Distant Replay: The Kopykats (Full episode from 1972) Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, etc.

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[@johnnylightning203]

Always thought Marilyn Michaels was gorgeous! And what a voice!

[@scottbruns2148]

This was a great underrated show! Hope you can get more of these episodes!

[@waynej2608]

Oh WoW!! I used to love this show growing up on Long Island! I was very young, but watched it, religiously. Frank Gorshin was my favorite, I used to howl at his Burt Lancaster. Love 'em all! Hey. Ty for this and pls, keep 'em coming! 😆😎😃

[@rafaelramirez1507]

My two favorite comedians here are Rich Little and Frank Gorshin ... man those two were good 👍

[@tml184]

Rich Little was never a comedian.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@tml184 so funny that I forgot to laugh ... if this your attempt on being a comedian I advise you to never quit your day job

[@Robert-qm5so]

​@@tml184Rich Little was one of the best comedians ever during the 60s and 70s

[@Ilostmyfob]

I loved this show..I remember it was my fave.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

Wow.... An episode that survived the tape reuse division at ABC! Great find Fred. :)

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Chris. I have all of them.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

FredFlix You're welcome! That is even more awesome. :)

[@chairmanwd2]

cant wait

[@FIREBRAND38]

Best news I've heard in a while. Can hardly wait.

[@vccstudents]

My favorite episode was the one Orson Welles hosted. He introduced a sketch and said, "This sketch is being brought to you by Bill's Restaurant and Gas Station. Remember their slogan, "Eat at Bill's and get gas!" Welles' voice made that hysterical!

[@waynej2608]

I remember that one. Wells intro of the condensed version of Casablanca. Great stuff!

[@Vidgirl8]

I remember this show specifically for Rich Little and Marilyn Michaels because she did Barbra Streisand. I'm a big streisand fan even at that age (8 in '72)

[@FIREBRAND38]

What an incredible find. I loved this show as a kid. Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, John.

[@davidleedutton]

George Kirby was easily the most talented performer on this show. His range of impressions and musical skills were astonishing.

[@DrDespicable]

An amazing performer - shockingly underrated!

[@Blackjesus3]

He was a genius especially since he can do female voices too

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

Kirby was fantastic. I remember him doing a hilarious impression of Ray Charles on the Kopykats. I was just a kid at the time and I laughed myself to death watching him.

[@PtolemyJones]

He has real talent, plus he doesn't often feel the need to exaggerate, which I appreciate. His Sydney Greenstreet was wonderful.

[@DDumbrille]

Marilyn MIchaels' Lena Horne was SPOT ON as well.

[@donaldlamkin1305]

That was such a great show.

[@MegaJohnf1]

My god, incredible talent. Incredible entertainment. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, MJ.

[@PtolemyJones]

What a clever twist on the split screen gag.

[@70Eldo]

This had a "Laugh-in" -esque feel to it and with all these impressionists, it made it truly unique, can't think of anythink really like it on TV. Hidden Gem.

[@SteveStalzle]

I watched this when it was first on, I was a kid in the early 70s. The series disappeared and I have always wanted to see it again, THANKS, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Happy to do it, Steve. I remember recording The Kopykats on audio tape.

[@SteveStalzle]

I used to think I could do impressions as a kid. I was never any good, but entertainers like these made it fun for me. I still do dialects better than celebs. I have been on the radio since 1989, but have rarely brought out my 'voices'.

[@bigdaddy7862]

I use to watch this when it first aired back in 72 Thanks so much for posting

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Big Daddy.

[@raymunchieftain4170]

I wish this was still on TV !!!!!!!

[@Muzikgirl67]

Hi there Fred! I think these "lost and VERY rarely seen anymore" tv shows are just about the grooviest things I have ever seen! Thank you so very much for posting and sharing this "tiny piece of television history" with all of us fellow KZbinrs! I thoroughly enjoyed watching! I also read in a comment that you had mentioned that you have more of these episodes available? Will you please consider sharing more of them in the future? I for one, would greatly appreciate it! Take Care! Ms. Elizabeth📺📼📺📼📺

[@FredFlix]

I just saw your comment, Muzikgirl67, after 8 months! Will consider more Kopykats.

[@corinnerobinson4949]

I use to watch this show when I was in Jr. High....that's when they had good impressionists....the best....I think this was on for 2 years....

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Love these people!! Frank and Rich are awesome. Frank as Frankie, so much fun!! Wish Charlie Callis had been part of this, too.

[@FredFlix]

I think he was in some of the other episodes.

[@williamsweeney2012]

Never missed a show as a kid.

[@TheChuck624]

Good find and thanks for sharing it with us. I forgot all about this show. My folks used to watch it religiously. As a kid, I just didn't get it though.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, TheChuck624.

[@maryriley8077]

OMG! I forgot how incredibly talented Marilyn Michaels was! They all are, but she is just amazing!! Thanks for posting!!

[@VicMartino]

I remember this show when it first aired back in 1970 and it was a show to look forward to. I haven't seen these "Kopykat" shows for many years now and I'm delighted to see them again thanks to you "FredFlix" but do post more complete shows beside the ones you have posted already if you have any more of these television gems. These were/are GREAT!

[@FredFlix]

Glad you enjoyed it, Vic.

[@Robert-qm5so]

Rich Little was my favorite, I also loved Frank Gorshin 👌

[@MrBenbaruch]

I loved this show.

[@scottpetrone6284]

EPIC Fred! This was excellent. Probably the best you've done..... BRAVO ZULU

[@FredFlix]

Glad you liked it, Scott.

[@af1966]

This is so funny. It is slapstick humor.

[@angelacarleton9575]

Thanks for the upload this video!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Angela.

[@conniedurgin164]

OMG ... the commercials alone are freaking entertainment! Whoa ...

[@TheOwl]

OMG, I used to watch this back in the day, Rich Little!

[@jackr.3945]

Oh MEMORIES! I met Frank Gorshin at The Broadfoot in Colorado Springs during this time period. I loved this time in my life ...but maybe not Gorshin. Lol

[@jnadle1]

They should've shot The Kopykats in Hollywood at ABC if it became a full time series, but have a special guest appearance by Daws Butler and Mel Blanc to show The Kopykats "how it's done."

[@1Ocqueoc]

unfortunately I never got to see these shows - in '72 I lived in an area where ABC was not available. Thanks for posting!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Randy.

[@randallsage6740]

Now this was good, really good..... and, thank you for posting !!

[@FredFlix]

Glad you liked t, Randall.

[@Novaman67]

Good one Fred, shared on FB 👍😀👍😀👍😀👍😀👍

[@adamschwartz2656]

I remember watching these comedies when I lived in New York back in the 70s. They were a funny bunch of guys and gals, the likes of which we shall not see again......

[@LoveMyCountryAussie]

Good stuff again mate ,Mr Fred ,

[@davidj5910]

Wish I could give you 10 thumbs up! Loved the Ray Charles Lena Horne segment. Great vid as always!

[@cw1294]

The old days where people were not easily offended and were allowed to laugh. Miss those times

[@770WT]

It wasn't mean spirited like today . People did get offended in the old days but were afraid to say anything .

[@wamyola]

Thanks!

[@maureencora1]

This was a Great Summer Show in 1970s.

[@morlockmeat]

Thanks, Fred, for reminding me of this show! Forgot all about it. Used to love it, because I loved impressionist, and this show clumped them all together. Was such a treat. Do you remember a guy who used to do Barbara Streisand? He was good! Looked and sounded like her singing and talking! Ed Sullivan was a great show for these talented people. But, thanks for this one. Now I remember.

[@FredFlix]

Glad you liked it, morlockmeat. I do remember a guy doing Streisand but I can't think of his name.

[@barryk1701]

@@FredFlix I think you are thinking of Jim Bailey, who was famous for his impression of Barbara and other female stars of the time

[@roymass1300]

THANK U .

[@marcd7543]

How Marilyn Michaels never became a household name is mystery to me. Conceptually ..a tough show to pull off....

[@williamsweeney7954]

Just saw Rich Little this year. Still great.

[@herbbluntman2287]

I can't say that I remember this show but I must have watched it. I used to love impressionists which is a genre of comedy that has faded since the '70s. Of course there are comedians who do some impressions but not many comedians the do nothing but impressions like Rich Little. We forget that Frank Gorshin was a comic and impressionist. Probably best remembered as The Riddler on Batman and for us Trek Heads, Commissioner Bele in the 3rd season episode, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". Thanks for this memory, Fred. I hope you don't run afoul of the copyright police and have to pull it down. :-)

[@FredFlix]

I think this one's safe, Herb. But you never know.

[@tonycanabal1659]

George Kirby did all the voices of the dogs in the pound with Dean Jones doing the shaggy one in the Shaggy D.A.!

[@MrJawzwa]

Just listened to the Will Jordan and Burt Ward episodes on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast. They brought me here..

[@maureengilligo1960]

Loved the KopyKats

[@antoniod]

The Man singing "Mule Train" while banging himself on the head and knees was "Bob the Tray" well known in Britain for this one act!

[@tinyskier6250]

thank you

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome.

[@BossaNossa1]

Marilyn Michaels was wonderful so talented, so cute, and sexy! Miss all these people! Marilyn has a bit of Shirley Bassey about her..?

[@GarandLuvr]

This was a summer replacement show.

[@basicbass]

I hear only sound from the first 2min and then toward the end.

[@alfredodoardi2717]

love it!

[@youtubeviewer7030]

i got a vibe for the monster mash by watching this LOL

[@antoniod]

Taped in Britain but probably not shown there. One of the regulars said "the technicians didn't know half the people we were imitating!"

[@silvereagle2061]

I don't know why Vincent Price sounds like Truman Capote. lol

[@martinoliver8536]

I like the commercials!

[@jonathanray5819]

Can't hear the Audio

[@zxccxz164]

this is the best channel!!!! do you have any full radio or tv broadcasts of baseball, basketball, football hockey??

[@simba30]

Gorshin and little are by far the best

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

OMG!!! I probably watched this when it aired!!!! Fred, how did you find this???!!! A 46 year old episode of a 7 episode series???!!! My guess, it was on at 8:30. Oh how I miss those on the h:30 show starting time of many shows back then!! BUT, my world flipped upside down and forever changed 34 hours later. :-(

[@basicbass]

no sound

[@bardolinomichele8745]

Dan Hartman! You are The Boss, man!

[@23pamolson]

omg, this is epic

[@halseyknox]

Was that a young Susan Sarandon in the Tab commercial?

[@timfurnier7061]

I wasn't even eight years old.

[@redrum8993]

I'm looking for The Kopykats episode with Orson Welles.

[@jeffreymclaughlin6143]

Red Rum I WISH THEY WOULD COMMERCIALLY RELEASE THEM ALL ON DVD RED THERE WERE 9 KOPYKAT SHOWS TOTAL 2 ON THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL AND 7 ON THE ABC COMEDY HOUR THIS SHOW HOSTED BY TONY CURTIS WAS THERE LAST SHOW ON THE ABC COMEDY HOUR I'M LOOKING FOR THE ORSON WELLS ONE TO RED I WISHED THEY WOULD COMMERCIALLY RELEASE THEM ALL ON DVD I DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE WAITING ON.

[@nusratjamia7953]

Great memories..😍💟💟⁦❣️⁩💟😘💟😘💟💟⁦❣️⁩💞⁦❣️⁩💞😍💞😍💞😍 Outstanding amazing Presentation.

[@FredFlix]

Thank you again, Nusrat.

[@nusratjamia7953]

FredFlix you are welcome.😍😘⁦❣️⁩😘⁦❣️⁩😀

[@dakert40]

Hi Fred, This was fun and I love seeing things I haven't seen before. Have you seen the "Doris Day Today" special from 1975? That was a blind buy for me and it was terrific :-) Can you post more Kopykats?

[@FredFlix]

I haven't seen that Doris Day special. This Kopykats episode was the best quality video of those I have but I may post more.

[@Blackjesus3]

FredFlix Please do

[@OofusTwillip]

You'd never get away with a white actress made up to play Lena Horne, today.

[@rperlberg]

That's the thing that really got my attention. Megyn Kelly got in trouble for saying that it used to be OK. People came after her saying it was never OK. They need to watch this. People are always trying to rewrite history.

[@angelobouhoutsos3060]

Mind control is a law now

[@janetbeatrice9505]

It's good that we're evolving. Live and learn.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Too bad , cuz I found it very entertaining and I'm young, different strokes for different folks my Pop would always say

[@Marsbonfire007]

The wolfman reminded me of Ringo.

[@joescambait]

slow down ....you are working too hard on these....love it bro...i hope u dont mind ,i use your stuff for commercial breaks on my streams. i do give you shout outs......thanks again

[@FredFlix]

No problem, Joe. Just remember that a lot of the stuff I post (not this) contains copyrighted material.

[@joescambait]

ty i know but never had a problem yet fingers crossed

[@gregggoss2210]

Pretty cool. I don't remember this show either. Of course recently there are a lot of things I don't remember. I get a little concerned since my mom succumbed to Alzheimer's and my dad had the start of it at the time of his death.

[@grooveechainsaw]

Gregg Goss Sorry to hear about the loss of your parents from this disease. Scary to think that you might be dealing with the same thing. Hope that isn't the case.

[@gregggoss2210]

grooveechainsaw , me too.

[@Blackjesus3]

George Kirby was brilliantly

[@Blackjesus3]

Talented

[@andrewbaroch2141]

I miss Tab.

[@lindadrost6200]

No audio till 30 minutes in....was it me??.......EXCELLENT channel none the less ! 😀

[@ClayLoomis1958]

Audio was there, jetfan, but only on the right channel until 30:40, then it had audio on both channels.

[@lindadrost6200]

Clay Loomis ....duh....I listen thru headphones (only 1) soooo I put the other one in and I heard the whole thing....what can I say? ...i'm a fossil ! 😨😉

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Clay.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

You have a lot of fossil company watching vids here at Fred's place.

[@tenniscal999]

the woman who did Lena Horne was hilarious

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

why do you hate the left audio channel fred?

[@FredFlix]

Are you saying there's no audio on the left speaker? Is it just this video or others?

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

@@FredFlix Yes, most of the video is lacking left channel. it starts out OK then a few seconds in it ends, then picks up again about half way through

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

Still and all, thanks for posting

[@rgrimm63]

Seems to me Mel Brooks ripped off the idea for his 1974 Frankenstein from this show - including the Knockers joke

[@NkrumahTure]

This shit is funny.

[@andrewbaroch2141]

CRT advocates would scream racism at Marilyn.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Don't remember The Kopykats. For some reason Rich Little & Fred Travelina annoyed me. The writing supervisors co- created Hee Haw. I'm sure you know Tab was essentially the forerunner to Diet Coke. Thanks again Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Rich Little was supremely talented but years later all his impressions started sounding alike.

[@will27ns]

Yea, that was really an AWFUL Vincent Price impression; rather insulting.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Me personally I love Rich Little and Frank Gorshin

[@pigoff123]

This show never made it to AFN Europe

[@mikeh66]

The irony is that the show was produced by ITC!

[@jeenkzk5919]

Whatever happened to class in comedy? Also, what ever happened to Rich Little?

[@FredFlix]

I noticed in the '80s that all of his impressions were beginning to sound alike. It was like was doing Rich Little. So talent dropoff, plus people became less interested in impressionists, and age, got to him.

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

Johnny Carson became angry and blacklisted him. THAT'S why his network appearances dried up.

[@FIREBRAND38]

As I write this he's a headliner at the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas www.troplv.com/entertainment/rich-little Archived here web.archive.org/web/20180327205249/www.troplv.com/entertainment/rich-little being blacklisted by Carson in 1982 just meant that he wouldn't appear on the Tonight Show. He got savaged in his performance at the 2007 Washington Correspondent's Dinner www.thestar.com/news/2007/04/23/jokes_leave_washington_a_little_cold.html Sorry to let facts intrude on TreasureHouse but looking at Rich Little's filmography hardly shows a "blacklist" in effect. www.imdb.com/name/nm0514648/ (I draw your attention to his appearance on ChiPs, an NBC show after Carson banned Little from the Tonight show.

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

Little himself stated that he was blacklisted. Ask him.

[@MrMusicfan65]

that is the truth. his impressions were getting really bad. I did not like the impression of Lena Horn.

[@user-zc4mp5cw5n]

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[@soflarockson]

Adieu....not ado 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@FredFlix]

Worst thing is, I knew better.

[@juicebirdmedia1406]

Cropped to widescreen… ☹️👎🏻

[@davejones67]

Tv stunk then too...

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Like you

[@jackr.3945]

WTF Is wrong with my key board.....I SAID BROADMOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sheg1969]

Um...WTF, Marilyn...I don't think Lena's face was that contorted when she sang.

[@FredFlix]

I always felt Lena's face was almost comically distorted when she sang.

[@sheg1969]

@@FredFlix to produce her sound, she had to be contorted to a degree, but this is just ugly.

[@FredFlix]

@@sheg1969 This is what impressionists do. They exaggerate. And Lena contorted more than the average singer. I would notice her face more than her voice.

[@sheg1969]

Michaels' performance seemed more mean-spirited as opposed to a tribute. We have our opinions.

[@FredFlix]

@@sheg1969 Lena made faces when she sang. Michaels' job certainly was not to tone it down. Rather than being mean spirited, she was looking for laughs...at the expense of Lena, to be sure.

[@andrewbaroch2141]

Some embarrassing schtick.