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This clip gives us a rare and wonderful look at Spike Jones hilarity, with the added delight of seeing Mickey Katz (the short, bald guy playing clarinet) goofing around with the band and even doing his trademark "glugg-glugg". Mickey went on from there to write his Yiddish parodies and the rest is history,
That's wayyyy too ...( 10 months ago by joeboomer69)
That's wayyyy too funny.
Ahaa. Wonderful. ...( 9 months ago by GreedyHughes)
Ahaa. Wonderful. So That's Mickey Katz! I'd always wondered, but never got to see him. XD They're all hillarious. Thanks for the post!
Okay, trivia time - ...( 9 months ago by Juliaflo)
Okay, trivia time -- who is Mickey Katz's celebrated granddaughter? (Here's hoping you had the time of your life with this question--HA, HA).
Too Easy.His son is ...( 9 months ago by bigband98)
Too Easy.His son is Joel Gray and his grandaughter? Jennifer Grey.
Just uproarious. My ...( 9 months ago by aladaube)
Just uproarious. My 8-year-old loves this, and so do I. True artistry at work.
And now for some ...( 9 months ago by Juliaflo)
And now for some more trivia -- which one of the 'City Slickers' has a niece who was a 'Working Girl'?
Best known for her ...( 9 months ago by loyaltubist)
Best known for her role as Mickey Rooney's girlfriend in "The Big Wheel" (1949).
Lets see if any of ...( 9 months ago by keithm1138)
Lets see if any of you out there remember who the guy was who said "this girl has a good voice"? Try Dr. McCoy(Deforest Kelly) from Star Trek.
Array( 7 months ago by trooper7h)
Hmmm! Looks and sounds like a very young Kathryn Grayson to me. :) But regardless who - she went along with the sketch brilliantly. It brought back memories of the 5penny seats at the Regal cinema...
Array( 7 months ago by trooper7h)
ooops! I just googled Mary Hatcher and it was Mary in the clip - in her first big role in the film 'Variety Girl'.
Will I see my ...( 7 months ago by flowergut)
Will I see my deceased husband zep meissner run around with the clarinet and laugh... he was the best musician of all time.
I thought that was ...( 6 months ago by asswhole455)
I thought that was Deforest Kelly in the beginning, and once I read the comments here it confirmed that. Useless trivia: he was friends with George Reeves (Superman). Back to topic, Spike was fantastic as were the members of his troupe.
The man on Mary's ...( 6 months ago by fromthesidelines)
The man on Mary's right at 1:36 (who also delivers the seal's bark) is Winstead "Doodles" Weaver, who became famous in Spike's band for his interprtations of the "William Tell Overture" and "Dance Of the Hours", and appearing on his Coca-Cola radio show as "Professor Feetlebaum". At 1:53 is A. Purves Pullen, who was a professional bird impressionist and was known in Spike's outfit as "Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath".
Doodles Weaver also ...( 6 months ago by LFD254)
Doodles Weaver also had a series of "shorts" on early TV called "A Day with Doodles"
FUCKING WHITE PEOPLE( 5 months ago by heoko)
FUCKING WHITE PEOPLE
Now, now. Was that ...( 5 months ago by LFD254)
Now, now. Was that really necessary ?
very good -none of ...( 5 months ago by mrebelm)
very good -none of you mentioned his being the uncle of sigourney weaver...she was still in the deep end of the gene pool then.
Your answer is ...( 4 months ago by Parvati78100)
Your answer is really light. What wouldn't we read if someone had written "Fucking black people"! But hush, I'm already subversive and politically incorrect.
Don't be an alien-- ...( 4 months ago by Juliaflo)
Don't be an alien--name Doodles Weaver's famous niece. Good luck.
At 2:48, Spike can ...( 2 months ago by OKDDAY)
At 2:48, Spike can use the force! Spike Jones is pure brilliance. Cheers.
Someone once on a ...( 1 month ago by zinkamilanov)
Someone once on a radio show about Spike Jones remembered that in his stage show for a while he would have a girl come out and sit on one side of the stage and knit all through the craziness. People would wonder what she was doing there and what she was ever going to do, and all she did was knit. I think I saw her once in a Spike video knitting, but haven't seen her on Tube yet.
lol, and people ...( 1 month ago by 1000RedBallons)
lol, and people say that black folk cannot be racist because they are black. that's unfortunate. LDF, keep your racism to yourself. maybe listening to a little marvin gaye and chaka khan will make you pause with humility at true talent, which at this time, cannot be replicated by the current crop of performers.
i really enjoy ...( 1 month ago by 1000RedBallons)
i really enjoy spike jonesand mickey katz, they can be really funny, too.
Hey that's Dr.Mccoy ...( 1 month ago by firstjohn47and8)
(Here's hoping you had the time of your life with this question--HA, HA).
from Star Trek.
Looks and sounds like a very young Kathryn Grayson to me. :)
But regardless who - she went along with the sketch brilliantly.
It brought back memories of the 5penny seats at the Regal cinema...
I just googled Mary Hatcher and it was Mary in the clip - in her first big role in the film 'Variety Girl'.
What wouldn't we read if someone had written "Fucking black people"!
But hush, I'm already subversive and politically incorrect.
Good luck.
Spike Jones is pure brilliance.
Cheers.
that's unfortunate.
LDF, keep your racism to yourself.
maybe listening to a little marvin gaye and chaka khan will make you pause with humility at true talent, which at this time, cannot be replicated by the current crop of performers.