I was lucky enough to meet Martin Short a few years ago. I told him this commercial parody is in the top 5 funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Such a sweet, funny man
@@jjwhyte14 it was at a concert where his buddy Paul Shaffer was performing. He took the stage to tell some funny stories and sing Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life”. After the show, he came up to me and said hello, as I was waiting for one of my friends who played in the band. I tried my best not to get starstruck and have a normal conversation with him. Very friendly, approachable and a general good guy
@@CadillacFrank Thanks for a fantastic story on many levels! The irony that Martin Short is (as I expected), "very friendly, approachable and a general good guy" and yet he parodies Jerry Lewis, a polar opposite personality adds to the hilarity of this skit. I most definitely would have been starstruck, or at least tongue-tied. I'll admit that my only familiarity with Paul Shaffer's musical talent is from many years of watching him as David Letterman's musical director in the 80s. I'll have to broaden my horizons. Currently, my only connection to Paul Shaffer and Martin Short is that all three of us were born in Canada. Very cool that you got to meet them both! (I'm assuming you met Paul Shaffer, too - maybe not).
The musical arrangements-while not at all fitting for Bob Dylan songs (which was the point)-are really well done. They had a real pro on the assignment.
The cast of SCTV were the absolute best at doing imitations of famous people. They had the comedic talent and the makeup department to pull it off to a T.
@@donhancock332 That is the key. Someone commented that Martin Short would not say such a thing. Of course Martin Short would not say such a thing. But Jerry Lewis would! Short played Lewis to a tee.
The insane over the top scene of him running down a random neighborhood street in winter being chased by a boulder,,,,while still doing Jerry Lewis,,,,This man is not just a comedic genius,,,, he's a comedic athlete
Did they just put Martin Short in the most dangerous sketches they could? This, Shower/Blow Dryer in a Briefcase sketch (where he rolls downs the street), and Jackie Rogers Sr's comeback special in the woods.
@@canaisyoung3601 -- Yes, he got the nod to do the dangerous stuff, alright, and another one was "Tardy Cannon" (he does Cohen being shot out of a cannon to his office)!!
@@dwightropp3014 Also, he actually got hurt in this sketch during the "Blowing in the Wind" part, which is odd, because running from a boulder in dress shoes on a snowy street isn't all that safe either.
“Like a rolling...... OH BOY!!!!” Crying with laughter... Can’t believe they blew all that budget and effects on a two minute bit. That’s kind of what made SCTV great though.
Marty did the best impression of Jerry....everyone on that show was absolutely brilliant...wish some channel would show the reruns, I would watch it everyday....real talent and the best comedy series...LOVE IT : )))))))
Have to agree. Even Lewis can't do Lewis as well as Martin Short. Lots of good clips on the Official SCTV channel: www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialSCTV Many episodes on Michael Delaney www.youtube.com/@VHScape/videos
@Akronite87 Northrup Frye once wrote: "To pretend to be in poor taste at a funeral is to be in poor taste". I agree with him - and my generation (and his) arrived long before SCTV.
Ontario, Canada is a hotbed for great comedians: Martin Short, John Candy, Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Phil Hartman, Kids In The Hall, Lorne Michaels (SNL creator), Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, etc
The attention to detail here also extends to the "Lewis Sings Dylan" album cover, which riffs on Bob Dylan's self-titled first album - the coat, the cap, typography layout.
I recently saw an old video of Jerry Lewis and his son, Gary Lewis, of ‘ Gary Lewis and the playboys’ singing the Beatles, ‘Help!’ It is so bad it’s scary. If they weren’t serious it would have been funny. But I think they thought they were being cool.
I don't think any of the SCTV cast members thought like the rest of us. That's how they were able to make a sketch show that makes Saturday Night Live and Fridays look like the worst seasons of In Living Color and MADtv.
Even today this gets me to laugh out loud by myself. The blowin' in the wind clothes rip is frigging funny. ("Oh really? I didn't even know he was sick." lol)
Watching and listening with ear buds.....my teen kids are always wondering if Dad is having a breakdown, laughing by himself until his eyes are watering....😂😂
Same here, but Pavarotti does The Clash blows them both away. Though he does have a little pronunciation problem with "cheeseboiger" in the Magnificent 7.
The real Jerry Lewis should have appreciated this. Martin Short has such a sharp mind. Even his asides are amazing. During his TV interviews his show biz humor and zingers are the best. Physical comedy also so good.
It was listed as one of the songs in this "commercial," but I would've loved to have heard him do "Lay, Lady Lay" with big emphasis on the word "LADYYYY!"
At the time that this was filmed (early 1984), Martin Short was 33 years old (born March 26, 1950). I can't give an exact date for the filming, but the episode was released on February 14, 1984, so it was probably filmed shortly before that date. Yes, he is a comedy genius 😂
So true. One of the best skits where Short impersonates "serious Jerry" is in his SCTV, "Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs Elysees". The sailor suit rant at the halfway point is gold. th-cam.com/video/GgwVdVmazYA/w-d-xo.html
I watched these geniuses back in 70s as a kid, and every time that I see one of their skits, I am reminded that my opinion that 95% of the cast members of every SNL season since Eddie and Piscopo left should have their eyelids and lips stapled shut is much too kind a sentiment to be wasted upon them.
You clearly never watched the show during the Phil Hartman era then, from 1988-1992 it was 1000 times funnier than anything on the show in the 70's up to the mid 80's.
@@greatunz67 as iconic as many sketches from the original cast are, it was still finding its way so there were also some of the most spectacular misses of the show's run, and the sense after chevy left that eventually everyone was going to be moving on to other things. by the time phil hartman arrived, eddie's time re-established the show as a saturday night must-see, but phil brought "the glue" to the show. he forged the first real "cast" since the original troupe, add the fact he was probably the most incredible character creator-i think about 220 different characters are attributed to him on snl and another 60 voices on the simpsons-and on top of that the high-powered veteran comic and big-screen talent came through during those years to be part of that cast & writers...yeah, it's the hartman years. iirc he was on for seven seasons, which was a record-breaker for longest-serving cast member at the time
“But the trends of the thing” is the funniest line in human history for a good reason. You can tell it's in there ONLY to provide the symmetry against the previous phrase, "not only to the fashion of his times." Short was smart enough to make a joke out of “not only A, but B” phrasing structure *by not actually having a “B” and showing it.* There is no new information you can symmetrically pair with “fashions” if you use “trend” because they’re synonyms. So so great! I wish I could sky write “Has always been a protester, not only to the fashion of his times, but the trends of the thing," all over the skies of the world!
I know this is late, but what really stands out for me in this phrase is the word "thing", as if he ran out of inspiration at the end and could only think of the most obvious word available. Comedy is complicated....
When Jerry Lewis does *anything*, it's a whole new experience. It's kind of like suffering a really bad case of athlete's foot from head to toe while sliding down a steep, rocky hill on your face!
it's encouraging there are so many here who appreciate the genius of SCTV even today. as a teenager back when it was first run on NBC late Friday nights I knew it was special ..
Born in 94 and I love SCTV. I miss when this level of comedy was on TV. Today's sketch and stand up comedy doesn't hold a candle to the old stuff. I don't even mean with the "woke" or "you couldn't do that today" excuses everyone hands out. Back then (and up into the 90's imo), there were comedic geniuses at every level, every turn in comedy. That's why I still turn to the old stuff like this that still makes me crack up like it the first time I've seen it. Because it was made by people who absorbed and appreciated art and other real artists from back then as well. Sorry for the long winded reply
Marty manages to do every phase of "Jerry" all at once.
Hams it up tomorrow the extreme
With SNL, it took two people: Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. At least they hired Martin Short to fix that.
They so 100% nailed the album cover on that. To me the best spoof in the entire sketch.
This is just too good, it should be illegal!
So many good things!
Jerry is Looking ..
Good...Goofy Runner too.
Marty was great in this. Jerry Lewis's persona was that of a nerdy Jewish kid times five.
Jerry also does a boffo falsetto rendition of lil' Ricky Strauss's rollicking tub thumper... 'Thus sparachenzi some deutsche Zarathrusta'
Oh, right, the title music to '2001 A Jewish Holiday'
I can’t find this on eBay. Anybody? Help a guy out …
Well if Sebastian Cabot can do a Dylan album (1967)why not Jerry!!😂😂😂
I was lucky enough to meet Martin Short a few years ago. I told him this commercial parody is in the top 5 funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Such a sweet, funny man
You were very fortunate, indeed! I'm so glad you had a chance to tell Martin Short about the comedic impact of this commercial parody.
@@jjwhyte14 it was at a concert where his buddy Paul Shaffer was performing. He took the stage to tell some funny stories and sing Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life”. After the show, he came up to me and said hello, as I was waiting for one of my friends who played in the band. I tried my best not to get starstruck and have a normal conversation with him. Very friendly, approachable and a general good guy
@@CadillacFrank Thanks for a fantastic story on many levels! The irony that Martin Short is (as I expected), "very friendly, approachable and a general good guy" and yet he parodies Jerry Lewis, a polar opposite personality adds to the hilarity of this skit. I most definitely would have been starstruck, or at least tongue-tied. I'll admit that my only familiarity with Paul Shaffer's musical talent is from many years of watching him as David Letterman's musical director in the 80s. I'll have to broaden my horizons. Currently, my only connection to Paul Shaffer and Martin Short is that all three of us were born in Canada. Very cool that you got to meet them both! (I'm assuming you met Paul Shaffer, too - maybe not).
How cool!!!
How lucky for you!!!! Half - Wits hahahaha. It is an incredible parody!
2:38 it ain’t that expensive, even for goyim 😂😂😂😂
Missed opportunity to have Jerry sing "Lay, LADYYYY Lay."
perfect
The album peaked at number 1 in France for 130 weeks. Go figure.
The French luv themselves that Jerry kid.
Are you sure that's not #130 for 1 weeks?
@@RideAcrossTheRiver No. I remember this because the runnerup was "Johnny Halliday Does Punk Rocque!"
@@brianmccarthy5557 I know that Gerry Todd produced the VHS concert video of _The Rolling Matzoh Revue_
Noreaster0, 😄😄 good one!
The musical arrangements-while not at all fitting for Bob Dylan songs (which was the point)-are really well done. They had a real pro on the assignment.
I agree. It reminds of the Paul Anka album, Rock swings. Anka performs some fantastic arrangements of popular rock tunes. It’s a gas.
Agreed ...some strong big band sounds and orchestrations.
Was Paul Schaeffer involved with SCTV at that time...he worked for SNL in the early years
All the way through the sketch, I'm wondering, Where did they get those arrangements!? Did they borrow them from Sinatra??
@@brianwood7237If I'm not mistaken, the arranger is Russ Little, who did the SCTV theme song.
The cast of SCTV were the absolute best at doing imitations of famous people. They had the comedic talent and the makeup department to pull it off to a T.
John Candy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, and Harold Ramis, the absolute best
the Laugh!
@@1974dormouse And Joe Flaherty
Bobby Bitman.....as a 4 yr old, my daughter used to love when I would give her a "HOW ARE YAAAAAA ".....not so much as a 15yr old😂
@@1974dormouse Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas were brilliant also. As was Joe flaherty
My God it's such a perfect slow burn listening to him talk in that voice, then the screaming immediately after, just kills me
Slow burn = accurate 😮
The singing is spot on and the mannerisms
excellent!
Don't yell, Son, it hoits my eeaahs
Martin Short is a freaking genius!
No argument there.
@@jjwhyte14 oh you got that right laydeeeeeeeeeee
And the icing on top: he’s Jiminy Glick too.
Best cast ever.
@sydmccreath4554no he is definitely compared to what we have now
"The death of Emmett Till. I didn't even know he was sick." Oh my god. 😂
😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Sounds like something Lewis would say.
@@donhancock332 That is the key. Someone commented that Martin Short would not say such a thing. Of course Martin Short would not say such a thing. But Jerry Lewis would! Short played Lewis to a tee.
I never liked Jerry Lewis but I love this
Lmao, so Martin..😁
Underrated line: “Tell them why they should buy my album maybe.” Absolutely pitch perfect.
The death of Emit Hill ....I didn't even know he was sick
@@davidlemaster2034 Tacky joke at a civil rights nightmare's expense.
@@allanbard6048 thanks Hillary
I thought the same thing when he said it.
@@davidlemaster2034 He was murdered by white devils.
Why didn't he finish naming the tracks on the album? ...Lay LAAADY Lay.
Jerry doesn't work blue?
exacty what i was thinking, what a perfectly missed joke
Rim Shot!
He stops just before Seven Curses, mirroring the long pause between the first and second curses on the Bootleg Series 2 track. See?
It was low hanging fruit.
If Martin Short isn't the all around funniest dude EVER hands down all time, who is? He's in a league of his own.
The Three Amigos, super fun movie
The insane over the top scene of him running down a random neighborhood street in winter being chased by a boulder,,,,while still doing Jerry Lewis,,,,This man is not just a comedic genius,,,, he's a comedic athlete
Did they just put Martin Short in the most dangerous sketches they could? This, Shower/Blow Dryer in a Briefcase sketch (where he rolls downs the street), and Jackie Rogers Sr's comeback special in the woods.
@@canaisyoung3601 -- Yes, he got the nod to do the dangerous stuff, alright, and another one was "Tardy Cannon" (he does Cohen being shot out of a cannon to his office)!!
Martin Short doesn't get the credit he deserves, lol!
@@dwightropp3014 Also, he actually got hurt in this sketch during the "Blowing in the Wind" part, which is odd, because running from a boulder in dress shoes on a snowy street isn't all that safe either.
See Jiminy Glick for another example.
I could watch a full one hour special of Martin doing Jerry Lewis LOL
* If there were to be a "Daddy Dearest" movie about Jerry Lewis then Martin Short would be ideal for the lead role! ♣
@@WytZox1 I would LOOK for that👍
I wish many (most.... All?) SCTV bits would go on forever
Resurrect the telethon!
@@charlesdahlin6502 yes...with Martin Short playing Jerry Lewis. I'd watch that for sure!
One of Short's best bits ever.
Love the rolling stone. SCTV always took comedy one step further than anyone else. Bring it back!
Now you know where Spielberg got the idea!
Can we just all agree Martin Short is a frickin comedy genius??? OMG. 😂😂
Two words: Mars Attacks
If this was an album I'd pay TOP dollar.
"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)... WHAT?!!"
"Blood!!".
We used to watch SCTV in the U.S. on PBS during the 80s. It cracked me up as a teen and it still cracks me up today 😂. Genius
So f*cking great...Mahhrvelous Marty Short...he makes you feel good..a lot!
I know wut u mean, a lot!
"The Death of Emmitt Till- Oh, I didn't even know you were sick" lol x]
I don't know who should be more offended, Dylan or Lewis?😮😅🤓😎✌🏻
“Like a rolling...... OH BOY!!!!” Crying with laughter... Can’t believe they blew all that budget and effects on a two minute bit. That’s kind of what made SCTV great though.
"hey, who ordered
that crane shot???"
They didn't blow it; they used it wisely.
I don't know how they go that prop to follow him at the right speed. Perhaps it was animation?
Rolling stone effect: As well done (or better?) as in “Raiders of the Lost Arc”. I’d never seen this segment before. Thanks for sharing.
@@MrThermostatic Green-screened him on top of the video of it?
one of of the best shows in tv history and I've been here a long time
I shouldn’t have laughed at “I didn’t even know he was sick”
Lolllll
I know...lol!
That's a FAMOUS Dylan number! Right?
Marty did the best impression of Jerry....everyone on that show was absolutely brilliant...wish some channel would show the reruns, I would watch it everyday....real talent and the best comedy series...LOVE IT : )))))))
Have to agree. Even Lewis can't do Lewis as well as Martin Short.
Lots of good clips on the Official SCTV channel:
www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialSCTV
Many episodes on Michael Delaney
www.youtube.com/@VHScape/videos
@@jjwhyte14 Thanks for the link !!
It’s so good to laugh. Heaven knows there’s not much to laugh at.
"This is another good song you'll get also..." 😂😂😂
I didn't even know he was sick
Genius. "The Death of Emmett Till... I didn't even know he was sick."
@Don P Maybe he didn't understand who Emmet Till was, otherwise he wouldn't have done that joke. It certainly does not work today.
@@benjaminbarrera214 No, Martn Short knew who Emmett Till was. This is called satire. Sometimes satire is dark.
@@benjaminbarrera214 Boo Hoo Hoo! Dark comedy!
Feel free to sneer all you want - that is in poor taste. Yeah, yeah, it's satire, so edgy, you're so inferior, blah, blah, blah.
@Akronite87 Northrup Frye once wrote: "To pretend to be in poor taste at a funeral is to be in poor taste". I agree with him - and my generation (and his) arrived long before SCTV.
"Bob Dylan has always been a protester. Not only to the fashion of his times, but the friends of the thing...."
but the trends of the things :)
@@Peremptor Dang..that is what he said.
Ontario, Canada is a hotbed for great comedians:
Martin Short, John Candy, Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Phil Hartman, Kids In The Hall, Lorne Michaels (SNL creator), Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, etc
Many still going strong (Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy - Schitt's Creek) but sad to see some others no longer with us.
The attention to detail here also extends to the "Lewis Sings Dylan" album cover, which riffs on Bob Dylan's self-titled first album - the coat, the cap, typography layout.
I recently saw an old video of Jerry Lewis and his son, Gary Lewis, of ‘ Gary Lewis and the playboys’ singing the Beatles, ‘Help!’ It is so bad it’s scary. If they weren’t serious it would have been funny. But I think they thought they were being cool.
You can find that on youtube; just look for Jerry Lewis on Hullaballoo.
I think Skip and Bobby Bittman covered that😂
th-cam.com/video/6qdNlCD_BR4/w-d-xo.html
Heard Tony Bennett doing God Didn't Make Little Green Apples...this is actually worse.
@@fewerbeansplease Was that why Tony screamed "Legalize Drugs!!!"
Martin Short is a national treasure.
"Like a rolling........OH BOY!!!" 😱
Will we ever see the likes of these comedic geniuses again?
They perfected skit comedy and no one could ever match them....
Martin Short is a total genius!!
Martin Short's Jerry Lewis is better than Jerry Lewis's Jerry Lewis! 😂😉😎
Martin Short doesn't think like the rest of us, LOL.
I don't think any of the SCTV cast members thought like the rest of us. That's how they were able to make a sketch show that makes Saturday Night Live and Fridays look like the worst seasons of In Living Color and MADtv.
Sounds exactly like him. Best JL impersonation hands down!
Sounds so much like him, both speaking and singing
I've always loved SCTV ❤ This comedy sketch series definitely helped shape my sense of humor. 😂
Even today this gets me to laugh out loud by myself. The blowin' in the wind clothes rip is frigging funny. ("Oh really? I didn't even know he was sick." lol)
When he quotes the prices and ends with "Even for goyim!" I burst out laughing.
He should have gone on the road with that act. Gawd, Short is funny. I loved him and O'Hara in the Bergman parodies.
I love when he’s singing, “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” and he keeps transposing keys upward until he screams and his hand goes to his throat!
My favorite part never loses appeal
Indeed
I'm literally crying at that point..hilarious. Him and Norm the funniest comics of our time.
Watching and listening with ear buds.....my teen kids are always wondering if Dad is having a breakdown, laughing by himself until his eyes are watering....😂😂
I think I liked this better than 'Sinatra Sings Seeger'!
Seeger sings Sinatra backed by Nelson Riddle. Very rare.
Same here, but Pavarotti does The Clash blows them both away. Though he does have a little pronunciation problem with "cheeseboiger" in the Magnificent 7.
Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Including "Happy Birthday to You"
@@rnstoo1 That's no longer free use!
The real Jerry Lewis should have appreciated this. Martin Short has such a sharp mind. Even his asides are amazing. During his TV interviews his show biz humor and zingers are the best. Physical comedy also so good.
th-cam.com/video/6qdNlCD_BR4/w-d-xo.html
A lot.
I love it. So dumb, so perfect. These people (Martin Short especially) are just amazing showbiz talents who use their time on earth to make us smile.
Beautifully said.
All Along the Watchtower would have been an excellent song as well, with Jerry starring as a lighthouse keeper in a ferocious storm.
It was listed as one of the songs in this "commercial," but I would've loved to have heard him do "Lay, Lady Lay" with big emphasis on the word "LADYYYY!"
Martin Short is comedy genius .. how old was he?? He's one of the funniest humans
At the time that this was filmed (early 1984), Martin Short was 33 years old (born March 26, 1950). I can't give an exact date for the filming, but the episode was released on February 14, 1984, so it was probably filmed shortly before that date. Yes, he is a comedy genius 😂
What an amazing track list. Half the songs on there were only available on bootlegs until decades after this sketch was made.
Martin Short doing serious Jerry is the greatest.
So true. One of the best skits where Short impersonates "serious Jerry" is in his SCTV, "Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs Elysees". The sailor suit rant at the halfway point is gold. th-cam.com/video/GgwVdVmazYA/w-d-xo.html
@@jjwhyte14 that's exactly what I was referring to. Brilliant.
So you buy my album, this is another good song you get also.......
Hahahaha
I watched these geniuses back in 70s as a kid, and every time that I see one of their skits, I am reminded that my opinion that 95% of the cast members of every SNL season since Eddie and Piscopo left should have their eyelids and lips stapled shut is much too kind a sentiment to be wasted upon them.
Here Here. I agree!
You clearly never watched the show during the Phil Hartman era then, from 1988-1992 it was 1000 times funnier than anything on the show in the 70's up to the mid 80's.
@@greatunz67 as iconic as many sketches from the original cast are, it was still finding its way so there were also some of the most spectacular misses of the show's run, and the sense after chevy left that eventually everyone was going to be moving on to other things. by the time phil hartman arrived, eddie's time re-established the show as a saturday night must-see, but phil brought "the glue" to the show. he forged the first real "cast" since the original troupe, add the fact he was probably the most incredible character creator-i think about 220 different characters are attributed to him on snl and another 60 voices on the simpsons-and on top of that the high-powered veteran comic and big-screen talent came through during those years to be part of that cast & writers...yeah, it's the hartman years.
iirc he was on for seven seasons, which was a record-breaker for longest-serving cast member at the time
“But the trends of the thing” is the funniest line in human history for a good reason. You can tell it's in there ONLY to provide the symmetry against the previous phrase, "not only to the fashion of his times."
Short was smart enough to make a joke out of “not only A, but B” phrasing structure *by not actually having a “B” and showing it.* There is no new information you can symmetrically pair with “fashions” if you use “trend” because they’re synonyms.
So so great! I wish I could sky write “Has always been a protester, not only to the fashion of his times, but the trends of the thing," all over the skies of the world!
I know this is late, but what really stands out for me in this phrase is the word "thing", as if he ran out of inspiration at the end and could only think of the most obvious word available. Comedy is complicated....
William F Buckley would have responded the same way.
That's super. super marvelous
Talking Havanagella Blues!!!! Show me, do me!!! Brilliant.
What an Unbelievable JACKASS Jerry Lewis was. And I heard he was a Piece of CRAP as a human being too.
"The Death of Emmett Till... I didn't even know he was sick." Now I know where Norm Macdonald got that one.
I never heard norm say it, but it def made me laugh out loud. Prolly couldn’t even say that anymore
@@uberhandle42 th-cam.com/video/-_nmdbJI8rM/w-d-xo.html
Seriously,,I'd listen to this more than an actual Dylan record..and it's cheap..even for Goils..:-)
I think he said 'goyim' LOL
They missed an opportunity...
" lay LADY! lay "
The cast of SCTV..👍👍👍👍
Martin Short doing Jerry Lewis singing Bob Dylan! It doesn't get any better than this...
What, no 8 track? I wanted to sit in my Cordoba and listen, oh well ,
Agreed. Fine Corinthian leather seats are a must when listening to music of this caliber. th-cam.com/video/E0diMFShiUU/w-d-xo.html
Comedy GOLD!
Wow. "It Ain't Me, Babe" sounded exactly like Jerry.
‘Sitting on a barb wire fence ,’ “Oh, I bet that hurts.”
Hahahahaha
"The Death of Emmett Till'? I didn't even know he was ill' lmaoooooo
"It ain't that expensive, even for goyem!"
Maybe the funniest guy of the last whenever.
1:45 just tears me up. Martin Short is just brilliant
what a multi-talented performer.
Never saw this one before..thanks for posting!!
I'm speechless.....tooooooo funny
I bought the album years ago. Sure, there's nothing like Bob Dylan, but when Jerry does Bob Dylan it gives you a whole new experience.
My favorite song on the album is "From A Buick 6". It runs on all 6 cylinders, and uses very little oil.
Just like the William Shatner version of Mr. Tambourine Man.
@@matthewgray469 Right. Shatner is now doing commercials about cpap cleaning equipment, and it seems to have revived his career.
When Jerry Lewis does *anything*, it's a whole new experience. It's kind of like suffering a really bad case of athlete's foot from head to toe while sliding down a steep, rocky hill on your face!
@@georgecoventry8441 I think you might have something there.
It can’t be underestimated what a great behind the scenes production team SCTV had. That boulder chasing him down the snow-covered street.
If anyone knows of a good “Making of” documentary about SCTV or even some TH-cam behind the scenes, I’d be very glad to know more. Thanks!
@@jjwhyte14 there’s a reunion on TH-cam that’s pretty great. I’ll try to locate.
Hilarious! I wonder if Dylan has seen this?
Pure genius!!!
Short is just amazing
Man, I just LOVE Marty Short. He had such a BRILLIANT rapport with the real Jerry Lewis. ❤️ That lil baby laugh gets me every time. 😆
I love how Jerry keeps stopping to look back at the rolling stone.
it's encouraging there are so many here who appreciate the genius of SCTV even today. as a teenager back when it was first run on NBC late Friday nights I knew it was special ..
Same. Never missed an episode. Funny cast funny bits.
Best tv ever !
Born in 94 and I love SCTV. I miss when this level of comedy was on TV. Today's sketch and stand up comedy doesn't hold a candle to the old stuff. I don't even mean with the "woke" or "you couldn't do that today" excuses everyone hands out. Back then (and up into the 90's imo), there were comedic geniuses at every level, every turn in comedy.
That's why I still turn to the old stuff like this that still makes me crack up like it the first time I've seen it. Because it was made by people who absorbed and appreciated art and other real artists from back then as well.
Sorry for the long winded reply
he always gets the arrogance of Jerry and the sucking on the hard candy
After a while, I actually preferred the campy improv of SCTV over SNL. Joe Flaherty, totally underrated.
The death of Emmett Till... I didnt even know he was sick
I would buy this album.
Watched a random SCTV clip. Two hours later..... Golden age of late night comedy, early SNL and Fridays
back when the world could laugh at itself...
@@mjproebstle The Onion is still at it
THE FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD!!!!!
The Biggest HORSE'S ASS Ever. He SUCKED. He wasn't funny. He was a JACKASS.
And who can forget Subtie..ranian Homesick Blues!!