A look at still more humorous videos, after-the-jump ….
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In an otherwise humorless week, there is still room for some more humor.
In 1977 there was a very short-lived (four episodes) Richard Pryor Show on NBC — and this brief skit was so funny, I was choking with laughter … so much, that my mother came in to see if I was all right? What makes this video go from the sublime to the transcendent: was the camera panning over (periodically) to an empty mike stand.
At eight minutes, this is a tad long … but an SNL skit that I got a chuckle out of was when Sir Patrick Stewart was the guest host of SNL in February, 1994 … imagining Love Boat: The Next Generation. The sight of cast member Tim Meadows (in the costume of LeVar Burton) playing the Love Boat’s bartender in the opening theme song (at the 1:20 mark) made me spit out whatever beverage I was quaffing at the time.
Finally, a little over a year ago we heard Sen. Katie Britt give a Stepford Wife response to Joe Biden’s last State of the Union address. Speculation immediately arose that it would become a Saturday Night Live skit — and Scarlett Johansson did so in the next cold opening, which you can see at this link.
But even better was Chris Hayes showcasing ….. this:
Please feel free to add some videos of your own (from SNL or elsewhere).
Let’s close with this instrumental opening credit theme from theGet Smarttelevision show, which ran from 1965-1970. Interestingly, Mel Brooks and Buck Henry pitched the show initially to ABC, who rejected it … then it was picked-up by NBC for its first four seasons. CBS then picked-it-up for its final, 5th season.
Nearly twenty years later in 1989, there was a made-for-TV reunion show called Get Smart Again! Maxwell Smart walks through the old doors … but they all have cobwebs and badly need oiling. This time, ABC ran this special .. a hat trick.
Now, on to Top Comments (and maybe some Top Photos):
From thesphynx:
In the follow-up diary by A Pagan in Arizona— with further reflections at being a one-woman protestor against the new regime — I nominate scress's searing summary of how Trump voters and nonvoters may finally recognize and react to the damage the monsters are doing in our government now.
From dmhlt 66:
And from Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........
In the diary by annieli about the Ukrainian saga Day 1,093— Irontortoise links to a daring attack made behind enemy lines.
Lastly, yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this feature from oblivion:
15) Best scene in a terrific film. by A Pagan in Arizona +83