Allan Sherman was one of the best parts of my childhood, and I could still sing his songs from memory 40 years later. At the breakfast table, in the car, anywhere is a good place to bring a smile to someone's face with a few lines from Allan's treasury of tunes. Weird Al created his own career, but Jewish Al probably made it a little easier for parody to be seen as a sincere form of flattery. I miss you, Mr. Sherman.
I just love how whenever Vic Damone hits the song's punchline, he immediately turns to his right! Btw: I just OD'd from from all the class these gentlemen exude.
This is my first time being aware of Mr. Sherman, I express joy that I have discovered this video. To see that there were individuals doing parody songs is enjoyable and provides more proof that what is seen in the present years are not new, but reintroduced.
Loved Allen Sherman, and had his greatest hits album. Even bought the sheet music for "No One's Perfect", and his salesman version of "Dear Old Donnegal".
This is a great mix of songs from several of Allan Sherman's albums. These guys look like they're having a blast. The Bela Lugosi one is great! Thanks for sharing.
When I was a kid I used to play my parents' Alan Sherman album over and over and over. Don't remember the name but it was the ones with the songs in the medley at the end. You can't imagine the flood of memories this brought back. Thanks.
I did the exact same thing! An the Album is, Alan Sherman, My Son the Celebrity. It has a picture of him on the front with his family and a big gold Lincoln in the background
Yep, that's the one, I think. Had 'em all memorized. My favorite was The Ballad of Harry Lewis...."Oh Harry Lewis perished in the service of his Lord. He was trampling through the warehouse where the drapes of Roth are stored..." LOL. Good to know at least one other kid was as nerdy as I was. ;-)
Dropping a Jewish guy's name into the Christmas carol was such an innocuous joke back then. "That's a Mormon"...today, I can't figure out if this would offend the Left or the Right more. Post-Vaudeville and Yankee humor broke EVERYBODY'S balls back then.
I read a story in a book by Bennett Cerf about a woman listening to a night club singer then opening her blouse and asking him to autograph her breast. Her boyfriend got pissed so he stood up, unzipped his pants. He whipped out his manhood and yelled, “why don’t you autograph this?” The singer replied,”its kind of small. Maybe I should just use my initials.” I always wondered if that was Vic Damone.
My favorites are Bela.. Bela.. Lugosi , Since I met you i'm a terrible physical wreck. Bela.. Bela Lugosi, Each time you kiss me I wind up with two holes in my neck. Hello young lovers you're under arrest. Do not make a stingy sandwich, pile the cold cuts high. Customers should see salami coming through the rye Thank you so much for posting this
MrHypnofan Here is the lyric to Auld Lang Syne: I know a man His name is Lang And he has a neon sign And Mister Lang Is very old So they call it Old Lang's Sign
@gjm1953 Thanks, I'd been wondering about that! Do you also know the "Wonton Soup" and "My Chow Mein" ones? I know I know those, but I keep forgetting.
I laughed like an idiot all through this. Hysterical. I grew up listening to Allan Sherman and thought he was fantastic and completely original. If you didn't laugh at his parodies you have NO sense of humor. :o)
@@jacktrades24 Brilliant lyrics by Sherman and vocally he was competing with two of the best crooners of all time. He held his own and when he didn't...it was hysterical. If this is from the Dean Martin Show then this was LIVE and the audience reaction ... real. So everyone had a good time lol:o)
When u go to the delicatessen store, don´t buy the liverwurst, don´t buy the liverwurst, don´t buy the liverwurst, i repeat just what he said before....... So funny, hahahah, really nice
@narv75 I was asking if Mr. Sherman's parody of Auld Lang Syne (Old Lang's Sign) is a fully realized song, because I can't even find lyrics for it. I am familiar with the real tune.
Ringo did 8 nights in Las Vegas last year, doing a world tour this year. Not sure if he is still rockin' the ponytail. These guys _never_ rocked, status quo all the way.
These songs were parodies of actual songs. In the case of the parody you noted (1:13), the original song was called "Tenderly" and the opening lyric was "The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly." Thus, the parody lyric: "The evening breeze caressed your knees Brenda Lee."
@@TheAskTrixieChannel You'd probably have to be an old geezer like me, in order to recognize the original songs being parodied, unless you happen to listen to songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Personally, I love the music from those decades in particular, due to the wonderful lyrics and those swinging big bands.
@MrHypnofan Auld Lang Syne is a real song that is usually sung around new years. But the version on here is a parody and the tune is nothing like the real song.
The good old days when there was real entertainment! Loved Allan Sherman. Anyone remember "Hello Madder, Hello Fadder"?
No way.... Both Allan and Dean singing "Don't Buy The Liverwurst" together. Perhaps my most favorite ditty Allan wrote. Simply glorious!
Allan Sherman was one of the best parts of my childhood, and I could still sing his songs from memory 40 years later. At the breakfast table, in the car, anywhere is a good place to bring a smile to someone's face with a few lines from Allan's treasury of tunes. Weird Al created his own career, but Jewish Al probably made it a little easier for parody to be seen as a sincere form of flattery. I miss you, Mr. Sherman.
I have tears, you will never find this kind of talent anymore!
Bursting in laughter and joy
When you go to Salt Lake, if you see Mrs Blake, that's a Mormon. What a brilliant man Mr SHerman was. Sad he left us so young.
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And how sadly he died.
Alan, he was President Kennedy's favorite and was invited to the white house several times.
i just keep comming back. I cant help it, every year. And every year i laugh my ass off haha
I watched this entire video with a HUGE smile on my face. Absolute entertainment!!
I'm doing that right now😂🤣💜🎵
Dear God this has made me happy!!! Love Allan!!
Three of the best. Pure magic.
It don't get better than this.
One of the best comedic song skits ever on TV. Even the bloopers are hilarious. Fond memories.
Absolutely the best.
Nothing today even comes close.
Just pure enjoyment watching these 3 greats have a ball!
I just love how whenever Vic Damone hits the song's punchline, he immediately turns to his right! Btw: I just OD'd from from all the class these gentlemen exude.
What a great trio, OLD LANG SIGN
Oh, I laughed so hard! I played my Dad's Allan Sherman album over and over as a kid. What a great talent!
Those guys are having WAY too much fun!!
Listening to this makes me hungry for a pastrami on rye with mustard and a dill pickle. Sherman, thanks!
this makes he absolutely HOWL!!! So great.
My dad has tons of Allan Sherman albums. Love his parody songs.
Child of the 80s, I've only ever heard My Son, The Nut before. Today I learned Allen Sherman is a hilarious genius!
This is my first time being aware of Mr. Sherman, I express joy that I have discovered this video. To see that there were individuals doing parody songs is enjoyable and provides more proof that what is seen in the present years are not new, but reintroduced.
Loved Allen Sherman, and had his greatest hits album. Even bought the sheet music for "No One's Perfect", and his salesman version of "Dear Old Donnegal".
This is right up Deano's alley since he had been singing song parodies since the Rat Pack days (....or even longer)
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This is a great mix of songs from several of Allan Sherman's albums. These guys look like they're having a blast. The Bela Lugosi one is great! Thanks for sharing.
I love Allan Sherman. He looks like somebody you'd meet at a bar mitzva.
Allen Sherman..PURE GENIUS!!
Three of the great ones.
Pure class!!!
Wonderful!
where the hell are these guys at today? This is crazy clever and Dean couldn't have cared any less who was in the spotlight
When I was a kid I used to play my parents' Alan Sherman album over and over and over. Don't remember the name but it was the ones with the songs in the medley at the end. You can't imagine the flood of memories this brought back. Thanks.
I did the exact same thing! An the Album is, Alan Sherman, My Son the Celebrity. It has a picture of him on the front with his family and a big gold Lincoln in the background
Yep, that's the one, I think. Had 'em all memorized. My favorite was The Ballad of Harry Lewis...."Oh Harry Lewis perished in the service of his Lord. He was trampling through the warehouse where the drapes of Roth are stored..." LOL.
Good to know at least one other kid was as nerdy as I was. ;-)
+ritwingr I think that song about "The Drapes of Roth" was on his first album; My Son The Folk Singer", which I still have since 1962!
Freaking AWESOME.....
Thanks for posting this GEM
This is fantastic! Thanks for the great upload!
This is GREAT. Thanks!
True wit in music at it’s best , harmless and fun .
This is absolutely great! Have never before seen it. Tx for posting it.
This was T.V at it's very VERY B-E-S-T!!
Aaaaahhh... those were the days.....................................
Classic Allan Sherman.
The three of them are a "...walk into a bar..."-joke.
"And remember guys and gals: Don't buy the Liverwurst!"
Thank u !
Brilliant ; - ;
thank you
"Hello young lovers! You're under arrest!" 2:44 So funny!! :-))
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thank you for posting this. I only heard Mr. Sherman's (Copelon's) 12 Days of Christmas
Was this one of those skits from NBC Follies? Lots of hilarious stuff!
Fun stuff! Thanks for posting.
ב״ה
one of the great jewish comedians of the twentieth century
allan copelom aka. allan sherman
30 nov 1924
20 nov 1973 ~ age 48
Dropping a Jewish guy's name into the Christmas carol was such an innocuous joke back then. "That's a Mormon"...today, I can't figure out if this would offend the Left or the Right more. Post-Vaudeville and Yankee humor broke EVERYBODY'S balls back then.
Gotta be over FIFTY to really enjoy these spoofs !!! All 3 great!
I’m 24 and I got every reference, thanks to TH-cam! I LOVE this era!
No necessarily..I'm 45 and I love this
and 2 great italiano!
You do NOT get entertainment on TV like this anymore. That's why I've stopped watching TV.
I hear you!!!
and i'm sure absolutely nobody will notice or care lol
Heidi Myers amen to that Heidi!!
You're right, we have better now.
it's weird how I only get here because of a TV show (one day at a time) , glad I did though
Great stuff!
All Vic Damones songs will be missed.
May he test in peace.
Rest in peace Vic Damone. God is with you.
I read a story in a book by Bennett Cerf about a woman listening to a night club singer then opening her blouse and asking him to autograph her breast. Her boyfriend got pissed so he stood up, unzipped his pants. He whipped out his manhood and yelled, “why don’t you autograph this?” The singer replied,”its kind of small. Maybe I should just use my initials.” I always wondered if that was Vic Damone.
Techn 9ne welcome to the midwest sample
superb
My favorites are
Bela.. Bela.. Lugosi , Since I met you i'm a terrible physical wreck. Bela.. Bela Lugosi, Each time you kiss me I wind up with two holes in my neck.
Hello young lovers you're under arrest.
Do not make a stingy sandwich, pile the cold cuts high. Customers should see salami coming through the rye
Thank you so much for posting this
MrHypnofan Here is the lyric to Auld Lang Syne:
I know a man
His name is Lang
And he has a neon sign
And Mister Lang
Is very old
So they call it Old Lang's Sign
If you want this to be even funnier - watch it with subtitles turned on.... :)
Thank You Alan !! Do You have any of the vic Damone show?
the was much professional envy around those who sold lots of records up through 1964, then didn't again once the Beatles hit the scene.
@Veggieman87 I think the gypsy song is a parody of "Golden Earings"
may i ask what was this from, my sides are splitting from the laughter
BrendanTheGent I’m sure this was the Dean Martin show.
what year is this? Allan Sherman died, broke, in 1973. Hard to believe. The style and video quality make this look sorta late 60's.
Jonah Hill could definitely portray Alan Sherman if they ever do a movie about him.
I agree and i could sing allens songs
The original weird al!
Is the Auld Lang Syne parody a real song? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Don't buy the liverworts-hangin since October first! And they didn't' have expiration dates back then!
@gjm1953 Thanks, I'd been wondering about that! Do you also know the "Wonton Soup" and "My Chow Mein" ones? I know I know those, but I keep forgetting.
@DarthRaukrist It's on the album "My Name Is Allan."
16 people don't have a sense of humor and I'm British! This was funny then and still funny now. The three "funny" tenors. RIP all three.
@MrHypnofan its on Sherman's " My Son the Celebrity" album
I laughed like an idiot all through this. Hysterical. I grew up listening to Allan Sherman and thought he was fantastic and completely original. If you didn't laugh at his parodies you have NO sense of humor. :o)
Felt like a Loony Tunes soundtrack in places.
I grew up with allen sherman master of the pun
This is not only great humor, but they were having so much fun doing it! I miss this a lot!
@@jacktrades24 Brilliant lyrics by Sherman and vocally he was competing with two of the best crooners of all time. He held his own and when he didn't...it was hysterical. If this is from the Dean Martin Show then this was LIVE and the audience reaction ... real. So everyone had a good time lol:o)
💜💜🤣😂love it, we can use laughter in today's date💜💜😊
When u go to the delicatessen store, don´t buy the liverwurst, don´t buy the liverwurst, don´t buy the liverwurst, i repeat just what he said before.......
So funny, hahahah, really nice
When was this?
What is that song at 4:30? or is it just some random thing?
@narv75 I was asking if Mr. Sherman's parody of Auld Lang Syne (Old Lang's Sign) is a fully realized song, because I can't even find lyrics for it. I am familiar with the real tune.
What song is the gypsy bit parodying? That's the only one I can't place!
hilarious
Hilarious!
Don’t mine me, just, leaving this here
5:25
5:28
Weird Al's Spiritual Father.
funny
@Culieoriginal
Search the song ....You're_Getting_to_Be_a_Habit_with_Me
what is name name of the one about teenagers ?
Hello Young Lovers...
Screw Who's Line is It" Howdown, this was the first!!
Does anyone know by chance where i can find the "bella lugosi" and "there's a gipsy" songs ? Either allans parody or the real songs would do.
"Bella Lugosi" is a parody of "Besame Mucho." I don't know about the Gipsy song....
Thanks mate :D
The Gypsy song is called "Golden Earrings", hence the parody being called "Goldman Earrings"
Thank you ! Kind sir !
It is too bad that the previous generation of artists did not embrace the music of the boomers.
Ringo did 8 nights in Las Vegas last year, doing a world tour this year. Not sure if he is still rockin' the ponytail. These guys _never_ rocked, status quo all the way.
This is funnier than WLITA.
Don't Buy The Liverwurst. A German delicacy.
Wow surprised he could say orally.
I hate the beatles too!
What's the joke of the "Brenda Lee" one...?
These songs were parodies of actual songs. In the case of the parody you noted (1:13), the original song was called "Tenderly" and the opening lyric was "The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly." Thus, the parody lyric: "The evening breeze caressed your knees Brenda Lee."
@@karlhungus5554 Oh!
@@TheAskTrixieChannel You'd probably have to be an old geezer like me, in order to recognize the original songs being parodied, unless you happen to listen to songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Personally, I love the music from those decades in particular, due to the wonderful lyrics and those swinging big bands.
They are both sagittarius
@MrHypnofan Auld Lang Syne is a real song that is usually sung around new years. But the version on here is a parody and the tune is nothing like the real song.
who can pair them now???? nobody!
Try not to laugh....fail!
Vic joined in with Pop Hates The Beatles, but went on to do a cover of Yesterday?
It was gentle ribbing. The Beatles could handle stuff like that.
Great! Why don't these guys go on tour together? Oh... well, uh, that is a bit of an impediment, but it shouldn't be insurmountable.