Comedy - Smothers Brothers Host Young Comedians - Jerry Seinfeld & Maureen Murphy -

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

The Smothers Brothers were outstanding!!

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

The conversation about the rhetorical question was fabulous. Great acting and play by the both. I was laughing out loud. Only something two brothers could do. Loved their relationship. Saw them in concert in the very early 80s at a fairgrounds here in Northern California. Outstanding!

[@latetotheparty4785]

I saw them at Cal Expo- is that where you saw them? I was the one in the jeans and red T-shirt over by the trees. What a great show!

[@EPA18]

This is exactly what made me really notice and appreciate Jerry Seinfeld. Notice the total absence of any vulgarity, bad language, etc he gave an old time comedy performance without having to resort to any vulgarities like so many contemporary comedians do.

[@btlmania64]

Her here ! 3 great comedians !

[@satansalley6526]

Yeah..it's shite.

[@btlmania64]

@@satansalley6526 your shite . nice name numpty

[@oweifhtuvj975]

Whilst on your fainting couch you are going to want to avoid Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy…

[@btlmania64]

@@oweifhtuvj975 what a dumb thing to say

[@ShreyasBharadwaj]

What a lady! Came here for Seinfeld, stayed for Maureen

[@csillag4]

Me too ! "Ronald Reagan: 'Heaven Can Wait.'"

[@robjontay5052]

You knew Jerry was going places. In the Young Comedians Specials it was A Hall of Fame line up. These stand ups changed comedy forever. Smothers Brothers gave Jerry a shot. He nailed it.

[@squintoon1613]

@@hpoliver2981 You must have been a hoot in "comedy school".

[@stylianosisaakidis3565]

611k views and 3,8k likes...maybe you saw another video...the only thing seinfeld nailed was his foot !!

[@93Jubilee]

I've never thought he was funny -- just arrogant as hell!Maybe that's what people saw in hi? A creep!

[@cdorman11]

@@stylianosisaakidis3565 Sure, these jokes seem lame, but that's because they've been told so many times since he first told them. Now you finally know where the missing-sock joke originated. And the complaining-about-wanted-posters-in-the-post-office joke originated. And the complaining-about-how-long-the-weather-report-is joke. And the an-extreme-can-be-meaningfully-understood-by-everyday-standards joke. And he managed to get through it all in only 8 minutes. 8... long... minutes.

[@nince021]

I didn’t know Maureen Murphy but she was hilarious! So glad I discovered her, even if 40 years too late :)

[@numbersix9468]

"Ted Kennedy - A bridge to far" was vicious!

[@JC-dy7tf]

Congrats Magellan

[@paulcooper8818]

The Smothers brothers always are so polished in delivery. They always include a joke that backs up some previous banter for Tommy to give Dickey a comeuppance of sorts.

[@VirtueAly]

Amazing how consistent Seinfeld is through the decades. Just being himself, I guess. There's probably no other place he feels at home. He was made for this.

[@IA100KPDT]

He's definitely the best when it comes to observational comedy. No vulgarity. no f words, just pure talent.

[@sweepkick]

The Smothers Brothers are the best thing about this video. I've always loathed Seinfeld's standup, but his show was hilarious because of his acting and his collaboration with Larry David. Thanks for this little time capsule.

[@johnmcguiness905]

Yup, Seinfeld is very lame standup. He's awful here.

[@vangroover1903]

It's fun to remember that he wanted to be a standup comedian before he became a TV star. That show he has about Coffee, Cars and Comedians is perfect for him because he can meet and worship real standup comedians like Eddie Murphy, Barack Obama, and even lesser known amateur ones like Norm MacDonald.

[@janetkramer9288]

Have always enjoyed Seinfeld on tv. His show and other appearances. Like his book too. Thanks

[@carolynluckas1219]

Tom Smothers was a rhetorical genius. He understood words and their meaning.

[@csillag4]

Not funny. For example, that "sex/six" joke was embarrassing...

[@ahuramazda32]

Wow

[@paulsneed1952]

I always love Jerry Seinfeld, but Maureen has some really good material. I liked her tons!

[@mikestrat311]

Yes Maureen was great. I new her after her years of comedy and everything else she did in terms of Hollywood. God bless you Maureen. 🙏

[@aramboodakian9554]

These where the days when I was totally into stand up comedy. I want a flannel brief case! Thanks for posting.

[@TheSMEAC]

I loved listening to Smother’s Brothers records as a kid. “My brother Dicky Smothers put termites in my Lincoln Logs…”

[@WuOysterCult]

I taped this special when it first aired on HBO in 1981 (I believe) and watched it a countless number of times. It’s 2023 and this is the first time I noticed that Dick Smothers mispronounces his name. And after such a great routine and intro, too. Can’t believe I’ve never noticed that before.

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

Remember the timeframe here. No swearing or drugs or alcohol or politics. He was a genius. Just chatting away about regular life. Not even a single girlfriend or wife joke! Total comedic genius!

[@jacksonjohnson9674]

well, except the greeting card gag about "another couple doing better then we are!" but, ya I you're right. funny stuff.

[@notreally2406]

This wasn't the 60s, it was the 80s. Gaffigan does that in this timeframe.

[@triciatallman4514]

I doubt it was the timeframe, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, and Richard Pryor were all swearing in their acts around this time. Seinfeld was and has always been able to be funny without swearing or being vulgar.

[@victorsamuelson3589]

@@jacksonjohnson9674 I don’t find this guy funny at all his stupid comments about life ha ha and where did they get this audience what did he pay them they find him amazing are they really laughing I was just watching Sanford and son he’s funny Jerry isn’t George made the show on Seinfeld cause Georgeyours is Larry David

[@philclarke7712]

Just attacked Bob who had a burst thyroid as a child and died in the 1950s at 32 because of it. Bob, who had family, brothers, but no kids of his own because life dealt him a shit hand. He was the butt of Seinfelds jokes. At least he didn't swear. What a guy.

[@gcruishank9663]

My wife and I saw Seinfeld in Vancouver a couple years ago and we were in tears nearly the whole show. Like a good wine he just seems to get better and better. Of course his style of humour might not appeal to everyone, and he does reuse a fair bit of material but he packed the house for 2 or 3 nights. Even with all the money he has he still loves to get out there on stage. Now that's loving what you do.

[@ClayLud]

where did he play?

[@stylianosisaakidis3565]

maybe he loves the paycheck ...

[@elliemm557]

He made me laugh almost nonstop. He really does make jokes about everyday things, something that has to be re-applied in comedy, today.

[@marshwetland3808]

Yeah, he's very mainstream that way. I didn't appreciate him dissing satellite imagery, even though it was funny.

[@communityorganizer5645]

I think I rarely laughed at his stand up and yet I liked it. The TV show, OTOH I loved and often lol.

[@dianeadams4664]

BEST stand-up Comedian EVER! I always appreciated the fact that his comedy was never vulgar!!!

[@joanmurphy2166]

Maureen Murphy was excellent in this.

[@goodfox9250]

OMG I remember watching that comedy routine from Jerry Seinfeld. For some reason we couldn’t stop laughing about the escape dryer socks.

[@judedeprey6831]

H-Town My kids would always lose a sock. They would asked me, “mom where’s my other sock?” I always told them that a burglar must’ve come in the middle of the night to steal one sock. Same thing with library books. Now I use that line on my grandkids!

[@martinleicht5911]

What year was that ? 🤔

[@cleanwillie1307]

The Smothers Brothers were hilarious.

[@brianbullivant4753]

If that Steinfeld kid plays his cards just right he might have a future in show biz.

[@m1t2a1]

Not based on this act.

[@jburr6527]

based on race. its how they roll.

[@Qrayon]

@@jburr6527 Yeah. You have a better chance if you're black.

[@bazookajoe6760]

wow thats funny

[@TheRealYaro]

Nice comment. Too bad “Steinfeld” r/wooshed and few picked up on it. 😂

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

21:07 I had to do some research to understand that joke. From Wikipedia about the Senator: "Hayakawa was news media reporters' favorite fodder, as he was often found napping through important legislative voting." You're welcome!

[@jerryferguson294]

I love how Dickie introduced Seinfeld as "STeinfeld" and Tommy repeated it correctly!

[@davidfuller764]

Missed that! Thanks

[@markfriedman5706]

Yes. That was a common mistake when he first hit the airwaves. In fact, in an early episode involving an exterminator, the exterminator referredd to Jerry as Mr Steinfeld. "Sein" is an uncommon prefix. "Stein", on the other hand, is quite common in Jewish areas.

[@markb20]

@@markfriedman5706 You're right. And as Seinfeld became more popular in the '90s, the mistake of "Steinfeld" became more of an intentional joke than actual error. (Unless you were my co-worker Dave back then, who continuously made that mistake- he was a clueless idiot).

[@donyandresen8063]

Maureen Murphy was hilarious and burned down every one and everything in a very clever way

[@lisaroye3818]

Eat the door. It’s a rhetorical punchline.😎 Love Tommy Smothers long as I remember. (I’m 58)

[@garygibson5983]

I was there...the Roxy on the Sunset strip. Funny, I saw that the Smothers Brothers were playing and nowhere did it say on the tickets or announcement that it was a taping of an HBO special. Richard Lewis killed at the show as did Harry Anderson and Howie Mandell. I had seen Seinfeld on Carson a few times before this and he did much of that same material.

[@shawndabirch1947]

I loved The Roxy!

[@wonderrob3225]

Gary Gibson1was there...the Roxy on the Sunset strip." I am fascinated by this, its like time travel! please tell us anything you can about this specific moment in time. ? what where you drinking? what did it smell like? what time of year, what time of night? what was the weather? what it like in general to be inside this actual moment, I don't expect you to answer any of this but I am genuinely interested if you care to share anything Show less

[@fergusof]

Classic Smothers Brothers. Love those guys. I had never heard of Maureen Murphy, but she was funny. Wonder what happened to her.

[@algee8415]

She was Australian. She was good. Died 2019 age 80.

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

@@algee8415 oh wow I had no idea. Thank-you for telling us. RIP Maureen.

[@ceeemm1901]

The Smothers Brothers and Jerry look remarkably young for 2015....

[@sylviastreet6785]

Maureen was really funny! She should have made it to the top! She had it right about the political jokes!

[@rachelsingermacdonald]

Where is she now? She WAS funny! I'd never heard of her before!

[@stephenfisch615]

@@rachelsingermacdonald,according to Wikipedia, she passed away in 2018.

[@rdelrosso1973]

@@stephenfisch615 Sad. "The One who sits in Heaven laughs." __Psalm Number 2

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

Any idea what happened to Maureen Murphy? She was great. I think she hit upon every women's issue out there. The last bit about the movies was wonderful! Very creative. Love to see comedians laughing at their own stuff even though they know the punchline!

[@communityorganizer5645]

I hate that. It's usually inauthentic It is written rehearsed and repeated at every gig.

[@MjMurphy777]

I agree, she was hilarious. I never of her before today🤷‍♀️

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

@Community Organizer Of course it's rehearsed. That is normal.

[@jamesdaviddupre99]

Cool to see a young S(t)einfeld that long ago. Maureen Murphy was nonstop quick laughs. Me likey.

[@malasangre583]

My engagemt ring was pinned into a pajama pocket at Christmas ☺

[@winonamassingill7895]

😳😳😳😅😅😅❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@cbrockbishop1566]

He made millions and millions with "did you ever notice this? did you ever notice that?"! thats what makes America great!

[@XavierKatzone]

"Jerry STEIN-feld"! 🤣🤡 At least Maureen Murphy was FRESH!

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

"Birth control was giving birth slowly" Perfect!

[@TheGreatGig73]

Great hearing Seinfeld talking about pajamas as a suit and heading out. You can't go in to a store these days and not see people in pajamas and slippers in a store. We sunk to the laziest times . Too sad.

[@joeleone2228]

Keep crying or go get a life, choice is yours

[@TheGreatGig73]

@@joeleone2228 Oooooo! Someone got insulted. Ha ha ha!

[@joeleone2228]

@@TheGreatGig73 nah, slobs like you just need to be reminded how ignorant and trashy you are

[@TheGreatGig73]

@@joeleone2228 hahaha!

[@Mikekramercomedy]

Seinfeld was, is and always will be one of the great comedy writers in history

[@uweparthum5906]

if one finds banalities fascinating.

[@michaelmiller7160]

When Seinfeld notes "a little stray laugh" he should have referred the stray sock routine somehow.

[@marathonmattmbsojourner8314]

Michael Miller c

[@truthinesssss]

Delightful, thank you.

[@brianlane9534]

First I've seen Jerry doing standup. He was funny.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Dick: "Will you please welcome ... Jerry Steinfeld!" Oops.

[@jonloomis683]

I like MY stein filled, personally.

[@frankhoward7645]

Funny how Murphy's jokes appear far ahead of her time as opposed to Seinfeld's. He would never use those jokes today but I bet he'd use some of hers. This coming from a huge Seinfeld fan.

[@Mike1614b]

@Mark Johnson ah, a debate

[@randolfo1265]

@Mark Johnson - Yeah but she came before Roseanne. All comedians get inspiration from the ones who came before. Interpreting human behaviour in a funny original way is the key to success

[@nunontherunnumberone]

"So I did, I dribbled on his shirt" beautiful and perfect.

[@lashedbutnotleashed1984]

I think you mean lame and obvious.

[@nunontherunnumberone]

@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 yeah, you're probably right, I just have terrible taste is all.

[@lashedbutnotleashed1984]

@@nunontherunnumberone Or very easily amused.

[@nunontherunnumberone]

@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 that's the one. ❤

[@jpdemer5]

"It's a rhetorical punchline. It makes you wonder."

[@scotking3160]

3. .ko97 ttb

[@davido1953]

Teddy Kennedy, The Goodbye Girl...wow, you'd never get away with that one today

[@imasportsphile6247]

david letterman, thanks for your great comment which is so spot on in the world of political correctness of today.....that is why we are posting 2300 hrs of vintage comedy, sports and music on our webpage....and for more vintage comedy click www.imasportsphile.com/category/comedy/

[@nuaru100]

@@imasportsphile6247 Political Correctness are two overused buzzwords bleated out by people who are too lazy or stupid to use common sense when they open their mouths.

[@brianhaygood183]

"I'll pick you up at nine. You will have eaten by then." Was brilliant.

[@sirmolio]

Jerry Steinfeld.. one of the finest

[@lashedbutnotleashed1984]

Pure mediocrity.

[@sirmolio]

@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 Steinfeld. *whoosh*

[@lashedbutnotleashed1984]

@@sirmolio Yes. That's the sound of his "comedy" collapsing and dying on the stage in front of him.

[@baharzaap2833]

Without the Show Seinfeld, Larry, Kramer, George, he would not be known today. Same Material.

[@kindabluejazz]

Seinfeld seems to have a Carlin-esque cadence here.

[@scottross8606]

uh you could at least give us the year this took place in the title or description. In fact it was 1981.

[@clumsiii]

go to the outer brain my son! (thanks for doing the search, i was curious too)

[@nedryerson6763]

Thank You

[@rjfeltus]

@Ima Sportsphile perhaps you could add it to the description.

[@markb20]

Glad someone mentioned it, thx. I wasted time trying to figure out the year by the topics in everyone's jokes, to no avail.

[@tbird6328]

@@markb20 They mentioned 1978 in the lead in.

[@michelekett8450]

It’s good seeing Seinfeld as a young stand up. He’s great. Love his Comedians having coffee in cars.

[@vangroover1903]

It's fun to remember that he tried to be a standup comedian before he became a TV star. In that new Coffee in Cars show he must love getting to meet real standup comedians (and Norm Macdonald, too)

[@iliketowatch.]

(4:12) "Will you please welcome...JERRY STEINFELD!" 😆

[@GSXSF-250]

One of my favorites.

[@tracygarrett3952]

Greeting card stores. I miss them :( Book stores, too.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Tom Smothers is a certifiable genius.

[@notreally2406]

I'd like to see the paperwork on that

[@geoffreykent3051]

Teddy Kennedy "A Bridge Too Far."

[@nealbarkett8512]

Too Narrow

[@peppigue]

She was funnier. Good gal

[@KrystyneY]

We used the sock hangers for our Barbie dresses

[@beback_]

Jerry was so lucky to have met Larry David.

[@diannebutler1807]

Wow... I logged on to watch Jerry Seinfeld because I've always loved him, but Maureen Murphy KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!!

[@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet]

"The sock that didnt make it" Perfect!!!

[@davidprince1138]

yeah, that was pretty good.

[@leafyutube]

This is gold. GOLD!

[@dhy5342]

4:15, he introduces Jerry as Jerry STeinfield.

[@yosoylibre4862]

I'm dead. 😂

[@NoName-zn1sb]

He hates that!

[@lisaroye3818]

That’s a LOT of throbbing, heaving and pounding😂

[@theloniousMac]

Smothers Brothers ? How old is Seinfeld?

[@HandgunSafe]

From this performance, I would never would have thought Seinfeld would get anywhere. He's remarkably dull. And that whole "Did you ever notice?" business. How did he ever make that work?

[@jasonfirewalker3595]

This is where a young George Bush developed his stage presence.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

“Stinefeld!”

[@jaslinc3371]

Natch'l like Lush Rumbo ... it rolls off the tongue and falls into the orchestra pit. (then Larry David bails you out.)

[@Nonduality]

Seinfeld digs deeply into a situation like he's mining diamonds whereas Maureen turns low hanging fruit into some brilliant jokes. They're different. The bottom line is who makes you laugh more. Also, Maureen never took her stand-up career beyond the 80s in North America while Jerry achieved legendary status and still is successful at stand-up.

[@davejohnson1742]

so right

[@wadayaduin5517]

Jerry made the most his so-so talent, no argument.

[@wadayaduin5517]

Maureen was much funnier than Jerry. I’d tend to think that her now being a month short of 81 years old has something to do with her career slowing down a bit:^)

[@DonnaMcMasterRiver]

Maureen’s jokes assumed her audience was up to speed on current events (Chappaquiddick, Sen Hayakawa) whereas Seinfeld stuck to everyday life. I thought they were both good but personally enjoyed Maureen’s subject matter better.

[@communityorganizer5645]

Is that true about Jerry? How do you know?

[@linnyhop]

These guys were fantastic...

[@terric703]

I want a little sock closet.

[@paulm749]

1:58 Tommy was mind-blown! 🤣

[@mysteryseaker1914]

Yeah, remember the '80s no wonder I became so debauched, and never learned about real relationships.

[@satchitus7200]

I loved Jerry's introduction.

[@bobdobalina838]

Anyone catch that he announces him as Jerry STeinfeld and his brother corrects him, saying Jerry Seinfeld?

[@bitboxcreative570]

Awesome to see when Jerry won over the crowd and took off from there.

[@communityorganizer5645]

Stand up audiences are usually too easy. Those first things Seinfeld said we're on no way funny, and yet he probably almost always for a positive reaction from that even though he didn't earn it.

[@malindadenlinger882]

Near the pajama breast pocket I think:)

[@bobjohnson973]

I remember watching Saturday night live one time just randomly in the 80s I guess, back in those times you just turned on the TV and watched whatever was on it, anyway, Jerry was doing stand-up on snl and nobody was laughing and I wondered if he was doing a speech or something and then at the very end he said that taxi drivers had names which were just lists of consonants cause they're from Eastern Europe or something and he got a few chuckles and I realized it was supposed to be a stand up routine

[@vangroover1903]

Yeah, he actuall spent years pretending to be a standup comedian before he became a big TV star. His career was kind of like Norm Macdonald's, minus the lack of success.

[@kencrowne9695]

@ 4:46: "Please welcome Jerry Steinfield !!"

[@larryprimeau5885]

Early Jerry sounds alot like a mature George Carlin.

[@vangroover1903]

Without the humour or delivery

[@Revolution1117]

Great set by Jerry; funny and cool as a cucumber. No mistake he made it to where he did. BTW,, Dickie, ti's SEINfeld, not STEINfeld. Sheesh!

[@TrudyPatootie]

*I remember in the late 60s my dad surprised us (4 kids HSchool) to* *a concert. So excited. We had no idea where we were going or *what we were going to see.* *A hootenanny, or The Supremes.. Marvin Gaye? The list* *was endless. Never in a million years would we have guessed* *The Smother Brothers. We could have died. It was our Dad's* *thing not ours as teen-agers.* *Now I would love to see them. Sorry dad, but come on!*

[@benjaminmcfarlane3807]

Wow, Seinfeld was introduced by the Smothers Brothers. When I watched those guys as a kid, I kind of assumed they had been gone for a long time

[@mixedlove1234]

All I see is Damon and Keenan Wayans🤣🤣🤣

[@terryb3388]

im stuck in comedy hell realm

[@SidneyBroadshead]

*6th Annual Young Comedians Show (1981 HBO)* Part 1 Hosts: Tom & Dick Smothers Comedians (in order of appearance): Jerry Seinfeld, Maureen Murphy, Harry "The Hat" Anderson, Rick Overton, Richard Lewis, Howie Mandel, Monty Jordan.

[@AnotherSpecialEdMom]

OMG, he's so young!

[@misterschubert3242]

Maureen Murphy's set was incredible. The political jokes were even on point.

[@mikem4432]

I saw a guy wearing pajamas at the local grocery checkout line.. gota say.. its too real..

[@samuelajones]

And light years away from these tired jokes…

[@savage22bolt32]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this.

[@rekinlas]

I'm no expert, but I'd say Seinfeld's style of humor and his demeaner haven't changed much since he started out. He found the winning formula and stuck with it.

[@lashedbutnotleashed1984]

Too bad he was never very funny.

[@calisongbird]

*demeanor

[@irafutterman5557]

I ran into the Smothers Brothers just hanging out at a bar on the east side of Manhattan somewhere in the seventies ,I couldn't talk to them because they were smothered by throng of women.

[@censusgary]

When the introduction is much funnier than the performance …

[@prisonersforprofit]

i don't remember maureen murphy, great set. sorry to see she passed away in 2018, she looked young for her age, would have been in her 40's here, if it's the 1980's.

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

Jerry Seinfeld looks about 16 years old in this.

[@markb20]

Can't understand the clueless people here who are saying Seinfeld wasn't funny. ALL of his bits were smart, polished and very good. I guess we'll have to wait for history to decide. Ok, that was quick.

[@briencampbell1043]

I have never found Jerry Seinfeld funny. Amusing at best. Clever at times, but I’ve never laughed at anything he has ever said. I watched this whole set and never cracked a grin. Just wasn’t that funny. Comedy is very subjective.

[@Garacha222]

Jerry looks a bit like Vinnie Barbarino /John Travolta

[@raymondhorton9668]

Smothers and Seinfeld!!! Can’t be beat!!!

[@TS-qq7vr]

Hopefully he meets Larry David and Larry Charles so he can get rich.

[@mrbedrock33]

he did ...

[@TS-qq7vr]

@@mrbedrock33: When? Did I miss something?

[@paulg444]

They are both naturals !