Albert Brooks deconstructing a dummy. From the Flip Wilson Show 1972
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@StandApartComedy6 жыл бұрын
*This clip had 400,000 views and over 2,000 likes as of September 2018. Unfortunately, I accidentally took this clip down on September 2, 2018. It has been re-uploaded as of September 28, 2018*
@cabal37475 жыл бұрын
I will miss all the comments from people complaining that they could see his lips move.
@vincentmoon91874 жыл бұрын
Well that was silly of you
@bobspence53223 жыл бұрын
likely story.
@Dillinger862 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on TV with my dad, thank you for uploading this gem.
@MaoistBanker9 ай бұрын
Nice to see this routine get time in the new Albert Brooks documentary on MAX
@linmiller81479 ай бұрын
His routines, short films on SNL, his appearances on ANY talk show, his albums, his movies, AND his novel -- sheer genius -- no one else like him.
@halweiss86716 ай бұрын
Did you see his elephant tamer routine, where the elephant was delayed in transit so he uses a frog? It was hysterical.
@wylierichardson-tu6zs2 ай бұрын
He was good in "Broadcast News", but I was less impressed with his feature "Modern Romance". It felt like a more tepid version of "Annie Hall".
@thefifthdementia52312 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this back in the day. Fell in love with Brooks's comedy immediately. When he drops the dummy it still makes me laugh, 50 years later.
@wvu05 Жыл бұрын
On _The Tonight Show_ in the 1960s, Mel Brooks was asked who is the funniest comedian he had ever seen. He mentioned "a kid named Albert Einstein." He wasn't kidding.
@billfranz172410 ай бұрын
Not to quibble, but I believe you meant Carl Reiner.
@wvu0510 ай бұрын
@@billfranz1724 You may be right, but I'd heard that it was Mel Brooks who said it. Stupid telephone game!
@billkirchner67388 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks' real name IS Albert Einstein.@@wvu05
@halweiss86716 ай бұрын
His older brother, Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave) was funny too.
@MOMO41837Ай бұрын
Albert Brooks never fails to bring tears to my eyes from laughter...😂
@cordellsenior9935 Жыл бұрын
This was etched into my memory. I may have been 12 or so when I saw this aired on TV and I was on the FLOOR. Couldn't catch my breath when he got to "Lady of Spain". Think I did a Kool-Aide spit take. I became an Albert Brooks fan instantly and forever. Learned years later that his brother was Super Dave Osborne (also, a comic genius).
@linmiller81479 ай бұрын
I think we have a shared memory. GENIUS.
@billfranz17243 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks was so young when he first came on Carson. He’d always do sketchy, fringe of show biz characters. His Mime is also pee in your pants funny. So is the lion tamer, and the around the bend comedian who has plum run out of material. Aren’t that many geniuses in the comedy world, but Brooks ranks high.
@ClueSign2 жыл бұрын
Like a precursor to Andy Kaufman
@STEVEHEROLD10 ай бұрын
my favorite bit he did on Carson was the Speak N Spell one.
@bronsonhilliard6841 Жыл бұрын
This is, in my mind, the single funniest 4 minutes in the history of standup comedy. I can't watch it without paroxysms of laughter, tears and wheezing. It's the only funny ventriloquism act in the long history of ventriloquism.
@daveidmarx82969 ай бұрын
This comedy seems so far ahead of its time for when it actually aired originally. This would've been cutting edge in the 80s, let alone a decade earlier.
@kevinwachs59059 ай бұрын
Fred Allen must have been REALLY far ahead of his time when he did a parody ventriloquist act in vaudeville in 1916.
@apseudonym3 жыл бұрын
when he drops him facedown the first time... I almost cried laughing
@billyhigh469010 ай бұрын
My main problem with AB is he wasn’t on TV more and that he didn’t make more movies! What a talent simply brilliant and I don’t throw that word around very often for people other than me!
@taztaztaz2 жыл бұрын
and to think Super Dave Osborne was his brother, also played Marty Funkhauser on Curb your Enthusiasm.. cant imagine how funny that house they grew up in was!!
@Razormiller Жыл бұрын
Theyre dad was a famous comedian(on the radio) too... hilarious house indeed
@kaybee5150 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure, but I could have sworn I saw Alberts lips move.
@fgrady15 жыл бұрын
Every appearance he made on Johnny Carson was original and hilarious!
@anncarper81635 жыл бұрын
The great Albert Brooks, ladies and gentlemen...
@IDFK3034 ай бұрын
In a lot of ways I think Albert Brooks paved the way for Andy Kaufman and other similar comics that followed.
@jfjoubertquebec3 жыл бұрын
Back here again. That thump when the puppet falls hahahaha
@GrantSchinto Жыл бұрын
Underrated genius. So many original ideas . . .
@JosephJamesScott9 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks was the Albert Einstein of comedy until he changed his stage name to Brooks
@joemedley19510 ай бұрын
That this is still funny just shows that the stock gags of ventriloquists never change.
@jobysaad2 жыл бұрын
I love it, and he is a big hit on Network television....no surprise there. Still I'd love to see Albert Brooks try to pull off his Anti-comedy at the Fayetteville North Carolina Comedy Zone.
@JoshuaDavidMurillo5 жыл бұрын
Dude, that was f***ing gold. I literally just laughed out loud uncontrollably. lol So good.
@jonathanbrown811524 күн бұрын
This is one of his best bits!
@jamesbowen8960 Жыл бұрын
Either you get Albert Brooke's comedy or you don't. I believe him to be a comedic genius.
@csnide67029 ай бұрын
his last name ( true) is actually Einstein..... Super Dave was his brother.
@ronmcmartin45139 ай бұрын
His "How to Impersonate Famous People" Kit almost gave Johnny Carson a stroke!
@Lori-lp6uc9 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Albert Brooks is the voice of Nemo's dad, Marlin.
@ShiningEyeBrigade9 ай бұрын
Wonder if this was inspiration for Norm McDonald’s brief flirt with ventriloquism deconstruction.
@jeffreywillstewart9 ай бұрын
I liked Albert Brooks then I watched the HBO special on him and he and Rob Reiner just gloating about how privileged and talented they were. Best friends from childhood in Beverly Hills. brooks ALWAYS played the sad sack who wouldn't get the girl. But it turns out he is another nepo baby. His dad was a legendary comic in Carl Reiners circles but had a heart attack early on. They go on and on how Brooks was allowed to go on shows and do absurdist comedy, when he had his foot in the door all along. He is the original Ben Platt.
@Nickplay2110 ай бұрын
I never saw this until today. It was pretty funny. And then the cigarette drop part happened and I realized how genius and ahead of its time this was.
@jesseraspler37009 ай бұрын
Pure comedy. He was playing in front of an audience that didn’t appreciate his comedy. Wonder how it felt without laughter until canned during playback.
@SesameCake4 жыл бұрын
Still a better ventriloquist than Jeff Dunham.
@WytZox13 жыл бұрын
* THose toy dummies come with a booklet that teach you to talk without moving your lips! ☺
@vestibulate3 жыл бұрын
Andrew B. Dunham ventriloquizes the audience. He gets a crowd of born again Christian nationalists to agree with every word he puts in their mouths.
@LuckyCharms777 Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Now explain how Jeff Dunham got crowds in both Abu Dhabi and Israel to laugh when he did Achmed the dead terrorist. After all, they’re not Christians.
@vestibulate Жыл бұрын
@@LuckyCharms777 Israel? That's self evident. The same reason they have annual "Death to Arabs" marches through Jerusalem and smear all resistance to apartheid as terrorism. Zionists are a natural audience for Dunham's act. As for Abu Dhabi, I'd like to see a video of his performance there. Can you supply a link?
@LuckyCharms777 Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Here’s a clip of Achmed in Abu Dhabi. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6SvXoSfirminpI
@moongirl20325 ай бұрын
The funniest thing I'vd watched in years! Man, I love this guy! Brilliant. Loved "Lost In America and Defending your life" 😂❤
@bonwatcher9 ай бұрын
Wow, such a young Albert Brooks on the Flip Wilson Show. I always loved Brook's comedy, but he was fabulous in the movie Broadcast News. His disdain for the main anchors while kissing up to them and hating the whole corporate culture, He was perfect in that role.
@joguestin3 жыл бұрын
I had never heard about him until Bojack Horseman mentioned him. He is hilarious. They both are.
@tomharvey69619 ай бұрын
oh my god. Run out and find Lost in America and Defending Your Life. Now. He also did short films for SNL when it first started. They were brilliant. I wish someone would put them together.
@garethbull53033 ай бұрын
A great character and study of failure. What a laugh. It still works in 2024.
@douggraham50824 жыл бұрын
This is like a meta joke of a meta joke! Brilliant!
@vilentman1114 жыл бұрын
This deliberately bad bit is almost exactly like how Carrot Top acts on stage
@SubdolphinX3 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks is the funniest man on earth.
@NightMedicine2 жыл бұрын
I think his style was really before its time!
@nothenryporter813 жыл бұрын
I find it extra hilarious that, despite the laugh track, none of the visible audience members seemed to so much as crack a smile. But I guess Brooks was still relatively unknown and it was a few years before this type of absurdist meta-humor went more mainstream with SNL, Andy Kaufman, etc.
@NachosElectric2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the couple in the front are very confused. I guess they really thought he was a terrible ventriloquist and were just trying to be polite (by not laughing). I still don't know how you couldn't laugh when he drops the dummy.
@knightrdrx2 жыл бұрын
Great observation. I didn't notice
@ronmcmartin45139 ай бұрын
But he was Destroying Flip. Much like Norm MacDonald did to Conan and Dennis Miller. I Never thought George Burns was funny, but Jack Benny loved him. Bob Newhart did the same to Don Rickles.
@tomharvey69619 ай бұрын
The people you could see couldn't see his lips moving. So they didn't get half the gag.@@NachosElectric
@aum3.1463 ай бұрын
National comic gem
@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr10 ай бұрын
There aren't enough superlatives to describe the genius of Albert Brooks. (as well as his brother, Bob (Super Dave) Einstein). Watch his electronic ventriloquism bit on The Tonight Show with Carson - Screamin Funny. And your life will not be complete until you see "Lost In America".
@ayokay1233 жыл бұрын
And if ventriloquism wasn't dead at the time, this most certainly was its coup de grace.
@ernestkinas59734 жыл бұрын
I wish Albert would do a comedy tour again. It would be a sellout.
@PositiveLastAction5 жыл бұрын
The one person that disliked this is the real dummy
@chrispiazza74874 жыл бұрын
To my brother and I, back in the day, Flip Wilson was god.
@tomharvey69619 ай бұрын
If you missed Flip Wilson you wouldn't have any clue what all your friends were talking about the next day at school.
@Nerflover100973 ай бұрын
Crazy how he went on to voice Marlin in Finding Nemo
@Telstar62a24 күн бұрын
The Einstein of comedy
@ShadowsOnTheScreen4 жыл бұрын
The best and worst ventriloquist ever!
@isaackwon20303 жыл бұрын
Albert brooks is is the best
@bobgarner447 ай бұрын
If you look closely, you can see Albert Brooks lips move while the dummys talking
@SpaneenOomlong5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sioux Falls!
@YodatheHobbit8 ай бұрын
Who would guess this guy would go on to play a fairly intimidating LA mobster 40 years later in Drive?
@sethie_shots8 ай бұрын
You can see his mouth moving! 😂😂😂 favorite comment
@thegreatelfinko2 жыл бұрын
Pure genius
@markdaly164810 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks is unknown quantity outside of America. I know He has done voice work on the Sampson. I could be wrong but there are very few people in the uk or Ireland who have heard of him or are familiar with his work. Many years ago I was on holiday in the US with my family and I think they showed the film he made with merly Streep and had never heard of him. His films are never shown on TV in the uk. Us audiences are more familiar with him.
@michaelhall54293 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@daveydudely99549 ай бұрын
i had that very same dummy as a kid
@jasonsmith83009 ай бұрын
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second I thought it was Andre the Giant.
@AlejandroKearne Жыл бұрын
A perfect mix between Chris Farley and Andy Kaufman
@CrazyHank362 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooke always cracked me up
@markswishereatsstuff25005 жыл бұрын
Kevin Pollack's podcast brought me here.
@TylerJamesPryor5 жыл бұрын
Mark Swisher dude same
@TRHARTAmericanArtist9 ай бұрын
I had that same dummy when I was a kid.
@postatility97038 ай бұрын
What really made this work was Albert having the nerve to completely parody one of those old(and,by then,tired)show biz traditions,taking it to an unprecedented level of absurdity. This was during an importantly subversive period of comedy(Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Firesign Theater, etc.)
@ronmcmartin45139 ай бұрын
It was funnier the 2nd time watching, because even as a fan, my mouth was agape for most of it!
@billfranz172410 ай бұрын
Goods news: As of today you can watch a new documentary by Rob Reiner about Brooks. Max.
@LIFETHRUAWINDSHIELDDanielTChea2 жыл бұрын
Look up ALBERT BROOKS Rewiring the Star Spangled Anthem
@FOXMAN098 ай бұрын
Wow his voice was so different
@JDL04273 ай бұрын
Imagine a young Andy Kaufman at home watching this.
@DoppSkates4 жыл бұрын
I didnt think I'd laugh BUT I CRACKED THE FUCK UP
@richardledoux58688 ай бұрын
Watch the other clip of this bit from the Ed Sullivan show. It didn't seem to go over very well with that audience. I don't think they got the joke.
@stormbringercoming81052 жыл бұрын
If you don’t find this hilarious… you’re not worth knowing.
@davidhull14819 ай бұрын
He kinda shares a comic sensibility here with his brother Super Dave.
@mauriceortiz8817 Жыл бұрын
Genius
@nowitsabadtime5 жыл бұрын
Looks like something Andy Kaufman would've done! haha
@HolmanHal10 ай бұрын
Brooks was way earlier and way funnier.
@mcrawsers2 жыл бұрын
I see this is where Norm got his ventriloquist act
@srhegarty8 ай бұрын
The balls on that man!
@jamescollinson245611 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a video clip of Albert Brooks first appearance on the Tonight Show. This bit as the world's worst ventriloquist had Johnny Carson almost falling off his chair laughing.
@porflepopnecker43764 жыл бұрын
Blaffy flaffy flurp.
@bobspence53223 жыл бұрын
hello longfellow.
@ethnographic110 ай бұрын
This…yeah!
@ZAJDML3 жыл бұрын
That is a funny bit. W.C. Fields also has a bad vent bit in one of his movies I think. Here is something fans of ventriloquism should like. I came across this on KZbin searching for these acts. It's called Trillo and Suede and reminds of the old Bergen and McCarthy movies. kzbin.info
@steveconkey73627 ай бұрын
Super Dave's brother.....
@8888jaws8 ай бұрын
Is this the Flip Wilson show?
@JamieJobb10 ай бұрын
We've seen Albert Brooks talk before, so this is not believable because Albert is no dummy.
@Flipindabird235 жыл бұрын
This guy was shown to me under the pretense that he was the “Albert Einstein” of comedy. People are fucking weird. Out of all the comedians you could compare to Albert Einstein; just don’t sell Einstein short.
@AscentofTrollbane3 жыл бұрын
I'm the "Albert Einstein" of youtube commentary
@bobspence53223 жыл бұрын
einstein did his best work as a patent clerk.
@gerrykelly70772 жыл бұрын
His real name is Einstein actually
@mactimo333 Жыл бұрын
if smoke would have come out of the dummy on the floor i would have died
@JohnDoe-gk7ok5 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia says that his birth name was Albert Einstein. Is that true, or was someone making a joke edit?
@gregbeck44395 жыл бұрын
Yes its true. His brother was the great Bob Einstein (a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne)
@emilypetsche13 жыл бұрын
Is that Marlin?
@nordicpaws24232 жыл бұрын
Think so - think he also voiced the salesman who sells Homer the RV in Season 1 of the Simpsons.
@jackoconnell1092 Жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bob?
@Jimfromearthoo74 жыл бұрын
Who’s that dummy with Danny?lol
@WKRPinCINN2 жыл бұрын
This is so meta it’s zed
@bradrainey90189 ай бұрын
Wow!!!
@GregoryAmicar573 жыл бұрын
Marlin
@kiradupuis6472 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks Voice Mariln
@davetoffen794410 ай бұрын
I can't stop laughing 😅😅😅😅
@YouWorryMe2 жыл бұрын
OMG LOVE IT!
@avieus9 ай бұрын
Yeah..I dunno
@PopeLando8 ай бұрын
Hey, he does funny stuff too? Last time i saw Albert Brooks he was murdering Heisenberg.
@vincentrimmer58449 ай бұрын
Wow! The bit would be so lame if Brooks didn't commit 100% to it. He DOES, however, and makes it hilarious.
@gouvyrock4 жыл бұрын
sooo funny
@dianespies31048 ай бұрын
The best lol
@patrickmuhwheeney65189 ай бұрын
I've tried, I really have, but jamesbowen8960 must be right. After seeing him in at least 15 roles, I just don't see the appeal....Thanks for the upload!