Red Skelton - Guzzler's Gin - Shvooooooooo!

[SecretSuetSlinger]

BTW, turn on automatic captions! You'll get: ((upsetting the nerve test)) ((conflict of interest drexel after-dinner)) (( judge garland knifes moves drink )) ((burglars were laying)) ((there's no backbase dot)) (( hydraulic twenty-five years of war)) ((luv drink)) (( function ))

[SecretSuetSlinger]

76,048 hits!? I'd abandoned this YouTube account because I couldn't be bothered to set up a Google account to continue using it. Now I'm back! Glad so many people think it's funny. SHVOOOOOOOOO!

[DecKrash]

Wow! This takes me back to when my mom and I used to watch this stuff back when they showed it on the Disney Channel!

[Zayin1993]

I was watching Ziegfeld Follies on TCM and I liked this skit so much that I had to look in up on YouTube! And here I am!!

[ElohimPenemue]

"With Guzzler's you don't need a chaser, Nothing could catch ya..." Pure comedy Gold....

[mrthedragonlord100]

best mean ever and SMOOOOOOOOOOTH!! just thout u wold want to know

[cmarpenn]

Best comedian ever....I loved watching him every week when I was growing up!!!!

[AmonOfTheSahelijos]

4:39 you're welcome.

[AmonOfTheSahelijos]

thumbs up if you typed in "SHVOOOOOOOOOOO"

[kaviar101]

"SMOOOOOOOOOOOOTH!"

[Digityus]

with guzzler's you don't need a chaser, cuz nothin can catch it....perfect line

[MrBasketballplayer50]

Real clean humor!

[ReviewsByErik]

Jackass > Red Skelton

[ajdarksider]

red skelton is my great great uncle realy i swear

[Deppaddicted]

God, I love Red. :D

[ChrisW164]

Wow. Just... wow.

[zqxwce92]

Algy saw a bear, the bear saw Algy, the bear was bulgy, the bulge was Algy.

[anthonyrothwell]

My grandfather has Red's 1980 Cadillac De Ville, Very nice car.

[ynnad166]

I think he should had a audience I'n the back ground .

[SecretSuetSlinger]

I think it would have been even better if he'd walked off camera each time he turned his hat over and swapped characters... but that's not how he did it on stage.

[JDWorldshaker]

@SecretSuetSlinger Actually to me, seeing him make the transformation in between characters is priceless. What a quick mind and command of motion he had!

[SecretSuetSlinger]

Of course this is from The Ziegfeld Follies! And you're all right about Lucy's Vitameatavegamin!

I know he says smooth and not "Shvooo" but it sounds like shvoooo at the end.

[alixinthemiddle]

"it doesn't need a chaser! nothing could catch it!"

[ynnad166]

5 Stars everyone love Red, we miss hi So.

Yellow cab was a movie he did.

Check out my taxi video

YouTube : Taxi boxing news.

YouTube : Teddy Afro Vegas

YouTube : Dallas taxi rodeo .

YouTube : taxi driver in las Vegas unbelievable .

[cedarridgefarms1]

not to be rude... but I believe the uploaders Title should be Smmoooooth and not shvooooooooo

[bryanguy1]

lol i actually enjoyed that had to have few shots of gin but hey i laughed

[ourpop56]

Funny he is born on my bday!!

[2010landcruiser]

great fun, I remade this advert in 1997, as a home movie, just added it to my youtube channel see what you think!

[kingofkards91]

This sketch was kidn of my introduction to comedy I was a little kid and a saw a Red Skelton impersonator and before the intermission did Guzzler's Gin and ltitle did I know then that it would change my life. At 19 years old I am one of only a handful of people in the world who want to dedicate thier life to this vintage style of humor

[monster25man]

the third time he came out, I felt sorry him, man I've never seen anyone act double drunk before :(

[SecretSuetSlinger]

This is indeed from The Ziegfeld Follies, not from TCM Celebrates Judy Garland as stated by YouTube above.

[MadsNoble]

Just watching him, I bet it is fun to play drunk.

[MadsNoble]

I am just wondering, what year did color tv start?

[MrJavanaut]

@MadsNoble The first few shows started broadcasting color in late 1964. In 1965, they started making all the new shows in color. If you've seen re-runs of "Bewitched", you will notice just the first year (1964) was in black & white.

[rockandroll4evermore]

@MadsNoble I don't know. But this is from a movie from the theater. So that's why it's in such good color.

[sulcatatortoise]

There goes my nails.

[phononut]

@JohnnyContagious Run along little troll.

[MadsNoble]

@JohnnyContagious You are an idiot. You don't know good talent. You are such an idiot. This is a classic. It has survived the test of time. You are just a troglodyte.

[JohnnyContagious]

@MadsNoble Thank you. I am laughing uproariously at someone who was under the impression that this woefully unfunny sketch was from a TV show calling me a troglodyte. Look at it... Does it even remotely resemble a 40s TV Show, you fucking moron? If Ziegfeld really was doing a retrospective show from his celestial home then this piece of shit would be consigned to the heavenly toilet. I do credit Skelton with one thing, though; he makes Keenan Wynn seem funny... and that's some achievement.

[Jaykanu]

Mister, Mister, uh...Subpoena! *double take*

[kil2gore]

@tuxguys, Great description. My father turned me on to Vaudeville and the comedians and famous actors from their day. Physical humor like this or Dick Van Dyke, or many of the Vaudeville acts involved this. Thanks!

[tuxguys]

This may be Skelton's signature piece, and it's a masterpiece. Even Carson would cite it on occasion ('Smooooooooooooooth!"), and assume that everyone, or at least the very hip, would get the reference.

[girlbill64]

Classic Clean Humor.. what we need more of today!

[auuggghhh]

shvoo? he's saying smooth!

Cause that was the whole idea with the drink, "smooth!"

[RayDiTutto66]

I love his facial expressions. lol. XD

[twinstarace420]

dont need a chaser nothing can catch it lmao

[tkhering]

Notice the Blooper at the beginning? This is introduced as a Television show, but Red immediately tells Mama to come close to the "radio."

[CaptainBugg]

And Jeff Dunham's Peanut character just whizzed his hand over his head...

[imolderthanu2]

in the forties, not everyone had Television and thus, a lot of shows were also broad-casted on radios.

[Jallulah]

ha. they used to have radio shows b4 tv!!

[KillerKabel]

Physical humor?

Non-violent, physical humor?

Holy shit!

[Jimkaider]

Epic hat flip.

[wmbrown6]

In addition, the "Garter" poem was rehashed by Benny Hill in his March 5, 1980 "Court Jester" sketch, with the second line changed a bit to "They cost me one-and-ten," and the last modified to "I shan' t see them again!"

[MyREDTAIL]

Iv'e been looking for this clip for years I rember seeing Red do this skit on his live tv show when I was growing up, it's a classic by a genius, thanks for posting & me finding a good memory of comedy from my childhood days RIP Red we miss you

[drummerman31]

Good clean fun comedy. Red was nothing short of a genious. I'm sure he's keeping them laughing in Heaven.

[fortleefilm]

I had the luck to see Red do this bit in person during his 1980s appearance at Carnegie Hall - I will never forget that evening with a comedy genius and a sweet man.

[bigcatundertree]

Wow wow wow, thanks so much for putting this up I have been wanting and hoping to see this for over 20 years.

Lenny Bruce made reference to this bit as having a big influence on him.

what a great performer, they dont make em like that anymore.

[tuxguys]

This is, I believe, a vignette from a rather surreal movie called "The Ziegfeld Follies," wherein William Powell, reprising his title role from "The Great Ziegfeld," is up in heaven which, for him, is a really nice drawing room, and he speculates what a contemporary (i.e. 1944) Follies would be like.

[Omnignosis]

@tuxguys

WTF? You have assbergers for cinema history or somthing? Lol.

[RedSkelton4u]

Have you tried the college size?...drink one bottle and you're in a class all by yourself!

[fromthesidelines]

Certainly, this routine was the inspiration for Lucy's writers to create the "Vitameatavegamin" sequence for her "I LOVE LUCY" episode in 1952. But Lucy brought her own sense of comedy genius [and timing] to the script; in fact, Ross Elliott, who played the "TV director" Lucy Ricardo was supposed to be rehearsing for, bit his lip to keep from laughing during filming when she started adding "extra bits" {including making "goo-goo eyes"} to see how he'd react.

[kingofkards91]

I remember seeing a Red Skelton impersonator do this sketch when I was a little kid and I've had a passion for stand up comedy ever since.

[DoctorStrangeFate]

I have been searching for this for a very long lime. Thank you so much for finding this and posting it.

[jccw227]

This must have been the inspiration for Lucy's famous Vitameatavegamin bit.

[NordyMark0594]

Hilarious skit. Red Skelton is in a class by himself.

[linekeing]

Speaking as one who grew up with "Red (et al)" I am thrilled to watch this and other videos. Thanks for posting it.

[RedSkelton4u]

Those were the good old days. I do my best to keep his memory alive by performing 4 nights a week 9pm at the Royal Resort Hotel 99 Convention Center Drive in Las Vegas.

I would like to invite everyone to check out the ONLY show in Las Vegas with a Red Skelton impersonator.

Its the best show you never heard of!

I wish you continued success in all you do.

Goodnight now and may God bless.

Brian Hoffman~Red Skelton Impersonator.

[FaustinaTherese726]

I have seen the one that he did for the queen, but not this version! Thank you for posting! My aunt got the privilege of meeting Red at Kmart before I was born. I wished I could have met him! He's soooo funny!

[DawnsEarlyLight1814]

Yeah, I wish that I could have seen him too!

[Aerica76]

This is one of the funniest skits I have seen ever. Love it!! Thanks for finding it!!