Steve Martin-Death Of Socrates

Steve Martin sketch from his 1980 "Comedy Is Not Pretty" TV special.

[@meheuck]

Finally, the original broadcast version without the laugh track added in reruns. Even the version Shout Factory put on DVD has the needless canned audience. Thank you for posting this!

[@kenlieck7756]

Oh, my God! I can't believe they would botch something that badly! That's almost as bad as the company that issued "Fresno" on VHS with its rerun-borne laff track -- all FIVE HOURS of it!!!

[@taydrabrookshire347]

I bet the laugh tracks made it sound so cheesy.

[@Lunafalls]

I was laughing so hard, I wouldn't have heard the laugh track anyway.

[@leshooper3866]

OMG one of my favorite Steve Martin bits. Thanks for posting this. I also taped this from SNL on a VHS (which no longer exists) He it the funniest!!!

[@soylentteal]

Val Kilmer (in "Real Genius"): I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "I drank what?!"

[@miket1753]

And I'm still stealing this joke periodically 41 years later.

[@spinadude]

Thank you for posting. I'd recorded this on a super old VHS. But this was in the 70's, not 80's.

[@billarthur]

+spinadude I took this off my old Beta player. It was the first thing I recorded with it. The correct date is 1980.

[@spinadude]

Yes that's right!!! Not to long after The Jerk. Thank you.

[@matthewroddy8292]

Not once, did anybody ever say, “Socrates, hemlock is poison”.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

I learned more from this than any history class

[@dipperdandy]

ah yes, the US school system...

[@georgesotiriou7051]

Steve Martin?

[@jogman262]

This is comedy gold.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

Right out of the Ernie Kovacs school of the surreal and absurd.

[@themagnet2566]

hes the best!

[@jeremy2228]

far out, mannn!

[@kgodavarma2238]

🙏

[@BryantWhittaker-rr8wk]

😂😂😂😂

[@opticalmixing23]

no hair on chest hey sum up in one sentence

[@djbryanladd]

Hogan!!

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

I’ve never seen this before. It had potential to be funny, and was for a while. However, I think it went on a little bit too long and lost its interest value.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

“The secret of happiness you see is not found in seeking more but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” Socrates

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

@@Ckom-Tunes HA! How appropriate, a quote from Socrates himself.

[@hpgdovin]

When you have a comedy bit that was played one time and people are still riffing on 40 years later... Then you can tell us what Steve Martin might have done better.

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

@@hpgdovin The comedy is for the audience. And who was the audience? Well, I am one of the audience. And I have my own thoughts thank you very much. You can just stick to your own please.

[@mgmail7279]

Is that James Lipton?

[@OhNoNotAgain42]

I’ve been repeating “Hemlock is poison? Since when?!” Since I saw this on tv when I was a kid.

[@fredi9204]

This is hysterical. The somber recital of Banana Boat at the end is what kills me. The hemlock too.

[@fuzzcous]

This is the kind of thing that irritates me about you guys.

[@larrylutz6825]

Fuzz Cous smacks bald guy in the back of his head.

[@lsmith145]

It *is*?! Since when?

[@johnIZaUWL]

Literally I've not seen this since it first aired & I WAS TWELVE then! It clearly stuck with me for some bizarre reason... I guess Col Klink being in it was the kicker🤔🤔🤔

[@coyclown]

Me too! I'm 42 and I saw this in the late 80's/early 90's and I distinctly recall being in a Shakey's pizza parlor back when television theatre screens had 3 ginormous red, green, and blue lights at the base.

[@jeffw1267]

I never noticed that because I was too busy looking at Steve being a fool. But that's Klemperer all right.

[@rharding13]

Every time I hear the name "Socrates", all I can think about is "Socrates, hemlock is poison!"

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

Same here. This and the turtle riding cowboy.

[@ruth7965]

@@jeffw1267 a fool? Are you humor challenged ?

[@MatthewMcClellan]

And Werner Klemperer!

[@cooperseward3598]

Funniest videos

[@BrianBattles]

Col Klink!

[@toAdmiller]

Not only did I NOT recognize Klemperer, I had just been watching interviews with him on KZbin LAST WEEK...Then I rewatch this video and hear his obvious voice...don't I feel like the dope...

[@jaredgunkle1562]

what a true stoic

[@LownarYouKnowMe]

remember in the 80 when comedy had good ideas but wasn't funny

[@stefanleo8963]

Jesse Prevallet the only punchline is this comment.

[@sherlynnjunior3734]

This is one skit. Check out the '86 - '89 seasons of SNL. That was extremely funny.

[@Peggy-nt7eo]

Like Bass -O- Manic?

[@emitindustries8304]

Thanks, Kehlog, for the proper version. And I love your breakfast food too. Especially "Fostered Freakes". "THEY'RE GRATE"!

[@ambroseaz]

Colonel Klink as Plato

[@leshooper3866]

Also the caveman routine n SNL around the same time!

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

Oh yes. The caveman. That’s the one where Lorraine Newman famously says, “You make me wet.”

[@NickB1967]

Does anyone have the "Save Our Garbage Dumps" sketch?

[@Bluesphan]

Yup, found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnixhmh8oLetbck

[@williamgiersdorf577]

What were the last words of Socrates, for real? Answer: "I drank what?"

[@acer3573]

I haven't seen this in over thirty years since I rented the video.

[@oval1084]

Was it funny back then?

[@JewandGreek]

Pure genius!

[@patrickmueller377]

Colonel Klink

[@RobMacKendrick]

Too soon?

[@crispywan]

Does anyone have the tortoise rodeo skit from this special?

[@Bluesphan]

Yup! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnixhmh8oLetbck

[@ceejay960]

This was FAF on acid.

[@chrisbarnes8867]

Did this inspire the Theorack of York character on SNL?

[@humanentity5890]

Omg.... this isn't funny at all! What the hell were they smoking in the 80's.... this is just stupid.

[@T.K.KIRKLAND.]

I was fucking dying when Steve Martin was told only 2 or 3 seconds left to live. In which he sighs, just walks a few steps and says "what a lousy day this was"

[@vinayseth1114]

Go watch TikTok videos-might suit your intellect better.

[@chanceweslowski7792]

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[@taydrabrookshire347]

Lol okay

[@bbmcrae]

No.

[@mbshick]

I think I hear him calling you. Go to him now. Today. Here, drink this refreshing hemlock.

[@BrigidsBlest7]

Jesus, protect me from your followers... 😆

[@mr.pavone9719]

Just as soon as you admit the Earth is banana shaped.

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

this isn't funny.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

Can you specify which part isn’t funny?

[@roclonghorn111]

Taydra Brookshire The Steve Martin parts

[@Doug4Doug]

Sorry. Steve Martin isn't for everyone.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

exactly

[@luckycharm1395]

What is the meaning of Socrates last words?