Sid Caesar demonstrates his famous foreign language double-talk routine. Outtake from "Let Me In, I Hear Laughter - A Salute To The Friars Club" by Dean Ward.
He's absolutely right, you listen to the language and find the cadence and tonality. He was a master mimic.
@samsignorelli
2 жыл бұрын
Probably even easier on a tonal language. Man was absolutely brilliant.
@teaguejelinek4038
Жыл бұрын
Quit lying
@jamesfeldman4234
Жыл бұрын
As a testament to Sid's genius in his mastery of double-talk, when people in the audience whose first language was French, Italian, German, or Japanese heard it, they burst out laughing.
@MikesOrganicVideos
Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure he threw a little Yiddish in on that last one. 😁 Sid was one of a kind. Absolutely brilliant.
@rusalkin
Жыл бұрын
yiddish is essentially german :)
@MikesOrganicVideos
Жыл бұрын
@@rusalkin A hybrid of German and Hebrew, with idioms thrown in. What is the German equivalent of CHUTZPAH? I'm sure you have heard of Pidgin English. Is thee a point behind your comment? Nazis are STILL bad.
@evantapper5924
Жыл бұрын
@@rusalkin (: and so you consider yourself a reader!
@tinytanks
Жыл бұрын
he kinda slipped into his german during his italian, but that almost makes it even more impressive that you can tell midsentence when it changes
@1neAdam12
Жыл бұрын
@@MikesOrganicVideos What about the Jewish Bolsheviks?
@kenmartin7694
Жыл бұрын
Sid is the Caesar of Comedy. I've watched a lot of his work as well as others of the genius of the Golden Age of Comedy. I wish there were channels on cable devoted exclusively to this talent. Each new discovery is a delight with hope for the present.
@kennethwayne6857
Жыл бұрын
So many of today's 'comics' could learn a lot from this man.
@allmagicguy
8 жыл бұрын
One of my heroes. Comedic genius. He is so so missed.
@johncox2284
Жыл бұрын
Every language has its own song. That's true. I remember when I was stationed on a little island with a bunch of Japanese sailors i could listen to them for about an hour and begin to feel like I was beginning to understand the language.
@moyadapne968
Жыл бұрын
I've been married to a Japanese woman for 21 years, and I don't know much of the language at all. Naughty, as she's learnt all the Kiwi slang and idioms.
@sandramorey2529
Жыл бұрын
We were so glad we were able to catch Sid and Imogene when they performed their last tour to San Francisco. Back in the late 1970's. They did some of their old sketches and she did a couple of her vaudeville numbers that were really astounding. She must have been in her late 80's. We were both raised on Your Show of Shows and loved it dearly.
@robertsamson4610
3 жыл бұрын
The MASTER of double talk in any language. RIP SID! ^^
@boxingfan5742
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a little kid in the '70's I would often struggle to stay up super late, hoping to catch a Black and White comedy skit show of Sid Caesar's. He was awesome. Then I remember when he got in shape and it was very inspiring. He was awesome!
@Eyes-of-Horus
Жыл бұрын
I recall meeting Sid Caesar in the early '90s. We talked a bit about comedy. I'll not forget what he said: "Comedy isn't something you say. It's something you do."
@fakerating
2 жыл бұрын
I met him one time at the Hamburger Hamlet restaurant in West Hollywood, on Sunset Boulevard, about 20 years ago. My neighbor I was eating with knew him, but I didn't really know who he was. Sid was very friendly and didn't rush at all. The "This is Your Story" clip is beyond hysterical.
@tonymusolino2369
Жыл бұрын
Comedic genius, and a very talented verbal contortionist too.
@Buggy-zu9zw
Жыл бұрын
Sid was a genius and he was good at getting anger or exasperated...the Business Lunch with his missing sandwich is a good example.
@Milesco
2 жыл бұрын
That guy is brilliant.
@latetotheparty4785
Жыл бұрын
The melody each language has is called prosodic features-intonation, speed, lilt that is the language without the meaning of the words.
@adrianreyes4702
Ай бұрын
Incredible talent. In every aspect of his life.
@JoshPhoenix11
Жыл бұрын
I thought double-talk/doublespeak was what politicians do when they speak? Where it sounds like they're answering a question but they're not actually answering it at all?
@dabadguy7882
4 жыл бұрын
That part of his brain is like: stop, please...I can't take it anymore!
@TheTanman412
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been doing this since I was a kid. It convinces most who don’t speak the actual language. This is basically what animals do with human language. Birds, especially.
i like how his Japanese started with the classic "OOOOOOO"
@dylanakent
Жыл бұрын
Musicians understand this.
@massari4u
8 жыл бұрын
omg he is amazing. i saw him on whose line is it anyway and he destroyed it. incredible talent. may he rest in peace.
@bernhardtsen74
7 жыл бұрын
indeed it was very funny!escargo!I loved the "Honda!" part
@bandicoot5412
4 жыл бұрын
This is the definition of, "funny" taking us not serious, like the beings on other planets have been doing, and it's about time.
@nastybastardatlive
Жыл бұрын
When entertainers were famous for amazing unique talent.
@tetedepoulet8651
5 жыл бұрын
Brillant
@nigel900
Жыл бұрын
Class acts, and no one able to fill their empty shoes…
@Blue_ocean66
9 ай бұрын
This is a great example of double talk. A man that says a lot of words but is making absolutely no point at all.
@packlesswolf1
Жыл бұрын
He reminds me of how the rachni queen talking about language being songs.
@DarthClam
Жыл бұрын
And there's a little bit of Yiddish in all of them 😅
@helenmachelen4200
Жыл бұрын
Grammelot, from la commedia dell'arte. Great use by Sid Cesar
@viviandarkbloom8847
Жыл бұрын
Great indeed. And, astrologically speaking, Caesar and Peter Sellers share the same birthday (not year). I wonder if it's just a happy coincidence.
@SlipKnotRicky
Жыл бұрын
"I have a Dachshund, more better Fryer..."
@monfronoriginal
Жыл бұрын
Man I wish I could do this
@chefbillybaroo2056
Жыл бұрын
A master
@roderickreilly9666
Жыл бұрын
FASCINATING ANECDOTE ABOUT CAESAR: something witnessed by Mel Brooks and Woody Allen. The three of them went to lunch in Caesar's Cadillac, and they found the space in front of the restaurant was occupied by a Volkswagen. Caesar parks across the street, gets out, and goes and LIFTS the Volkswagen onto the sidewalk. He then parks his Cadillac in that spot.
@jl-fy3zj
Жыл бұрын
I for one thought he had a sort of rattle in his throat as if had fluid in his lungs.
@Malama_Ki
Жыл бұрын
That laugh sounded like a lifetime of Marlboro’s. The grim reaper was afraid of getting phlegm on his robe.
@Hazmatguy117
Жыл бұрын
No one’s talking about the massive amount of eye blinking going on, this is the real story.
@DavidSmith-qo1se
4 жыл бұрын
It's often said, and it's a shame that it needs to be said, that they had to work hard back then to be both funny and original. Just imagine trying to write jokes and comedy sketches without profanity, or sexual situations. The people we call comedians today wouldn't have survived. One of my most memorable Sid Caesar recollections was a spoof of the program, "This Is Your Life." In reality, Nat King Cole had been seated, thinking he was to be part of the audience. When the host of the show approached him, the world famous singer who had performed for thousands suddenly became shy and tried to escape. Caesar and his crew took that real life event and put their own spin on it. kzitem.info/news/bejne/o4d40nmkrKudfGU
@emeraldkimble7602
Жыл бұрын
Your show of shows with I mogene coca
@ruadeil_zabelin
Жыл бұрын
The thing is though... this only works if you have no good concept of that language. The french sounded really good and realistic to me, but since I know a bit of german and japanese; those immitations sounded pretty bad.
@mikelaird5458
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant man.
@favrerules04
Жыл бұрын
I won da money!!
@Chief667
Жыл бұрын
Someone not being able to speak a language got me like 💀
@1neAdam12
Жыл бұрын
✡️Aggressive Mimicry✡️
@bert1913
Жыл бұрын
i love his hotel in vegas
@beatricechauvel8237
Жыл бұрын
In French, his result is close but not perfect. A few sounds tells you he is an English speaker.
@mymanjosquin
3 жыл бұрын
this isn’t double talk, these are comic dialects, although he could perform double talk.
@humanbeing2420
2 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it the same thing as double talk, but in foreign languages? It’s all meaningless nonsense masquerading as real speech, whether it’s in English or French or German, etc.
@Milesco
2 жыл бұрын
@@humanbeing2420 Yes, perhaps so, but I think the idea of "double-talk" is that the person is purportedly speaking a language you're familiar with (i.e., English, for English speakers) but using nonsense words so it _sounds_ like English (which you would normally understand) but you can't understand it, leaving you confused and amused.
@humanbeing2420
2 жыл бұрын
@@Milesco I see the distinction - So Caesar isn’t actually saying any real words at all here, whereas with double talk it’s real words with some fake words thrown in there to confuse.
@Milesco
2 жыл бұрын
@@humanbeing2420 Exactly. Like this guy Durwood Fincher, aka "Mr. Doubletalk" : kzitem.info/news/bejne/kayXmqSfhJ5lf5w
@JoshPhoenix11
Жыл бұрын
I thought double-talk/doublespeak was what politicians do when they speak? Where it sounds like they're answering a question but they're not actually answering it at all?
@sweepingdenver
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to hear English!
@garyv2196
Жыл бұрын
ok
@harrisonbuck2749
Жыл бұрын
Datsun a more betta fry
@griffmason8591
Жыл бұрын
I did that as a kid and got punished for not being racially sensitve. PC culture sucks. Sid will be missed.
@privatechannel8462
Жыл бұрын
So if i mimic someones accent is racist, but if this guy does it its comedy...
@shannonjaensch3705
Жыл бұрын
Seems staged. Still impressive and respect to anyone that learns another/multiple languages!
@cornball1111
Жыл бұрын
Do we know if he was saying a real thought in English with different accents or just jibberish? The transcript doesn't help 😂
@JohnW1711stock
Жыл бұрын
Joe Biden's speech writer! LMAO! Sid was great.
@bleedingmetal
Жыл бұрын
It's obviously easier in non Germanic languages.
@adrianmartinelli9799
Жыл бұрын
I bet he can't do Biden !
@grawakendream8980
Жыл бұрын
as someone who is pretending to be feench italian and german on the internet, this man is amazing
@randomobserver8168
Жыл бұрын
An uncommon art, but I'd bet no one has ever done it better than this!
@redbarchetta8782
Жыл бұрын
Sid Caesar was an absolute original. No one was ever like him, nor ever will be.
@kbrock9146
3 жыл бұрын
Him, Howie (Howard) Morris, Imogene Coca, Mel Brooks..... never again, nor the likes of it, on tv.
@fearlessfosdick160
3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Joe Ross.
@BennyTygohome
3 жыл бұрын
mmm ha ha datsun more better fryer. so true, so true
@LS-he9xb
Жыл бұрын
Absolute brillance.
@johncooper3583
10 жыл бұрын
I miss this gent way already!
@magnificentmuttley2084
Жыл бұрын
The Fabulous Sid Caesar, ladies and gentlemen. Gone but not forgotten by any means!!
@ericstandefer9138
Жыл бұрын
Imagine that, comedy without profanity, vulgarity, and insults.
@321snoot
Жыл бұрын
The best kind of comedy, which takes a lot of creativity. Maybe I'm old, but today's "comics" just aren't funny. I'll take guys like Sid and the old Borscht Belt comedians any day.
@SonnyGTA
Жыл бұрын
HA!!!!! That’s awesome!!!!
@rdg71-o9t
Жыл бұрын
He was so convincing. One of the funniest thing I ever seen him in was its a Mad mad mad mad mad world.
@johnnypatrickhaus890
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear hear him as gealga
@charlie418791
Жыл бұрын
An absolute genius
@paulsolon6229
Жыл бұрын
Wow
@timswabb
3 ай бұрын
If you want to know what it’s like to hear someone double talk in American English, listen to the song “Prisencolinensinainciusol,” by the Italian singer Adriano Celentano. It’s absolute gibberish but sounds like American English.
@patrickmuhwheeney6518
Жыл бұрын
Ingenious
@toddst.george6511
Жыл бұрын
Genius.
@johnwilliams2479
2 жыл бұрын
In reading Mel Brooks biography at the moment so I wanted to get a flavour of it so I tuned in to Cid who Brooks wrote for, Cid a very funny man
@johncassani6780
Жыл бұрын
I once met a Japanese Yiddish professor. They would have gotten along well.
@douglascutler1037
2 жыл бұрын
Too bad he didn't live long enough to do Klingon.
@stewarta5993
Жыл бұрын
he would get cancelled today
@JxH
Жыл бұрын
Turn on CC.
@chefbillybaroo2056
Жыл бұрын
Mazel tov
@barney6888
Жыл бұрын
My wife gets furious with me when I do my "Sid Caesar Chinese" because she thinks I'm ridiculing the Chinese. I grew up watching that generation and she grew up with The Brady Bunch, so it's impossible to explain. I would love to hear a comic from a different language do English as it would be just as much fun. It's not meant to hurt, but celebrate our beautiful differences in a close way.
@christianboehlefeld5168
Жыл бұрын
Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano, Italian gibberish to sound like English/American.
@sandramorey2529
Жыл бұрын
Barney: Frank Delima, a comic in Hawaii, makes fun out of all the languages he grew up with in Honolulu. No one gets offended, everyone laughs because he makes fun of everybody. His take on Imelda Marcos and her closet full of shoes is wonderful. I'll bet he cut his teeth on Sid Caesar.
@donkeyears4704
Жыл бұрын
it's a friggin gift, and he graciously plays it down. it's infinitely harder than he makes it out. somehow you believe he's speaking the languages. unless of course you speak the language, then you're dying from laughter.
@thehulk86
Жыл бұрын
That is ABSOLUTELY NOT japanese in any way. That's closer to Chinese. Japanese has a lot more hard consonants
@claudiocorleone7856
Жыл бұрын
Funny Sid is better looking older than when he was young! .
@ErelfBow
6 жыл бұрын
Par excellence!
@keithburt7874
Жыл бұрын
The Man can Pray in all Tongues, Peace3ed
@stevenhall9009
Жыл бұрын
He actually pulled it off
@michaellicavoli3921
Жыл бұрын
The maestro!
@powerWithinUs4055
Жыл бұрын
Came up in the day. Grew up hearing languages, and nearly-so broken English, all around. He was brilliant . Today, George Carlin is the master other comics revere. He and Richard Pryor. Neither could do languages and sketch like Sid Caesar. Live forever, all of three of them.
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