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I am afraid not, my good man, but you can download and burn it yourself if you so desire. A DVD burner only costs ~ $30.

In fact, even this episode was in color - Jester has a fragment of that version, and all the other 1968 episodes are in color alone.

The BBC has disowned the show and likes to pretend it never made them. they also used to erase a lot of tapes in those days and either the color master was erased or was discarded because it was damaged . This 'kinescope' survives as it was probably a private copy or export to a country that had an incompatible television standard.

An entirely fair question, my good man! Generally, the main effect of wearing blackface is that one's face appears black. Truly, I would prefer to give you a more serious answer, but I am afraid there is nothing serious about this show.

@MrTambo016 I get that the make up makes one's face brown. It seems seems to have roots in a cultural infatuation with appearing "black" whether be negative or positive. Is it to draw attention to something a that is happening in the lives of a "black" person? I ask because I'm ignorant of the roots of blackface. I do not see any value in this practice regardless of intention, but to each is own.

Very well, for once and only once in the life of this channel - just for you, since you are the first to ask twice - I will give you a genuine, bona fide, serious answer. Minstrel shows in the early to mid - Twentieth Century were a bit like Rock 'n Roll in the mid - 1960s or the Simpsons in the 2000s: originally edgy and cool, perhaps, but by then the most mainstream, milquetoast, thoroughly square form of entertainment imaginable. The only difference to the Simpsons was that minstrel music got better, not worse, over the decades. A minstrel show made today would be a political statement, (and indeed, even my posting this one today is a political statement of sorts;) but a minstrel show in the mid Twentieth Century was exactly the opposite. To try and analyse it and understand the purpose or value of its particular features is to look for meaning where none exists. You can keep digging forever and you will never find anything more convincing than the tripe in your Highschool textbook. The truth is simple: minstrel music was a genre of music, and blackface, top hat and white gloves was the uniform associated with that music -- like rock bands who all dress like KISS. It no more resembled any real person than clown makeup does, it was designed to look attractive rather than comical or realistic, and any additional meaning or purpose that might once have been attached to it had disappeared a very, very long time before. To ask "why" is like asking why clowns look the way they do: there literally _was_ no reason, and if there ever had been one, it was completely lost on both the performers and the audience. The only thing that blackface "represented" was minstrel shows themselves, the idea of which can best be described by the words "wholesome," "warm-and-fuzzy," etc. Hence traditional minstrel songs being generally remembered today as "children's songs." The only "political" idea which more or less persisted to the end was a general sense of patriotism, which I particularly appreciate.

@@MrTambo016 Thank you for this thorough explanation. Different times for sure 100 years ago. I agree that today race and politics are so intertwined and it's hard to separate oneself from this attitude. Your reference of The Simpsons show was a great point. It's hard to look outside of my own bias and emotions to put myself in another frame of mind to see a whole other culture and their values when I am looking at it from my own.

@@jeremybear573 In the late 1960s, with society rumbling, they had intentions of doing the shows without makeup anymore. They made a special called 'Masquerade' without blackface, just eye masks. The fans were not impressed. They tried again in 69 with no masks at all in a series called 'Music, Music. Music' This, too, was a flop. To the mainly the older generations that watched the shows, they were all characters that they didn't recognize anymore and their escape into a fantasy world had been breached. The kids alive today who sat with their grandmas watching the minstrels' shows remember them as a nostalgic singalong with granny and race was the last thing that ever came into it, as just like a clown a minstrel looked like nobody on Earth in real life.

I would trade your old age for a chance to see those years in a heartbeat, my friend -- but then, the grass is always greener, and they didn't have it in 4k on demand in 1957, bought to you by me!

@@MrTambo016 Thanks for posting. Looks like a wonderfully restored kinescope of the CBS broadcast. Live tv at the time -- I would have been age 7. Local 11pm newscasts were just 15 minutes, which explains the network starting time of 11:15pm. Some CBS stations joined the broadcast at 11:30pm. Lombardo began performing for New Years 1929 as a remote radio broadcast, and came back every year until his death in 1977. BTW Kenny Gardner was Guy's brother-in-law..

Lombardo on New Year's Eve has also been a tradition for me for many years now, though not for my family who probably could not be persuaded to listen to this stuff for a million bucks. Unfortunately, as far as complete NYE video recordings go, so far it's this one or 1977, the last -- but I think we can get away with episodes of the regular TV show, too, in future years.

The best part of this is that Dai forgot all the words, spat out a bunch of gibberish, and George said, 'ah, close enough, keep the take.' I love this show.

Thank you my good man, and a Happy New Year to you!

And a Merry Christmas to you, my loyal flunky!

@@MrTambo016 Just remembered when some of the minstrels advertised Cadbury's chocolate fingers. I suppose some 'madman' in advertising thought it would be great for people to think of chocolate when they saw the minstrels- but you would probably find nothing about in the Cadbury archive these days.

@Comfortzone99 I'll add the Cadbury vault to the list.

My pleasure!

You are only human after all!

Indeed, we shall never see the like

Oh yes. I shall enjoy this afternoon with my warm mug of horlicks by the fire.

How does it taste?

Beautiful just beautiful.

Yes indeed! Trust Boulter for a touch of class.

Oh, make no mistake Jester, Tambo watches the full episodes - several times over. But, in the interest of popularizing the show - which is my most ardent desire - the masses must have whatever they want, which means anything that cannot hold my attention on the fifth viewing goes to the cutting room floor.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the Streisand Effect.

Why thank you, my good Sir, I have done a pretty marvellous job on it, if I do say so myself! And the music was pretty good too.

I will take that as a compliment!

Pretty good, huh? In fact, pretty brilliant, pretty spectacular, perfect in every way and impossible to improve upon, if I do say so myself?

Un plomo este programa interminable con imitadores de aljolson😂😢😮

Probably cause a riot if it was played at the Superbowl LOL

I would gladly trade a little disruption for some half - decent entertainment, I'm sure you'll agree. And it keeps the National Guard from getting too fat.

You are most welcome!

Dai Francis, my good sir. In the same medley, the man who sings "That Mysterious Rag" is John Boulter, and the man who sings "Play a Simple Melody" is Tony Mercer. The woman who sings "Snookey Ookums" with Dai is Margaret Savage; those four are the main names you'll see on the albums.

@@MrTambo016 Thank you so much. Much appreciated for the very full answer.

@@nickeden4418 My favorite gang of minstrels and girls, most went around 71.

That I shall do. If you haven't tried it on a flatscreen yet, it's highly recommended.

@@MrTambo016 Yes. I watch on the TV rather than on a computer, and I keep reminding myself these are 50 plus years old. Incredible quality.

That's two words, my good man, but two entirely justified words, I'll grant!

You are most welcome, for Mr Tambo's benevolence for his adoring fans knows no bounds, and the AI is not yet smart enough to complain when overworked.

@@MrTambo016 You have heart Mr Tambo.

Thank you, adoring fan! I uploaded the whole episode, if you haven't seen it. As I understand it, Jester had a color 35mm at one point and uploaded this excerpt in 2013, but he no longer has it, so it is out of our reach...for now. th-cam.com/video/EJJhLNMPXOM/w-d-xo.html

@@MrTambo016 Love the snooki ooki sequence ( 3.50 .) I prefer the George inns produced shows ( with my favorite gang ) after all that was his baby, and have seen a picture of him collecting an award, a couple of the girls are with him and you can see they adored him. The later producers I think were just journeymen passed the baton.

I don't think there's much doubt that the earlier seasons have the edge on the later ones, but even in the later seasons the music was miles ahead of any competition. This particular medley (54 Irving Berlin Songs A1, though this is rendition is slightly different) has a special place in my heart, since it's what really got me hooked. Especially the wacky, over-the-top instrumental at the end. I think it's about as emblematic of the show as you could hope to get.

Apparently there are plenty still going strong. Recently they even made their own TH-cam channel, 'Around the World in Song,' although with a substantially lower budget and somewhat paler faces.

A bona fide classic of American Cinema, to be sure. But, I'm sure you will agree, my youtube channel is infinitely better.

Just search "Black and White Minstrel Show" on the Internet Archive and scroll to the bottom.