I know there's a bunch of people raving about these jokes, this era, these roasts...but no offense, these jokes are lame. I didn't laugh once. I feel like comedy was way too Conservative back then. Maybe I would've liked these jokes if I grew up in that era, but roasts nowadays are SO much better!
@Jackeldo Today, that would be tagged a racist slur and poor old Foster would be caught up in a scandal, be forced to publicly apologize and fork over a million bucks to charity, lose whatever endorsements he was making and drop out of public life. Back then, people were a little more thick-skinned.
I was in a castle in Wales at a medieval show whose MC was the spitting image of Foster Brooks. At the end of theevening he said, "For those of you who liked me, my name is (so and so), for the of you who didn't, my name is Foster Brooks."
These roasts were so classically funny and the comedians these days leave much to be desired. The only exception I can think of is Craig Ferguson who is truly funny and a comedic gem in a sea of rhinestones.
I met Foster through a business transaction in the late 1970's, at the height of his career. He impressed me as one of the nicest, most genuine, down-to-earth, generous persons I've ever met, and that was over 30 years ago! Truly a great guy: there was nothing "Hollywood" about him.
"I was there the night you asked Marcel Mastriani if innuendo was an Italian name for Preparation H." It took that classic joke a couple of seconds to sink in before everybody go it! He even had George Burns and Jack Benny looking at each other going "WTF did he just say?"
Two hours ago I started to do something else but then I accidentally discovered these old clips. Needless to say I have accomplished nothing other than laugh my head off. They don't make like this anymore and I am sure glad that these priceless moments have been captured and saved on film.
@dukundroz You know you can appreciate Johnny Carson without having to run down people like Letterman (Who Johnny thought was hilarious. Johnny even wrote jokes for Dave's monologue once Dave went to CBS.) Conan and Ferguson. They are very funny and their audiences love them.
The Dean Martin Roasts and The Carol Burnett Show were the best of TV EVER !!!! I laugh so hard I have to play all of them over and over just to hear everything...THANK YOU U-TUBE.............
The applause was real for the most part. There was a live audience. However, laugh tracks were dubbed in also. I used to watch this as a kid. All of the comedians were funny, but Foster Brooks was ALWAYS the best. He could make you laugh so hard you cried. And BTW, although he drank in his younger days, he was sober through most of his life. I miss him.
@JacquieMcLaid I was a hostage negotiator for 25 years. I married a bitch! My years of training can't even coax her vagina open more than once a month. Good thing I have grateful freed hostage chicks I can pork at any time. Too bad they're ugly, fat, dirty jews geezers and spear chuckers. Oh well, a hole's a hole, right?
@karnival12 Ive seen that clip, it is a RIOT!!! The People had no idea it was Brooks they really thought it was the Mayor.. The look oth their faces was Priceless!!
What a friggin dfrunk! I thought he was going to barf all over Johnny Carson. Sheez! he must have been drinking all friggin day. I had not been that tanked in years.
@OldMrMemories Actually it is all part of his act.Foster quit drinking in the 1960's and never drank again till the day he died in 2001.But he was amazing at playing a drunk..:)
I'm 23 years old, love all the modern comedians that I've grew up on. But there is NOTHING that can compare to the classic greats. I wish we had more with this class and wit and talent today as they did back then. Thanks for the upload.
I remember seeing these as a kid when they were first broadcast and Foster was always a favourite. What amazed me about him was his incredible vocal control; the hiccups, the ability to drop an octave mid-sentence, the stumbled words etc. are extremely difficult to pull-off for an extended period of time. It was his art and he was a master.
I echo OweMe1Cannoli's words - thanks so much for posting. My kids are at least exposed to the legends we grew up with, and hopefully will see what rubbish is dished out today in comparison. Long may the likes of these super talents live on in these clips.
Minus the filth and 4 letter word factor, most comedians are pathetic shades of talent. The guys (and gal's) who worked under blue laws were phenomenal. The only comedian that can make me laugh hysterically is Gilbert Gottfried, for some reason. He is so ridiculous.
The timing, the audience reading. Sheer talent not comparable to anything today. The people on the deis all of these roasts are so young and many are missed. Young people today and in the future will never really now how it was but at least they have a place to see them.
CONTEXT is the most difficult thing to reestablish but many of these jokes need very little support but they are even more enjoyable when another dynamic or inside dig is gotten.
Preparation H is a cream for soothing hemorrhoidal swelling. But, it has to be spread by hand within one's posterial cheeks! In other words; "in you(r) endo." A pun based on the age-old stereotype of how Italian-Americans speak English as a second language . A stereotype that, seemingly like most everything else these days, is considered politically incorrect (for being potentially racist).
Crycomic, Thank you for explaining the Prep-H. How blind it was for me not to see-hear it. If I watched it enough times the endo might have clicked. I don't see this as racist, but yes I understand people have to be careful what they say as people are sue happy. Words are taken out of context .
I knew 80's was in there somewhere I was too dang lazy to look it up..He sure lived a long life. Sad to say there are few, if any, real comdeic genuises like him around anymore.
You said a mouthful. Television no longer has the variety it once did. All networks do now is copy the same formula over and over. These roasts let everyone shine!
@MiyazakiFan2009 Even my college age children agree that television was better in the 50's, 60's and 70's, than it is today. I remember a writer by the name of Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") who could put 5 actors in a room devoid of furniture, and have the entire TV audience on the edge of their seats for the entire show. Today I have 200 channels available to me, and there is very often nothing of interest to watch. sigh.
i remember that the dean martin roasts were always on when i was growing up and they were FANTASTIC. i've seen the roasts of today and they are truly no talent, even with some of the characters like joan rivers who are still around. they think funny is how lewd can we be, but this here with the likes of foster brooks and many others, THIS IS TRUE CRAFT. ;)
@MiyazakiFan2009 I was very young when these came out but I did watch EVERY episode. My dad was great friends with Dean Martin and would go out and drink and smoke with him. As kids, we were able to stay up very late, especially on the weekends. I MISS Foster Brooks!! And Dean, because my daddy looked JUST like him..... XXOO Alaina
@ColonialTwinFollies ...agreed....just be happy we got to be a part of it. I really feel sorry for my daughter and everyone else growing up in this era....Oh that was when Hollywood actually earned their money and made us laugh without vulgar jokes. end of an era
@cuteiswhatiaimfor93 You are correct sir. You had to have talent, you couldn't just come out grab your crotch and cuss. You never see funny movies anymore either, for instance: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, now there's a movie my friend! Cheers from Texas!
@SpaceAceTX Exactly my point. This is when people were naturally funny, and didn't have to cuss every other word. True, that comedy is somewhat funny today, but after a while things get boring, and repetative. I could watch this 500 times in a row and STILL laugh.
Foster Brooks is STILL an absolute riot...Never, never has there been an actor who could play a cold-stoned drunk betterr than he! We miss you Mr. B-B-B-Brooks!
Foster Brooks was only acting drunk. That was his act that he is best known for. It is an incredible talent to pull that off so convincingly you actually thought he was drunk.
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This dude is soo friggin drunk! He must have had a monster hangover the next day. I thought for sure he'd barf on Carson. Thats the thing about Vegas. They're constantly refreshing your drinks at the Casinos.
LosAngeleno1959: You be wrong, bro. That was Foster Brooks' act. He wasn't a drunk but played one, and did it more convincingly than perhaps any other comic. In this routine from 35 years ago, as in many others of his you can find on YouTube, he's stone-cold sober, but in character and on target. Appreciate the talent. Obviously, he fooled you!
I've got this old comedy record of all of Foster Brooks' roast jokes. In the liner notes it says that he moved to Hollywood to become a singer. After a few unsuccessful years a club owner told him (right before going on stage) to "try something new, like entertaining the crowd". So, he did this character that his dad used to do to crack up the family and the rest is hilarious history.
I see Dean Martin, Foster Brooks, Johnny Carson (of course), Rich Little, Red Foxx, Dionne Warwick, Joey Bishop, Dom Deluise, Bob Newhart, Jack Benny, George Burns, Soupy Sales, & George Gobel... but I can't make out who's to the right of George Burns or who's on the far left at 0:06. Any ideas?
Foster: I was there when Johnny asked Marcello Mastriani if the word "innuendo" (in-u-endo) was Italian for "Preparation H" ! You gotta love Foster Brooks!
More proof that Foster Brooks was *unquestionably* one of the most hilarious entertainers in history.
The greatest thing about the 1970's is that it was correct to be politically incorrect. So then... has our society made any "progress" since then..?
I won't keep opening that can of worms, but consider this: in today's intolerant political climate, a guy like Foster Brooks would have a tough time breaking into show business at all... let alone making it to primetime. Food for thought.
Depends which side of the fence one was on ! Go ahead if your white and start telling black jokes in the subay in Harlem or like venue. Today ! Tolerance is what the age of the ruler makes it !
These men really knew their Craft. Sadly almost everyone on that stage is gone now,. but At least we have these tapes to remind us What great times those were.
I knew Foster Brooks by reputation only until just now. This was brilliant. This is one of the clearest demonstrations I've ever seen of the idea that the delivery is what makes the joke. The jokes are there and they're good, but he could without question be reading the phone book and still getting laughs. Outstanding.
I saw it live and it has lost nothing in the passing of time
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OH MY GOD!!! LMFAO!!!!
crankylifter 5 days ago
Foster Brooks was a comic genius.
People not only laughed at his skits, they were hysterical while watching him.
I miss those years of entertainment.
To understand what I'm saying, just replay the video and look at all the legends.
Those were the days.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 4 weeks ago
If I could time travel I would go back to this era..entertainers of this day were and are the best.
ztoomtech 1 month ago
DUDE FOSTER BROOKS KICKS ASS ON EPIC LEVELS!!!.
LordZacknafien 2 months ago
I used to watch these as a kid and didn't realize how funny these were. You can barely find humor like this today.
xander7ful 3 months ago
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Really? Well, I guess he did have practical experience then.
jerico641 4 months ago
I used to watch Brooks on the Carson show. Now I have to get these on dvd, they're so funny.
lunhil12 4 months ago
I read someplace that Foster Brooks never touched a drop his entire life.
jerico641 4 months ago
These times are gone!! So much has been lost!! Thanks so much for this video!!
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I know there's a bunch of people raving about these jokes, this era, these roasts...but no offense, these jokes are lame. I didn't laugh once. I feel like comedy was way too Conservative back then. Maybe I would've liked these jokes if I grew up in that era, but roasts nowadays are SO much better!
jejo02 5 months ago
These are so damn funny, I went out and bought the complete set. They're a riot!
vinnierusso99 5 months ago
@vinnierusso99 Hey, where did you buy them?
dkd1954 3 months ago
@OweMe1Cannoli amen!!!!
Lonevoice123 6 months ago
Love this bunch...great comedy
limeliter 6 months ago
Innuendo is the Italian translation for Preparation H. Freaking funny!
Jackeldo 8 months ago
@Jackeldo Today, that would be tagged a racist slur and poor old Foster would be caught up in a scandal, be forced to publicly apologize and fork over a million bucks to charity, lose whatever endorsements he was making and drop out of public life. Back then, people were a little more thick-skinned.
TrekToons 5 months ago
"Innuendo was the Italian name for Preparation H!" LMAO!
vccstudents 9 months ago
Finding talent like this is almost impossible these days.
Hollywood today makes me sick. At least back then it had some integrity.
KratostheThird 10 months ago 2
I was in a castle in Wales at a medieval show whose MC was the spitting image of Foster Brooks. At the end of theevening he said, "For those of you who liked me, my name is (so and so), for the of you who didn't, my name is Foster Brooks."
These roasts were so classically funny and the comedians these days leave much to be desired. The only exception I can think of is Craig Ferguson who is truly funny and a comedic gem in a sea of rhinestones.
pixeleen8 11 months ago
Foster Brooks does a great drunk. But that is a pitiful display of the worst fake-laughing by the on-stage guests I have ever seen.
-The Simon Cowell of YouTube
circuitdesign 1 year ago
@circuitdesign You should check out Brooks' roasting of Don Rickles. You usually don't fake wiping tears from your eyes.
Lakerbballfan 9 months ago
That's classic Foster Brooks- you won't see that on today's TV- everyones too sensitive today
JG40061 1 year ago 2
Inuendo--Italian name for preperation H.......Funny, funny, stuff!!!
gordondelma 1 year ago 2
I met Foster through a business transaction in the late 1970's, at the height of his career. He impressed me as one of the nicest, most genuine, down-to-earth, generous persons I've ever met, and that was over 30 years ago! Truly a great guy: there was nothing "Hollywood" about him.
flamingofarm 1 year ago 2
8 people are retarded
wmhsports25 1 year ago
"I was there the night you asked Marcel Mastriani if innuendo was an Italian name for Preparation H." It took that classic joke a couple of seconds to sink in before everybody go it! He even had George Burns and Jack Benny looking at each other going "WTF did he just say?"
DeckHeaded 1 year ago 11
@DeckHeaded OMG a classic !! I love that too !
1MtnBoy 2 months ago
Two hours ago I started to do something else but then I accidentally discovered these old clips. Needless to say I have accomplished nothing other than laugh my head off. They don't make like this anymore and I am sure glad that these priceless moments have been captured and saved on film.
kiqw 1 year ago
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Me too. =]
I didn't think I'd be watching clip after clip of Foster Brooks.
CrazyWedz 1 year ago
When Carson retired the amateurs took over. And they are not funny. Nor entertaining.
dukundroz 1 year ago
@dukundroz You know you can appreciate Johnny Carson without having to run down people like Letterman (Who Johnny thought was hilarious. Johnny even wrote jokes for Dave's monologue once Dave went to CBS.) Conan and Ferguson. They are very funny and their audiences love them.
tartfuel 1 year ago
Genius! Just genius!!
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What's FAG Deloise doing there? Why is he SMACK in Dean Martins Lap?
Dean with his arm around him,
Deloise his arm in Deano's lap Deloise gives the CAM a dirty look
He's playing with Deano while Deano Smiles & now his arms crossed
JOY BiSHOP has to watch it reason the CAM cut out Queer Deloise
See his dirty look at the CAM? do slo mo for the HO MO
Tey look like Siamese Twins there's gaps between all the others
DEANO ??? hahahahahaha Brooks is beyond it, being in his face
Deans Bitch
mastior 1 year ago
@mastior what the hell did you smoke man? nobody understands a word you typed. stop using drugs its fucks you up as you can tell.
DutchTornado 1 year ago
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@DutchTornado ya ya ya LOOK at that faggot he's in his lap
GIVING THE CAME a dirty look
hahahahahahahahaha fucking queer
mastior 1 year ago
@mastior
you seriously need some mental help.
DutchTornado 1 year ago
ROFLOL
compukenny 1 year ago
The Dean Martin Roasts and The Carol Burnett Show were the best of TV EVER !!!! I laugh so hard I have to play all of them over and over just to hear everything...THANK YOU U-TUBE.............
pinkrose1122 1 year ago 2
Dean just dies laughing when Foster Brooks is on.
STNeish 1 year ago 2
not funny
swilsonsww 1 year ago
Legend..No one could do drunk like Foster Brooks.
stockjonebills 1 year ago
there just arent people like this anymore
patdu121693 1 year ago
Very wild. Most of the panel is dead. Sad
zer1010 1 year ago
The applause was real for the most part. There was a live audience. However, laugh tracks were dubbed in also. I used to watch this as a kid. All of the comedians were funny, but Foster Brooks was ALWAYS the best. He could make you laugh so hard you cried. And BTW, although he drank in his younger days, he was sober through most of his life. I miss him.
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@JacquieMcLaid I was a hostage negotiator for 25 years. I married a bitch! My years of training can't even coax her vagina open more than once a month. Good thing I have grateful freed hostage chicks I can pork at any time. Too bad they're ugly, fat, dirty jews geezers and spear chuckers. Oh well, a hole's a hole, right?
RandomSpewBros 1 year ago
@RandomSpewBros What the living FUCK are you talking about? Are you on crack or something? You HAVE to be!!
alaina66 1 year ago
@JacquieMcLaid Me too!
alaina66 1 year ago
Does anyone know if this is canned applause or did they have an audience?
scason 1 year ago
@scason This actually had an grand audience and a bit of canned laffter, only a bit.
alaina66 1 year ago
I love how Dean Martin couldn't seem to keep a straight face. Foster Brooks was the true original Comedy nut.
redracer3368 1 year ago
I love the way they all start laughing before he even opens his mouth.
Bearram1 1 year ago
My dad tells me Foster Brooks was on the Carson show, introduced as the Mayor of Burbank. I'd love to find that clip.
karnival12 1 year ago
@karnival12 Ive seen that clip, it is a RIOT!!! The People had no idea it was Brooks they really thought it was the Mayor.. The look oth their faces was Priceless!!
jimmydcap 1 year ago
What a friggin dfrunk! I thought he was going to barf all over Johnny Carson. Sheez! he must have been drinking all friggin day. I had not been that tanked in years.
OldMrMemories 1 year ago
@OldMrMemories Actually it is all part of his act.Foster quit drinking in the 1960's and never drank again till the day he died in 2001.But he was amazing at playing a drunk..:)
ssassy75 1 year ago 2
@OldMrMemories ? You know it's an act, right? lol
THeMaskedBlogCritic 1 year ago
All those fool smokers. Yuck.
Brooks ALWAYS made me laugh. I just couldn't help myself
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RCTPatriot75 1 year ago
It's a real shame to see how many of the talented people at the table are no longer with us. This roast had to be almost 40 years ago.
ftsjr 1 year ago 2
wHICH OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE? CUAL DE ELLOS VIVE TODAVIA? I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!
linda1067 1 year ago
Wow!!! Jack Benny and George Burns are sitting at the end of the table. Those old bastards were fucking Emperors in their day.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
Real talent, humour and class all the way. Boy, we have lost so much ....
s2kx2 1 year ago
I'm 23 years old, love all the modern comedians that I've grew up on. But there is NOTHING that can compare to the classic greats. I wish we had more with this class and wit and talent today as they did back then. Thanks for the upload.
DOGxDAYxSONxRISE 1 year ago 3
good lord, did anyone not smoke back then? lol
djordan22 1 year ago
innuendo what a character
TheGunslinger5854 1 year ago
How odd alcoholism used to be the stuff of merriment.
JoshuaTaylor 1 year ago
@JoshuaTaylor F.B. never drank a drop of booze at all. It was all an act.
maddogmcrae 1 year ago
Disturbingly similar to my late father after a "few" sips (RIP) ! With the exception that Foster Brooks was funny.
2008IQ 1 year ago
@2008IQ The real kickers was that Foster Brooks was never drunk. He practiced abstinence.
maddogmcrae 1 year ago
This guy was the best part of these roasts!
vccstudents 1 year ago
Kickass timing and voice control!
bernhardtsen74 1 year ago
How did society go from this to freakin' Dane Cook??
montyburnzz 1 year ago 15
#423,423
shawnzee102 1 year ago
I remember seeing these as a kid when they were first broadcast and Foster was always a favourite. What amazed me about him was his incredible vocal control; the hiccups, the ability to drop an octave mid-sentence, the stumbled words etc. are extremely difficult to pull-off for an extended period of time. It was his art and he was a master.
ajhoncantara 1 year ago
Was this at the Friar's club in Beverly Hills?
faffaflunkie 1 year ago
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
mustangcharger 1 year ago
how does he do this with a straight face? i can't stop laughing!
nissansentraglx 1 year ago
Too many late greats to count in this one!
toobtyed 1 year ago
"....innuendo is the italian name for Preparation H..."
Actual drunks aren't funny sometimes but Foster is great!!!
SolarTiger 1 year ago
well... the goverment started careing what u did and then you get all theis weird ppl and tree huggers who dont like anything funny.
MrTopperHarley 1 year ago
lmfao :D
JohnnyDeppFreaky3 1 year ago
I echo OweMe1Cannoli's words - thanks so much for posting. My kids are at least exposed to the legends we grew up with, and hopefully will see what rubbish is dished out today in comparison. Long may the likes of these super talents live on in these clips.
MsBedwell 1 year ago 2
Minus the filth and 4 letter word factor, most comedians are pathetic shades of talent. The guys (and gal's) who worked under blue laws were phenomenal. The only comedian that can make me laugh hysterically is Gilbert Gottfried, for some reason. He is so ridiculous.
gahrzahk 1 year ago
"I was rolling in the aisles.....some yo-yo tied my shoestrings together!" lmfao!!!
dharmaseed 1 year ago
This guy is a comedian of herculian status
DaMerovingian68 1 year ago 4
The timing, the audience reading. Sheer talent not comparable to anything today. The people on the deis all of these roasts are so young and many are missed. Young people today and in the future will never really now how it was but at least they have a place to see them.
CONTEXT is the most difficult thing to reestablish but many of these jokes need very little support but they are even more enjoyable when another dynamic or inside dig is gotten.
Badwsky 1 year ago 16
"If 'inuendo' was Italian for Preparation H."
Oh, man! I laughed so hard and long, I almost coughed myself into a black-out.
Carycomic 1 year ago 4
As many time as I hav watched this I have nit gotten the "If 'inuendo' was Italian for Preparation H" joke. I'm 45. Could someone explain?
shakenednostir 1 year ago
Preparation H is a cream for soothing hemorrhoidal swelling. But, it has to be spread by hand within one's posterial cheeks! In other words; "in you(r) endo." A pun based on the age-old stereotype of how Italian-Americans speak English as a second language . A stereotype that, seemingly like most everything else these days, is considered politically incorrect (for being potentially racist).
Carycomic 1 year ago 2
Crycomic, Thank you for explaining the Prep-H. How blind it was for me not to see-hear it. If I watched it enough times the endo might have clicked. I don't see this as racist, but yes I understand people have to be careful what they say as people are sue happy. Words are taken out of context .
shakenednostir 1 year ago
Which, in turn, proves the old showbiz adage: "A joke is no longer funny once you over-explain it."
:-(
Carycomic 1 year ago
this man is amazing!!!
diodepio 2 years ago 3
rip foster brilliant
choicesman2000 2 years ago 2
I saw Foster leaving his restaurant, Foster's, in Thousand Islands, NY 18 years ago. His license plate read: A LUSH
Best "Rasher of Bacon" I ever had!
guitartec 2 years ago 2
I was lucky to see Foster in person at Wallace AFB in the Philippines when I was a child. He was amazing.
darisien 2 years ago 2
@2:42
See Foster tap Dean on the arm as if to say, "Pay attention: this is gonna be big!"
expatng1975 2 years ago
best damn drunk this side of cahhhhh....... this side of caahhhhhhhhhhh, cahhh comedy.
† peace be with him †
wait, is he still alive??
moosepie59 2 years ago 2
No, he passed away sometime in the 80's. I loved these roasts. They were quite as good when he wasn't on them. May he rest in peace.
HortHawg 2 years ago 2
Foster lived until 2001. He was 89, according to wiki
expatng1975 2 years ago
I knew 80's was in there somewhere I was too dang lazy to look it up..He sure lived a long life. Sad to say there are few, if any, real comdeic genuises like him around anymore.
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4205lr 2 years ago
He died in 2001.
FG6834 2 years ago
tears in my eyes.......can't stop laughing!
toastandjam1967 2 years ago 5
oh I would do just about anything to time travel and watch these live. This is true tv. what happened between then and now?
MiyazakiFan2009 2 years ago 43
@MiyazakiFan2009
You said a mouthful. Television no longer has the variety it once did. All networks do now is copy the same formula over and over. These roasts let everyone shine!
JazzMaestra 2 years ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 Reality TV Happend.
captaincasualty 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 reality tv is what happened......
ladyraven30 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 Even my college age children agree that television was better in the 50's, 60's and 70's, than it is today. I remember a writer by the name of Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") who could put 5 actors in a room devoid of furniture, and have the entire TV audience on the edge of their seats for the entire show. Today I have 200 channels available to me, and there is very often nothing of interest to watch. sigh.
bahamabrz 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 This is nothing. You should seen the uncensored roasts that didn't appear on television.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
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lol I'd love to see those. I bet those are a riot. XD
MiyazakiFan2009 1 year ago
...should HAVE seen...
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009
i remember that the dean martin roasts were always on when i was growing up and they were FANTASTIC. i've seen the roasts of today and they are truly no talent, even with some of the characters like joan rivers who are still around. they think funny is how lewd can we be, but this here with the likes of foster brooks and many others, THIS IS TRUE CRAFT. ;)
inbetweentics 1 year ago
They all died, and the talentless folks on TV now were born!!!
ColonialTwinFollies 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 I was very young when these came out but I did watch EVERY episode. My dad was great friends with Dean Martin and would go out and drink and smoke with him. As kids, we were able to stay up very late, especially on the weekends. I MISS Foster Brooks!! And Dean, because my daddy looked JUST like him..... XXOO Alaina
alaina66 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 They all died, and the talentless folks on TV now were born! That's what happened.
ColonialTwinFollies 1 year ago
@ColonialTwinFollies ...agreed....just be happy we got to be a part of it. I really feel sorry for my daughter and everyone else growing up in this era....Oh that was when Hollywood actually earned their money and made us laugh without vulgar jokes. end of an era
baco62 1 year ago
@MiyazakiFan2009 ...I totally agree!! And you ask what happened??? MTV happened.....it's all downhill from there.
jreid8231 1 year ago
This is when TV was REALLLLY actually funnny. I wishthey still showed it. My dad always shows methis when it's on reruns
cuteiswhatiaimfor93 2 years ago 32
@cuteiswhatiaimfor93 You are correct sir. You had to have talent, you couldn't just come out grab your crotch and cuss. You never see funny movies anymore either, for instance: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, now there's a movie my friend! Cheers from Texas!
SpaceAceTX 1 year ago 5
@SpaceAceTX Exactly my point. This is when people were naturally funny, and didn't have to cuss every other word. True, that comedy is somewhat funny today, but after a while things get boring, and repetative. I could watch this 500 times in a row and STILL laugh.
cuteiswhatiaimfor93 1 year ago
@cuteiswhatiaimfor93 how right you are........... now, someone gets up on a stage
cussing his head off........people howling like monkeys all over the place...
i, for whatever the reason, don't think that is funny.......if that is comedy.......than
passing gas is music!
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I'm lovin' it..........
Meehowski 2 years ago
I don't care what you may think, this man was a genius. I can't stop laughing every time I play one of these videos. Brilliant!
ORLY21 2 years ago 11
Oh God I miss these men. Humour at its best and Dean is gorgeous. I love that man. Great comedic geniuses.
empressoffrance 2 years ago 9
When did smoking become prohibited to air during events broadcast on TV?
tomoyopop 2 years ago 3
Deano!
vivalavelveeta 2 years ago
is dean the guy in the very beginning?
Kaneownzu 2 years ago
Yep, it is....
SiliconSam428 2 years ago
Dean's the guy who says "Would you all welcome Mr. Foster Brooks" :)
veritasverity 2 years ago
Have you ever noticed that ppl who watch these shows are the nicest ones. No swearing, etc., really go on other subjects and u get yr throat cut.
empressoffrance 2 years ago 6
Yupp, that's bc they had something that is totally and sorely missing today... real wit and charisma. Now, its all about looking bad, and dominant.
at1212b 2 years ago 6
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garydelise 2 years ago
Foster Brooks is STILL an absolute riot...Never, never has there been an actor who could play a cold-stoned drunk betterr than he! We miss you Mr. B-B-B-Brooks!
botbagel 2 years ago 7
0:55 LOL hi Ed you look more Smashed than usual tonight.
Froster was one of the best
falmark187 2 years ago
Foster Brooks (RIP) was really something! No vulgarity, swearing, etc., just punchline after punchline.
zildj1an 2 years ago 2
i love watching johnny in this he cant stop laughing i love comedy like the old days
AutobotLover 2 years ago 2
watch my video of dean martin drunk skit with fosterbrooks its funny
killingman22 2 years ago
Foster Brooks was only acting drunk. That was his act that he is best known for. It is an incredible talent to pull that off so convincingly you actually thought he was drunk.
But he wasn't!
nuclear321 2 years ago 6
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This dude is soo friggin drunk! He must have had a monster hangover the next day. I thought for sure he'd barf on Carson. Thats the thing about Vegas. They're constantly refreshing your drinks at the Casinos.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
Foster didn't drink; that was his act.
ramey58 2 years ago 4
LosAngeleno1959: You be wrong, bro. That was Foster Brooks' act. He wasn't a drunk but played one, and did it more convincingly than perhaps any other comic. In this routine from 35 years ago, as in many others of his you can find on YouTube, he's stone-cold sober, but in character and on target. Appreciate the talent. Obviously, he fooled you!
Waldocounty 2 years ago 3
Class! I love watchin Martin crack up all the time to Foster!
Jexington80 2 years ago 2
I've got this old comedy record of all of Foster Brooks' roast jokes. In the liner notes it says that he moved to Hollywood to become a singer. After a few unsuccessful years a club owner told him (right before going on stage) to "try something new, like entertaining the crowd". So, he did this character that his dad used to do to crack up the family and the rest is hilarious history.
Grayareaofcomedy 2 years ago 3
"Hi, Ed." (lol)
"I was row--I was roooow...I was roooowling in the aisles. (lmao) Some yo-yo tied my shoestrings together (lmfao)."
Nonplusser 2 years ago 4
The guy on Foster's right is Martin Milner from Adam 12.
icanhearyoubreathing 2 years ago 2
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LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
This was all an act, Foster did not drink this was a character that he played.
MrZank2 2 years ago 7
It's an act einstein.
omcx1 2 years ago 3
Nuh uh.
mofoCutThroat 2 years ago
LA1959 I hope you are either kidding or very young. This was Brooks' act. Acting.
rha101 2 years ago 3
The time link came too late; it's more like 0:05... the person to the left of Foster Brooks as he's standing up. Who's that?
mubirshu 2 years ago
Rich Little
bigteep 2 years ago
Sorry, no, I mean our left (Foster's right). The guy with the sandy blond/light brown hair.
mubirshu 2 years ago
I see Dean Martin, Foster Brooks, Johnny Carson (of course), Rich Little, Red Foxx, Dionne Warwick, Joey Bishop, Dom Deluise, Bob Newhart, Jack Benny, George Burns, Soupy Sales, & George Gobel... but I can't make out who's to the right of George Burns or who's on the far left at 0:06. Any ideas?
mubirshu 2 years ago
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mubirshu 2 years ago
Perfect craftsmanship in characters gone but not forgotten. They brightened many moments for us that might have remained dark.
russocomedy 2 years ago
and Foster Brooks always keeps the straightest face talent???? genius?????
brianradomski 2 years ago 3
Look at the talent present at that roast. Seriously. These days, we have a bunch of hacks roasting Joan Rivers.
Sad.
skrason 2 years ago 33
@skrason So so true
azcactus2008 1 year ago
omg what a young dom deluis !!!
alwayssme 2 years ago 2
great stuff
JoeyPencils 2 years ago 6
i love how he stops and tosses out some big words there great comedic effect..
empiricalpoet 2 years ago 11
Perfect timing! You don't see that anymore
1oo8jm 2 years ago 12
they dont have comics like that anymore. They are all sensored bitchs.
rgfrmsd 2 years ago 7
Foster: I was there when Johnny asked Marcello Mastriani if the word "innuendo" (in-u-endo) was Italian for "Preparation H" ! You gotta love Foster Brooks!
Cartoonist252 2 years ago 16
Yeah, but Jack Bennys and George Burns expression makes it even funnier
bluegsp 2 years ago 9
this is so funny and amazing..lol lol thanks for showing...it cheers me up so much thanks again
AnnyDepp2 2 years ago 5
More proof that Foster Brooks was *unquestionably* one of the most hilarious entertainers in history.
The greatest thing about the 1970's is that it was correct to be politically incorrect. So then... has our society made any "progress" since then..?
I won't keep opening that can of worms, but consider this: in today's intolerant political climate, a guy like Foster Brooks would have a tough time breaking into show business at all... let alone making it to primetime. Food for thought.
Tessmage 2 years ago 14
So right Tess
bulldaawg 2 years ago 2
Depends which side of the fence one was on ! Go ahead if your white and start telling black jokes in the subay in Harlem or like venue. Today ! Tolerance is what the age of the ruler makes it !
Steacy783 2 years ago 3
Ed McWoman! LOL
vccstudents 2 years ago 2
These men really knew their Craft. Sadly almost everyone on that stage is gone now,. but At least we have these tapes to remind us What great times those were.
jd426999 2 years ago 11
I knew Foster Brooks by reputation only until just now. This was brilliant. This is one of the clearest demonstrations I've ever seen of the idea that the delivery is what makes the joke. The jokes are there and they're good, but he could without question be reading the phone book and still getting laughs. Outstanding.
mistabook 2 years ago 6