2 ай бұрын

He is 👍🏻

I once got in an elevator at their hotel, they were right there,and greatly uncomfortable. But I got those autographs. Spinal Tap Forever!!

88 Cent Hoot at the Siemen's Institute

Way too subtle for the SNL crowd!

@HarrisonTheGrey

10 ай бұрын

Pearls before swine.

Did the old 97s get their name from this?

they do resemble spinal tap rock band..naaa it cant be

@gregorymoore2877

Ай бұрын

Weird how it's kinda like Superman and Clark Kent. You never see them in the same place at the same to for some reason.

Those that booed them got a big surprise, because The Folksmen helped produce a really great movie - The Mighty Wind - a great success. Even reading about the great actors that cast the movie is interesting.

The coal mining song was actually pretty good

@petemcintire4339

2 жыл бұрын

The train went "in the wrong hole" and now there's "blood on the 'coal' "

@jbo4547

Жыл бұрын

That song is amazing

@matthewwelch4305

9 ай бұрын

"Blood on the Coal", this is often titled for the Folksmen performances. But "The Old 97" is actually an old folk standard (and their version is definitely NOT it! 😆) For the original: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq2flaN-iNnTfMo.html

@gregorymoore2877

Ай бұрын

It was used in A Mighty Wind and is available on the soundtrack.

🤣🤣🤣

funny

they never got their due, idk what went wrong.

@John_McDonnell

Жыл бұрын

It was an issue of distribution. They had none. Also some of their records didn't come with the hole in the middle punched out. So you had to do it yourself.

@sparkreno19

9 ай бұрын

If you punched a hole in them, you’d have a good time

Who is the woman introduces them?

@brianm2881

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's Pamela Stephenson who appeared in the British sketch show 'Not the Nine O' Clock News'.

@olivegreenpants7153

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianm2881 it's her. She was an snl cast member at the time. She also appeared in mel brooks History of the World Pt 1 in the French revolution segment

@jonq8714

3 жыл бұрын

@@olivegreenpants7153 she was my first crush that I could remember from when she was in Superman III as that blonde bombshell.

@dangermouse6561

3 жыл бұрын

Pamela Stephenson with a fake American accent

@JoshFreilich

2 жыл бұрын

@@olivegreenpants7153 Oh, I remember her! She was Mlle Rimbaud!

what about "the skeletons of quinto??????"

Oh, Folksmen was old sketch. They just pulled it for a movie. Interesting.

I had no idea they had that idea so far before A Mighty Wind

What's with Pamela Stephenson's accent?

@billtooke6642

Жыл бұрын

She was Australian, right? I remember her from Superman III before this

@brendanpage3369

Жыл бұрын

@@billtooke6642 From NZ via Australia. I don't know what accent she's going for here.

@rmoz2729

7 ай бұрын

She would’ve been told not to use her NZ/Aus accent in those days. It is a slight US accent over Aus

Guest is a genius and SNL lost a great mind

@John_McDonnell

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know he was sick.

These guys invented cringe 😂

he does look like a lesbian.

F Chuck!!

so...spinal tap but a folk group..same thing

@jbo4547

Жыл бұрын

A Mighty Wind is a great movie with great songs

Looks too much like Brian laundrie. Creeps me out.

the canned laughter is terrible.

@davidlawrence2776

6 жыл бұрын

you gotta be kidding me! the canned laughter is a brilliant extension of the whole concept of what these guys are doing.

@mariusdamchristophersen1453

2 жыл бұрын

SNL doesn't (and has never been known to) use canned laughter. It's a live show.

@DanC-go9lc

2 жыл бұрын

yes, if you need it explained to you then the humor is lost.

@dkechag1979

Жыл бұрын

@@toddvw1 No, actually SNL often has prerecorded segments, but they still record the audience reactions to them. What you hear is still the live audience on the night, even though that particular segment was not performed live. The reason they sound a bit weird, is that the audience really has no idea how to react!

@John_McDonnell

Жыл бұрын

It's canned laughter now. Most of those people laughing are probably dead by now.