John Twomey, the Original Manualist

[@rogerwolf6599]

John was a law school classmate. I play a mini harmonica with no hands, and he and I played a duet at a law school dance in 1963. A pinnacle in my musical career. This was a bit before those incredible plaid jackets.

[@HandwhistlerBen]

John was a class act! Thank you for posting this! Many Manualists are out there now including Bruce Gaston and Jim Rotondo who I played along with when we were a trio called "The Three Tendons". Our video of our appearance on the Tonight Show in 2001 is up here. I had my great moment as a Handwhistler when I was a guest on the Tonight Show back in 1979 which is also up here. Thank you for posting this! John is a wonderful showman and performer.

[@salicemccool9268]

I'm SO surprised to find this! His daughter and niece were college roommates of mine, and they were just as fun. ("everybody fell out -?" Didn't realize the expression was this old!) Look at that Bobby Sherman/Glen Campbell hair.

[@salicemccool9268]

+thebrockification Alas, we had no such entertainment around the apartment! Anecdotes . . . Well, his daughter's boyfriend was the great-great-grandson of a famous Old West gambler/lawman - I don't think she was crazy about potentially having a last name that sounded like a belch - and his niece looked >very< much like the girl (Julie Bell; short, curly brown hair) in the Bonne Bell ads of the time. [I do have "good" stories - we were in college! - but they're best left non-public. ; ) ]

[@thebobsmith1444]

Oh my God and I'm working with his neice right now 2020.

[@TheStuport]

What a fun guy he would be at a party of friends....hilarious!! Cheers All

[@HennesseyCasting]

SWEET CHRIST THIS PERSON IS ME EXCEPT I CANNOT HANDFART

[@AMStationEngineer]

Dammit!, I've viewed this video dozens of times, but how is it that I find the need to immediately go to the grocery store, buy Comet Cleanser, then store it in the garage never to be seen again! (Ajax: STRONGER THAN DIRT!!)

[@JCWiley2300]

Ultimate Dad!

[@highlife0586]

OMG I remember this guy I never laughed so hard in all my life. Musical farts...

[@christopherferrarelli2262]

My only memory of this was the part @ 8:03. It was on Volume One of The Johnny Carson Collection on VHS.

[@rayherbst6655]

Positively irreplaceable

[@cykx]

lol I love how I still remember the pitch pipe being a bit sharp.. just how things were back then I guess

[@dirkdangler6194]

I remember hearing him on Prairie Home Companion

[@marselmusic]

me hoping youtube algo chooses this

[@stevenscottoddballz]

6:57 That was his imitation of R2D2!

[@clintstinkeye5607]

Why do we have to search for brilliance nowadays? We're doomed.

[@dragoninwinter]

I think I've missed my calling in life.

[@happytappyslappy]

To this day, he's still making arm-pit noises! XD

[@Truthist1776]

I was worried when he brought in the third part...

[@IMunoz_momentum]

I Love his suit

[@marselmusic]

BUT HOW THE DUCK SOUNDS WITH HIS MOUTH!!??

[@haydenwilliams1577]

Cecil Dill was first.

[@cykx]

I like this guy cos unlike gerry Phillips he was an ordinary guy who worked hard at it, best at it out of al the people without a defect from hormone imbalances

[@marselmusic]

5:38 o_0

[@marselmusic]

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