King Kong

[Deuce Bigolo]

Good casting is a plus for sure

King Kong played by a man in a suit is far better than Animated figures conjured up on the computer

I've never understood why someone hasn't turned Bob Newharts Joke about the Watchmans first day on the job encountering king Kong on the building into even a short story

A far better story

cheers
B....OZ

[jj]

Well, you seem to know the story (I don't), and you have a captive audience here, so.............let's all hear it..........

[Deuce Bigolo]

The basic story is a conversation between the nightwatchman(1st night on duty) asking his Boss via the phone how to remove King Kong from the building.Of course as all good bosses do he's referred to the manual

You really need to hear and see it to appreciate it fully
I used to have it on video
If memory serves me correctly I sent Magoo a Video eons ago with about 5 or 6 similar ludicrous sketches

Of course the kicker is Bob Newhart was an accountant disproving the fact that they are boring and unfunny

cheers
B....OZ

[WillieBo]

'King Kong' is from 'The Button Down Mind of...' LP from 1965 and is another Newhart gem. I know Newhart will be an acquired taste for some but for me he's a near-genius. There's a recent double CD compilation out which is superb ; called 'It goes something like this..'

Seems to me the 1960s were a real golden age of tv and radio comedy in the US. I don't suppose anyone on this forum remembers the writer/comedian Bill Dana and his comic creation Jose Jimenez ? Especially the sketch Jose the Astronaut.

[angus young]

Even funnier than Newhart is the Woody Allen cd 'Stand Up Comic'
This is a compilation of 3 LP's of material from the 60's when he did stand up in nightclubs and it is one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
The famous Moose sketch is probably the highlight.
"Here's a good example of oral contraception - I asked a girl to go to bed with me and she said no"
I shall have to get another copy from Amazon as I lent it to my brother and he took it with him to Thailand where he now teaches.

[steve56]

i could never understand lenny bruces humour i heard he did time for some jokes.

[Deuce Bigolo]

Newhart had some of the most original ideas I've ever heard and showed that if you don't need to resort to profanity if your material and timing are excellent

Too many of todays comics go straight for the f word
to make up for their short comings(not including Billy Connolly who afterall just tells stories)

I particularly liked the way Newhart dealt with a live audience that thought his Driving Instructor sketch was sexist towards women...started talking in Chinese paused and gave them the option of 8 for minutes of this or a woman driver-got more laughs than the gag

Thanks for the CD pointer

cheers
B....OZ