Who Was Lord Buckley - the Man Who Redefined Comedy?

Explore the life and legacy of Lord Buckley, a pioneer in the art of spoken-word comedy. From his humble beginnings as a tree-topper and vaudeville performer to his influence on musicians and comedians alike, learn about how he became one of America's most beloved figures in entertainment. Delve into the world of Lord Buckley, whose timeless humor continues to captivate audiences today.
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[@DaZese]

Mark is the badass uncle we always wanted. Love hearing your stories more than you could imagine

[@patriciariley5922]

Now I know who Lord Buckley is. Great show and looking good Lord Buckly

[@Folkperson]

Used to see LB at the coffee Gallery in North Beach SF. He dubbed me "Prince". Changed my life. Years later I did one of his routines in front of a packed house at the Cafe Au Go Go, Albert Grossman, who was in the audience, came backstage to my dressing room and said "where do I sign?". One of the high points of my life.

[@Robert.Novack]

I only stumbled on this channel 2 days ago and already pulling all nighters. Great to be here.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

don't hurt yourself bobbie

[@Robert.Novack]

@@AmericasUntoldStories born this way 🤪

[@alexjager4517]

The capone comedy club story is astonishing. Wow

[@terry4137]

Looking very dapper, Mark!

[@TiqueO6]

Our late father, Milt Holland, occasionally played Jazz drums for Lord Buckley (after recently reading an account of this same story in the book "Dig Infinity" it seems that this anecdote might have been an impromptu moment), likely in Chicago probably in the late 30s/early 40s(?). (some of the few record albums we would listen to at home were Lord Buckley albums and I certainly have been deeply influenced by that, thank you dad!). Dad frequently played in speakeasies, often ones owned by Al Capone as was unavoidable, he had harrowing stories of those days as well, not entertaining, like in many films though). Dad recounted a couple of quite interesting moments from club dates or show gigs, one of which particularly sticks in my mind. So, here goes: Lord Buckley had an assistant/driver named "Junior", now Junior was basically a giant, or a very tall man. In this story, at the appropriate moment a pause would occur where Buckley would announce that Junior was going to perform a trick . So imagine a probably relatively small stage on one side of which was a service entrance to the kitchen with one of those swinging split-doors that has a round opening in the top portion to pass-through dishes, drinks, etc. So, Junior would then go to the opposite edge of the stage, take a running start and dive straight through the window! Then the audience would hear the clattering of pots and pans and whatever was on the other side and of course a great commotion, and that was the full 'trick'! Junior would also drive Lord Buckley up to the Gigs in a grand pure white-painted stretch-limo of the era, I remember perhaps it being a fancy one like a Bentley, with a blonde on each elbow. Making an entrance like that was part of it so perhaps these were well anticipated Gigs or just the way he rolled so to speak! Again I'm so grateful to have been exposed to Sir Richard Buckley in my youth, he deeply influenced my sense of humor, my sense of music, and my sense of appreciation of jazz culture, not to mention my sense of ethics - justice, right and wrong etc. Thank you dad again!

[@chriswertz1438]

Fabulous, just fabulous!

[@South-paww11]

Dylan, Bringing it all back home, I think , is the album with Lord Buckley album in background ... It just warms your soul to see Mark absolutely out of his mind with joy talking about Lord Buckley... He is still the little kid that we wish we all could be ....

[@jmd76family]

Thanks Eric for asking questions I was wondering!

[@stephengorin2685]

You guys are great. Mark, a brief note if you have not yet been told... "Scat" singing is wordless. The singer uses her ( generally a female art), to emulate what an instrument would play. The instrument being emulated was generally a trumpet. The singer uses her voice as the instrument was playing arpeggios and scales. Ella Fitzgerald excelled at scat singing, as did Betty Carter, and others. Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, and The Manhattan Transfer performed "vocalese". Vocalese involves adding lyrics to existing tunes, as opposed to voicing the note of an instrument. Thanks for reading this guys, and keep up the outstanding work. 52:18 😅

[@NoShackles]

Hands down, BEST youtube channel EVER!

[@michaelcheverie7579]

You gotta do Firesign Theater! Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers, and all that!

[@patographer]

In the early '70s my mother fell off a ladder and seriously broke her leg. As she was about to blink out before surgery, she told the anesthesiologist, "They shoot horses, don't they?" She might have participated in a marathon or two in her time, my mother. What a gal!

[@lukeasacher]

That's the title of a terrific movie from 1968 directed by Sidney Pollack- starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young...

[@stephengorin2685]

​@@lukeasacher Based on a novel by Horace McCoy. Yowzaaa!!!

[@pamelaearl7191]

'Cracker Box Palace' - George was Paul Simon's guest musician. I remember watching the whole show with great delight. Cheers for such a jolly episode.

[@martytaylor2004]

Two of those celebrities with Sullivan were Johnny Wayne and FrankShuster, the amazing Canadian comedy duo! Bravo!

[@robbrown8483]

Wayne and Shuster appeared on Ed Sullivan’s Show more times than any other act. Shuster’s daughter was married Lorne Michaels for a number of years.

[@martytaylor2004]

Also true. Early years of Television were truly something else.

[@patriciahowes4584]

I grew up around jazz and jazz musicians from the age of 8. Some of my friends in the jazz community were really into Lord Buckley. I remember when he died. I was 16.

[@richb313]

Thanks guys

[@judithortiz-velazquez4992]

Mark, you are reverential of the skills of others. That is when you are at your best. Eric, your research blends so well with mark. Thanks a bunch.

[@billbyrne8365]

First heard Lord Buckley ((and Lenny B) 1966, Jonah, and Marc Antony: "Hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin daddies, knock me your lobes ! I come to lay Cesar out, not to hip you to him".

[@arlettehassing2147]

Groubert you reminded me of that Donald Sutherland movie “Day of the Locust”…it still haunts me!Dance marathons,please do an episode!

[@tomfarr56]

I first heard of the Lord in 1970, when Warner Brothers/Frank Zappa released the first of the "Loss Leader" albums, "Zapped". In this case, "Governor Slugwell" was chosen for this sampler, from A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat Lord Buckley collection (Straight/Reprise 6389) I plan to collect his albums like a hungry chipmunk!

[@donphilp7511]

This was one of your best. Can mark write or dictate a book in detail on this whole era while while centralizing on Lord Buckley. This is way too good to let it fritter away. The connections to culture from the 1920s to the 1950s Is bracelets and the seeming way in which comedians develop not overnight is fascinating. How can you let the whole story slip away

[@LalaPhillyLass]

Can’t begin to thank you guys for these gems.. for sure one of America’s Untold Story. My kind of humor, was wondering what the connection was to your handle. Bravo

[@anthonysanlucas6437]

My son who is in 5th grade had to memorize the Gettysburg Address and recite all 272 words in class this week. This was required of the entire 5th grade class.

[@SuperStrik9]

Groucho and Buckley. Comedy LEGENDS.

[@lenzybluz4347]

So in essence, Lord Buckley's son hid Buckley from the wider public and obscuring Lord Buckley from the masses. A movie of him would've been great esp with Robin Williams. I had never heard of him and I was of the Jerry Garcia timeline. Thanks you two.

[@LoriManning]

Lots of fun. I had heard of him but didn’t know much about him. I can see him in Robin Williams.❤

[@ronaldchapman2806]

Horace McCoy's hard boiled noir classic, 'They Shoot horse, don't they?' is set in a dance marathon.

[@TiqueO6]

I like the one-line "joke" at the end, reminds me of "Whistle your pissle, here comes a missile!" (Another gem that I'm glad we'll never slip my mind!)

[@andrewjohnson388]

Enjoyed that. from UK, I had heard of Lord Buckley, as an English person the humour is apt. I love it. Reference to the dancing stuff, there is an old film called ' they shoot horses don]t they ' saw it as a kid, about the dance sessions till almost death, its a good film, thought Mark would have seen it. Unless he did I leave when Eric gets his BEAR out!

[@robinwavestou5526]

Yep, Cosby. I also heard Sammy Davis. I loved Johnathan Winters as a little kid, but Robin Williams I adored. I've heard that crackerbox palace song. Wow, you knew Robin. Mork and Mindy was that time frame in my life, and his movies I just loved. Makes me think of Kerouac? Bizarrely fascinating, with a connection to Dorothy K.

[@jedgarsquink]

Tuolumne, California! I lived there in the 1980's. Yes, sawmill town, originally.

[@steveeich]

Definitely an unknown story -- excellent

[@RNemy509]

Mark is a fantastic story teller. I really enjoy these episodes and look forward to whats coming down the pike.

[@georgetoth6768]

Lord Buckley was a phenom as was Ernie Kovacs. I have a cassette and on it is cut called THE NAZZ hilarious!

[@MexieMex]

I remember hearing rumors about Robin Williams doing a Lord Buckley movies years ago. It would have been fantastic, such a shame it never happened.

[@parkerrowe4687]

A tree topper cut the top out of a spar tree which is then rigged for high lead logging with pulleys in which cables were place that were run out over the wood lot. At the base of the spar tree a large engine with winch were placed which was used to pull the wood to the landing.

[@sup1e]

That old video of the guys topping redwoods is insane. When the top cut loose the tree would start swaying back and forth like crazy--then some of the guys would do headstands and stuff up there :)

[@robinwavestou5526]

As I keep adding and subtracting.... Great story.

[@johngerson7335]

Great show guys, much enjoyment had! Btw, Vincent Damon Furnier (aka Alice Cooper) has often cited "Lord Buckley" as a strong influence when asked the usual interview question "why'd you decide to be so far-out in your act?" Also, one of his early bands was named "The Nazz". Kinda interesting imho.

[@TheSpritz0]

ANOTHER fantastic show gentlemen!!!

[@briandillon8041]

I was wondering when this video will come up in my feed. I grew up on fire sign theater and money python and George Harrison but never heard of LordBuckley. Thank you for correcting that deficit.. The fryer Park house was a consuming project for George Harrison for several years and especially for his wife Patty. It was pretty rundown when he bought it. I could see how he would relate to the original crackerbox palace. Thanks gents! 😊 I’m wondering if the Scott cardinal that follows you is The same one that has a KZbin channel with photos and information on the fryer park mansion?

[@karenfolques4987]

I'm reminded of Andy Kaufman with some of these activities Buckley engaged in.

[@SheOpines]

What a team. You guys are the complete YING/Yang. Beautiful blue tux. Looking so SMOOTH! You’ve got yourself a new FAN! Eric is keeping the crazy train on the rails. I’m loving the ride.

[@robertadinolfi4217]

I handed out flyers for a restaurant in Rockefeller Center dressed as a Tomato or a husk of corn June-September 1980. I worked 7 days a week (unless it rained in excess) 10 hours a day (10:00am-8pm).

[@japhetzayas7194]

A friend of mine and her husband were married by someone who was not certified, (late 70's early 80's). Years later, when the lapse was discovered and their marriage was annulled, their story was featured in the papers. Life imitating art.

[@JimmyRJump]

A good movie about dance Marathons is Sydney Pollack's 1969 flick "They Shoot Horses, Don't They" starring Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin.

[@Pimpernella]

Belgium here, I remember seeing that movie a long, long time ago together with our first American Au Pair. It was then, I first heard about those dance Marathons. You are right, that film shows how far people were willing to go to win that cash prize and the organisors just didn't care who entered it. So extreme it has stuck with me all these years. 🥱😫🥵😉🙋

[@JimmyRJump]

@@Pimpernella I live in Antwerp but am from Peutie, so, hey, Belgium here too.

[@Pimpernella]

@@JimmyRJump hey, hallo...ik ben van West-Vlaanderen, kuststreek, Middelkerke. Da's wel leuk 2 Belgen die America's Untold Stories volgen. Ben je fan? Of gewoon sporadisch op KZbin en dit kanaal? Gewoon benieuwd. 🤷😉

[@kevinrussell1144]

This was great. But, naturally, it all had to again circle back to Dorothy Kilgallen. In fact, Mark, I was waiting for it, but FIFTEEN mink coats incinerated on the stage. WOW!!! This just confirms what I've said for years: the sharp, intelligent American banter of the 50's and 60's was a one-off thing, never to be equaled. We also know that the Japanese, the Finns, Jews, and Italians (like anyone else, of course) have their eccentric moments, but no one is as eccentric as a Britisher.

[@brucetillerson3329]

Very interesting, i always learn so much from you guys

[@marxfish]

"Lord! Lord! Can you dig me in this here fish?" And The Lord said, "I got you covered, Jonah."

[@ceeemm1901]

Vaudeville actually started in the 1880's and faded out around the early 1930's. So when the dance comps were on, vaudeville was winding down.

[@pamelaearl7191]

I had 'Reality, What a Concept.' Wore the record's groves right down. Also had 'Wild and Crazy Guy.' Great time for stand up albums.

[@beandaddydoggratt9714]

I just found this podcast and watched the whole JFK video 2 nights ago! I didn’t get a wink of sleep that night I stayed up whole night watching lol! You guys r awesome after watching the first JFK video I subscribed and I like every video. But you guys should think about doing a video on the Vatican and its scandals, ties to intelligence, its own intelligence agencies, and other dark things they have done….. and dont worry I myself am a Catholic and am super interested! If Eric or Mark have enough knowledge on it that would be cool! Either way love the show boys keep up the great work and never censor the information always tell the truth! Thats why I like you guys!

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

americasuntoldstories

[@beandaddydoggratt9714]

@@AmericasUntoldStories yea lotta connections to the U.S. government/intelligence

[@SheOpines]

Same thing happened to me. I’ve been Binge watching. These guys are fun to watch and the stories are incredible.

[@scottbiddle3967]

Can i just say i have been waiting almost this entire show to hear someone say how closely Andy Koffman was to Lord Buckley it took till the last 4 mins lmao

[@susannebrown3255]

Another funny album is Andy Griffin’s “What it was, was football.👍🏻💗🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

[@flouisbailey]

Big Orange Drink

[@PorkyJohnson328]

Funk legend Sly Stone was influenced by Lord Buckley also.

[@lolligoatramento478]

wayne and shuster were the other two males with ed Sullivan as "ventriloquist dummies"

[@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298]

Glad you brought up how Cosby ripped off Buckley. This is just another reason why I love listening to you guys, because I learn things I would have never known otherwise. One of my favorite standups of all time used to be "Bill Cosby As Himself", and I could quote the entire thing as a kid. I no longer have any respect for him. "YOU DID THIS TO ME!" Said the geriatric to his drugged date.

[@shoominati23]

Pigmeat Markham, Jackie Gleason yadda yadda.. There's nothing new under the sun

[@beandaddydoggratt9714]

Lord Buckly is the fuckin man!

[@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298]

They say most geniuses are at least a little eccentric, but this guy appears to be over the top crazy just to get a few laughs. I guess if you could make someone like Al Capone laugh, then you have a gift. Whether that gift is insanity or hilarity is up for debate.

[@patrikwiberg4905]

😂❤️

[@suzanh7777]

👍🏼

[@DEtchells]

Dance marathons with rules changing in the middle: I just realized where Mr Beast got the idea for his “whoever’s the last person with their name still on [X] videos.

[@wrmorris2]

mr beast does good ...

[@olgamalutin8693]

Jane Fonda and Michael Serazin made a movie about the dance "contests"

[@tmmy770]

There was a Waltons episode of a dance marathon.

[@davidbaise5137]

I always thought Lord Buckley as a minstrel performer. A ventriloquist, adopting the persona of a real gone cat.

[@lukeasacher]

Hey Mark- They shoot Buckleys, don't they? He was my dad's favorite comic along with Lenny Bruce...

[@stephengorin2685]

And Mort Sahl completes the trio. Saul had two props for every show: a stool and the day's edition of "The New York Times."

[@NickRatnieks]

Mailbox states - H.R.H. Lord Buckley. That's His Royal Highness.- he's now a member of the royal family. Crazy guy, for sure- talk about multi-faceted.

[@mxb5346]

I got behind watching your guys last few videos.....And I'm Sorry. 😔

[@jamessheffield4173]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 American psychological drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, from a screenplay written by Robert E. Thompson and James Poe, based on Horace McCoy's 1935 novel of the same name, and starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia and Red Buttons. It focuses on a disparate group of individuals desperate to win a Depression-era dance marathon and an opportunistic emcee who urges them on. Wikipedia

[@adelebz7]

Gig Young won an Oscar .

[@jamessheffield4173]

@@adelebz7 Yup. Blessings.

[@japhetzayas7194]

I consider the 60's-70's films to be a modern Golden Age of cinema. Taking the train from Queens to Times Square to watch great movies like the aforementioned, after devouring a California Dog and Orange Julius, we’re the best times I ever had with my stepfather.

[@jamessheffield4173]

@@japhetzayas7194 Sounds good. Blessings.

[@davidbaise5137]

Feel sorry for the other guest on “You Bet…..” couldn’t get a word in.

[@ericsharp78]

That is for sure patwa.

[@MrBalloonHanz]

Lord Buckley's lsd tape is probably where Drinking out of Cups came from, if anyone remembers that early KZbin gem

[@MrBalloonHanz]

This is a joke btw

[@lisapop5219]

I always wondered why Mark was lord Buckly

[@sherrysmithperry8438]

😍🤩😍🥰🥰🥰

[@stuartboylan3279]

Sorry Mark love the channel but don't get why this guy is so funny he sounds like a pain in the arse the clips don't really change my mind on him either the audience would surely get bored of the same act going on for years but love your enthusiasm even if I don't get it

[@christopherallen9580]

Richard Pryor was a comedian who was good on film

[@Sushihunter250]

I've always wondered why Mark uses "@lordbuckly"... Now I know. Thanks! Great show!

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Mark will, no doubt recall the birthday celebration honoring Mort Sahl and the show at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood, CA that he attended back around 2007. Jack Reilly was the host, and a slew of great comics turned up to present or participate, including Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Harry Shearer, Shelley Berman, Richard Lewis, Paula Poundstone, Albert Brooks, Drew Carey, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, and Kevin Nealon. The audience also was loaded with many in the comedy industry, including other performers, writers, and producers. I and my wife were seated just a few rows back from Mort and Hugh Hefner, who were in the front row center. And Fred and Mary Willard were seated a couple of seats to the right of us on the same row. George Carlin's stage show was very different from his usual style. It was more comedy jazz poetry riffing than his usual persona. His act seemed to me at the time to be a sort of homage to Lord Buckley. George also played a brief video of one of his early-period performances in which he copied Mort's comedy style. This was George's way of honoring the great comedians that came before him before he developed his own unique comedy voice and style.

[@ccvisions]

Do you guys know that your video FULL INTERVIEW with JAMES DiEUGENIO of Destiny Betrayed from JFK is BLANK when I try to play it!!!???

[@haikuartist4066]

What about Ernie Kovacs and The Nairobi Trio?

[@stephengorin2685]

Good one! Kovacs, an unheralded comic genius who left us far too early. He died in a car crash in 1962. He was 42. The automobile was a Chevrolet Corvair no less. At the time of death, he was holding an unlit cigar.

[@heatherwhatever7714]

I’m not sure about this one but Lord Buckley, Beenie and Cecil. KZbin.

[@kevinlawrence1212]

that's not true. Some comedians are fine actors. Redd foxx and Richard Pryor were very good actors. And they were comedians.

[@piesusan17]

A movie about the Dance Marathons is They Shoot Horses, Don't They.

[@dennispoolspaservicetdcigl746]

Fun fact, The statement I danced all night on a dime. There use to be turnstiles that cost a dime to dance & hopefully a young man would buy you a dance.

[@NickRatnieks]

You need to rearrange the digits for the number of rooms at Friar Park- the home of George Harrison- it has 120 rooms- rather than 210.

[@J0einOK]

In Vegas please tell the untold story of the Mandalay Bay shooting. Check out the taxi drivers video vs. the “official” narrative.

[@nickhomyak6128]

An American Ghost Dance but not for the return of the Buffalo, but for money during a depression in the American Dream fantasy....Was Kerouac a Buckley or was Buckley Kerouac?

[@trishrobinson5828]

Mark you are better looking than that Lord. Love the suit and blessing to you and Eric.

[@stevewesley8187]

Movie -They Shoot Horses , Don't They ? about dance marathons

[@august3101]

about 20 years left of silver in ground silver according to US geologic silver.Your grandchild will wonder what is this?

[@MrTValleyguy]

I've watched They Shoot Horses Don't They.

[@kevinlawrence1212]

Also Jimmy Walker was a comedian before he became an actor.

[@deantait8326]

Mark, you’re amazin but, we’re rollin’? It’s digital video … and I’m almost 10 years older … okay 7-8, IDK for sure.

[@stanley4327]

They shoot horses don't they was about the dance marathons I think

[@jaredpeterson380]

So many brilliant artists are also addicted to or abuse different drugs or alcohol. Seems like their sober selves bore them, and their creativity is stifled by sobriety.

[@joycesmith1818]

[They Shoot Horses Don't They] Jane Fonda

[@judithortiz-velazquez4992]

They Shoot Horses Don’t They? Was a movie about the dance marathons of the depression era. It starred Jane Fonda, gig young, red buttons ❤and others. Great movie. Not a comedy.

[@JimmyJam_61]

They Shoot horses don't they?

[@jasperjones6857]

Firesign Theatre.I do their bits from back in the day and my kids say it's offensive. "Hey, man you broke de president!"