Marty Feldman - Bookshop Sketch (alternate version)

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Andrew Peel

Andrew Peel

10 жыл бұрын

Taken from a Marty Feldman appearance on The Flip Wilson Show.
The sketch was originally written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman for At Last The 1948 Show.

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@JosephJamesScott
@JosephJamesScott 4 жыл бұрын
I always found that the version with John Cleese was the best version of the bookshop sketch but I do love seeing other comedians playing opposite Marty, and I found that Flip Wilson had an interesting take on the character. Flip played the book seller a lot less tightly wound which was kind of fun. My favorite part of the sketch was when Marty says "Funny, they sent me here," and John has this incredible "Did they?" Which cracks me up every time but in this version Flip omits that line entirely. It's really neat seeing how different comedians approach different skits much like it's fun to see different musicians playing well known songs.
@realemetic1
@realemetic1 3 жыл бұрын
And also, that Python version ends with the greatest song ever recorded, "Do Wot John"!
@MaskedMan66
@MaskedMan66 2 жыл бұрын
I love Flip's reaction to Marty asking for the expurgated version of the bird book. "He want da one widdout da ganet! I don't desire to have a ganet!"
@MeteoXavier
@MeteoXavier 3 жыл бұрын
I think this is the first Monty Python-related comedy I've ever seen performed with a black performer. It's an interesting interpretation.
@bradoneil536
@bradoneil536 4 күн бұрын
I love the little bits that Flip adds that are just so “him,” like offering another couple hundred bucks to gets outta town!
@antoniod
@antoniod 10 жыл бұрын
It was Feldman who gave most Americans their first taste of Python-written comedy.
@vapidwoodchuck
@vapidwoodchuck 9 жыл бұрын
Wow - I grew up on Flip Wilson and his contemporaries, long before I saw any Monty Python - but missed this. Also didn't realize this was originally for "At Last The 1948 Show" - thanks!
@brocktoon8
@brocktoon8 Ай бұрын
Pure Gold! Marty Feldman is such a gem!
@BritishComedyUK69
@BritishComedyUK69 8 жыл бұрын
Marty Feldman always makes me smile x
@n.i.c.kthegothicreaper3259
@n.i.c.kthegothicreaper3259 3 жыл бұрын
Marty: i can't read Me: i can't breathe 🤣
@epiendless1128
@epiendless1128 3 жыл бұрын
Marty: spells things out also Marty: "I can't read." :-)
@duckduckgoismuchbetter
@duckduckgoismuchbetter 4 жыл бұрын
"Tom Swift Combs His Hair, or The Bobbsey Twins Get a Double Hernia"...LOL!!
@78rpmblog
@78rpmblog 4 жыл бұрын
Marty's as good as always, but Flip slows down the sketch compared to UK versions.
@mikecooney8422
@mikecooney8422 3 жыл бұрын
It's a completely different style of comedy, and Wilson does a pretty good job.
@evelyntokamp1011
@evelyntokamp1011 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikecooney8422 - An excellent job!
@anajonda
@anajonda 3 жыл бұрын
Flip Wilson performing in a (sort of) Python skit? Who knew?!
@PhilBagels
@PhilBagels 3 жыл бұрын
How many versions of this sketch are there? I love Flip Wilson, but he doesn't play it right here. He's supposed to be the straight man.
@hankkingsley2976
@hankkingsley2976 3 жыл бұрын
Version I like the best is 101 ways to start a fight by an Irish gentleman whose name eludes me at the moment. Never seen this version but man it wasn't that bad
@Urlocallordandsavior
@Urlocallordandsavior Жыл бұрын
Who’s the black comedian?
@acecamillaelisabethvalborg5836
@acecamillaelisabethvalborg5836 8 жыл бұрын
no
@ileanasantamaria2364
@ileanasantamaria2364 5 жыл бұрын
Saying that all Americans are unfunny and talentless is a sweeping and unfair generalization (though I, an American, do prefer British humour in general, with a few Ameeicans among my favourite comedians - Americans for standup and Brits for anything sketch-based). That said, these two styles of humour did not play well together at all. Feldman's brilliance is unparalleled, but this sketch was awkward. A flustered upper class English bookseller is what this sketch requires.
@dobbsgeorge
@dobbsgeorge 4 жыл бұрын
It's not even a matter of the bookseller being upper-class. It's how well the straight man does his job, or doesn't, as is the case here. The version from the "1948 show" (a British show) even suffers a bit because the shopkeeper in that sketch does not push things along enough. I grew up with the audio-only version --with Chapman as the customer and Cleese as the salesman, and neither of the Feldman versions I've seen have the flow of the carefully crafted (edited) version from the Contractual Obligation album. Cleese, as the shopkeeper, is great at the interruptions and emotional reactions --as the co-writer, he knew where the beats needed to be precisely. And there could also be a dynamic related to the timing being different when you are working with an audience. Laughter can interrupt the flow. Tim Conway (an American) was brilliant at working in those gaps created by audience reaction. Not by saying more, but by acting with his body while the audience recovered (or continued to go off in hysterics). Wilson, on the other hand, he's fighting being the straight-man (he is the star of his show after all), and when he gets a response from the audience, his instinct is to embellish --ham it up. Bad move. Although, it may have indeed worked in the moment (e.g. you had to be there) --the audience do seem to be enjoying themselves, but it doesn't translate to video.
@ghr8184
@ghr8184 3 жыл бұрын
A comedy sketch where the joke is how obnoxious the customer gets, completely derailing and deranging the shopkeeper, and Flip decides to play it cool and unflappable. Well, it was a choice, I guess... It's not horrid, but Feldman is working twice as hard to make it half as funny.
@Gennettor-nc8kx
@Gennettor-nc8kx 5 ай бұрын
Quite horrible compared to the original with John Cleese.
@nobodysfool8200
@nobodysfool8200 9 жыл бұрын
Marty in America. Marty hilarious as ever having to perform with typically talentless unfunny American. He may have earned a fortune but going to the USOfA eventually destroyed his creativity. Shame.
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