They Don't Make TV Shows Like They Used To. Lester Barrie

[@Jimsalos]

Lester nailed the All In The Family tune! 😂

[@nicolehubbard3536]

He does a great Edith Bunker!

[@jamesgenovese8185]

Yes. That was EPIC.

[@becca318]

Hahaha yes he does! 🤣😂

[@vashmatrix5769]

I (a dude) love singing that & can hit that note with her breaking voice.

[@lmb1962]

I met her one time while I was working as a cashier at Publix. Our store was next to a theater where she was doing a show. This woman walked in to the front office and asked for two packs of Kool cigarettes. I rang her up and finally looked at her directly, which is where I exclaimed: You're Edith Bunker! I caught myself and started to say Jean Staplelton. She was so kind and humble. I sure miss those shows.

[@GiftsbyChosen]

I was not ready 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@colonelkurtz2269]

Who watched until 12am? The Star Spangled Banner came on and the TV 📺 went OFF.

[@lindypierce3766]

The trumpet fanfare that started it always woke me up. I would jump off the sofa and salute until it was over.😂

[@lindahubbard-brinston6741]

Me

[@godschild4988]

Me too 😀😀😀😀

[@Roughneck26]

Yep I did I saw the black and white With the indian in the middle too. He was in side a circle.

[@VickySwindoll]

Me 😅😅

[@gmonay2k]

“Girls were girls and men were men”……prophetic.

[@itoibo4208]

The crybabies were whining about it back then and still are.

[@AnnoyingMoose]

And black, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were black, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

[@slaterchest7153]

Paul Lynd, I rest my case. So you're wrong.

[@gheechiedan9299]

Right but not anymore! Today Girl can be FROGS and Boys can be Lizards! Especially in California! 🤣

[@IsmokeHiphopLive]

man its a shame they predicted the future.

[@jillv4006]

Yeah The Minnow’s passengers had lots of extra clothes but the Skipper and Gillian who were on the boat most of the time only had the clothes on their backs 😂😂😂

[@colormedubious4747]

Most of the clothes belonged to the Howells. Why were they even ON the Minnow? Wouldn't they have owned their own yacht?

[@eagletrek3]

​@@colormedubious4747 Why the howls Bring all that money with them

[@colormedubious4747]

@@eagletrek3 A fair question indeed!

[@kerry-j4m]

@@colormedubious4747 Indeed.

[@esotericsage6914]

@@colormedubious4747 The fan theory goes that they were killing time before they checked in to their Hotel. Another fan theory: The Professor was Marcia, Jan and Cindy's father.

[@littlejoe9381]

Now this guy is funny. He had me at old tv shows. I was singing along and enjoyed every minute of it. Now I must Google him. 😁

[@GiftsbyChosen]

I waa NOT ready for Edith and Archie intro😂😂😂😂😂😂 And I'm impressed he knew the words because I just knew she yelled the whole song😂😂😂😂

[@lindabyrtus857]

He was great! Still smiling😅

[@cherylcovier4878]

Not only funny, he does good impersonations. Especially Edith Bunker.

[@111Phoenix777]

Remember what a big deal it was to get an extra one or two channels? 😁

[@terriwetz6077]

I remember when the late night spooky channels first started. We thought we had it made!

[@tme3509]

Or being "rich" enough to finally buy a color TV. 😮😂

[@taekim2378]

Channel 13!!!! Hah for real

[@GiaBlinks]

I remember when HBO would have a free weekend.

[@vanmoody]

When we got cable it was a huge deal and it was just a few channels added. Ours that was big was WGN put of Chicago.

[@LaurenSoniaPrager]

So funny for dry comedy channel this guy is brilliant and didn’t even curse or anything lol

[@willhorting5317]

I have never seen anyone cuss on any of these DryBar videos.

[@CaneGrad96]

The whole point of DryBar Comedy is clean comedy without alcohol.

[@garygable4170]

I was impressed when he hit that high note Edith used to hit.

[@hiyapal7719]

He is *awesome!* I love his singing skills of old tv shows.

[@JenJen23]

I’m 19. I love old shows. I used to watch reruns on tv with my grandma ❤

[@lindalape8493]

He took me back in time, and it was a great trip!!😂😂😂

[@joshhuggins]

Need the full version of this one! Great stuff!

[@Dayvit78]

Dry Bar used to upload the whole set. I wish they did it more, you learn more about the comic when you see their whole set.

[@starronin4580]

Fattenin frogs for snakes" is a Sonny boy Williamson blues tune from the 60s..It means giving what you got to something that doesn't deserve it

[@kennyhagan5781]

I was born just a few days before Gilligan's Island debuted, so I am steeped in the stuff. I thank you for posting this.

[@jamesgenovese8185]

We had 3 network channels and the "UHF" channels. We had an antenna that we could control remotely from inside the house with a controller with a dial on it that was hard wired to the antenna. My dad paid a TON of money for someone to install it. The TV was literally a piece of furniture. It was a 19" screen inside a wooden "console" as big as a bedroom dresser. It weighed about 300 pounds. It was color, though! I remember watching football on Sundays, all ten of us trying to see that 19" screen! 😆

[@questerperipatetic4861]

Ha. Same, but without the control. I had to go outside and turn it by hand, sometimes in winter with a pipe wrench. You bougie!

[@jamesgenovese8185]

@@questerperipatetic4861 😅🤣😂 Did you have to do it barefoot with no gloves in the winter? 😅🤣😂

[@questerperipatetic4861]

@@jamesgenovese8185 You know, probably did once or twice. Really hard to find the sweet spot to get Cowboy Bob on channel 4 though. Only did it without gloves one time though, ha.

[@jamesgenovese8185]

@@questerperipatetic4861 That "sweet spot" shifted regularly. It confounded my father many times. 😆😅🤣😂

[@aleero7863]

I remember him from Comic View. Glad to see he's still doing shows, I really enjoy him!

[@thisishiztorybaby]

Who need therapy.. Dry Comedy Bar has the best Dr.. he made laugh about getting a switch, for my own whooping… made me a better person

[@Dan5819]

This guy is SO GOOD!!!!

[@michaelterrell]

I spent a year at Ft Greely Alaska in the early '70s There was only one TV station, and I was the Engineer. It was a two hour trip to Fairbanks, which had (GASP) TWO stations! One was NBC, the other carried ABC and CBS.

[@4knanapapa]

I worked with a guy who grew up in northern Michigan in the 40s and 50s, when they watched TV if they changed the channel someone had to go out on the roof to turn the antenna, he said it wasn't that bad but could get dicey in the winter.

[@terfalicious]

Funny man - good stuff! Thx 😂

[@christinebutler1230]

Gotta remember Maury always had to go to commercial before announcing if they are the father or not.

[@sailordaigurren8225]

Channel 13 was PBS when I was a kid.

[@0H9D]

Bru’tha tellin’ da truth. I’m hollerin’🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@logan5326]

“And that’s the double truth, Ruth!” - Seńor Love Daddy

[@DeeBullock1836]

Born in 1961…had only three channels: ABC..CBS..NBC

[@wtbmorezvifflemeyer]

No PBS(public access. I figured every state had it) in Texas?

[@dianehappydaystudios9509]

We had those 3 networks and PBS, but I remember when the FOX network first came it out. It was cool then, but only had a handful of shows. It didn’t broadcast all day at first. Born in 65.

[@DeeBullock1836]

@@wtbmorezvifflemeyer well yes, we did but not from about 1963-4 when I started watching Saturday cartoons…we got PBS probably when I was a Freshman or Sophomore in high school….and then how excited we were to get FOX…I’d still go back to those days!!!!

[@bert9311]

and had a couple of Uhf channels in the double digits that usually just showed OLD movies.

[@wtbmorezvifflemeyer]

@@DeeBullock1836 gotcha. I was born in 70 so my perspective is a few years later

[@jessicae5653]

Yall got whooped at the end of a sentence!?!? I got whoopin' on for every syllable. Sometimes, they would even add syllables to words just get a few more hits in.

[@coleengoodell7523]

Yep! Me with each word. I, told, you, not, to, do, that, again, and, you, did, not, listen. You, earned, this, spankin, do, not, ever, do, that, again.

[@RexGarvin-oq3ev]

You Look Great Lester! Nice To See You "Doing You"

[@logan5326]

Channel 13 in NYC was PBS (educational programs).

[@Trobtwillis]

Channel 13 in Pittsburgh was also PBS. Great stuff like Electric Company, ZOOM, Masterpiece Theatre, etc.

[@logan5326]

@@Trobtwillis …correct, even Sesame Street.

[@MamaTtoB-P]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he’s hilarious

[@elizabethobrien5702]

I remember Edith and Archie Bunker 😊, etc.. Plus The after school ABC specials. Respect and discipline were our thing

[@rebekahweber2413]

If you can't get the rhyme right, I shouldn't get the whoopin'...

[@Trobtwillis]

"Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad!" -- Russell Peters (another great comic)

[@lisahinkofer2085]

I couldn’t stop laughing.

[@TruckingToPlease]

3 hour tour/ luggage conundrum. The SS Minnow was transiting between islands.

[@michaelterrell]

Don't forget how much stuff washed up onto the island. Everything except a usable boat!

[@324cmac]

As a young girl, I wanted to be as pretty as Ginger. LOL

[@michaelterrell]

@@324cmac Instead of looking like Gilligan in her dress? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

Then it's not a tourboat, it's a ferry.

[@michaelterrell]

@@hodgeelmwood8677 Really? What were they hauling? By your definition, the Titanic was a ferry boat.

[@officialWWM]

He’s like a cross between Samuel L Jackson and the Fresh Prince 😂

[@thablackguy84]

I get the Sam Jackson part, where'd the Fresh Prince part come from? 🤔

[@officialWWM]

@@thablackguy84 he sounds like him 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thablackguy84]

@@officialWWM he did? Lol Unless he's saying "that's hot" I'd never notice...

[@indigodelight]

On point, I see it

[@CyGea]

ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. Those four channels were different depending where you lived.

[@billf7062]

“I paid the cost to be the boss.”😂 His mother was a comedian too.

[@tipsterbl]

When we were kids the news would come on and me and my sister would argue about who was going to get up and change the channel. She would say “I’ll watch the news” and I would always be the one that changed the channel.

[@w1-em4nq]

lol, I remember Maury. And when they did, you are not the father dance. Lol

[@TroubleActual]

I was hoping he was gonna say favorite was Sanford and son

[@melliemel32]

I haven’t seen Lester Barrie in a long time! Great to see he’s still doing stand up and looking well. He’s been in the game a long time and still funny. 😂

[@honeybadgerisme]

❤🎉needle nose pliers!!🎉😅

[@duanecuster7166]

This man has been doing comedy of decades. Go watch Don’t be a Menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood. And look up the church scene. This as the pastor!😂

[@avionterria7855]

He was on comic view also...Def comedy jam. We were in college together when he was cast as the pastor 😂

[@iluvmyboba]

2:12 is so spot on. I busted out laughing. I remember Lester Barrie. He's always been hilarious .

[@wfsfghthkh866]

Had a picture tub in t.v when I was young..the TV weighed about 100 pounds...floor model, walnut cabinet and frame..Red skeleton, George Burns..Flip wilson show was on constantly..

[@vinawaldren6888]

Flip Wilson! 😁👍🏼

[@joywebster2678]

​@vinawaldren6888 my Dad was quiet, but put him watching Flip Wilson, he was laughing so hard he had tears running down his face! Thanks for that memory! 😊

[@neverjethot]

@@vinawaldren6888 The devil made me do it!

[@1lthrnk]

On a good day I had 3 or 4 channels. We learned a little Spanish when we were in Mexico City for Pan-Am Games around 1983. Watching “I Love Lucy” and “Leave it to Beaver”

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

Legit funny

[@Lorne-u2h]

Security might have removed me (or harshly shushed me) from this show because I got it all and LAUGHED OUT LOUD! Fantastic!

[@GaryAa56]

He's funny, great timing.

[@zerostozeros]

Bravo! Especially the All In The Family tune. Those were the days.

[@sherrymiller4069]

So funny!

[@KSMvidcast]

Damned funny stuff! This gentleman is hilarious!

[@estebangonzalez7021]

He got away 😅😂😂😂😂

[@donnamarsh3474]

What a voice!❤ And funny!😂

[@robynemoore4722]

As always, I love it, Lester!!💕😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽

[@Trobtwillis]

❤ Lester is wonderful! 👍🏼

[@jameslipke354]

I'm 58 years old and we had four channels - Channel 3 NBC, Channel 8 KPTS, Channel 10 ABC and Channel 12 CBS. Depending on the weather, we didn't get them all every day. We also had a remote and that remote was me. My Dad would say "Channel Check", which was the signal for me to get up and change the channel! 😁 TV also went off at midnight after The National Anthem was played and all you had was snow and/or a test pattern. You're not wrong, we have 900 channels of NOTHING to watch and pay a small fortune for it every month. They show too many of the same movies over and over and over and over, etc like there have only been a hundred movies ever made; and rarely are they movies worthy of watching twice, once was plenty. 🤨 In my not so humble opinion. ~APRIL LIPKE

[@willhorting5317]

Channel 8 KPTS.... You must live in Kansas.

[@jameslipke354]

@willhorting5317 Yes. Yes I do! ~APRIL LIPKE

[@dougcox835]

My theory about the luggage is that they were all just arriving or about to go to the airport after the boat tour. So they hadn't checked into the hotels or had already checked out. That's lame I know but at least it's something to explain the absurdity.

[@oldblackstock2499]

You nailed it !

[@lewistasso8866]

Preach it, brother! It brought back the great days of the 1970s. All in the Family would never be on today. Those were the days were everyone knew what gender they were.

[@joelaichner3025]

Archie figured out how to end Plane Hijackings , Genius !

[@CarlDalach-px4cj]

Really good!!

[@BigRobVTheOriginal]

Lester is a funny dude.I remember him as the preacher in Don’t be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood.😂😂

[@louissimmons9621]

His scene in don't be a menace unmatched

[@itsmarieg5816]

I miss having limited tv and entertainment… it’s hard to not get sucked in by it

[@MaraKatria]

He's got a great voice!

[@treborretsnom6186]

His Mom sounds like Tracey Morgan 😅😅

[@lesterbarrie3857]

Lol!!!!!! What you say bout my momma????

[@BruceGordonGamer]

@ 2:02 nailed it

[@DaveWillis-f8t]

First time seeing you Lester, laughing real good, love you

[@Yournamehere-jo6rw]

Laughing more than the audience... I'm hurting🤣🤣🤣

[@donaldreason5664]

Breason More of him.. Oh yes !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChambersWineandTravel]

Okay, that was brilliant.

[@topfeedcoco]

Well done brotha Lester Barrie.

[@pi-sx3mb]

LOL, so funny and spot on on. Only critique: it's pronounced "Huybit Hoovuh".

[@libertygiveme1987]

This guy could be the next Sinbad!!!! With a little practice, I could DEFINITELY SEE IT!!!!

[@elizabethobrien5702]

Maybe 4 channels - black and white

[@speedformercy]

Sometimes I have nightmares about Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker singing "swongs that made the hit parade!" I wake up screaming

[@erickdupont4503]

This guy’s the best!

[@ilovemelodyjane]

We did NOT have 13 until we were in highschool. 😂

[@marthabishop1455]

Absolutely!!!I totally agree!!

[@DennisSullivan-q2r]

Great set.

[@cindynewman902]

I don’t think the audience appreciated his talent-they didn’t even clap for him after the All In the Family theme song!! He was really good.

[@pamelastringer8794]

He's awesome ❤❤

[@ginasalazar7761]

He is hilarious ❤😂

[@NickvonZ]

This Cat is GREAT.

[@Species5008]

Odd. I saw no pointy ears or tail on him. Or fur. I do not believe that he is a cat.

[@NickvonZ]

@Species5008 Not EVERY word in language has only its literal meaning.

[@Savagemister]

that Forrest Gump stance LOL

[@darleneholtrop4532]

Mirror, mirror on the wall; I've become my mother after all! 😆

[@raymondrufa971]

The channels I had back in the old days living in NYC: 2 (CBS), 4 (NBC), 5 (FOX), 7 (ABC), 9 (WWOR), 11 (WPIX) & 13 (WHMT) and if you wanted to play video games, Channel 3.

[@Deborah28277]

I’m dyin 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RedRuffinsore]

In Waco, Texas we had two channels - ABC and another that switched between CBS and NBC. ANd THAT was in the mid-70s

[@lungonelias1836]

Gilligans IsL 🔥 so many good memories

[@joey_outdoors]

All in the Family FTW!!

[@trixie898989]

Childhood in Ontario, Canada and we had 2 stations. And one was French (this was way before everyone embraced the French language). I sure could have used some subtitles. 😂 Lester is a funny, funny man.

[@seanras1965]

We had 3, 6, 10, 17, and 29! lol

[@AlisMarsaili1351]

I remember learning how to lie watching the Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island, Hogan’s Hero’s. My brothers would record music from Hawaii 5-O and Starsky and Hutch. Archly Bunker, man our lives were taking care of ourselves and watching the TV!

[@TondraMosleyTEARSCoach]

All I can say is, HE HAS NEVER DROPPED HIS GAME SINCE BEATING DAVE CHAPPELL ON STAR SEARCH BACK IN 1993! Yep, he sure did! 😂 He is naturally crazy in a good way! I wouldn't sit next to this joker in a funeral, nor call him after getting stretched up. 😂 Love you Big Brother! Yo sets never disappoint!

[@michaelterrell]

Channels 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24 in the late '60s iin SW Ohio. Ch 64 and Ch 45 went on the air in the '80s so there were 12 free TV channels.

[@beagleissleeping5359]

My mom watches those ridiculous talk shows. I asked her one day, "How can you stand to watch this stuff?" Her response was, "I like laughing at stupid people."😊