Just You, Just Me

[BernardProfitendieu]

the Teaberry Shuffle on steroids

[lorez201]

This is one of the truly comedic scenes from The Groove Tube.

[judithmistor]

Joyful, exuberant, delightful!

[judithmistor]

Joyful, exuberant, delightful!

[MegaPanzers1]

this is simply AWESOME

[tossoutguilt]

yeah, and in like 1970. Great swing tune, great comedy clip. Timeless.

[tuttt99]

1:59 is absolutely brilliant!

[gombodog]

Some comedy bits just never get old! Thanks for sharing!

[BackToTheBlues]

Fantastic to see this again, it's been so many years! I know it would've taken ages to film but it runs so smoothly, unlike Ken along the wall and into the bushes, I love that bit. Me and my girlfriend were doing a bit of crazy dancing to a jazz big band the other day, everyone else sitting down and us just freaking out, great fun!

As squid says at the start of the comments. 'one of my favourite moments from any movie, ever."

Thank you for uploading it. :o)

[DavidFullam]

Groove Tube forever!

[mellowroast]

Still one of my all-time favorite comedic movies, and I'll never forget seeing it first-run in an Atlanta theater. Brilliant. Is that the voice of Ken Shapiro?

[stalzz]

Who does the recording of the tune? It's killing me. I need to know, I want to find it!

[titostacos]

@stalzz I don't know but I think it's a lot like the one by Nat King Cole. Check it out.

[cessnaace]

The final segment of the film, and my favorite. Thankfully this movie's on DVD.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[KeswickPinhead]

Brings back great memories of going to see movies (while smoking dope) at the Roxy in Toronto. Those old repertory movie houses were the BEST.

[UnMindedThinker]

i'm inspired!

[TheThinkerMusic]

My very favorite part is when the cop skidoodle-de-bops of screen!

[Chesterton7]

One of the most delightful comedy bits ever.

[tuttt99]

@Chesterton7

You just can't be sad after watching this clip...

[kichichica]

This is hilarious !

[bbcisrubbish]

To use a much underused word these days.

He is having FUN and made me feel very happy.

[cenwt]

i love this video, have the VHS tape,but now i can watch any time....BOSS !!!!

[scofield1191]

just turned on a new generation to this! this song always reminds of this period of time... Use your imagination! just you...just me..I love this

[bitterrick]

1:32 Almost biffs it!

[diddymuck]

check the credits on Charle's Angels to see Bill Murry performing this routine (an apparant hommage).

[only257]

hiliarous clip i have seen this movie on video once!

[diddymuck]

flick was major influence on SNL

[WanderingSplit]

LOL @ the taxi drivers. They didn't know what was going on. The black dude didn't either, but he was in the right spirit. The irate guy in the window about 1.47 was set piece & funny.

[frankd1965]

The taxis in New York City had those big bumper guards. There is a lot of traffic on the streets.

[WanderingSplit]

The chrome ones?

Those were the days.

[frankd1965]

Yes they did have the "BIG" chrome bumper guards saw an early 1970's film with a 1972 & 1973 Ford Torino which had them. also some cabs had the water bumpers too.

[WanderingSplit]

Wow, didn't know there was such a thing as water bumpers. I was born in the wrong era! Looks more placid from the clip back in the 70s than it does now.

[fuddes]

Actually, I believe this was filmed in Chicago.

[Floorguy1000]

Nope....filmed down Park Avenue in NYC...

[makedonijanata]

Thanks for posting, Lane. Hopefully the production company that produced GT doesn't go nuts and remove the great stuff you provided for us.

...YouTube these days...

Great stuff, though!

[Sacjudo]

You can rent GT on Netflicks

[tobasco77]

Wow... I first saw this movie when I was 17. It BLEW ME AWAY!! I really changed the way I viewed my life, the world, it was a real awakening just like Harold and Maude. The Music is so Beautiful and wonderful. It's movies like this that teach you how to live life and love it!

[WanderingSplit]

Check out the fellow near the start walking up the stairs 12 seconds in. You can tell the set plays from the bemused passers by. He's definitely in the latter category lol.

[mylittledecoy77]

Thank you, Lane, for posting these clips from The Groove Tube, which is next to impossible to find on home video (though the tape was released years ago). For those who don't know, Lane Sarasohn was one of the writers of The Groove Tube, a colleague of Ken Shapiro and a terrific comedy writer! Lane, what is Ken up to these days? And will GT ever make it to DVD? I was 12 when this came out and snuck in to see it. The original! P.S. The Nat Cole version of "Just You" is the arrangement here.

[LlamaZord]

Groove Tube is on DVD... you just have to special order it. That's how I got my copy.

[WanderingSplit]

Exactly! 35 years ago we weren't wound up as tight as a cheap watch. We have hang ups that we shouldn't have.

Coz there are a lot of evil things going on these days, and we can't be 'happy' and carefree like in this clip.

I mean, the WTC don't even exist anymore.

[tommygilleran]

I guess 35 years ago this was considered funny.

[RevJohn]

The reason why this is funny is because my generation was exposed to all these musicals, where there would be a serious scene, then people would suddenly break out in song and dance. Ken Shapiro asked the question, "What if that happened in real life? Would people STILL find it entertaining?" Yes, after watching several movies with Fred Astaire, living a movie theater fantasy, I DID find this funny. I laughed till I cried - it was a spoof on my generation.

[WanderingSplit]

LOL!

[WanderingSplit]

40 seconds in and he dances next to this beauty with the white top. When he sing tie a lover's knot, she smiles; worth a shot i reckon ;-)

The cop scene obviously is a set play, but i wonder if some of it is not scripted and it was filmed on unsuspecting folk. Some were jumping out of the way lol.

[vonbontee]

Yes, and the "cop" was the man who contributed the video!

[WanderingSplit]

Just about the best set piece on the clip. Oh, apart from Mavitale who is seriously pretty ;-)

[wilcojoe13]

Love Ken Shapiro, his walk at 1:59 on this vid has been copied by everyone from Steve Martin to Jim Carrey.

[67velle]

1:05 is where borat took a dump i noticed that when i watched this with my dad

[megagoodis]

Shapiro always was and always will be a frik'n genius !!

[kcmurphy72]

I would love to see a little behind the scenes stuff -- like, was he just running around mouthing the words to a tape, or singing acapella, were all those people actors or just people on the street, etc.

[mavitale]

I can tell you. I was working nearby and had been sent to the bank to make a deposit. As I walked on Park Avenue, I saw a crowd but walked through it and he started dancing around me (40 seconds in). I recognized him and the scene from a theater production of The Groove Tube which I had seen a lot. After that, we did it several times. Some people were actors, but most were people on the street. I was paid $1 and signed a release but they never asked my age! I almost lost my job but it was fun.

[WanderingSplit]

It really is you 40 seconds in?? Cool! I met the love of my life ;-)

[WanderingSplit]

U haven't posted since i made that joke, hope i didn't terrify u lol. Just u look good in the vid!

[MisterLemonde]

@mavitale It was YOU? wow small world. those were the days

[gwengoad]

WHO IS HE? HELP!

[ffej980]

the very beginning of this clip is at the base of the world trade center...that was lost on 9/11

[LaneSarasohn]

Not true. Entire sketch was shot in mid-town. -- LS

[sdstewart1962]

@ffej980 I believe that's the McGraw-Hill building.

[cinnaplid]

Can't watch this without smiling.

[mavitale]

Hey... that's me.... the girl with the long dark hair and shoulder bag. I was only 16 at the time!

[Eric28437]

So you are 90 now?

[mavitale]

Not a math whiz, eh? ;)

[Eric28437]

lol

[WanderingSplit]

16? But that babe looks about 21. LOL @ Eric, f*ck that's funny. Unkind but funny.

[panier2crabes]

ken shapiro best actor ever

[macpunisher07]

Could you perhaps post the clip with the talking penis head on the bench

[blastbud]

Thank You for an old "Dusk til Dawn" movie at the drive in. What memories.

[seesnap]

excellent

[Mongo61]

"No, Rodriguez. I mean an REALLY love you, man."

[fennitch]

"Cop suit, cop cigar...DID YOU SEE HIS SOCKS??"

[Mongo61]

OK, this isn't from "The Dealers", but another great Belzer moment, more relevant now than ever:

"I'm in charge here. I'm in the driver's seat. I'M THE FUCKING PRESIDENT."

[PeteTechGuy]

I saw this clip many, many years ago and flipped over it. I couldn't remember the name of the tune and sadly believed I never find it again. I heard the tune on the radio today and the name came back to me. I goggled the name plus video and this clip came up first.

Today I'm a happy man.

Thank You

[kcmurphy72]

What the hell radio station do YOU listen to?? :-)

[deachick]

EXCELLENT!! More Groove Tube clips please--like the clip with the pot dealers...I think, called "The Dealers"?

[squidfartz]

God bless you, Ken Shapiro.

...and thank you again for posting this.

I can't stop watching this.

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you.

[squidfartz]

Congratulations, you've just posted one of my faborite moments from any movie ever. I do a search for 'Groove Tube' on YouTube at least once a week... and I always hope that someone, somewhere will realize that this is the best clip to post.

Mission accomplished.

Whovever you are -you just made my month.

Thanks you so much,

TsH (squidfartz)

[poelingos]

my favorite scene.