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“How To Make A Million Dollars”
Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock was sometimes called “The Canadian Mark Twain.” Unlike Twain, he was a staunch conservative, but that didn’t stop him from launching humorous attacks on the parasitical millionaires with whom he came into contact. Here’s a short story of his I performed called “How to Make a Million Dollars.”
To listen to the story as broadcast today on Arts Express radio on WBAI-FM and Pacifica stations across the nation, click on the triangle or mp3 link above.
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The Chief Apologises
As a self-identified Person of Scalp, I empathize.
Thanks to Viv Shalom for passing this along!
Thanks to YouTuber BBC Scotland – Comedy
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Eleanor And Buddy
Powell and Rich, that is. Two of the greatest percussionists in movie musicals. This number (with Red Skelton and Bert Lahr looking on) is from Ship Ahoy.
Thanks to YouTuber Richard Preston
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Chris Elliott’s Wild Kingdom
No one funnier and more versatile than Bob’s son, Chris, as his segments on Letterman attest.
Thanks to YouTuber 13jalopy
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The Cheezy Ventriloquist
Chuck McCann, from his 1960s afternoon local television show, with one of his many characters.
Thanks to YouTuber wowinkorporated
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Nichols And May
It’s fun to see how out of date the premise is, and yet how hilarious Elaine May and Mike Nichols were, both with impeccable timing.
Thanks to YouTuber pianopappy
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The Great Bombo Dump
Here in NYC we were blessed in the 1960s with at least three incredibly talented daytime television hosts. They masqueraded as children’s program hosts, but they produced thousands of hours of hilarious comedy with no budget to speak of, and whose studio audience was usually only an appreciative camera crew. There was Soupy Sales, Sandy Becker, and perhaps the most talented of them, Chuck McCann. Here’s Chuck as the failed escape artist, The Great Bombo. I believe his sidekick here, Sid Slick, is played by Jim MacGeorge.
Thanks to YouTuber sandysoup
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“Yer A Socialist”: Satirist Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman has been described as “Lenny Bruce meets Stephen Sondheim meets Phil Ochs in Brian Wilson’s living room.” He’s a master of satirical political songwriting, the lyrical heir to Tom Lehrer, as well as a damned fine musician. I’ve been listening and laughing at his sharp wit for years, and I was very happy to do an extended interview with him.
Click on the triangle or mp3 link above to hear Part One of my interview with Roy as broadcast today on the Arts Express radio program on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
Part Two is here: https://jackshalom.net/2021/02/23/who-wants-their-mind-changed-roy-zimmerman-part-two/
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Hello, NSA
Satirist Roy Zimmerman says hello to the folks on the other side of the curtain.
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“Dear Number 1036924053887”
In which your friendly neighborhood healthcare insurance company sends a letter of mild request to Roy Zimmerman…
One more example of Roy’s great witty songs.
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If You Build It, They Will Come
Does Everything Have To Be Funny?
In which Nellie McKay answers that burning title question–and sings a version of “Moon River” to boot.
(The expert panel of the Language Acquisition and Identification Department of Shalblog® Industries is identifying the language in the song, within a 2-3% margin of error, as being Portuguese.)
Thanks to YouTuber Caffe Lena
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The Twelve Days Of COVID
As we hold our breath for the various countdowns around us, enjoy a laugh from Kurt Tocci and friends who update the holiday classic.
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Tartar Sauce
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
Here’s an audio version of a piece I published here a while back about wrestling with a favorite fruit.
Click on the triangle or link above to hear the piece as broadcast today on The Arts Express radio program on WBAI FM NY and Pacifica stations across the nation.
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Jimmy Stewart Sent Us
Even Santa’s A Bit Off This Year
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House: Cab Calloway
The heppest cat ever, Cab Calloway singing a post-Thanksgiving Song.
The song was written by Jeanne Burns who I could not find out too much about except that she was once briefly married to Broadway composer Harold Arlen’s younger brother, Jerry. In the thirties she was a big-band singer and also wrote songs for the Cotton Club revues.
Thanks to YouTuber UbiquitousLazar
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Buster Makes A Break For It
It’s the concluding scenes from Buster Keaton’s The Scarecrow. (The opening scene was here).
Here’s what you need to know: Buster is being chased by the following: an overly friendly dog, his One True Love’s father, and his roommate, a rival for his Love’s affections.
There’s a Happy Ending!
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New Highs
Ready To Rumble
Finally! I’ve been looking for this clip for years. Phil Hartman in one of my favorite fake advertisement parodies from Saturday Night Live, the commercial for the new breakfast cereal, Colon Blow.
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High Anxiety
Monday morning, while waiting for our Insect Overlords to choose our leaders, the rest of us chumps remain in a state of High Anxiety.
Kudos to Mr. Brooks for the perfect Sinatra phrasing and Nelson Riddle-like arrangement.
Thanks to Youtuber OST&Covers&so and Jeffrey St. Clair at Counterpunch for reminding me about this song.
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Breakfast With Buster
From The Scarecrow, made in 1920, it’s Buster Keaton who lives in a house “where all the rooms are in one room.” Keaton multi-tasks and makes multi-use of every square inch of space. New York City apartment dwellers, take note.
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Thanks to YouTuber iconauta
