Bert Lahr (Funny Ass Song)

[liamblackere]

Epic I wish more people could take a leaf outa his book , comedy isnt about swearing every 2 seconds its about entertainment my surprise or nonsence!

[davidls11]

The next time a celebrity forgets the words to the national anthem, they should sing this.

[Medalion]

Gillian Jacobs is digging this guy's flow... first white hip-hopper evar

[tooyjfwn]

Tourettes?

[spiltbluhd]

niki minaj's inspiration

[spiltbluhd]

world's first rapper.

[SoraDG12]

the affects of cocaine

[purplkoala]

They don't make talent like this any more!!! This is REAL talent!!!

[odisiusable]

1:04 - 1:20 This Nigga feels the spirit of the holy ghost ALHAHALALAHAHALALAHA speaking in tongues and shit lmfao

[BudStrong]

Wow, I never knew Bert Lahr smoked pot.

[darkswim14]

GOLD!!! there just isnt art like this any more!

[calloia567]

WTF?! Well he still sounds like the lion. I love Bert...what a talented dude!

[BruceTheSillyGoose]

the polar opposite of his [very limited by his premature death] relatively subdued work in "the night they raided minsky's."

[myvwsRrusty]

NOW you know why he got the part of the Cowardly Lion in the "Wizard of OZ"!

[weinerbongo]

Does anyone know what movie this is from?

[73Shakes]

Ill have what hes having! Wait......Make mine a double

[73Shakes]

Ill have what hes having!

[UniverseSmasher]

I got about three seconds into it... before my bowels just totally relaxed. That was fucking crazy funny. Damn

[WIZZINGSHIRE]

uuhhhhhhhhhhhhh,its not that funny

[Oeconomist]

This is more like Tourette's Syndrome than talent.

[cmcintire1]

is he f**king high!?

[talshiarr]

It was a simpler time, not long after talkies were introduced. They didn't have everything nailed down yet.

[mcdago62]

what tallent

[dallascoop69]

this is fuckin horrible haha

[jazzmanchgo]

He's either satirizing the jazz-based popular entertanment of his day or burlesquing some "amateur-night" pretender who thinks he's hip (or both). I can see and hear various elements of Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Al Jolson in his rouitine, among others.

[asiafire64]

he was the lion in the wizard of oz

[watayapupuya]

What the Hell is a funny "ass" song?

[WSenator1]

Everything considered, shouldn't he be singing "Hold that LION"?

[WSenator1]

I wonder how they calmed BL down for "Oz." Even though he gave a lively performance in that film, he still had his calm, and even touching, moments as well.

[karenamanda1958]

Didn't know they had Starbuck's back then.

[torchkit]

The "Woof Song" from the 1937 film "Love and Hisses." This entire bit was left on the editing room floor before the movie's release..

[xoxspicygurlxox]

Lmao whatta card xD hes fucking amazing lmao

[at90percent]

It's the cowardly lion without the suit.

[WIZZINGSHIRE]

ITS NOT THAT FUNNY,even though i like bert....."IF I WERE KING OF THE FORESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT".

[glimmer2158]

He's on a drug called Charlie Sheen

[enigmadroid]

Loki unleashed! I sincerely hope that someone records me going similarly insane on camera for future generations! 

[tinkerpinkrose]

wtf

[JuuhachigouSama]

Hahahhahaa, whattaspaz. Perfect for that cowardly lion!

[styod17]

WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT!?

[MrUnidyne]

@styod17 He's doing riffs on the routines of the jazz vocalists of the era. Pretty much the way kids in the future will be scratching their heads over all the jewelry rappers wear now.

[whewfan]

This is one year before Oz came along... it's easy to see a LOT of the tics and characteristics that he implemented in the Cowardly Lion.

[Digiman80]

Painful is correct.

[saxophoney]

This must have been funny at the time. Bert Lahr was big Broadway and of course in "WOZ", but this is pretty painful.

[amm815]

lmao

[MrBigYum]

Mm-Hmm. That's exactly what I said.

[DoktorSick]

cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[MydniteDaun]

Hahah Hello ya Cowardly Lion.

[AuntThebe]

Well, we can see how he got the part for The Wizard of Oz. Love him.

[whatwhatinthebu7]

this is on the nigga drug and cant handle it

[kingpin6172]

whats wrong with this guy..... seems a bit psychotic for that era......

[woodrowman]

I see every warner brothers cartoon in this!

[yet404]

man he's been chewing on the crack rocks

[weatherboi]

I can just imagine Burt in his Lion's costume doing this song. I think that they were starting to film Oz around the same time as this clip (1938).

[MsMegz131]

He's the cowardly lion hes soo great

[cahcahwowo1]

If It Wasnt For this Guy. Comedy would Never Started.

[LDoubleAA]

lol lol waynes white ancestor lol no offense

[PyroPete91]

Do you think he did coke for breakfast? And brunch? And lunch? And dinner?......And for a midnight snack???

[amieelmes]

it is my great great uncle

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@amieelmes Really? That's great.  Are you in show business?

[JohnnyDaytonMusic]

LMAO... this is dirty south.

[groovymr1337]

This is definitely making fun of Black stereotypes of the time!

[TheMikerobs123orio]

lsd so affective lol

[JayBoyzProduction]

too much coke~a~cola

[tverratti]

Imagine what audiences in the 1930's would have thought about whatever it is we find funny now.

Actually, I think we'll be wondering what Annoying Orange was all about in less than a generation....

[cehussey]

It may appear spontaneous, but, given that the band is perfectly in synch with Lahr, they did some work on it prior to showtime. He's like a live-action Warner Bros. cartoon character. I can see Daffy Duck doing a routine like this.

[johnjnesbit]

@cehussey Before reading your comment, I was thinking Daffy Duck all the way. It's uncanny the similarities. He must have been the inspiration for the cartoon character.

[HotBroodish]

I have no idea what's going on.

[HotBroodish]

@burtonhammet wtf @ everywhere

[Mrfunkyfilmore]

Can you say,,,,,,,,,,,,,WTF?????

[taurnguard]

They must have had some pretty good drugs back then.

[slimbrouckske]

hahaha, excellent !! :)

[sperfearf64]

lol wtf

[campbellhen]

Bert Lahr did Godot in the '50s. His son John Lahr wrote an excellent bio and history of these times. Much appreciated from montreal

[1952to30]

Man, he must've been on some good stuff!

[MrUnidyne]

I did some research and found out that this musical number, "The Woof Song", was filmed for the movie "Love and Hisses" (1937), but was cut from the film because the studio brass couldn't make heads or tails of it. It's available on the DVD "Hidden Hollywood - Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults".

[jasin95]

Looks like he has tics, sheheheit

[EatAgilityVideos]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! =P

[syuvial]

honestly, not his best performance. im confused as to why in the world you chose to upload THIS one of all things.

to the person whining about how terrible rap and hiphop are: You need to open your mind a bit. yes there is a lot of really bad music in those genres and most of it is highly visible, but there's also a fair amount of good music that came out of it.

[tetracanthus]

The guy was way ahead of his time.

[bazfanv2]

Great when he goes into lion mode, cant help thinking that saved the performance.

[TBCSTARS]

Hey folks..Imagine Bert in a time-warp "Twilight Zone" style....Rod Serling is as Ryan Seacrest intrducing him to THOSE JUDGES. on today's "American Idol." After the crtique, Bert goes over and bites Simon's head off at the shoulders. "Rod" quips. "Well, I guess he showed him 'who's King of the chorus."

Tim Killer Beez Beasley

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[elc1960]

@TBCSTARS BOOOO!!!! Bad pun!! (Just kidding - I like that scenario, Dude, except maybe he should decapitate all three judges, and any future judges as well because that show does more to downgrade the talent pool in modern music than anything else.)

[elc1960]

I can't for the life of me decide whether he's extremely talented or totally fucking batshit crazy! It's like an insane person's medley of old 1930s songs, because he quotes "Mississippi Mud", "Minnie the Moocher" and a shitload of other songs - just one line from each one. If you did an entire 8-ball yourself and got up onstage to sing, this is probably what would come out of your mouth.

[TheMerriamLookout]

@elc1960 Extremely talented. Look at some of his other stuff including anything you can find on Broadway if there is anything around from the period...

[yucchhiiowwee]

@elc1960 Lol, I think it a combo of both, Talent and craziness.

[FlaviaR]

Oh, please - he was hardly "hyper" - he was just in normal good shape. You can even see some nascent "Cowardly Lion" in this performance.

[pauswa1966]

Maybe he had a little speed to help. Few middle-aged adults are that hyper without help.

[rhapsodyswept]

What...the...heck?! I feel like I missed the beginning of this--or something that would make the whole thing make sense. Like, there should be an introduction where he's like, "So, one time, I smoked a joint before a performance, and when I went on stage, I thought I was singing, but it really sounded like this (insert clip)."

[mcboy076]

This is amazing!!!

[ekocentric]

If he got rich my old neighbors in Watts were cheated out of their due....some of them were a lot more certifiable than this. Their only pay was a forty ounce and occasional jail term. lol

[LydiaMarieKiwi]

hahaha

[pikeycowboylover]

This is GREAT

[dynamiz]

think this guy forgot hes medz at home lol! Perhaps hes ritalin :P

[eyecmypets]

This deleted number is from a 1938 film, Love And Hisses. It can also be seen in Treasures From The 20th Century Vaults. This is Bert Lahr ( Cowardly Lion) who is showing in a medlely of popular music and scat, some old traditions of grotesque comedy and eccentric dance from early Vaudeville. It is a great lesson of vintage comedy business.

[myjizzureye]

@eyecmypets He was into scat? Figures, he looks like he always got a bad taste in his mouth (O.o)

[grockbert]

Hey look! It's Lloyd Blankfein explaining CDO's!!!

[dancingirl11]

LOL. This is hysterical. I think he's the first person to have ADHD.

[orangeviolins]

Oh Thank You so much. What a trip.  Agree with you Maya! And to think about all of those Warner Bros. characters with "Sthppppeeech Impediments"...(had to remember the Roger Rabbit epiphany here...so true). This nut RULES!!! (And he could have done some great cartoon voice overs...unless there are some that I am unaware of... (From another "nut" that does her own impression of the Cowardly Lion whenever the moment hits her)

[Audinos]

Somebody discovered cocaine...

[laneyproud]

@Audinos LMAO!!!!!

[SilentSam69]

@Audinos You sure he wasn't drinking bleach and smoking Draino?

[ivictoria215]

lmaooooooooooooo

[76gremlinguy]

is that....the cowardly lion dude from the wizard of oz?

[Nomaki0]

It's right in the description..

[gabevee3]

@76gremlinguy Yup.

[collo121]

@76gremlinguy Yep it is

[shealways]

he s adorable

[fromthesidelines]

This was actually a sequence from a 1937 film that Lahr appeared in [I believe it was "Love and Hisses"]. However, this particular number, "The Announcer's Song" (inspired by the fact that radio announcers in those days often "tested" their microphones before going on the air by saying things like, "Hello, testing, testing, one-two-three, woof-woof, hello..."), was deleted before the film's official release.

[killb1994]

eh. ehehehe! ahahaah! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

I'ts nonsense but a laughmachine for me!!!

[lekocafe]

Like a stream of conciousness rant with big band background. They had some good drugs in 1938.

[slapshot3003]

i bet

[sandhgreen]

Sorry, but this is simply NOT FUNNY.

[MagicEmperor]

Why is there a Scientology argument underlining a Bert Lahr video?

[justinbieberluvr2396]

this is the stupidest song I've heard before. Lmfao. :D

[torchkit]

That's why it was left on the cutting room floor for several decades.

[BryanRiel]

never mind i just saw the description. my bad. HAHA!!

[BryanRiel]

he's from Wizard of Oz. He's the lion.

[jimmyboy99]

The hell's wrong with this guy?

[MrUnidyne]

PLEASE tell me what film this is from!!!

[RedHotRushie]

So THIS is where hip-hop and rap started...!

[yucchhiiowwee]

@RedHotRushie PLEASE don't EVEN compare SHIT SLOP AND (C)RAP to this stuff!! These people actually had imagination AND MUSICAL ABILITY!!! There is NOTHING to compare SHIT SLOP AND (c)RAP to this!!!

[RedHotRushie]

@yucchhiiowwee Thank you - I stand corrected! My apologies to Mr. Lahr (may he rest in laughter and peace) and his family.

[yucchhiiowwee]

@RedHotRushie: Well, MY appologise to you, I didn't mean to cuss!! I do however get a bit emotional about the differences between MUSIC and the GARBAGE that's out there nowadays! It drives me NUTS!!!

[TheHottiegirl29]

haha i luv that dide as the lion but this is kinda freaky like hes high or sometin

[mattybock]

something i forgot, bert says eyes muggin', getting mugged originally ment that getting a tough guy stare down.

[JasperMcCutcheon]

Could also be I's a-muggin' ... I am mugging ... showing off ... mugging for the audience, and in this case, the cameras. These are snippets from song and dance routines he performed on burlesque and vaudeville stages before coming to Hollywood around 1930.

[YeaWhiplash]

and this was before crack?

[mattybock]

talent soaked in adreniline. he didn't do to well after Oz, because fellow actors were afriad of him, he was just so damn energetic.

[MrUnidyne]

The problem was when you were on screen or stage with Burt Lahr, every eye and ear was on HIM! You weren't simply in his shadow, you were in total darkness! You might just as welll have been next door!

[dumbbina]

Strother Martin was scene stealer also

[gunfighterzero]

he played the lion in the wizard of oz

[therooster83091]

this guy was on crack lol

[spotfur1]

gotta luv this guy

[jimmyboy99]

Indeed it was a nicer time.

[Skipn27]

Thanks for posting. People seemed to enjoy simple, goofy fun back then. It must have been a nicer time.

[RAM4486]

They must have had some fire ass weed back then.

[sakuraamor15]

You just can't get classic comedy these days... Oh. Before the Wizard of Oz. That Collar is before the depression.

[soloman81]

Is he spoofing Cab Calloway kind of scat singing or something?

[zackfuller]

he is spoofing a variety of songs that at the the time were very well known. jive (like cab calloway) but also minstrel tunes and that whole legacy, which by this time was so mainstream that audiences would understand what he was parodying. No way to understand the intention behind it , but I would like to think it is more a spoof of white performers who imitated African Americans. Seems that way to me anyway.

[sallieparker]

I should say SO!

[beentheredonethatb4]

Rather irritating performance. I can see why it was deleted. Seems like a replay of his role as the cowardly lion with all his woofs and winces.

[mayabidaya]

hardly. it was decades before its time and, and, btw, recorded many years before his cowardly lion role.

bert lahr, like many successful performers, had signature looks and expressions.

[jokers819]

before the cowerdly lion

[haidar99999]

What The Fuck?

[MasTArrrRR]

נראה לי הבן אדם נולד מחורפן.

[ednayarkspay]

Thank you for posting this. It's amazing how many spectacular sequences (such as this) were deleted from issued prints, including the elegant dance Bill Robinson did in "Café Metropole" (released 1937) the only time he wore white tie and tails in a film. It is viewable here on YouTube, until the studio bean counters realize it's copyrighted material!

[ednayarkspay]

This Lahr routine gives credence to the theory that "The Jitterbug" number in "Wizard of Oz" was deleted because Bert Lahr upstaged Judy Garland with his bigger-than-life personality (one of several theories, another being that the song's topicality detracted from the timeless quality of the film). This is spectacular!

[wynn2003]

is the the dude that played the lion in wizard of oz

[DansLookingGlass]

Yes it is.

[KevinBiedrzycki1]

Yes it is .

[fromthesidelines]

This sequence was originally deleted from the final release print of a 1937 feature film {"Love and Hisses'} Bert played a supporting role in...

[CrazyDiamond5321]

Bert Lahr was such a fun performer

[usmctanks1]

Lahr, Bolger and haley were all very established stars in both Radio, Movies and vaudeville. They did not take advantage of that when they filmed OZ but could have. From what I read they were all considered nice guys, but also wanted to be treated as the "star " of Oz and all of them thought it would be a "bomb"!! Bolger I belive was the last to go, and I think the last munchkin (or one of the last) just died.

[shan1194]

woof ahh...ahhhhhh! :L:L:L

[louienye]

I gotta number - TWITCH, TWITCH.

[jazzalex22]

Bert Lahr was just a guy that was extremely funny. He got started in Vaudeville and was born to Jewish parents. After the Wizard of Oz, Lahr starred in The Three Stooges' STop Look and Laugh as a small role which was a party clerk. He died of a heart attack in 1968 after filming The Night They Raided Minsky's

[WSenator1]

@jazzalex22 - I'm surprised he didn't die of a heart attack after doing this number!

[CantKillTheMusic]

It gets NO BETTER! AND the likes of these comics are NO LONGER.

[APatronOfTheArts]

Can you think of anyone to better play the LION??? Can you think of anyone cast for The WIZARD who wasnt perfect for the part?

[MrUnidyne]

Burt Lahr would later say that he was "typecast" as the Cowardly Lion. Take that anyway you want.

[dutchblaine]

This sure kicks the ass of vampire weekend!

[antiann52]

Dang! I've never seen Burt so hyped up. "Good evening, friends? Well, I still love him. Burt you're still my boy

[xNikkaX3]

o.o?

[cornbreadthedog]

man, i dig this like a shovel! what movie is this from?

p.s.

thanks for posting! i'm starved for old hollywood! yes!..

[gooddog227]

he's havin a fit!

[AngelsTurtle]

hey! The Cowardly Lion is on crack! lol jk

funny man

[mnbvcxz789456123]

Tom Cruise is the Descendant of This Man

[laurensadriaanse]

tom cruise is a no talent bum bert lahr had talent

[antiann52]

For real?

[maninwhitedress]

Of course this is for real. don't you understand the complications of this extreme art form and scientific mouth movement. You can feel different dimensions reaching your subconscious.

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

"You can feel different dimensions reaching your subconscious."...ha ha ha.

That's funny...and really stupid.

[ObiWanShinobi1]

were they still putting cocaine in coca cola then?

[lonniedc]

I love it !!!!!!!!!!!

Same personality as the cowardly lion he portrayed in Wizard of Oz.

[NewYawkahBroad]

I didn't realize this guy was nuts! OMG!

[Macombdag]

He makes Tom Cruise look normal :)