*This clip had 400,000 views and over 2,000 likes as of September 2018. Unfortunately, I accidentally took this clip down on September 2, 2018. It has been re-uploaded as of September 28, 2018*
@cabal3747
6 жыл бұрын
I will miss all the comments from people complaining that they could see his lips move.
@vincentmoon9187
4 жыл бұрын
Well that was silly of you
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
likely story.
@Dillinger86
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on TV with my dad, thank you for uploading this gem.
@MaoistBanker
10 ай бұрын
Nice to see this routine get time in the new Albert Brooks documentary on MAX
@linmiller8147
10 ай бұрын
His routines, short films on SNL, his appearances on ANY talk show, his albums, his movies, AND his novel -- sheer genius -- no one else like him.
@halweiss8671
7 ай бұрын
Did you see his elephant tamer routine, where the elephant was delayed in transit so he uses a frog? It was hysterical.
@wylierichardson-tu6zs
3 ай бұрын
He was good in "Broadcast News", but I was less impressed with his feature "Modern Romance". It felt like a more tepid version of "Annie Hall".
@daveydudely9954
10 ай бұрын
i had that very same dummy as a kid
@billfranz1724
10 ай бұрын
Goods news: As of today you can watch a new documentary by Rob Reiner about Brooks. Max.
@ZAJDML
3 жыл бұрын
That is a funny bit. W.C. Fields also has a bad vent bit in one of his movies I think. Here is something fans of ventriloquism should like. I came across this on KZitem searching for these acts. It's called Trillo and Suede and reminds of the old Bergen and McCarthy movies. kzitem.info
@thefifthdementia5231
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this back in the day. Fell in love with Brooks's comedy immediately. When he drops the dummy it still makes me laugh, 50 years later.
@billfranz1724
3 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks was so young when he first came on Carson. He’d always do sketchy, fringe of show biz characters. His Mime is also pee in your pants funny. So is the lion tamer, and the around the bend comedian who has plum run out of material. Aren’t that many geniuses in the comedy world, but Brooks ranks high.
@ClueSign
2 жыл бұрын
Like a precursor to Andy Kaufman
@STEVEHEROLD
10 ай бұрын
my favorite bit he did on Carson was the Speak N Spell one.
@kaybee5150
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure, but I could have sworn I saw Alberts lips move.
@apseudonym
3 жыл бұрын
when he drops him facedown the first time... I almost cried laughing
@wvu05
Жыл бұрын
On _The Tonight Show_ in the 1960s, Mel Brooks was asked who is the funniest comedian he had ever seen. He mentioned "a kid named Albert Einstein." He wasn't kidding.
@billfranz1724
10 ай бұрын
Not to quibble, but I believe you meant Carl Reiner.
@wvu05
10 ай бұрын
@@billfranz1724 You may be right, but I'd heard that it was Mel Brooks who said it. Stupid telephone game!
@billkirchner6738
9 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks' real name IS Albert Einstein.@@wvu05
@halweiss8671
7 ай бұрын
His older brother, Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave) was funny too.
@cordellsenior9935
Жыл бұрын
This was etched into my memory. I may have been 12 or so when I saw this aired on TV and I was on the FLOOR. Couldn't catch my breath when he got to "Lady of Spain". Think I did a Kool-Aide spit take. I became an Albert Brooks fan instantly and forever. Learned years later that his brother was Super Dave Osborne (also, a comic genius).
@linmiller8147
10 ай бұрын
I think we have a shared memory. GENIUS.
@daveidmarx8296
10 ай бұрын
This comedy seems so far ahead of its time for when it actually aired originally. This would've been cutting edge in the 80s, let alone a decade earlier.
@kevinwachs5905
10 ай бұрын
Fred Allen must have been REALLY far ahead of his time when he did a parody ventriloquist act in vaudeville in 1916.
@SesameCake
4 жыл бұрын
Still a better ventriloquist than Jeff Dunham.
@WytZox1
3 жыл бұрын
* THose toy dummies come with a booklet that teach you to talk without moving your lips! ☺
@vestibulate
3 жыл бұрын
Andrew B. Dunham ventriloquizes the audience. He gets a crowd of born again Christian nationalists to agree with every word he puts in their mouths.
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Now explain how Jeff Dunham got crowds in both Abu Dhabi and Israel to laugh when he did Achmed the dead terrorist. After all, they’re not Christians.
@vestibulate
Жыл бұрын
@@LuckyCharms777 Israel? That's self evident. The same reason they have annual "Death to Arabs" marches through Jerusalem and smear all resistance to apartheid as terrorism. Zionists are a natural audience for Dunham's act. As for Abu Dhabi, I'd like to see a video of his performance there. Can you supply a link?
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@vestibulate Here’s a clip of Achmed in Abu Dhabi. kzitem.info/news/bejne/lqmCk4Wfjoagm2U
@JosephJamesScott
10 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks was the Albert Einstein of comedy until he changed his stage name to Brooks
@JoshuaDavidMurillo
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, that was f***ing gold. I literally just laughed out loud uncontrollably. lol So good.
@fgrady1
5 жыл бұрын
Every appearance he made on Johnny Carson was original and hilarious!
@PositiveLastAction
5 жыл бұрын
The one person that disliked this is the real dummy
@anncarper8163
5 жыл бұрын
The great Albert Brooks, ladies and gentlemen...
@jamesbowen8960
Жыл бұрын
Either you get Albert Brooke's comedy or you don't. I believe him to be a comedic genius.
@csnide6702
10 ай бұрын
his last name ( true) is actually Einstein..... Super Dave was his brother.
@ronmcmartin4513
10 ай бұрын
His "How to Impersonate Famous People" Kit almost gave Johnny Carson a stroke!
@taztaztaz
2 жыл бұрын
and to think Super Dave Osborne was his brother, also played Marty Funkhauser on Curb your Enthusiasm.. cant imagine how funny that house they grew up in was!!
@Razormiller
Жыл бұрын
Theyre dad was a famous comedian(on the radio) too... hilarious house indeed
@billyhigh4690
11 ай бұрын
My main problem with AB is he wasn’t on TV more and that he didn’t make more movies! What a talent simply brilliant and I don’t throw that word around very often for people other than me!
@ernestkinas5973
4 жыл бұрын
I wish Albert would do a comedy tour again. It would be a sellout.
@Lori-lp6uc
10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Albert Brooks is the voice of Nemo's dad, Marlin.
@IDFK303
5 ай бұрын
In a lot of ways I think Albert Brooks paved the way for Andy Kaufman and other similar comics that followed.
@bronsonhilliard6841
Жыл бұрын
This is, in my mind, the single funniest 4 minutes in the history of standup comedy. I can't watch it without paroxysms of laughter, tears and wheezing. It's the only funny ventriloquism act in the long history of ventriloquism.
@vilentman111
4 жыл бұрын
This deliberately bad bit is almost exactly like how Carrot Top acts on stage
@jfjoubertquebec
3 жыл бұрын
Back here again. That thump when the puppet falls hahahaha
@ShiningEyeBrigade
10 ай бұрын
Wonder if this was inspiration for Norm McDonald’s brief flirt with ventriloquism deconstruction.
@nowitsabadtime
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like something Andy Kaufman would've done! haha
@HolmanHal
10 ай бұрын
Brooks was way earlier and way funnier.
@jeffreywillstewart
10 ай бұрын
I liked Albert Brooks then I watched the HBO special on him and he and Rob Reiner just gloating about how privileged and talented they were. Best friends from childhood in Beverly Hills. brooks ALWAYS played the sad sack who wouldn't get the girl. But it turns out he is another nepo baby. His dad was a legendary comic in Carl Reiners circles but had a heart attack early on. They go on and on how Brooks was allowed to go on shows and do absurdist comedy, when he had his foot in the door all along. He is the original Ben Platt.
@ShadowsOnTheScreen
4 жыл бұрын
The best and worst ventriloquist ever!
@oliverthedog5619
3 жыл бұрын
never not funny. amazing writer and director and actor see: mother, the muse, lost in america, and modern romance.
@MOMO41837
2 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks never fails to bring tears to my eyes from laughter...😂
@stormbringercoming8105
2 жыл бұрын
If you don’t find this hilarious… you’re not worth knowing.
@douggraham5082
4 жыл бұрын
This is like a meta joke of a meta joke! Brilliant!
@nothenryporter81
3 жыл бұрын
I find it extra hilarious that, despite the laugh track, none of the visible audience members seemed to so much as crack a smile. But I guess Brooks was still relatively unknown and it was a few years before this type of absurdist meta-humor went more mainstream with SNL, Andy Kaufman, etc.
@NachosElectric
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the couple in the front are very confused. I guess they really thought he was a terrible ventriloquist and were just trying to be polite (by not laughing). I still don't know how you couldn't laugh when he drops the dummy.
@knightrdrx
2 жыл бұрын
Great observation. I didn't notice
@ronmcmartin4513
10 ай бұрын
But he was Destroying Flip. Much like Norm MacDonald did to Conan and Dennis Miller. I Never thought George Burns was funny, but Jack Benny loved him. Bob Newhart did the same to Don Rickles.
@tomharvey6961
10 ай бұрын
The people you could see couldn't see his lips moving. So they didn't get half the gag.@@NachosElectric
@porflepopnecker4376
4 жыл бұрын
Blaffy flaffy flurp.
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
hello longfellow.
@jobysaad
2 жыл бұрын
I love it, and he is a big hit on Network television....no surprise there. Still I'd love to see Albert Brooks try to pull off his Anti-comedy at the Fayetteville North Carolina Comedy Zone.
@GrantSchinto
Жыл бұрын
Underrated genius. So many original ideas . . .
@markswishereatsstuff2500
5 жыл бұрын
Kevin Pollack's podcast brought me here.
@TylerJamesPryor
5 жыл бұрын
Mark Swisher dude same
@joguestin
3 жыл бұрын
I had never heard about him until Bojack Horseman mentioned him. He is hilarious. They both are.
@tomharvey6961
10 ай бұрын
oh my god. Run out and find Lost in America and Defending Your Life. Now. He also did short films for SNL when it first started. They were brilliant. I wish someone would put them together.
@JohnDoe-gk7ok
5 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia says that his birth name was Albert Einstein. Is that true, or was someone making a joke edit?
@gregbeck4439
5 жыл бұрын
Yes its true. His brother was the great Bob Einstein (a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne)
@SubdolphinX
3 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooks is the funniest man on earth.
@dcinsc7
9 ай бұрын
Not funny at all. Albert Brooks is only funny to his friends. Never been funny - except in “Broadcast News.” But that was a script he didn’t write.
@isaackwon2030
3 жыл бұрын
Albert brooks is is the best
@angelthman1659
11 ай бұрын
Obviously canned laughter. The audience doesn't seem to be laughing. I think this is funny, and I love Albert Brooks. But he was way ahead of his time. The audience seems baffled at best.
@dmlevitt
11 ай бұрын
dated
@HolmanHal
10 ай бұрын
Aren't we all? But we all aren't THIS funny.
@ayokay123
3 жыл бұрын
And if ventriloquism wasn't dead at the time, this most certainly was its coup de grace.
@JamieJobb
10 ай бұрын
We've seen Albert Brooks talk before, so this is not believable because Albert is no dummy.
@postatility9703
9 ай бұрын
What really made this work was Albert having the nerve to completely parody one of those old(and,by then,tired)show biz traditions,taking it to an unprecedented level of absurdity. This was during an importantly subversive period of comedy(Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Firesign Theater, etc.)
@LIFETHRUAWINDSHIELDDanielTChea
2 жыл бұрын
Look up ALBERT BROOKS Rewiring the Star Spangled Anthem
@patrickmuhwheeney6518
10 ай бұрын
I've tried, I really have, but jamesbowen8960 must be right. After seeing him in at least 15 roles, I just don't see the appeal....Thanks for the upload!
@Joe-jn5li
9 ай бұрын
It’s not funny, sorry. Really trying to give albert a good shot. However, he isn’t funny. I’ve watched many of his clips this week. All are mediocre
@vincentrimmer5844
10 ай бұрын
Wow! The bit would be so lame if Brooks didn't commit 100% to it. He DOES, however, and makes it hilarious.
@YodatheHobbit
9 ай бұрын
Who would guess this guy would go on to play a fairly intimidating LA mobster 40 years later in Drive?
@joemedley195
11 ай бұрын
That this is still funny just shows that the stock gags of ventriloquists never change.
@garethbull5303
4 ай бұрын
A great character and study of failure. What a laugh. It still works in 2024.
@bobgarner44
7 ай бұрын
If you look closely, you can see Albert Brooks lips move while the dummys talking
@vegetony
9 ай бұрын
Although it appears there is a laugh track on this, the only audience members you can see are so stone faced, I thought at first they were mannequins. I wonder if it really bombed. I thought it was hilarious.
@PopeLando
9 ай бұрын
Hey, he does funny stuff too? Last time i saw Albert Brooks he was murdering Heisenberg.
@richardledoux5868
9 ай бұрын
Watch the other clip of this bit from the Ed Sullivan show. It didn't seem to go over very well with that audience. I don't think they got the joke.
@michaelhall5429
3 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@chrispiazza7487
4 жыл бұрын
To my brother and I, back in the day, Flip Wilson was god.
@tomharvey6961
10 ай бұрын
If you missed Flip Wilson you wouldn't have any clue what all your friends were talking about the next day at school.
@thegreatelfinko
2 жыл бұрын
Pure genius
@emilypetsche1
3 жыл бұрын
Is that Marlin?
@nordicpaws2423
2 жыл бұрын
Think so - think he also voiced the salesman who sells Homer the RV in Season 1 of the Simpsons.
@jackoconnell1092
Жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bob?
@jasonsmith8300
10 ай бұрын
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second I thought it was Andre the Giant.
@dale4853
10 ай бұрын
Don’t find him funny at all. No wonder the canned laughter was needed.
@JDL0427
4 ай бұрын
Imagine a young Andy Kaufman at home watching this.
@SpaneenOomlong
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sioux Falls!
@DoppSkates
4 жыл бұрын
I didnt think I'd laugh BUT I CRACKED THE FUCK UP
@Nickplay21
11 ай бұрын
I never saw this until today. It was pretty funny. And then the cigarette drop part happened and I realized how genius and ahead of its time this was.
@sethie_shots
9 ай бұрын
You can see his mouth moving! 😂😂😂 favorite comment
@johnthompson7420
9 ай бұрын
at least he thought he was funny. the ted bessell of his generation.
@Nerflover10097
4 ай бұрын
Crazy how he went on to voice Marlin in Finding Nemo
@CrazyHank36
2 жыл бұрын
Albert Brooke always cracked me up
@NightMedicine
2 жыл бұрын
I think his style was really before its time!
@Jimfromearthoo7
4 жыл бұрын
Who’s that dummy with Danny?lol
@Flipindabird23
5 жыл бұрын
This guy was shown to me under the pretense that he was the “Albert Einstein” of comedy. People are fucking weird. Out of all the comedians you could compare to Albert Einstein; just don’t sell Einstein short.
@AscentofTrollbane
3 жыл бұрын
I'm the "Albert Einstein" of youtube commentary
@bobspence5322
3 жыл бұрын
einstein did his best work as a patent clerk.
@gerrykelly7077
3 жыл бұрын
His real name is Einstein actually
@Telstar62a
Ай бұрын
The Einstein of comedy
@arantxaurrutia0
4 жыл бұрын
Fuckin Bernie Rose.
@steveconkey7362
8 ай бұрын
Super Dave's brother.....
@nathandodge665
5 ай бұрын
His real name is Albert Einstein
@FOXMAN09
9 ай бұрын
Wow his voice was so different
@jonathanbrown8115
Ай бұрын
This is one of his best bits!
@GregoryAmicar57
3 жыл бұрын
Marlin
@WKRPinCINN
3 жыл бұрын
This is so meta it’s zed
@8888jaws
9 ай бұрын
Is this the Flip Wilson show?
@aum3.146
4 ай бұрын
National comic gem
@EgbertWilliams
10 ай бұрын
Well... that sucked.
@srhegarty
9 ай бұрын
The balls on that man!
@mauriceortiz8817
Жыл бұрын
Genius
@gouvyrock
5 жыл бұрын
sooo funny
@moongirl2032
5 ай бұрын
The funniest thing I'vd watched in years! Man, I love this guy! Brilliant. Loved "Lost In America and Defending your life" 😂❤
@rahulmaini55
10 ай бұрын
It’s little hobo
@avieus
10 ай бұрын
Yeah..I dunno
@dianespies3104
8 ай бұрын
The best lol
@bonwatcher
10 ай бұрын
Wow, such a young Albert Brooks on the Flip Wilson Show. I always loved Brook's comedy, but he was fabulous in the movie Broadcast News. His disdain for the main anchors while kissing up to them and hating the whole corporate culture, He was perfect in that role.
@markdaly1648
11 ай бұрын
Albert Brooks is unknown quantity outside of America. I know He has done voice work on the Sampson. I could be wrong but there are very few people in the uk or Ireland who have heard of him or are familiar with his work. Many years ago I was on holiday in the US with my family and I think they showed the film he made with merly Streep and had never heard of him. His films are never shown on TV in the uk. Us audiences are more familiar with him.
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