Gumby: Broadway Gumby Rose - SNL

[@davidmitchell6873]

The amount of talent in this scene is incredible.

[@SDJ992-q9t]

Comedy legends!

[@ElBrooklyn1]

And Larry David just sitting in the background….

[@jamesflynn4741]

@@ElBrooklyn1You are a legend for pointing that out. Thank you. I was already geeking out thinking this is the highest comedy legend density SNL skit ever and then you threw in an Easter egg 👍

[@straleno]

Zweibel behind the counter, too

[@em7dim9]

This is my favorite Gumby sketch and also my favorite Irving Cohen sketch. Kudos to the writer who came up with putting these two together.

[@barberjeff67]

This was one of my favorite sketches from this era of SNL. Glad to see this again!

[@PoundTown595]

an amazing amount of talent in that room.

[@jimringomartin]

Best cast ever

[@OneTimWhatley]

Larry David by the door, too!

[@P00katube]

@@OneTimWhatley Sitting with "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@yourstateofsoul]

One of the best SNL sketches ever! Ever!! And I love Marty's makeup.

[@barberjeff67]

Loved this sketch! Billy Crystal as Lew Goldman was hilarious.

[@NotSteveCook]

Da, da, da, dee, dee, dee, or whatever the hell else you want

[@williamcollins8098]

He's commenting on the Police song isn't he?😊

[@barberjeff67]

😂😂

[@paulsarnik8506]

​@@williamcollins8098No, just doing his shtick from SCTV.🤷🏼‍♂️ 🤓😎✌🏼

[@MooseRocka]

I still say this so many times a month at work

[@robertricketts5467]

We didn't get enough of Lou Goldman.Brilliant character!

[@DarrenGauthier]

Original SNL writer Alan Zweibel cameoing behind the counter. Plus Eddie, Larry David, Rich Hall, Christopher Guest, Marty Short, Billy Crystal...This sketch is overflowing with comedy legends.

[@P00katube]

And "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@sumtingwong5248]

Wowww, good eye! Never noticed Larry David back there.

[@em7dim9]

Had to look up Christopher Guest to see if he is Jewish. Yep, he is.

[@TralfazConstruction]

"A bouncy C." It has been _ages_ since I first heard Martin Short say this on Saturday Night Live.

[@sha11235]

And as I've heard it over the years, I've used other notes and letters that rhyme with C that fit it as well.

[@theBaron0530]

@@sha11235 "Oh William B, Oh William B! Da fella...sittin' right here, next ta me You started da show, But it wouldn't...go, Da da da da dee Da da da da dah Ah, whatever da hell else ya wanna put in da t'ing!"

[@richardforgetcanada]

I didn’t even realize he did it on SNL. He did that character for years on Second City before he went to SNL.

[@JimmyDaKoik]

Never heard him do it on SNL, but did hear him do it on SCTV before he was on SNL. Same with Ed Grimley.

[@stillaboveground2470]

"You are very nostalgic with other people's money!"

[@-CrampedStyle-]

The best part of this sketch is that everyone was on the verge of breaking at any minute - Eddie, Rich Hall, Chris Guest, with Crystal completely breaking and Eddie and Short covering for him.

[@Yonasu]

How can you not recognize martin short? Or have i had a stroke ^^

[@-CrampedStyle-]

@@Yonasu I recognized him - he was the only one who wasn't in danger of breaking.

[@Yonasu]

@@-CrampedStyle- oh dang i got schooled, thanks :D

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Back before Jimmy Fallon drove that into the ground!

[@bodaciousbethany0]

@@Yonasu the make up

[@sumtingwong5248]

If I had to grade this sketch, it would get a C. A bouncy C.

[@faerieSAALE]

fuck that - I'd give it a bouncy D for DUMB.

[@Qermaq]

@@faerieSAALE You get a bouncy trip down the stairs, noob.

[@j2times2006]

Surprisingly even Gumby couldn't save this sketch. I'd give it a C... No bounce or nothing just a F'n C

[@bodaciousbethany0]

I was a kid last time I saw this skit. I'm like.😳

[@MM-pt9oz]

A da da da and a dee dee dee and whatever else you want in there

[@jimringomartin]

This IS the funniest sketch of all time! I've waited a long time to be able to see this on You Tube. Our favorite cast, and era.

[@rgwebb5165]

Martin Short is so good in this.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

A Morey Amsterdam sandwich is a Larry Fine sandwich, only instead of pimento, you use sweet and hot mustard! True.

[@dalebonifant4855]

Very obscure......that's a great Stooges short

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Holy Cannoli it's a deep pool of talent in this sketch, whether they are performing or extras. Larry David, Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Rich Hall and Eddie Murphy.

[@P00katube]

And "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

@@P00katube Where?

[@affema1]

I knew that was Larry David

[@jackscratch785]

I remember when I first saw this. Didn't realize that most of the audience had NO idea what this sketch was about. Genius!!!

[@frankrossi6972]

made it better because there were fewer pauses for audience laughs and more time for bits.

[@marygoodson4920]

Christopher Guest does a great Yiddish accent!

[@thomasthomas2418]

"...da da da dee dee dee and whatever the hell else you wanna put in there."

[@a.harrison4613]

That was beyond hilarious. What a lineup as well. Billy Crystal, Eddie Murphy, Christoper Guest and Martin Short. Excellent.

[@OneTimWhatley]

And Larry David sitting by the door!

[@robertarnold9676]

Eddie wasn't part of that line up. He was hosting the show.

[@kitseywho]

Richard Hall from Not Necessarily the News.

[@doggfacejr]

Billy Crystal was already doing "Miracle Max" in this sketch.

[@cloutman6033]

From the princess bride, correct?

[@doggfacejr]

@@cloutman6033 Yup

[@cloutman6033]

doggfacejr good to know

[@NotSteveCook]

All these years later, Billy looks like that without the makeup

[@sha11235]

That's Lou Goldman, another character he created on this show, with Larry David.

[@antoniod]

Martin Short's "Irving" is likely based on Golden Age lyricist Irving Caesar, who appeared often on talk shows in the 60s/70s.

[@theBaron0530]

Remember that character from SCTV? He was a guest on William B. William's failed talk show. "Now that's how you tell a McLean Stevenson joke!"

[@justanotherguy469]

"That was some other green Jew" LoLoLoL!!!

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

justanotherguy spatula head 😆

[@541967]

Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Eddie Murphy and Martin Short were the best of Dick Ebersol's cast members when he produced SNL.

[@Qermaq]

Piscopo, I'd give him credit.

[@samosler4009]

Martin Short too

[@jimringomartin]

Best cast ever

[@OneTimWhatley]

Larry David sitting by the door!

[@romanramirez7847]

Rich Hall was also great.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

"It must have been some other green Jew...." OMFG, I still lose it after that line....

[@sg639]

Very, very funny line.

[@MugsyNJ2]

This sketch is included on the DVD "SNL: The Best of Eddie Murphy", a treasured possession of mine.

[@dupont416]

We also have Rich Hall, and SNL writer Alan Zweibel, who wrote some of the greatest sketches in the 1975-80 run. Ebersol brought him back, along with James Downey and Herb Sargent for the 1984-85 season -- another reason that season stands out among the best in the entire run.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Yes, that season truly was Mahvelous! If you remember that season, you'll get the reference!

[@dupont416]

@@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 Dick Ebersol left on a high note. He probably felt a sense of vengeance a year later upon the return of Lorne Michaels, whose first year back led to cancellation, before Lorne convinced NBC head honcho Brandon Tartikoff to give him one more year. Michaels had been very critical about the Ebersol years, yet 85-86 (his first year back) was one of the worst seasons ever, with the exception of the Jean Doumanian season (80-81).

[@morganroy4140]

Holy shit! That's Larry David in the background!!

[@vector8310]

Great catch!

[@billslocum9819]

Wow, that's him alright. David wrote for SNL in 1984-85 a couple of years after "Fridays" was cancelled. SNL writers frequently appear as background characters, but I am a bit surprised to see David here because he had been a cast member on the rival show.

[@P00katube]

And "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@billslocum9819]

@@P00katube I don't see him. I do see original SNL writer and future "It's Garry Shandling's Show" co-creator Alan Zweibel behind the counter. Geez, I feel like I should be that coot talking about Waistcoat Willie.

[@P00katube]

@@billslocum9819 01:16-01:27 you could see Al Lewis's face.

[@PhenomenalCat]

What a classic sketch, love it! Christopher Guest is especially wonderful. Fun fact - this sketch aired on December 15th, 1984 and Chris married Jamie Lee Curtis just three days later.

[@PeterWhite-q1k]

And i have been jealous of him ever since! Actually, I'm really happy for both of them.

[@theBaron0530]

Now maybe they'll upload Gumby's Christmas special, too-"Have a Merry Christmas, Dammit!" Featuring Frank Sinatra, Donny & Marie, and the Don King Family Singers.

[@MrSuperbatone]

I BET nobody knows that Martin Short, with his cigar and "bouncy C," is doing old IRVING CAESAR to a "T"! I used to see Irving at Musso & Frank's in Hollywood, in the '90s. He was one hundred years old, and he behaved EXACTLY like that, waving his cigar, saying, "I wrote "Tea For Two"! I wrote 'Swanee'! Ya wanna hear it? -- SWAAAANNEE! Howiloveya, Howiloveya, MYYYY dear old Swaneee.....!" He didn't need a bouncy C! He'd just up and sing it. Yes, he really DID write "Swanee" with Gershwin in 1920 and "Tea For Two" with Vincent Youmans in 1924. Helluva guy.

[@theBaron0530]

SCTV fans know ;)

[@joepesci43]

Billy Crystal looks like Christopher Walken. 😂 I thought that who it was at first.

[@joeyshabbadoo]

“Pickles on Parade”

[@VincentMMoore0]

I love how Larry David is sitting at the table by the window.

[@tannerps2004]

"A herring melt". "No, that was some other green Jew!".

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

tannerps2004 😆 I’m surprised how he hides it when he’s with Pokey lol

[@asrexproductions]

My favorite thing about this is that a minute or so goes by at the beginning where Martin Short and Billy Crystal are doing their schtick and the audience totally doesn't care. Then Gumby walks in, and everybody is laughing. Wouldn't happen today, when we're expected to worship everything Short and Crystal do like it's gold. 😆

[@danielschnee2666]

I always LOVED Irving Cohen on SCTV... and how you knew that the word "...'ting" or a Sophie Tucker reference was inevitable!

[@danislistening]

I want to marry this skit. There.. I said it.

[@PittsburghMarky]

Nothing wrong with that. In fact, your feelings are revered!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

How would the honeymoon go?

[@effdonahue6595]

I now pronounce you man and skit Congratulations !!!🍾🎉

[@Rob_Kates]

Man, I loved the 84-85 season.

[@misstiffanee7589]

This brought back some awesome memories. I used to keep my big sister in stitches imitating Martin. For old times sake Im gonna screw w my kid today "What do you MEEEEEAAANNN christmas is in 2 days."

[@bonniebickett4520]

Ed Grimsley!!! Have you seen Martin as the talk show host? Shoot can't remember his name....oohhh Jimnley Glitz!!!

[@misstiffanee7589]

@@bonniebickett4520 yup. Jimney Glick ❤ and the one guy who had the weird hair and would do these akward jumps. I forget his name. People dissed SNL during these seasons but it was funny as hell to me.

[@vivianamuntean146]

@@misstiffanee7589 :) Ed Grimley.

[@johndowns3839]

Martin Short originated that character on SCTV.

[@RichardX1]

Martin Short originated most of his SNL characters on SCTV

[@sg639]

Loved Ed Grimley, I must say. --But, the BEST Martin Short/SCTV skit (in my opinion) was the one where he played Jerry Lewis acting in an Ingmar Bergman film, "Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage."

[@melojt]

Larry David in the background at 4.18

[@RaymondHng]

Mayor Ed Koch too!

[@P00katube]

@@RaymondHng I thought it was "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@donhancock332]

This is surreal.Billy Crystal was cracking up.A " herring melt"? Sounds yummy!

[@fullbag50]

Morey Amsterdam was a man, not a sandwich...so I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!!

[@geraldstephens6612]

Wonder what Mr Amsterdam said about this skit.

[@timothyq.5070]

He would say, it would go something like this- give me a c, a BOUNCY C

[@P00katube]

@@timothyq.5070 Dah Dah Dah, Dee Dee Dee, I forgot the words!

[@timothyq.5070]

@@P00katube nice one!! 😂

[@sg639]

Samberg!

[@iddeegee]

4:48 I know it wasn't a reference to Back to the Future, its premiere was 1 year later and not the exact date... but by some reason it sounded like it, especially when he said 5 after 8 like it was a mistake.. November 12th 1955

[@Spacejockey426]

He said November 6th 1958, 5:30 pm . . .. Tuesday. Which is wrong, as 11/6/58 was a Thursday!

[@theBaron0530]

I never knew this was supposed to be a parody of "Broadway Danny Rose". I just loved everyone's Yiddish vaudeville characters. Irving Cohen was one of the best characters Martin Short ever did on "SCTV". "Give me a 'C', a bouncy 'C'-Oh, William B, oh William B, da fella, sittin' right here, next ta me..." And I always loved Murphy's Gumby, as the old Yiddish comedian. Oy! Billy Crystal used his character several years before, on "SOAP!" Billy, as Jody Dallas, had a psychiatric episode in which he thought he was a little old Yiddish man from Poland, named Julius Kassendorf. And Christopher Guest shows the range that he has, from a mild-mannered man from North Carolina who raises bloodhounds, to an effeminate choreographer or director, to a British metal guitarist, to an old Yiddish actor who appeared in "Pickles on Parade".

[@deecook8393]

Christopher Guest is NOT from North Carolina. Rich Hall is. Raising bloodhounds? Where'd you dig up that bs? He's from New York

[@theBaron0530]

I didn't say Christopher Guest was from NC,@@deecook8393. He played a mild-mannered man from NC in "Best in Show." Read my comment again, more slowly this time.

[@deecook8393]

@@theBaron0530 Yeah...after your edit. It clearly says you edited it.

[@theBaron0530]

@@deecook8393Three years ago, when I originally posted.

[@deecook8393]

@@theBaron0530 So that means you can't edit it? Nope. Get over it. It's trivial.

[@SteveCook1-kf2bx]

gimme a C... a bouncy C. 🤣🤣🤣

[@SlowPeace25]

Like an NBA All-Star Team of Comedy

[@thinkbolt]

God I love this sketch!

[@sha11235]

Billy is laughing his ass off near the end.

[@geraldstephens6612]

That Morey Amsterdam sandwich would kill Doomsday, Thanos(with gauntlet)& Deadpool!!!

[@RichardX1]

Which one?

[@geraldstephens6612]

@@RichardX1 All of them.

[@jimringomartin]

By far the funniest sketch on SNL of all time. Even Larry David was there...

[@test-do1gc]

Maury Amsterdam sandwich! 4:18 ! can’t get it in Nashville! 4:42 no that was some other green J**! Eddie Murphy playing a grumpy old man!

[@PhilZaza23]

Irving Cohan was his best character ever and never got the credit!

[@theBaron0530]

Cohen, though. He's Jewish, not Irish 😉

[@sardonicus76]

“Waistcoat Willie” was a beautiful t’ing but it couldn’t hold a herring to “Hoopskirt Mama”.

[@anthonycosta8858]

Larry David in the background! Was this before the Larry David sandwich?

[@jennlevy]

SNL writer and former deli man Alan Zwiebel behind the counter. Bald man being served at the beginning of the sketch: Larry David.

[@TBustah]

I would eat at this place every day if these guys were there.

[@jimmyjawbone]

The best part is Larry David sitting in the background eating a Maury Amsterdam.

[@jeremiahwoods1845]

Gumby was wilding Martin short with the bouncing C and Billy Crystal couldn't contain himself

[@trueknowledgeispower]

"I'm GUMBY, DAMNIT!"

[@Jynner]

One of the GOAT SNL sketches! ❤

[@ellierose6]

This is fucking brilliant if you've seen Broadway Danny Rose.

[@thevoid99]

IT'S GUMBY DAMMIT!!!!!!

[@Ekim1976]

Amazing comedy and real gems.

[@kareemcarter6006]

Martin Short Billy Crystal and Fuckin Eddy Murphy. Fuckin classic!

[@MrAitraining]

Billy loved playing an Old Jew, and now he is one.

[@TS-qq7vr]

Eddie too.

[@sha11235]

Larry David in the background is circling the help wanted ads because he wanted to quit Dick's shit show. That was his opinion, not mine. He felt he wasn't treated right and I agree from what I've read. Dick didn't have a sense of humor about Larry's stuff. The writers loved his stuff.

[@FrankSpeer66]

Short is a genius!!

[@williamjordan5554]

Most talented cast ever. The 1st 2 were famous before they were hired.

[@jimringomartin]

agreed

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Martin Short, Larry David and Eddie Murphy in one sketch together. Plus two other pretty funny guys. Oh, and Rich Hall "I'm Paul Harvey!!" 😋

[@theBaron0530]

David might be in the sketch, but as an extra, with no lines. So he really doesn't count.

[@BarekHalfhand]

One of those guys looks like Nigel from spinal tap...

[@margicates553]

Morey Amsterdam, =buddy sorrel Man of a thousand jokes. And he played cello too. 😆😆😆

[@geraldstephens6612]

I remember seeing Mr Amsterdam on Dick Van Dyke show when I was a little boy. He has some of most hilarious remarks on that show. He will be missed.

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

I guess it was some other Green Jew lol 😆

[@andremadethis]

I used to walk around as a kid quoting this skit.

[@ronin27k]

I still do!

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Martin Short with the save.

[@suzanneadamson1306]

Real comedy from some pros.

[@mattgeary9987]

Long live the staff at Bayhaven Grille in Yorktown, VA. Years ago, we successfully changed the names of their menu whenever we came in.. a Maury Amsterdam was a Buffalo chicken sandwich, an Adolf Musselman was a fried flounder sandwich, getting an order of Bouncy C's (along with arm movements) was for mozzarella sticks, etc etc whatever the hell else we used to do

[@jaybae2547]

I like to rewatch this whenever I eat a Corned Beef & Turkey on Rye.

[@jojopuppyfish]

0:03 Larry David sitting at table in background (He was a writer on SNL that year)

[@P00katube]

With "Grandpa" Al Lewis

[@user-iw4gz7vh4w]

Is that LD in the background?

[@dougboyer5829]

No bickering no quibelling

[@johnclavis]

Get them all onstage now to reenact it. They won't need makeup!

[@anitaspencer7526]

Well, Eddie's not naturally green, but I get your meaning.

[@justinfleming5119]

Rich Hall retired in his palace with all that Sniglets money.

[@douglaslowe5]

What a cast 84-85. Writers strike limited season to only 12 episodes. Harry Shearer quit "Didn't realize I signed up for the Billy Crystal show"

[@cactaceous]

Film Fantastic Hahahaha

[@BigGuyBoleslaw]

Harry Shearer was a child player on "Your Show of Shows" when he was 10 years old so he was used to working in sketch comedy with a lot of pressure. Back then, Dick Ebersol liked to keep everyone on edge and had all the comics competing with each other for his okay for what would get on the air, so some players were sure to feel bad week after week. Max Liebman who produced and directed "Your Show of Shows" never did stuff like that. Harry wasn't okay with being treated like shit in his 40's after being treated like gold when he was 10. (corrected, see below)

[@douglaslowe5]

@@BigGuyBoleslaw Lorne wasn't involved that season. Dick Ebersol was executive producer. But I agree Harry didn't need to take a back seat to anybody.

[@BigGuyBoleslaw]

@@douglaslowe5 So Shearer was upset with Ebersol. The line about Billy Crystal is more of a joke. He talked about this on WTF.

[@RichardX1]

That explains the prominence of "Saturday Night's Main Event" back then...

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

All that's missing is Jackie Mason!

[@MyJustin316]

i remember watching this on Comedy Central as a rerun back in 1999

[@esseen100]

Was that Larry David by the door?

[@goofe.washington953]

Is that Larry David sitting at the table by the door?

[@cloutman6033]

I am GOMBY DAMMIT

[@geraldstephens6612]

Gumby for president 2020, dammit!!!

[@paulsarnik8506]

Short reprising his role on SCTV🤷🏼‍♂️. 🤓😎✌🏼

[@davidrios6352]

This was genius all the way around

[@TickleMonster333]

Martin Short is such a Legend

[@RichardX1]

Everyone assumed Adolph K. Musselman was a sandwich because he was constantly in the presence of hams like Irving Cohen.

[@faerieSAALE]

Mr. Robinson's neighborhood was my favorite Eddie Murphy sketch.

[@seangraves6151]

I liked Shabazz K. Morton lol

[@jarrodschroeder]

Gumbly

[@minhajhassan3731]

Wow! Great stuff. Class SNL!!

[@greenpublishing]

Christopher Guest wearing the hat.

[@TS-qq7vr]

Larry David letting his Art Garfunkel locks run loose.

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

I thought he was the snotty waiter 😆

[@greenpublishing]

@@grimm_destroyer5566 Rich Hall is the waiter.

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

greenpublishing yeah I wasn’t around yet not till the late 80’s 😆

[@GumbyPokey-c8w]

2:51 “I’M GUMBY DAMMIT!!!”.

[@RonnieGreher]

I’m schmutzing here. What’s not to love here

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I'm spritzing!

[@egrono1]

Yep. That's Larry David in the background, moonlighting from Fridays!