SPIKE JONES: ALL GIRL BAND MEDLEY.mov

[@OctoberChad]

4:02 I'm amazed Freddy Morgan's banjo didn't catch on fire during that lightning fast solo.

[@sandraclowdus6549]

rapid-fire, machine/gun banjo.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Very impressive. His hand was a blur.

[@DrFrickenFrack]

Meme material right there

[@figmo397]

These guys were *amazing* musicians. The drummer nailed every bit of percussion needed for the live sketch.

[@PRR5406]

Early television genius which is why it's remembered so joyously. No egos, nothing but clean entertainment.

[@emilysantoyo918]

I’m 23 years old & I find this hilarious!! I love this type of stuff bringing together music & comedy😂😂🎶🎭

[@gedbalmer150151]

Me too

[@kadzunk63]

good for you! I feel there is more you than just that. Do you have any relaritves or orther people that could be conected to this kind of music ??

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Age is just a number when it comes to comedy. To laugh is is to be human.

[@emilysantoyo918]

The only relatives I know that loves this type of music is my grandparents😂😂

[@emilysantoyo918]

A hundred percent agree💯

[@tonymusolino2369]

Beats the hell out of anything THAT passes as entertainment these days. We need more of this, and less of THAT. 😂😂😂

[@devtrash]

@@davidekstrand8544 don't watch it, if you don't like it.

[@katefox8843]

Spike is one of those rare creatures who looks like a living cartoon...I adore the footage of him conducting the orchestra with a baton in one hand and a revolver in t'other...trying to find that.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Chester Gould thought the same thing!

[@martnal]

It's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2a7oIefi5t5qtk&ab_channel=CharlesEwingSmith Start at 26 and a half minutes Plunger, not baton, though. Even better!!

[@deborahjames3113]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYSVm4WNpdeSjdE&ab_channel=KnowlesKnows

[@tomhaskett5161]

This is wonderful! Spike Jones really was ahead of his time. This type of comedy would be illegal today.

[@oscarandgroucho]

No tape! All these stunts were done live. Man, for an all-girl band they sure had a lot of balls.

[@SteeleyeSpan2]

+Oscar Groucho Yep. In Live TV, dramatic shows needed actors who could do at least utility stunts, or stunt people who could at least act some. Hence Burt Reynolds.

[@markschildberg1667]

Most of them were in Hugh Herbert’s chest.

[@adamyourke]

That’s hilarious!

[@kharbear53]

😂😂

[@shirleyandrews1152]

Yes they were live. Sometimes their blunders were funnier that what was planned.

[@gmamagillmore4812]

If any eighteen year old's in Tennessee saw that, you would go to prison.

[@karinjeffrey7981]

When I was a teenager, I babysat an eight month old. Her parents told me to play a Spike Jones record when she started crying. Sure enough, she started chuckling and smiling as soon as she heard Spike. I think she would have loved this!

[@renemedina3641]

📨love songs

[@pata299]

This is one of my favorites...especially Freddie!!

[@hestheMaster]

George Rock was the best. Little child voices and silly things like slurring and spitting while just making us laugh. And a great trumpeter too.

[@wms72]

Was the banjo player John Denver's father?

[@hestheMaster]

@@wms72 John Denver was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. So his dad was Henry John senior and he was actually a Army Air Force pilot whose nickname was Dutch. Obviously no relation to banjo player Freddie Morgan with his "Moe" style haircut.

[@neogirl37]

I absolutely love all this hilarious old stuff. Much more talent than today's 'try to be' Hollywood actors!!!

[@cogidubnus1953]

Spike was a genius...especially picking out brilliant musicians with both huge humour and, optionally, freekish looks....(George Rock is a typical example of the former!)....this guy was nutty all the way to the bank... I was introduced to him many years ago by my late mother-in-law (lovely lady), got hooked, and have never repented !

[@stevecline5102]

Perhaps my imagination is running amok, but I’ve always thought that Spike Jones bears a passable resemblance to James Cagney with his pinched face and sandy hair.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

I think it's the eyebrows a bit too.

[@kevink973]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 Spike's biography says that people mixed him up with Cagney so much when asking for autographs that eventually he started signing Cagney's name.

[@MixMastaCopyCat]

I see a vague resemblance to quentin tarantino LOL

[@stevecline5102]

@@MixMastaCopyCat Quite honestly, I have never heard of Quinton, so I looked the boy up, and sure enough he has those same pinch faced features of Spike Jones and Cagney. Maybe they have the same genes and DNA, Ha ha ha ha ha

[@kharbear53]

Bill Hader? Kurtwood Smith?

[@joepalooka2145]

How in the heck did they write this stuff? How in the heck did they figure out all the moves and the timing and the music and the choreography? It's beyond amazing. There is nobody today who comes even close to this kind of hilarious black humour. Spike and his crew really knew how to be funny in ways that today we don't even understand.

[@StormCrusher94]

To easily sum it up, people knew how to take a joke and weren't snowflakes with an easy access to cancel someone for something that they might have found offensive. Pretty sure back then people had to write letters to the studios if they deemed something "offensive".

[@dawnsalois]

Vaudevillians and left over Vaudeville and Burlesque skits.

[@lordeden2732]

It's all that jazz and improvisation.

[@metlhed7]

@@StormCrusher94 yeah, I can imagine the outrage over spike going "woke" with performers in drag

[@Professional_FunHaver]

​@@metlhed7exactly. If this was done today it would be illegal in like 20 states.

[@paperdain]

Probably the best satirical comment ever on producers and sponsors who force artist to follow a certain format. You must have an all-girl band segment and a dancing girls number. Okay, have it your way. And yes, I'm aware Spike produced this himself but that didn't mean that he couldn't poke fun at other producers.

[@JulienNeel]

The energy is so contagious. Fantastic!!!

[@finley_seth]

Ya said it!:)

[@luvrecords1]

Loved Spike Jones. This show is so funny. Slapstick at it's best. What a shame this type of entertainment is lost in history. What a talent George Rock was. I still play my Spike Jones records today. I've posted some on KZbin.

[@DCFunBud]

This band had a great sound and a great spirit.

[@youngmindedman]

way back then, there were great variety shows on tv like Spike Jones. this man was a genius; and great entertainment!!!

[@almeggs3247]

Now it’s all anger and hate. When will the people realize that’s the real source of our massacres

[@jubalcalif9100]

Well said and well put, Percy ! These classic programs of yesteryear are PROOF that a show doesn't have to wallow in the gutter of violence, profanity and sexual vulgarity to be entertaining !

[@shirleyandrews1152]

Yep, the good ol’ days 🤣😂

[@lordeden1475]

They were the BEST OF THE BEST!

[@ИринаКатюшкина-к8ц]

Сколько задора, юмора! Прекрасные музыкальные и силовые номера! Браво! 👍 💖

[@sandraclowdus6549]

what ever you said, 💋💐💐💐💐

[@LathropLdST]

@@sandraclowdus6549 "So much enthusiasm and humor! Great music and powerful numbers! Bravo!" You really cannot read.

[@kathrynclayton1953]

The golden age of TV,gotta love it,this beats that reality TV crap any day,these people actually have talent!!!

[@sandraclowdus6549]

do Not watch the daily news. ©®™. Watch this,,it's the same.😊😎😁

[@filmtvbiz]

Indeed. Reality TV has little, to no creative influence, not much of a script (whatever IS scripted is obvious), and normally consists of contestants that make an complete fool (a$$) of themselves for the sake of being "on-air" (oh boy, TV 🙄), and chump change when compared to ad revenue. Then there are "game" shows on dumb dumb TV. Even jackpots of $100,000 is less than most 00.00:30 second spots costs. Every commercial costs between $120,000-$$160,000.00 for a 00.00.22 second spot so spare us with the voice over of contestants winning $5000 (FIVE THOUSAND) dollars 👀🙄, 🐑🐏 being played and they haven't got a clue. I understand wanting to "Turn on, tune out" after a long day but these days you'd have to be a complete moron to fall for any of today's do called "programming"

[@fluffyunicorn57]

@@filmtvbiz Try watching some real tv. If you think Better Call Saul or the Mandalorian is bad, you have no tastes whatsoever.

[@ChuckWortman]

Breaking news....Florida has banned this video. Gov Desantis calls it woke and offensive to children

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Cross-dressing humor without hysterical response from the domestic fascists. The good old days.

[@patpatrick3446]

Wonderful musicians, marvelous clowns, talent in its purest form. Doing all this work to make humans laugh, it was just awesome! To be honest, the majority of humans are not worth the investment artists make for them! Many humans are mean, bad, greedy, do not respect animals, or their planet, or other human beings, or anything for that matter ... They have little or no sensitivity, they are not very sensitive to the beauty of life. Most humans live their lives without thinking, without intelligence. Mr Spike Jones and all his wonderful friends: artists, musicians, clowns, actors without forgetting all the technicians of the show, lighting engineers, managers, and all the little hands without which nothing would be possible have offered us pure happiness. Now in 2021, I don't think we will find artists of this quality in our lifetime. Their work has been just fantastic: Staging, musicians of very, very high level, quality of the sketches, etc ... In short, a colossal work that we will certainly never see again. Thanks thanks ! and again a thousand times thank you! I do not believe in heaven, nor in paradise, and even less in all religions; Obviously it can be nice to think: "they continue, and they make people laugh after their death!" Me, I think not ... Some who "believe" think so; So 50/50. But, when in doubt, I think it is more reasonable to applaud and thank the "real artists" (I say that because there are a lot of fake ones) when they are alive! Kind regards to all of you ... PS: I'm talking about artists, but I pay the same tribute to all the doctors, researchers, engineers, nurses, teachers and of course to all the workers and artisans of all trades who make this planet more livable. For the rest, not being a believer, I say: Death to idiots! (hunters, toreadors, pedophiles, rapists, assassins, mafias, mafia, pimps, drug dealers, bandits of all kinds, white-collar crooks, corrupt politicians, etc.) Leave us alone, and let us live.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Don't lose your positive outlook on life whatever you do

[@lindyfd1606]

I can't imagine that there will ever be a combination of talent, chemistry, and good natured fun like this ever again. My friends mom had this on VHS and My friends and I would crack up watching it. What I would like to know is who is Petrillo and why is he watching over Georgette Rock, and why is the piano player barefoot?

[@SSgtBaloo]

Relevant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Petrillo

[@spikejj]

Hi - Thanks for the kind words. Wednesday, December 14 is Spike's B'day (105 years). We have rereleased two DVD set's. One of which is the title you were referring to. (The Best of Spike Jones).

[@nealsausen4651]

Portillo was the then head of the all powerful "A F M" / Anerican Federation of Musicians (the Musicians Union) he (Patrillo was evidently quite a "hard ass" who even instituted a "BAN" on All RECORDING) by A F M members! Ah, the fabulous 50's!!!!

[@patrickchambers5999]

Rumor had it that he was a poor trumpet player from Chicago where there was a bandshell in Grant Park along Lake Michigan named for him.

[@larryneumann3594]

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[@RadioHist]

Man what a HARD WORKING crew of nuts! Just simply amazing...I found this purely by accident... I'm just about the last person on earth looking for drag queens! And great video quality....

[@__avery.___]

I wouldn't say their drag queens, just doing a skit

[@echoecho3108]

@@__avery.___ Probably, knowing Spike, one of 'the suits' said they had to have an all-girl number in the show, and this is the result.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

@@__avery.___ that’s what drag shows are. Entertainment. That’s it.

[@GeoffPace7734]

Unquestionably the most insane, zany musical antics on record ( or tape or CD....or..)

[@tomcat2898]

Roberta Pinkus, the epitome of female grace ... I´m in LOVE !

[@davidlafontant2973]

😂😂😂

[@carnevale366]

_"Nobody's Perfect!?"_ 😉😊

[@nodlon20]

When I was a kid, my friend's brother (who was a good 15 to 20 years older than she) had quite a collection of Spike Jones records. We laughed so hard listening to them. There was one about a cowboy (Pete and his gang) where they mentioned "girdle creek"....that's quite a "stretch"!!

[@stevesummers5775]

Frank Zappa obviously watched a lot of Spike

[@David_Theisen]

Weird Al Yankovic too!

[@MikeSmith74653]

David Theisen And Dr. Demento, whose he called Spike his idol!!!

[@David_Theisen]

don't know!!! never listened to Dr. Demento

[@gregorytrengove1654]

Steve Summers iii

[@MMOlivier]

And so The Monty Python, especially this number :D

[@danieldipalma704]

Classic comedy and no one was banning drag shows then!

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 72yo Aussie fan. One of the most talented group of Muso's of all time.....

[@pronkerpronker6708]

What a fine performer, and he's got great poise as a presenter. :)

[@jubalcalif9100]

Hubba hubba ! These gals ain't half bad lookin ! Now where did my seeing eye dog wander off to ?? :-)

[@callofthewillman4469]

The trombone player could play my bone anytime

[@drafe007]

my whata beavy of riotous laughs and good humor all around.

[@nicot9305]

Hah! "beavy"!

[@nodlon20]

Also.."is that the perfume you always wear?? No this is stronger, it's more alive....What do you call it? Corral number five!"

[@dustyrhodes6699]

They don't make entertainment like this anymore. This is pure comedy gold. This is Marx Brothers level entertainment.

[@markschildberg1667]

Spike’s wife Helen Grayco said he loved coming up with gags and bits of all sorts to keep his TV and stage shows fresh. Spike was one of those people blessed with infinite creativity.

[@wendynine-sc2sv]

Insanely fabulous! Awesomely done!

[@thomasmckenna5372]

They went to great lengths to make people laugh .I think they are very funny

[@jubalcalif9100]

So many of today's comic performers who think they have to be vulgar & dirty to be funny could a lot from Spike and his gang !

[@DoubleAgents]

Spike always had the best suits.

[@martnal]

Magnificent!! This would upset so many people these days. I love it.

[@geoffreypiltz271]

No it doesn't.

[@DanielBarberMusic]

I don't know why it should upset anyone, but yeah maybe it would get banned in Florida.

[@hollerinwoman]

@@DanielBarberMusic NO, it would not get banned in Florida. These guys are not serious, they are not trying to normalize their behavior, and they are not reading books to children while demanding to be taken seriously. Anyone with any common sense knows the difference between drag queen perversion and pure comedy silliness.

[@22lyric]

​@@DanielBarberMusic at least Spike and the band weren't imitating sex acts, and didn't wear obscene costumes!

[@philswaim392]

This video is banned in Tennessee and in schools in Florida

[@50GreenDodge]

"Me and my mate were back at the shack We had Spike Jones on the box She said 'I hate the way he sings but I'd love to hear him talk.'" - Up On Cripple Creek Actually, this looks like group therapy from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

[@olelarsen7688]

This is drag comedy in the right way(never would mistrust Spike). Some comidians thinks they can just dress up and be funny, or "funny", or even look good. When I was young, we had a man in danish TV who made comedy for youth. One man show. He played men and women. And he didn´t even look good as either. His name was Jesper Klein, and he was the greatest danish comedian for decades. He burned out after some time.

[@VictrolaJazz]

Great version of 12th Street Rag!

[@anthonyellis3613]

Oh the many drunken Sunday afternoons with my parents and siblings listening to Spike Jones singing Beedle Bom, Der Fuerheurs Face, Cocktails For Two and others. Absolutely brilliant satirical works of the 40’s and 50’s. Memories are made of this!!

[@educatethemax9714]

such talent and timing thewe guys have! I don't think anyone could replicate this madness today.

[@JustElia420]

I Want Spikes Suits! He was Just the Best! Funny, Brilliant, Talented, I wish the Kids today had a billionth of this commitment to Comedy. Everyone there was just Amazing!

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson My late father loved Spike Jones and true to say,so do i.I saw this footage some year`s ago and my dad said,that was unexpected,Hugh Herbert threw Spike Jones.So,guess that WAS unscripted.Classic.love it.Memories.

[@barbarafuglein3918]

Krass!!! Gefällt mir sehr gut!😊 Klasse!

[@jesslynstegman503]

When I was a kid I wore my 45 of “Cocktails for Two” out. Love Spike Jones

[@KathyWilliamsDevries]

Jesslyn Stegman we wore out Spike Jones Murders Carmen!

[@track1219]

I remember that listening to Dr. Dimento in the 70s!

[@FirefighterSEIN]

SJ's "Cocktails for Two" is my ringtone for the alarm on my cell phone. You can't sleep through that!

[@Jinxterman69]

Spike was absolutely one of a kind!!!!

[@stephendobbins9316]

Now This is real comedy and music for that matter! Well during an era of real music!

[@HollywoodGraham]

George Rock (the trumpeter) was a friend of my fathers. He came to the house many times, I tried to emulate him by learning to play the trumpet. Unfortunately I stunk at it and quit........

[@chuffpup]

That is very, very cool. They were really good musicians. That era was a sparkling, weird and wonderful, never to be seen again.... thing. Sounds like you were in the right place and time. I found some 78s of "Beetlebaum", "Cocktails for two", etc, in the 60s growing up in New Zealand, and it changed my life 😲... Thanks for sharing that.

[@maxpayne2574]

OMG cross dressers better alert the Q-publican party so they can protest. 😮What about the children that may see this LOL

[@bliastreb6466]

When drag was still just funny!

[@kellybrown685]

What are you TWELVE?

[@gregorypalmer5403]

Now it's just creepy and sad. " Prisscilla Queen of the Desert " spoiled " everything. There is nothing sad or pathetic about this Spike Jones clip. They were just making fun of other people, Ina Hutton and the other " all -Girl Orchestra " leaders. His trumpeter, for example , did " John and Marsha" routines on other episodes, was mocking Bandleader/ bugler Henry Busses, not something homosexual. And so here, this parody of all- Girl bands. It was not intended as a slur on homosexual men. Well actually with his amped-up bizarre takes ( my Dad, a musician back then, said they were probably a bit drug-fueled) WHO KNOWS what Spike Jones was thinking?! LOL. He sure was a talent, though, and what a talented band! Great to see Hugh Herbert here, too, near the end of his fine career.

[@TheFaithArtist]

Love how Spike loses it at 11:08 - hilarious!

[@pinkpowderpuff8113]

Zero vulgarity or obscenity, just very very funny. What's happened to us?

[@jubalcalif9100]

I think it's because too many of today's "comic" performers are lazy. Too many take the "easy road" of vulgarity, profanity & sex to get laughs. It takes TRUE talent to be funny without resorting to "blue" material.

[@jonrod8731]

Satan, that's what happened to us. Satanism is wide spread now.

[@yukyukyuk1335]

@@jonrod8731 Agree 100%.

[@jacquesuntel5401]

Just discovered this, never seen before. Thank you!

[@joepalooka2145]

These guys were great musicians besides being hilarious comedians.

[@swrennie]

Could this simultaneously be the weirdest and most impressive thing SJ ever did?

[@robynowski2945]

Finally a entertaining and funny video! Thanks for recommending on my feed KZbin

[@森健二-b3x]

レコードは数枚持っていますが、写真すら出ていませんでした。リアルタイムで、これだけの演奏ができる事に前々から感心していましたが、今回映像を見て驚きです。

[@synthonaplinth5980]

To go from that silly 'It's Tough To Be A Girl Musician' song to an insane version of '12th Street Rag'....wow.

[@lisanelke9726]

Matt Walsh at the Daily Wire needs to see this!!!! 😂😂😂

[@gjpercy]

Never heard trumpet like that at 10:00, brilliant

[@TheStevewhelan]

Best laugh I've had in ages. Always liked Spike & TCS ever since I heard my Dad's collection of 78s way back when but never got to see the grate man ( ;-) ) until Recently and ... boy! what a treat! PS: Rupaul... Eat Yer Heart Out ;-)

[@k0smon]

I have to admire the trumpet player. He must have had a leather lip.

[@blogger1947]

George Rock. Possibly the most underrated trumpeter ever.

[@gregorypalmer5403]

@@blogger1947 I always remember his lead-in in baby voice, " Turn out the lights and call out the law", to " That Old Black Magic ", spoofed ( from James Cagney to Johnny Ray, a sensation at the time) by.... Billy Barty, the old foulmouthed midget act ! Absolutely insane. Love it.

[@gilmangus83]

Warning: Viewing this video in Florida is a criminal offense.

[@PaulLea]

The Kings (or queens in this case lol) of craziness !. We will always love Spike Jones & the City Slickers !.

[@nobodynoone2500]

"Whats your act?" "I Dress up ans a woman and play the gun."

[@petelarose998]

Spike Jones was geneus.

[@rongreen8962]

What a band! George Rock was one of the best trumpet players of all time.

[@rickpchris]

Wonderful to see the great Ed Wynn, too.

[@andycook4102]

Ha ha. Found this by chance ! I like it !

[@romeysiamese6712]

Andy Cook me too

[@josecalmon8141]

Muitoooooo bom, em pleno 9/9/2020 (Niterói RJ-Brasil 🇧🇷) vendo essa apresentação divertidíssima de 1952, um humor sensacional até hoje.

[@stueyalex]

Staggering musical ability of all the band

[@mecmanus]

The Trumpet player is AMAIZING !!!!! WoW ! His Name is George Rock!

[@tomitstube]

illegal in arkansas, 2023.

[@tommygaston544]

Thanks , I really needed a good laugh today here in 2023 😂😂

[@johnelove4714]

How many kids lives were ruined by this drag queen show !

[@mikefortune2789]

Real honest to God perfection in humour, timing and sheer professionalism. I was captivated by the originality for it's time❤️

[@fredgros6689]

Wish they were around and performing in today's political climate. Like to see them on tour in Florida.

[@corbse2059]

Who says a gun can't be an instrument?

[@markhorton3994]

Not Tchaikovsky or Beethoven. Both wrote overtures celebrating Napoleon getting his but kicked that featured cannons. Beethoven's is "Wellington's Victory".

[@hizzlemobizzle]

This would be illegal in Florida.

[@bockforzelorum01]

Can't stop laughing. :-)

[@HeronCoyote1234]

These performers are all extraordinarily talented. Spike and the strong man have wicked core muscles, too.

[@braised44]

This was real entertainment!

[@LinCEllis]

This is absolutely hilarious, I'll be watching it frequently, thanks!!

[@marcochimio]

How did they even rehearse this perfectly orchestrated mayhem?

[@richardhoffman7724]

And Our Parents Thought Some Of Our Musical Groups Were Strange 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😳😳

[@andreperrault5393]

And Spike Jones was right in there on everything, like the rest of the band, and could improvise

[@PA-ss5cq]

Goodness, to think that this has actually become our new reality. I thought it was a modern beauty contest.

[@anniewinters3788]

when are they going to do a movie about this Leonardo De Caprio would make a perfect Spike Jones

[@LathropLdST]

No...please.... Find someone talented enough.

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

@@LathropLdST Weird Al?

[@LathropLdST]

@@GODCONVOYPRIME talented you nincom💩

[@keithscott1926]

I love to watch is, but I’m having a hard time because of his suit. 😮

[@fractuss]

This would be illegal in modern day Tennessee. Oh how we have allowed ourselves to move backwards.

[@viper2148]

fractus

[@cautiousotter]

@@viper2148 Spike’s sexy bloomers were exposed for all the world to see.

[@viper2148]

@@cautiousotter if you think Spike’s comedy skit is ‘sexual in nature’ you’re an idiot.

[@davidtidswell8374]

Superb but they'd better not perform this in Florida these days.

[@geoffreypiltz271]

The original noise punks.