Jackpot Bowling with Milton Berle January 1961

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irishpogi

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@ciesaro
@ciesaro Жыл бұрын
The announcer was Chick Hearn who would not only become the longtime play by play voice of the Lakers but also the host of Bowling for Dollars
@darrenangle4493
@darrenangle4493 8 ай бұрын
Loved this video. Al Thompson had great form and rolled some beautiful balls. I can see why he was a member of the PBA
@fromthesidelines
@fromthesidelines 8 жыл бұрын
Originally telecast on January 16, 1961 ("Friday is Inauguration Day", Berle notes at 1:51- that's when John Kennedy officially became President).
@VinylToVideo
@VinylToVideo Жыл бұрын
20:43 - Hard to tell whether the pin fell naturally or the rake got it, but the applause seems to indicate an obvious strike just before the rake swept. Those Brunswick A pinsetters moved fast in those days. Most were slowed down with different sized belt and pulley systems later on to both prevent wear and for safety reasons. Prior to pinsetters there was no time limit for the pin to fall but I believe the A/A2 manual indicates it's supposed to give about 3 seconds (which the updated speed ratio later did for sure). This is still probably the most widely used pinsetter and even new bowling center owners if they know what they're doing opt to use them despite their not having been manufactured in 40 years. It's easy to tell this machine by the shield covering the deck that drops the pins; often times it will even have a Brunswick logo (though replaced shields may not). More likely than not nowadays these machines will have been updated to run much slower than is seen here.
@theamflitebowler
@theamflitebowler 3 жыл бұрын
Loved the comedic show of this match.
@jackbuckley7816
@jackbuckley7816 Жыл бұрын
Those bowling pros really make it look easy---so does Milton! Though largely forgotten today, Milton Berle was one of the most versatile of comics, as well as a good dramatic actor, as most great comedians of that era were. Most of us wouldn't associate bowling alleys as an especially desirable venue for humor & certainly not for a professional comedian like Berle. In fact, I thought maybe he'd jokingly deride his appearance on such a show, admitting he knew it was a comedown. To his credit, he didn't, giving an exuberant performance of relentlessly funny jokes, something at which he was a master, conveying confidence in his material but delivered in a relaxed, totally natural manner. I don't see his hosting this show as a comedown, though I believe other comedians of the day ribbed him about it good-naturedly. Comedown or not, the man was earning a fortune. NBC wanted to pay-off their exclusive, lifetime contract with Berle. Despite the enormous paychecks, the great comic was bored with inactivity, the natural showman in him dying for an outlet. After Milton's contract commitments with NBC were over, he made guest appearances on numerous TV variety shows & specials during the rest of the 60's, never failing to offer witty repartee, always hilarious in sketches & delightful in half-hour guest shots on fully plotted-out sitcoms. Of course, he did full-fledged monologues, too, when acting as host of programs like The Hollywood Palace & such. "Jackpot Bowling" aired at an odd time, I believe---late Sun. nights, after Bonanza & Dinah Shore, I think, airing at 10:30 or 10:45, I'm unsure. The program began as a 15-minute filler at first, later going to half-an-hour. Network schedules, all 3 of them, were very different back then. Of course, I never saw the show. To think how long ago this was---1961---& how young we were---with the entire decade of the 60's before us. Ah, me.....
@KratostheThird
@KratostheThird 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the history lesson.
@jackbuckley7816
@jackbuckley7816 5 ай бұрын
@@KratostheThird You're welcome. I hope I didn't overdo it. TV history's a major interest for me & I've read alot about the famous comedians of yore who still were going strong all through the 1960's.
@KratostheThird
@KratostheThird 5 ай бұрын
@@jackbuckley7816 The only reason I’m here is because I was looking up game shows I watched on GSN over 20 years ago, eventually leading me to here. Milton Berle lived a long life, passing away in 2002. He was a true pioneer of a medium. Sadly, what we have today as TV (which is basically streaming and KZbin TV) is a disgrace.
@WHISKEYROCKNROLLER
@WHISKEYROCKNROLLER 9 жыл бұрын
This is killer thanks 4 the vid.................................
@bigkdrman1
@bigkdrman1 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't it amazing how they could get a big star like "Mr. Tuesday night" Milton Berle to host a television bowling show.
@cottagechskitty
@cottagechskitty 4 жыл бұрын
More like NBC was burying a flailing star. They ended their 30 year contract with him after this
@jimhanold9026
@jimhanold9026 4 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing, indeed!
@gregfrank4115
@gregfrank4115 2 жыл бұрын
NBC had Berle on a 30 year contract through 1981. At the time he could only appear on NBC, later that was amended. His previous show, The Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, ended in the spring of 1959, the network wanted to use him somewhere.
@ProdigyBowlersTour
@ProdigyBowlersTour 11 жыл бұрын
Diana Dors was married to Richard Dawson (who you see in the audience on this clip). Dawson, of course, went on to fame in the US for his work on the TV series Hogan's Heroes as well as the Match Game, and later as host of Family Feud.
@stilltlrforlife
@stilltlrforlife Жыл бұрын
He was also in one of my favorite Dick Van Dyke show episodes.
@jackbuckley7816
@jackbuckley7816 Жыл бұрын
@@stilltlrforlife I believe he also appeared in an episode of the Hitchcock TV series while still unknown. He also was a regular during the last 2 seasons of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', post "Hogan" & pre "Match Game'.
@Rodj12341
@Rodj12341 9 жыл бұрын
Yay for Model A's!
@weevie833
@weevie833 Жыл бұрын
Amazing how some of those half-hits carried. Some of those looked like weak tens or even five-pin leaves but blew right out. Must have been 3.2's. Can you imagine a two-hander back then?
@ericsamuelson5656
@ericsamuelson5656 4 жыл бұрын
If anyone has the 15 minute version of Jackpot Bowling, can you please post them. Mel Allen was the host of the series.
@nextbarker2702
@nextbarker2702 5 жыл бұрын
@22:10, is this Richard's 1st TV appearance?
@nickmad887
@nickmad887 3 жыл бұрын
thanks
@blockcl
@blockcl 3 жыл бұрын
Love to know the weight of those pins. For 1961, they jump like they're awfully light.
@JS-fe8sx
@JS-fe8sx 2 жыл бұрын
If you read up on it, the pins in 1961 were actually a little heavier than previously. There were several changes made due changes in composition and even a small change in size. The pros also used I believe a 16lb ball whereas todays pros use a slightly lighter ball.
@weevie833
@weevie833 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought the same thing. I wouldn't put it past the show to have lighter pins if this is not a sanctioned tournament. I've seen candlepin bowling shows from the 80s and 90s where the pin carry is insane compared to places i've bowled at in the past few years. Must have been for TV.
@lukehauser1182
@lukehauser1182 6 жыл бұрын
I have to know - where did they find the people for the studio audience of TV bowling?
@jimhanold9026
@jimhanold9026 4 жыл бұрын
From other bowling alleys?
@VinylToVideo
@VinylToVideo Жыл бұрын
"TV bowling?" Such ignorance. The show is hosted by Milton Berle who could fill up Carnegie Hall, or a bowling alley. Add to that the popularity of TV and its three channels, TV being the foremost medium of the time, the opportunity to maybe be seen on TV while watching professional athletes in a sport you and your family all play, and not to mention seeing live a skit with Milton Berle and Diana Dors; and you have a "studio audience for TV bowling."
@lukehauser1182
@lukehauser1182 Жыл бұрын
@@VinylToVideo I remember three TV channels - people were hard up for entertainment before youtube! :)
@VinylToVideo
@VinylToVideo Жыл бұрын
@@lukehauser1182 I'd have been perfectly content to find Toscanini or "The Voice of Firestone" on TV myself. Now there's so much choice and nothing worth watching.
@lukehauser1182
@lukehauser1182 Жыл бұрын
@@VinylToVideo We can still watch Rocky & Bullwinkle on youtube!
@calvinmessick9406
@calvinmessick9406 3 жыл бұрын
So cool
@jamesklatt
@jamesklatt 11 жыл бұрын
the late great chick hearn did the play by play for jackpot bowling. He also hosted Bowling for Dollars in the 1970s
@roberta-ls9lr
@roberta-ls9lr 4 жыл бұрын
Chick Hearn was such a professional he could announce dominoes and make it sound exciting. In addition to Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Chick Hearn is equally responsible for making Laker Basketball what it is today.
@tomdimartino7361
@tomdimartino7361 3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap those cigar add's
@wecontrolthevideo
@wecontrolthevideo 3 жыл бұрын
It’s odd that they bowl across two pairs, instead of sticking on one pair. I guess it was done for TV to keep the ball return out of the way.
@Rodj12341
@Rodj12341 9 жыл бұрын
What alley is this?
@williamdunphy352
@williamdunphy352 3 жыл бұрын
Hollywood Legion Lanes.
@jimhanold9026
@jimhanold9026 4 жыл бұрын
$30,000 was a LOT of money in 1961.
@wecontrolthevideo
@wecontrolthevideo 3 жыл бұрын
Equivalent to over $250,000 today.
@KratostheThird
@KratostheThird 5 ай бұрын
Now it’s over $315,000.
@zacheryalderton4643
@zacheryalderton4643 4 жыл бұрын
how old was he
@pamelacass9642
@pamelacass9642 2 жыл бұрын
58.
@railroadskater2896
@railroadskater2896 8 жыл бұрын
20:25
@billp4
@billp4 2 жыл бұрын
25:00 LOL
@zacheryalderton6466
@zacheryalderton6466 4 жыл бұрын
WHO IS THE ANNOUNCER
@zacheryalderton7721
@zacheryalderton7721 4 жыл бұрын
@Sanchez Montebello great announcer did he die
@zacheryalderton1445
@zacheryalderton1445 4 жыл бұрын
Great announcer
@rockaway2k
@rockaway2k 4 жыл бұрын
This was during Chick Hearn’s 10 year association with NBC. Of course, he was doing Laker basketball at this juncture as well.
@rockaway2k
@rockaway2k 4 жыл бұрын
@@zacheryalderton7721 Yes, in 2002, due to complications from a fall in his backyard.
@zacheryalderton4643
@zacheryalderton4643 4 жыл бұрын
@@rockaway2k is he married what was he doing in fall in his backyard
@tirmyta
@tirmyta 9 жыл бұрын
Whose idea was this program? I wonder if Uncle Miltie ever thought he'd be cracking jokes in a bowling center. (Chick Hearn made a funny when he said you could hear a pin drop.)
@fromthesidelines
@fromthesidelines 9 жыл бұрын
Berle was under an exclusive contract to NBC; they wanted him to "earn his money" for the 1960-'61 season, so he agreed to emcee a half-hour version of "JACKPOT BOWLING" (co-produced by his production company)- which had previously been presented as a 15 minute show right after "GILLETTE CAVALCADE OF SPORTS" {aka "The Friday Night Fights"}- but when the fights were eliminated in the summer of 1960, Phillies cigars decided to expand the program that fall, bringing Berle in as emcee, with celebrity guests as well.
@38ddkelly
@38ddkelly 9 жыл бұрын
+Barry I. Grauman That was Uncle Miltie's infamous 30-year contract, which ran until 1980. Perhaps that's why they had him host SNL in 1979 (with disastrous results).
@wmbrown6
@wmbrown6 8 жыл бұрын
By the time of that SNL appearance, Berle's contract had been renegotiated; after the mid-1960's, he occasionally hosted "The Hollywood Palace" and had a very short-lived comedy/variety show (with the delectable Donna Loren as resident singer) on ABC, as well as appearing every so often as a guest on Jackie Gleason's CBS Saturday night show which, by then, was based out of Miami Beach (he even put in a cameo in one of the color "Honeymooners" installments). In short, come his "SNL" guest hosting shot, the "exclusive" part went way out the window. And whichever way you look at it, was ultimately a disaster (I speak, of course, of that 30-year contract Berle signed with NBC in 1951) - for both parties. As for this show, it was listed among "The Worst TV Shows Ever" in Bart Andrews and Brad Dunning's 1980 book of the same name.
@skywalker01974
@skywalker01974 3 жыл бұрын
bowling AND blunts im in.
@Thekingpin01
@Thekingpin01 3 жыл бұрын
That bra is a machine gun billy.
@zacheryalderton5737
@zacheryalderton5737 4 жыл бұрын
Need the rules
@williampeacock6495
@williampeacock6495 2 жыл бұрын
jfk was sworn at this time
@pgh45rpms
@pgh45rpms 2 жыл бұрын
Al Thompson, at age 22, looks a bit too old to be called a youngster and a boy.
@presto709
@presto709 9 ай бұрын
I know they were great in their time but Berle and Hope never even made me laugh.
@jpolar394
@jpolar394 3 жыл бұрын
Uncle Milty must of been hard up for cash if he hosted this kind of show. 🤣🤣🤣
@ArtPennington
@ArtPennington 3 жыл бұрын
He was in the middle of a 25 year $25 million dollar contract with NBC. Got paid weather they used him or not.
@jpolar394
@jpolar394 3 жыл бұрын
@@ArtPennington ...Ahhhhh.....I didn't know that......Thank you for passing this information on.
@pamelacass9642
@pamelacass9642 2 жыл бұрын
Doubt it. Just stayed public to enhance his publicity (and raise hhis price(.
@jackbuckley7816
@jackbuckley7816 Жыл бұрын
@@ArtPennington Yes, NBC was scared another network would snap him up if they didn't hold him to an exclusive contract. CBS did the same with Gleason.
@zacheryalderton1445
@zacheryalderton1445 3 жыл бұрын
How old was he
@pamelacass9642
@pamelacass9642 2 жыл бұрын
58
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