EG6: Jim Meskimen, vocal impersonator extraordinaire

[@scottyh8494]

Anybody who can still keeping going and keep being funny, when the crowd is not all that enthused. This gets my tick of approval....

[@lduranceau8046]

This man is really funny, highly intelligent, contagiously charming, extremely adaptable, very quick-witted, has an amazing memory and probably the most talented impressionist living today, and (may I say) of all time?

[@tml184]

Rich Little is. Besides, he's a scientologist. Yikes.

[@markevan1]

Nooo, no. Many much better.

[@Borella309]

Superb!!! Amazing talent, funny, witty and warm - his closing remarks were beautiful.

[@1Phoebus]

This guys is sooo brilliant....wold love-to see him live...for one thing....he's clean!!!!

[@georgecollins9388]

Yep he's brilliant and honest.

[@xbatusai]

he looks like a mixture of Steve Martin and Robin Williams

[@timeweston]

add Bryan Cranston (Breaking bad) and there ya go

[@aerlial360]

And actually Sting in a big way mixed with Steve Martin

[@vallucian5331]

Funny though he doesn't do Steve Martin...

[@jamescthompson4972]

aerlial360 yeah i see sting too

[@AtchStudios]

Val Lucian Yes, actually he does; funny you mention. Check his youtube, seriously. It's in there somewhere.

[@Semper-SI]

Jim you are a Master and a class act!

[@machine60]

Interesting. This was the first time I got.to talk to you via a remote connection. We have never met in person but that conversation led us to visit our first EG and meet your Mom. What fun!

[@drizneyland2886]

This was awesome.

[@Patriot-bn9om]

Jim, you are the best ever. I have come back and watched this again and again over the years. It never gets old and always makes me smile. You are an amazing talent.

[@emilienatalie8635]

he is amazing 👏 wonderful

[@jamescc2010]

Very good and talented...I hope u hit big!!!

[@RonaldPace]

This is really brilliant

[@stephenwilliams9923]

Over the last couple of years, I've seen this video at least 10 times. Love it! never tire of this performer.

[@tomk3620]

INCREDIBLE TALENT!

[@Camplou2]

What an amazing performer

[@jugglingembalmer]

Was hoping for more.

[@travisbaskerfield]

+jugglingembalmer Less IS more

[@kingsxkids]

jugglingembalmer start practicing

[@MrIcelander]

How has it taken KZbin over ten years to show me this?!

[@maryjohnson5377]

I remember this guy from an episode of Fresh Prince. He was Will's Philosophy professor and Will dropped his class, then wanted back in.

[@donnyoberg852]

Just wonderful.

[@finch45lear]

Very good Jim !!!

[@jimmeskimen]

I'm back at EG 8 right now! What a terrific experience!

[@AylaMarianna]

Is everyone who's complaining about the audience from the USA? I keep hearing chuckles & laughter from them clearly and FREQUENTLY. He's giving an almost educational presentation with background history about himself, interspersed with humour in order to keep the audience amused, and by the sounds of it: successfully so. Are audiences supposed to laugh out loud enough to the point of actually disrupting performances in order for you people to consider them "not awful"? 🙄 Especially considering this was recorded at a CONFERENCE, where audience members are expected to be hushed and listen respectfully, unless it's during e.g. a Q&A session where you're handed a microphone anyway because otherwise you'd literally have to shout or scream across the room to be heard in these types of venues. This didn't take a place somewhere like a stand-up comedy club, which-as opposed to where THIS video was recorded-would likely instead take place within an environment LACKING all kinds of sound-absorbing materials that reduce & quieten surroundings, because at such a venue you'd actually want crowd noise amplified. The noise from the audience isn't specifically recorded either (and why would it be at a conference?). No mics pointed towards or in the audience while recording = not much getting picked up of the sound from people's reactions!

[@travo2112]

Damn dude... Write a novel much??!!

[@PumpkinPatchBlues]

LMAO!.. you are so funny. I love your mom by the way. Marion Ross is an awesome lady and I can see how that has influenced you. Love ya buddy...Keep up the great work!

[@tml184]

This is not his channel.

[@raysmusic49]

Awesome!

[@GuySerota1]

Absolutely amazing!

[@sylviebertran8201]

I am having some work done at a dental school . The young student said " well now I am going to do some impressions of your teeth " I said hey , I do a great Jimmy Cagney . It went right over his head

[@shirleyramey656]

Thats funny Sylvie!

[@frankmilo4805]

This man is amazing. What a talent!

[@CalligraphybyDianeFoisy]

You're awesome Jim!!! Very entertaining!

[@nyjbarnes]

He did really well on the Shakespeare part. Really good.

[@luke6209]

these are really good

[@justcallmeassinine]

He just an engaging performer and speaker even if some of his impressions don't impress.Would love to hear him do a show.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

He’s an impressionist, yeah, but don’t miss the fact that _he’s also essentially being a stand-up comedian here._

[@sheydoll]

He was good!! His George W. was great!!

[@Jim-pt8kk]

I used to be able to do impressions and funny voices, etc. I was always surprised how much. people enjoyed it. And believe me I’m not as good as this guy.

[@allmagicguy]

Robin Williams was incredible. Really that was the stand out for sure.

[@viviandibrell849]

AMAZING!

[@DungeonStudio]

The Tony Randall was great! And his Vincent Price too. What I like about Jim and other impressionists is how they can make the dead come alive again. It comforts me to hear Andy Griffith reciting Shakespeare on KZbin. It's like he never died. And I guess it's like ventriloquism too. Suddenly hearing George Clooney so distinctively, yet Jim looks nothing like him. I think we all wish George was hiding back stage waiting to come out. But then Jim may in George's voice say 'If truth be known, I could be the spokesperson for Depends for the last 10 years and 2 minutes ago....' And we're glad we don't see George at that point. LOL

[@tml184]

Price was not even close.

[@mateyinusa3277]

wow he is great! some ppl just don't get it. :o Thanks for sharing! oh and I am glad he Not Steve Martin cuz he was little funny but most filthy and Robin Williams, he was funny but too hyper and a bit on Martin side! Jim is great as he is! Glad he mentioned Rich Little, Frank Gorshin and Travalena cuz they were excellent, funny, and kept it clean! yeah!

[@uselessjoe]

weird, We saw Marian Ross on a show today; and hadn't seen her in like 20 yrs, and then tonight I run across this

[@TBCSTARS]

Jim, I met and interviewed your Mom, Marion Ross several times on stage at the big car show in Ocean City, MD "Endless Summer" ...Loved her! She said with my red hair I could have been Chuck, Ritchie and Joanie's other brother! You and I have a lot in common as I perform in my variety of 'Vegas Tributes" vocally and in full-dressed impersonation (80+) at this time, coast to coast...send me a contact and I'll send you my photos with Marion on our stage...btw, I've had Henry Winkler, Donny Most, Anson Williams, Eddie Mekka and Cindy Williams in prior car shows, as well as Ron Howard's other contemporaries Richard Dreyfus, McKenzie Philips, Paul "Milner" LeMat, Bo Hopkins, and Candy Clark....Enjoyed your video here, and hope to meet you!!! Tim Beasley

[@StephenSE9]

The Fonz wasn't the only one to have fallen for Mrs Cunningham's good looks 😊

[@taraolson4161]

this guy is a PRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TJ-kk5zf]

you start bad, you never recover

[@kennethlauer4735]

His impressions are subtle, the big laughs come with the ridculousnouss of the parody. I think...

[@zoeycoen1017]

Pretty good!

[@nathiteyise6627]

oh he is great

[@tr4pfloor]

I think the audience needed to pull the pickle out of their asses. Jim is an amazingly accomplished human being!

[@AylaMarianna]

I think it's because that they aren't (also) recording the audience. No mics in/pointed towards the audience = not much sound to catch from them.

[@tml184]

He's a Scientologist. Yikes.

[@fredbazoo]

When there was no applause after he said he was the son of Marion Ross from Happy Days.....I had a feeling it was going to be down hill for him no matter how good he was. Where was this audience? Stuck up Toronto?

[@vicentealan2684]

I know Im asking randomly but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.

[@marshallturner2567]

@Vicente Alan Instablaster ;)

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good an impressionist Jim is.

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

He's awesome, don't hear to many people laughing though.

[@AdamFloro]

That's because no one in LA has a soul.

[@Chimbo65]

yes,very tough crowd.

[@Cavallaro2376]

Throughout the first half of the video, if he spent more time doing impressions and less time explaining, he would be getting more laughs. About 3/5 of the way through the video, an assistant starts calling out names on a list and the crowd is hysterical.

[@brutallyhonest123]

@@AdamFloro yeah these would have been really innovative in 1988.

[@AdamFloro]

@@brutallyhonest123 👍

[@ricknofzinger]

The best, ever.

[@beckyspindler2153]

He IS INCREDIBLE!

[@patrickbateman5403]

Tommy Lee Jones had me dying haha

[@patrickbateman5403]

4:36

[@dukelive]

Enough of the hating! What was your favourite/favorite? For the record, I thought Tommy Lee Jones was outstanding!

[@withinyouwithutyu1324]

George W. *Former white house resident* Too many haters.

[@Jojo247rightnow]

Are there only 3 people in the audience? He’s really good are they dead?

[@jadebro]

This guy is brilliant!

[@Chimbo65]

Great Jim!!

[@bdttrance4194]

Love the Robin Williams

[@cujospawn]

Bravo.

[@tammiem1635]

He was so spot on!! Good for him! He killed that!

[@sidowninc]

He could definitely do John Goodman through the Wilford Brimley. Who heard that too

[@sttroner]

Wasn't he at America's got talent this past week?

[@edithann1284]

Love at second listen!!!

[@woodjackson8424]

his 'malkovich' is first class.

[@paulgee4336]

His Malkovich SUCKS.

[@Satanperkele]

Welcome to youtube.

[@calinrang5939]

HE S GREAT - No Walken?

[@theguitardude5613]

More hits than misses.

[@trampre411]

*************brilliant ****************

[@marniespeaks]

I can't believe how many voices I knew - so talented - what a wonderful life

[@dianeferre1273]

These impersonations are not even close!

[@gregory8414]

Then you know no voices……

[@wallacegrommet9343]

Too smart for the crowd

[@thebigoneonly]

wow he does bush so good. tbh all are outstanding @dukelive and did i miss robin williams becuz i think he would've aced it. oh 15:10 how impatient of me

[@thebigoneonly]

infact now il look at him, he looks like robin williams omg wtf..even the facial expression at 10:20

[@sabrabruning8268]

THIS GUY IS INCREDIBLE. GENIUS !

[@richardabercrombie8226]

You can hear Walken in his normal voice.

[@joelweisberg]

I'm at a loss. I don't know his mother either. Keep your day job dude.

[@joelweisberg]

***** So you think this guys does good impressions? Google Steve Bridges, much better.

[@lon9053]

Joel Barry No you need to see Craig Gass, he's the best!

[@oldschoolsinger]

Lon Pedersen You're right. He's one of the the most under-appreciated (if that's a word) impressionists in the business. His Sam Kinison is the best impression I've ever seen.

[@jungleislandsurvivor]

Probably the best.

[@VidarW]

Awesome performance! He looks like a blend between Robin Williams and Steve Martin :) The audience dosent get his brilliance. Sad

[@rslager4]

You nailed it with George Clooney.

[@tml184]

no.

[@JxT1957]

i want to see someone imitate the sound of a tv crowd scene talking

[@netwalkerproductions]

This guy's probably fucking amazing at parties...

[@amyv.]

This guy resembles Sting.

[@calinrang5939]

funny text is also so important

[@jamesbrown8832]

He can impersonate Robin Williams perfectly....................... We can believe he is not dead

[@fenrisunchained1926]

I want to see his Bryan Cranston impression.

[@ItalianStallion393]

Wow this crowd sucked

[@teleman65]

That s cause the impressionist sucked first.

[@bodyofhope]

@@teleman65 wrong

[@graemewilliams1308]

Rich Little had the same trouble with the journalists dinner. Sour puss liberals.

[@Sam-qc6sz]

@@teleman65 It's not always fault of the performer though

[@haskellbob]

Yeah, well, he's done this so many times; they were offended that he just launched into it with just a brief preface. It sucked that when he made the pauses where he's used to getting laughter there was just silence. But how much mileage does he think he's gonna get out of this stuff? It's not even really funny; the text is really cheesy. and too self-consciously clever. And the voices seemed off. It's almost as if the voices being really good depends on the audience reaction. Finally, the bit of him saying he's the son of the mom on "Happy Days" seems weird. Can't he stand on his own?

[@MrKingdavy]

😂😂😂 I still get excited when someone likes my comment 😂😂😂

[@Daemiex]

nice jumper

[@mariellenerder7863]

Oh wow. Tommy Lee Jones, Robin Williams was so on point

[@maxwellkorn9956]

Gods, this man is talented. His speed, precision, versatility, and wittiness is unparalleled.

[@EmreYildirim1606]

He looks like Steve Martin, Sting, Jason Bateman, Clint Eastwood, Robin Williams all at the same time.

[@befiro]

i went through the whole presentation only 3 ringing the tone

[@fordusaf3187]

If he didn't say the celebrity name before he did them, I wouldn't know any of them. The word "extraordinaire" in the title is very misplaced. Not good at all.

[@scottlemond6570]

Not gonna thumbs up or down. He was real close on many and not even close on some so...

[@wheelzwheela]

It doesn't hurt that he actually looks like everybody... somehow.

[@leonsquadrito1989]

Sounds like there are 5 people in the audience.

[@Sam-qc6sz]

The Craig Ferguson was fucking uncanny, amazing

[@tml184]

No it wasn't.

[@PaulAsshole-ro7rh]

Un happy days

[@drivenhome7840]

He needs a writer in a big way. He's amazing, very good, needs to continue with a voice for longer than 20 seconds. Stick to maybe 12 voices per act. Don't explain what he's about to do. Love Craig Ferguson, Stallone Rocked !!, Robin Williams, awesome, I love Eddy Izzard.

[@tml184]

Ferguson was just a Scot accent.

[@sisuraiken9757]

As funny as Jim is on tape, you've got to experience him live! Next stop - the TED Conference (well, perhaps not actually, but I'm puttin' him there)!

[@malcolmharris5277]

That A-Z thing was excruciating.

[@KazKasozi]

Tough crowd!

[@timmitchell278]

W is for W!