Mark Twain: How I Came Into Literary Profession (clip)

[rhenz111]

@Orsley: This is a film, not a stage show. That's the first difference from Hal's show. The first time I met him, I told Hal I do not steal from his script, and we've stayed in touch and have been good friends ever since. In fact, I have sat with him twice while he removed his makeup after his show. I was cast by Coronet to do this film in 1987, but I have been performing as Twain since 1967. Hal does used his own version of "Advice to Youth" which opens the film, but this is not a "knock-off"

[Orsley]

This is a knock-off of Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight" -- i.e. the white hair and wardrobe. Twain was not always 70 -- that is his age in the Holbrook show. He was not 70 when he lived in Hartford. If you want to do Twain in Hartford, why not do him at the right age instead of Holbrook's older Twain? This only shows that all Twain impersonators owe everything to Holbrook, who is the incarnation of Twain's humanity, wit, image and spirit, to which no other actor has come close.

[Ecosse57]

holbrook is better.

[theboombody]

Throwing bricks is at least more dignified than throwing milk.

[SarahBe3ar4evr]

O_O

[tigerlily109]

"Just simply wait for the right moment, and hit him with a brick. Leave dynamite for the low and unrefined." lol i love this

[sniper152]

anyone notice the large rat in the background?

looks like a rat, might be a squirrel.

came out of the bushes on the right at :36, went behind Twain, came out on the left at :51, then at 1:29 ran back to the bushes. LOL

[LinkinFreakPixar]

Need to see the one where he's telling a scary story. Do you have that one?

[Orsley]

@LinkinFreakPixar - That was in Hal Holbrook's 1666 TV special of his stage show "Mark Twain Tonight," which he still performs around the world. Avail on DVD -- I bet it's posted here somewhere. The story is called "The Golden Arm."

[heavensfrost]

But of course.. Be respectful to your superiors..If you have any!!! This is a crack up!

[FatFeatherlessBirdie]

is this hal holbrook?