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From Sept. 6th, 2011: The Corn Wine Odyssey of The Flower People from Stonehenge

Sadie's Favorite Boyfriend.

Speck Rhodes was an American treasure, even if Porter Wagoner was the only one who ever laughed at his jokes. He also sang.

"Heil, Honey, I'm Home" Wow. Wrongest Show........Right?

Heil Honey, I'm Home. Canceled off BSB (the square dish people if I remember right...) in 1990 after one episode. As Jeffrey Ross stated today, "if it's not offending someone it's probably not a joke."

 

Debbie Thinks She Needs A Bra

"Bizarre is a weekly Canadian sketch comedy series, airing from 1980 to 1985. The show was hosted by John Byner" --- WIKI LINK

The Monitors are your friends

While scanning newspapers of my childhood I spotted this ad from a movie I don't recall ever seeing. The Monitors was based on sci-fi writer Keith Laumer's novel and produced by Second City's Bernie Sahlins.
The Monitors take over earth, imposing order till a restance movement forms to return the life of sin everyone was accustomed to; with Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, Larry Storch, Avery Schreiber, Keenan Wynn and Ed Bagley.

yeah, Yeah, YEAH!

Billboard called Homer and Jethro's 1967 Nashville Cats "hilarious" and claimed that the Beatles would never recognize this version of "She Loves You."

Here's some more H&J tracks via the Internet Archive and a Green Acres-esque Corn Flakes commercial.

Dueling Tubas

In 1973, before becoming TV's Garth and Barth Gimble, Martin Mull's "Dueling Tubas" made the Billboard Hot 100 (well, the lower end) alongside popular hits of the day like "Walk on the Wild Side, a pre-Hallowe'en reissue of "Monster Mash" and the Dickie Goodman-produced "Superfly Meets Shaft" by John and Ernest.

Hey JayKayEss!

You're welcome - FREEDOM! (Readers: Confused? See Below.)

On the Heels of Dick

Julie Newmar crashing on My Living Doll. Get it while you can- Jack Chertok Productions has been making the thugs at Viacom take down these clips, despite his corpse a moulderin' in the grave, lo these 15 years. Julie, however, yet lives and breathes. God forbid they release it on DVD so she could make a few lousy shekels, maybe.

Shaving Cream and other delights

You may remember Benny Bell's 1940s risque novelty song "Shaving Cream" — sung by Paul Wynn — from the Dr. Demento Show or recently when WFMU's Best Show host Tom Scharpling compared the song to what 2 Live Crew used to do.
After being played by Dr. Demento the song became a Top 40 hit for four weeks in 1975, peaking at 30.

Download "Shaving Cream" and other songs like "Go Take a Ship for Yourself," "Pincus the Peddler," "A Goose for My Girl" and many others from the Internet Archive.

These ads appeared in Billboard in the 1940s.

UK Humor (Humour) Fest at archive.org

Arthur Askey

Will Hay

Archive.org has started to list Arthur Askey and Will Hay films. Both are great and the kind of films that beg the question of "Why no US distribution?" It's not like there's a wealth of exclusively understood-only-by-the-British references. I will say that for once when I went to archive-org to look them up, (ex: Askey and ex: Hay)I was not presented with endless garbage occluding my search as is so often the case. So, yay.



Will Hay in Windbag the Sailor


Arthur Askey in Back Room Boy



Will Hay in Convict 99


Arthur Askey in Bees in Paradise




Arthur Askey in Ghost Train

I'd prattle on about their history and careers, but resources for that will hopefully be evident through the links provided. Instead just enjoy the comedy, IMHO underappreciated in their own country. We tend to rhapsodize about the Marx Brothers and W.C Fields, but Hay and Askey (along with Formby and others)were providing top notch comedy for the era that just never made it over here. Well, now, over here is the world.

Night Train

Keely Smith isn't pleased. "Stoopid Prima! Foolish Mr. Butera! How old are they?!?! Five? Men! ... Well, I must admit there is something to this beat. Nah. I will NOT give them the pleasure. I will not. Brutes! Pigs! Can't we just sing a slow romantic one. This is so childish ... But ... Hm ... No. I'll just stand here til they're finnished with this stoopid song."

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Dedicated to The International Army of Freaks

"Entertainment" seems to be a word out of fashion nowadays. That's a shame.
Cool artists of today! Looky! Watch this and ... blush.

Funny Bone Tickle-ation

Too hip for Homer & Jethro? I thought not.

Funeral Fun

From the delightfully dreadful Confessions From a Holiday Camp

Tubby, Revisited

I always find the most interesting things when I'm looking for something else. I ran across some GREAT stories about comedian Tubby Boots-- including the tale of his friendship with Lord Buckley-- on Classic Television Showbiz.

Truth? Fiction? Who cares!

A 1/4 Cover My Favorite Martian Comic,

1/4 covers were from when unsold comics (or magazines) had to be returned and the distributor didn't want to lug a bunch of pulp. The top 1/4 of the cover was submitted for the unsold credit. Needless to say they got sold and/or given away anyway.

Link to comic at pic, nephews!

The Tubby Boots Can

Who can take a gay joke
Or one about a Jew
Cover it in chocolate
and a miracle or two?

The Tubby Boots can
The Tubby Boots can
The Tubby Boots can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

Tubby Boots

I Heart Julia Segal (This Morning)

I love her absolute willingness to aggregate awesome crap - like so many of us doing this admittedly, but it's just that she does it with such elan and style.... I never cringed.

If Found Please Return To Julia Segal Here (commentary assisted posts)
Skull Swap Here (time wasting guilt inducing random but well chosen images)

Bottoms Up!

Get a taste of what Vegas was like in all of its seventies sleaze...before it got all family-cized and all....with a comedy sketch revue called Bottoms Up For Swingers, recorded live at the Flamingo Hotel.

Don't Crush Lex10, Hand Me the Pliers

Monster Movie Music and Beyond reacquaints us with the not-so-discrete charms of Fireside Theatre alum Phil Austin's comedy classic, Roller Maidens From Outer Space, along with the song stylings of Red Greenback and the Blue Boys pickin' and grinnin' their mega-country hit, You've Got All Night To Wrestle A Live Nude Stewardess In Flight.

(Link: Roller Maidens From Outer Space)