I remember this skit from when I was a kid. My folks wouldn't tell me why George never married. But they laughed anyway. Even at that age I got the idea. I was about 9.
@Jaochai Gay shmay! What does it matter? It's just funny. Two fat guys, well dressed in an English Club of staid members playing it s t r a i g h t as they recall a fallen member. That doesn't seem as if it would be funny at all, but the timing of these two actors with all their props, particularly with the Dom-character smoking the cigar and not the great Orson Welles, makes this priceless and as subtle as mince pie.
What do you mean gay joke ? They only mentioned that he was happy not "gay". You Gay people are so sensitive. you are so susceptible! You think that everything is about you, don't you ? Just because someone does not get married that does not mean that he is gay ? Does it ? I am not married....does that mean...? Oh Yeah ! Come on baby !
Freddead, remember this was originally from 1948, actually or supposedly, and the humor was more subtle then. Just check out the old movies (especially Mae West's). They had to get around the Hays office--get the point across in REAL language and IMPLIED action instead of that common adjective that everyone uses anymore to describe EVERYTHING, good, bad and ugly or otherwise and the common activity that seems to be required by law. Just goes to show how talented writers were in those times.
The reason it was called At Last The 1948 Show, but was actually made in 1967, was a reference to how long the BBC used to leave a lot of shows gathering dust before showing them. It was a sign of changing humour as the university undergraduates who had started off in the satire boom came to prominence and featured people who would work in the Goodies and Monty Python. There are a couple of famous Monty Python sketches whichw ere originally written for this show.
Is that Dean or an audience member laughing throughout the whole thing? I ask cuz it sounds like Dean raspy smoker laugh.. Im probably wrong tho....??
What do you mean gay joke ? They only mentioned that he was happy not "gay". You Gay people are so sensitive. you are so susceptible, you think that everything is about you. Just because someone does not get married that does not mean that he is gay ? does it ?
I remember seeing this when I was a kid. Didn't quite get the joke at the time but I still got a laugh out of it. Great classic stuff.
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nextren 1 year ago
I remember this skit from when I was a kid. My folks wouldn't tell me why George never married. But they laughed anyway. Even at that age I got the idea. I was about 9.
TheTiburon0 2 years ago
Two brilliant men, in a brilliant sketch.
anton1990 2 years ago 2
Good to see Orson looking as if he was having fun ad enjoying himself.
normanby100 2 years ago 4
I had to watch this one again.. a classic.
josephdupont 2 years ago
In case there was any doubt . . .
Orson Welles and the other guy are dancing around the fact that their dead friend was a closeted homosexual.
Jaochai 2 years ago
@Jaochai Gay shmay! What does it matter? It's just funny. Two fat guys, well dressed in an English Club of staid members playing it s t r a i g h t as they recall a fallen member. That doesn't seem as if it would be funny at all, but the timing of these two actors with all their props, particularly with the Dom-character smoking the cigar and not the great Orson Welles, makes this priceless and as subtle as mince pie.
Novak67766 2 years ago
tHIS IS NOT ANTI GAY. THESE ARE FRIENDS OF THEIR DEAD BUDDY.
THEY DID NOT SEE STRAIGHT OR GAY.
THEY SAW TRAITS , ADMIRABLE TRAITS.
josephdupont 2 years ago 4
one of the funniest skits I've ever
seen.
josephdupont 2 years ago 2
The original was from a very short-run show called "Marty." This was just before things like "Blazing Saddles."
HSMiyamoto 3 years ago
Fabulous version. Would love to see the Marty Feldman one.
peggymount 3 years ago
What do you mean gay joke ? They only mentioned that he was happy not "gay". You Gay people are so sensitive. you are so susceptible! You think that everything is about you, don't you ? Just because someone does not get married that does not mean that he is gay ? Does it ? I am not married....does that mean...? Oh Yeah ! Come on baby !
LeCanadienerrant 3 years ago
george was obviously gay
tomes55moon 3 years ago
I wud so like to see the orig "Funny he never married" by the late great Marty Feldman who I think wrote the sketch Alough I may be wrong
Ray uk
tvkatrina2002 3 years ago
Any idea where i can see the original with Marty Feldman? Cheers in advance.
davg83 3 years ago
Freddead, remember this was originally from 1948, actually or supposedly, and the humor was more subtle then. Just check out the old movies (especially Mae West's). They had to get around the Hays office--get the point across in REAL language and IMPLIED action instead of that common adjective that everyone uses anymore to describe EVERYTHING, good, bad and ugly or otherwise and the common activity that seems to be required by law. Just goes to show how talented writers were in those times.
rufusminnie 3 years ago
@rufusminnie
The reason it was called At Last The 1948 Show, but was actually made in 1967, was a reference to how long the BBC used to leave a lot of shows gathering dust before showing them. It was a sign of changing humour as the university undergraduates who had started off in the satire boom came to prominence and featured people who would work in the Goodies and Monty Python. There are a couple of famous Monty Python sketches whichw ere originally written for this show.
kemptonite 1 year ago
The orpginal was better but it is good. Belongs to an era when we all knew what a sexual pervert was (and stillis.)
gimik61 3 years ago
Is that Dean or an audience member laughing throughout the whole thing? I ask cuz it sounds like Dean raspy smoker laugh.. Im probably wrong tho....??
JustLeiLani 3 years ago
I think the humor of the joke is found more in their ignorance than the dead man's gayness...cute sketch I think
citizen2k1 4 years ago
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All that for a gay joke?
Bleh.
freddead 4 years ago
So the punchline is all that you were waiting for? Stop wasting our oxygen.
wonderllama74 3 years ago 3
What do you mean gay joke ? They only mentioned that he was happy not "gay". You Gay people are so sensitive. you are so susceptible, you think that everything is about you. Just because someone does not get married that does not mean that he is gay ? does it ?
LeCanadienerrant 3 years ago