Joey Bishop and the Ritz boys must have been real good friends. In the entrance, one of them blew him a kiss. As they departed, one of them kissed Joey. Don't see that much class among the modern stand ups these days.
Dorothy doesn't look the least bit impressed by the Ritz Brothers. When she removes her mask, she appears to be absolutely indifferent to them, and she doesn't show any enthusiasm when the brothers come over to shake hands. I wonder why.
Just saw these guys in the film "One in a Million," and had mixed feelings about them. Liked their timing but content, maybe not so much. Jury is out. Were these guys really funny?
@spagandtuna I'd vote "no" on that one. I saw a couple of their movies and sat there stone-faced. I just don't get them at all, and in fact, find them rather embarrassing. They seem to try so hard for so little return.
@spelvin214 I actually suspect you may be right, there's just something about them that smacks of "we're not really funny, we just want to be insiders in some fraternity of comics." Having said that, I acknowledge the old magazine article you can read (see link from their Wikipedia article) in which many front-line comics name Harry Ritz as perhaps the greatest comedian ever, at least an early pioneer they say greatly influenced them. I just don't know.....
@spagandtuna Wow, that article was .... well, surprising, to say the least. ... As for Mel Brooks saying Harry Ritz was the funniest comedian of all time, that you'd be down on the floor laughing your brains out ............ well, I'm no fan of Mel Brooks, either, so there you are. But at least it explains where Mel Brooks' brains went.
@spelvin214 Yeah, there's also something about Mel Brooks that's annoying. (Have you ever seen the godawful 12 Chairs?) I say this respectfully, I wonder if part of what we're picking up might relate in some way to the possibility that some of the early Jewish entertainers who were striving to go beyond Yiddish theater might have been overly solicitous in their attempts to assimilate?
Why did Bennett do that? After Joey disqualified himself it would have been only fair to do the same when he suspected he knew the answer, or at least he could have given the girls another round for the fun of it. What a party pooper!
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Joey Bishop and the Ritz boys must have been real good friends. In the entrance, one of them blew him a kiss. As they departed, one of them kissed Joey. Don't see that much class among the modern stand ups these days.
soulierinvestments 9 months ago
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soulierinvestments 9 months ago
Just think---The International Restaurant had a reputation of having a Loud Mouth Head Waiter on national TV.
MrWilliamtom 1 year ago
Dorothy doesn't look the least bit impressed by the Ritz Brothers. When she removes her mask, she appears to be absolutely indifferent to them, and she doesn't show any enthusiasm when the brothers come over to shake hands. I wonder why.
karlakor 1 year ago
The only movie I've seen with the Ritz Brothers was The Gorilla.
It tells you something when the funniest person in the movie is Béla Lugosi.
ysbaddaden2003 1 year ago
they weren't Jewish
newargot 1 year ago
Just saw these guys in the film "One in a Million," and had mixed feelings about them. Liked their timing but content, maybe not so much. Jury is out. Were these guys really funny?
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna I'd vote "no" on that one. I saw a couple of their movies and sat there stone-faced. I just don't get them at all, and in fact, find them rather embarrassing. They seem to try so hard for so little return.
spelvin214 1 year ago
@spelvin214 I actually suspect you may be right, there's just something about them that smacks of "we're not really funny, we just want to be insiders in some fraternity of comics." Having said that, I acknowledge the old magazine article you can read (see link from their Wikipedia article) in which many front-line comics name Harry Ritz as perhaps the greatest comedian ever, at least an early pioneer they say greatly influenced them. I just don't know.....
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Wow, that article was .... well, surprising, to say the least. ... As for Mel Brooks saying Harry Ritz was the funniest comedian of all time, that you'd be down on the floor laughing your brains out ............ well, I'm no fan of Mel Brooks, either, so there you are. But at least it explains where Mel Brooks' brains went.
spelvin214 1 year ago 2
@spelvin214 Yeah, there's also something about Mel Brooks that's annoying. (Have you ever seen the godawful 12 Chairs?) I say this respectfully, I wonder if part of what we're picking up might relate in some way to the possibility that some of the early Jewish entertainers who were striving to go beyond Yiddish theater might have been overly solicitous in their attempts to assimilate?
spagandtuna 1 year ago
Why did Bennett do that? After Joey disqualified himself it would have been only fair to do the same when he suspected he knew the answer, or at least he could have given the girls another round for the fun of it. What a party pooper!
dialectgirl 1 year ago
It is great to see the Ritz Brothers when they are not performing and to hear them just be themselves. Thanks so much for posting this!
karlakor 1 year ago 4