A combination of "And Then There Were None", "House on Haunted Hill" and "Clue". Funnily enough 2/3 of those movies were made after this sketch was aired... Thank you for uploading these treasures!
@ShartinScorsese3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact! This was from the same night as the more well-known Health Food Restaurant Hickenlooper sketch! Nov 21st, 1953. -Mel Tolkin’s granddaughter & fan of the channel.
@verity3616 Жыл бұрын
If you know enough fun facts about the era you should write a book!
@kenowens90214 жыл бұрын
One guy with a big laugh is heard really good.
@WASasquatch Жыл бұрын
I'm just now discovering these classic sketch shows. I have a lot to catch up on. I love Monty Python, and all the modern sketch, so this is exciting to discover. Love all the skits I've seen so far.
@schnellfahren9112 жыл бұрын
Totally seeing Clue inspiration from this- thanks for posting any/all Show of Shows skits! Love them!!!
@sidcaesaryourshowofshowsca22502 жыл бұрын
Glad you're enjoying them--truly classic TV comedy! --kjh
@uslines3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful "take-off" of those great 30's Dark old House movies.
@stephaniecarrow48982 күн бұрын
All through this wonderful sketch, I couldn't stop thinking about Neil Simon's "Murder by Death" several decades after this but so similar. I believe he was also on the show's writing staff, and seems to have a penchant for murder mysteries (he also wrote "The Cheap Detective"). I couldn't help wondering if his imprint was on this.
@angelamagruder59114 жыл бұрын
Boy,oh,boy that was crazy insanely ridiculous,ha,ha,ha!😀😁😂😃😄😅😆🤗🙄
@user-nf1ti7zh4j3 жыл бұрын
Either Mel Brooks wrote the sketch, or you can really see the influence Sid had on Mel.
@verity3616 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. What an amazing experience it must have been as a young writer to be immersed in this show! I wouldn't have relished living through the forties, but I'm definitely jealous of the opportunity he had to meet, and then become, one of the legends of comedy writing.
@stephaniecarrow48982 күн бұрын
And on Neil Simon, who wrote two detective comedies. One of them, "Murder by Death" is so similar to this. And Carl Reiner later co-wrote and directed "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."