Audio tape and Mp3s do exist. I had a bunch of tapes of the old radio shows when I was a kid. I think it's a shame radio drama and comedy pretty much died in this country. The Jack Benny Program was and still is one of my favorite comedies of all time.
I still get a kick out of The Goon Show, which was well before my time.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Audio tape and Mp3s do exist. I had a bunch of tapes of the old radio shows when I was a kid. I think it's a shame radio drama and comedy pretty much died in this country. The Jack Benny Program was and still is one of my favorite comedies of all time.
My father has tapes and Lps of his program and other old radio shows. Nothing like that stuff today. Imagine great comendy where every other joke isn't dirty. Great stuff.
Warbler said:
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Audio tape and Mp3s do exist. I had a bunch of tapes of the old radio shows when I was a kid. I think it's a shame radio drama and comedy pretty much died in this country. The Jack Benny Program was and still is one of my favorite comedies of all time.
My father has tapes and Lps of his program and other old radio shows. Nothing like that stuff today. Imagine great comendy where every other joke isn't dirty. Great stuff.
Yeah and when it was dirty the joke was that they were being clever about it to get it past the censors and make sure it would go over the kid's heads. Groucho Marx and Bob Hope were kind of the masters of that. Telling a joke that as a kid you think is just silly and then when you are an adult you figure out the double meaning.
The Benny/Allen feud is one of the funniest running gags in history if you ask me and they didn't get dirty in that they just picked out each other with clever retorts and sending deadly poplar bears through the mail. Oh and who can forget Mel Blanc being driven to suicide on a Christmas episode!
it wasn't just comedy,Dragnet managed to be what I think is still the most hard hitting and realistic cop show ever made without having to cross the line. I mean they did a show about child rape where they didn't shy away from showing how bad it was and yet they somehow did it without having to make you listen to it happening,now that is good writing.
Oh and what amazes me is that Burns and Allen managed to do the dumb blond bit for decades and it never once came off as sexist,just as a good comedy bit. I think that could be down to the fact that they were both very smart and George Burns really did love Gracie Allen a lot.
Say what you will about vaudeville but it produced some great talent that managed to stand the test of time. Reading George Burns and Groucho Marx's books about their lives show that it was a rough and very interesting time and anyone who made their way through it tended to know what they were doing and how comedy worked and that it was based on wit and not just being dirty.
I am so glad my mom had two cases of old radio shows and my PBS station played so many reruns of the TV versions when I was a kid because I think people who didn't grow up on this stuff are really missing out on some great stuff.
I recall seeing Benny's tv show one summer in the late 70's. CBS dusted it off and ran it one summer. (It's currently airing on Antenna Tv these days.) I had seen the one Looney Tunes he did plenty of times by then.
My Dad turned me on to old radio shows around the same time, so I'm one of the few people alive who gets it when MST3K makes a Fibber McGee and Molly reference. ;)
In the 80's, somebody actually combined Jack Benny with Star Wars, believe it or not!
Where were you in '77?
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Warbler said:
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Audio tape and Mp3s do exist. I had a bunch of tapes of the old radio shows when I was a kid. I think it's a shame radio drama and comedy pretty much died in this country. The Jack Benny Program was and still is one of my favorite comedies of all time.
My father has tapes and Lps of his program and other old radio shows. Nothing like that stuff today. Imagine great comendy where every other joke isn't dirty. Great stuff.
Yeah and when it was dirty the joke was that they were being clever about it to get it past the censors and make sure it would go over the kid's heads. Groucho Marx and Bob Hope were kind of the masters of that. Telling a joke that as a kid you think is just silly and then when you are an adult you figure out the double meaning.
Hmm, I have to relisten/rewatch Jack Benny/Marx/Hope cause I don't remember hearing any jokes that had dirty double meaning.
The Benny/Allen feud is one of the funniest running gags in history if you ask me and they didn't get dirty in that they just picked out each other with clever retorts and sending deadly poplar bears through the mail. Oh and who can forget Mel Blanc being driven to suicide on a Christmas episode!
ah yes. classic : )
it wasn't just comedy,Dragnet managed to be what I think is still the most hard hitting and realistic cop show ever made without having to cross the line. I mean they did a show about child rape where they didn't shy away from showing how bad it was and yet they somehow did it without having to make you listen to it happening,now that is good writing.
I don't know that I'd completely agree with you on Dragnet, but it was a great show. The Christmas episode is my favorite.
Oh and what amazes me is that Burns and Allen managed to do the dumb blond bit for decades and it never once came off as sexist,just as a good comedy bit. I think that could be down to the fact that they were both very smart and George Burns really did love Gracie Allen a lot.
Burns was also great at playing God. ; )
Say what you will about vaudeville but it produced some great talent that managed to stand the test of time.
yes. I think the lack of vaudeville really hurts comedy today. I think vaudeville was perfect training for sitcom comedy and movie comedy. Now comedians go from stand up to sitcom and movies and it shows.
Reading George Burns and Groucho Marx's books about their lives show that it was a rough and very interesting time and anyone who made their way through it tended to know what they were doing and how comedy worked and that it was based on wit and not just being dirty.
exactly.
I am so glad my mom had two cases of old radio shows and my PBS station played so many reruns of the TV versions when I was a kid because I think people who didn't grow up on this stuff are really missing out on some great stuff.
they are most definitely missing out.
Can we get back to b*tching?
^See, I did it.
I am so sick of having to spend an hour every morning on the toilet.
TV's Frink said:
Can we get back to b*tching?
^See, I did it.
I want to b*tch about Frink changing the subject. I liked talking about Jack Benny.
The word Bitch is not being used nearly enough in this thread or the world in general.
My internet connection is so slow I have not been able to load anything other then this page for a week and the only reason this page will load is that I have not closed firefox. Google will not even load and I am using the only internet service there is in my part of the country. it costs a fortune and it doesn't even work. We really need a government run ISP in this country because the private sector is nothing but one giant fraud.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
I am so sick of having to spend an hour every morning on the toilet.
Let me know what diet you follow so we can exchange notes maybe. I'm lucky if I can go once every 24/48 hours.
Mostly it's lots of bread and hamburger since that is what we can afford right now.
Ok, I want to b*tch about how the conversation has turned to how one spends on the toilet. Could we please discuss something else?
Sure. I woke up today and found I had sneezed in my sleep and my face was covered with snot. Oh and my ass started bleeding again,and right now I feel like I am going to throw up.
Is that better?
Seriously?
Anyway, I hate moving. At least we don't have to move all our belongings to Quebec with us, but packing everything up is still a pain. Thank goodness most of the furniture stays where it is.
Getting rid of 300 fish in a month and a half is a bit of a challenge. If our fish sales continue at the same rate they have been at, we're going to be in big trouble when it's time to go.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Sure. I woke up today and found I had sneezed in my sleep and my face was covered with snot. Oh and my ass started bleeding again,and right now I feel like I am going to throw up.
Is that better?
*sigh*
You are going to Quebec? You are luck I here everyone one if Quebec is issued a rideable Moose and a complete Red Green show boxset by the government. Best of luck and have fun.
Thank you. Yes, my family is going to Quebec for a year. I promise to annoy you all with French-only posts while I'm there. ;)
Oh and be sure to be snooty to everyone and eat lots of snails and watch nothing but Jerry Lewis movies or you will not fit in at all and you will be shunned.
Surely that's France, Dr Crow.
Indeed. French-Canadians eat poutine, not snails. ;-)
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Oh and be sure to be snooty to everyone and eat lots of snails and watch nothing but Jerry Lewis movies or you will not fit in at all and you will be shunned.
You'll probably have to hate America too.
Yes, and I have to avoid speaking English. Les Canadiens find that offensive in the Frenchier areas.
Dammit I think I have sinusitis.