Les Paul and Mary Ford

[TubeGunner]

LOL I want to do this! Wait for my wife to come in with groceries, tell her I fixed her iron and then start playing some amazing shit on electric gutiar while she unbags them and sings like a bird.

Unfortunately I and most ain't Les Paul in that area.

[ACDCFan96100]

I think this is actually around late 54'-55, because that is a gibson les paul custom and they didn't come out until 1954

[AprylZA]

Oh Cheeze! No wonder I'm so messed up! I'm still wishing that Mr Prince Charming would back me up on guitar while I paint mes Oeuvres, oh dear, what's that nasty smell? Maybe I'd better call a repairman. Keep strummin' those licks, darlin...

[TheHuMoCa]

Apart from the constant threat of nuclear war the 50s would have been an awesome time to live in

[KIsimpleS]

Nancy, what the Hell is this? It's brown tastes like bleach and now my mouth is on FIRE!!!

[LouisLeeKH]

I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, an AL Jolson hit.

[RuskoE]

I fixed your iron and defrosted the refrigerator.

Two for one.

I thought it was a good idea.

(classic)

[NelsonRodrigoMartins]

Les, the refrigerator is not working. Maybe I can serenade it back to life with "This can't be Love"...Nice and simple as that!

[SunsetSix]

Beautiful... just beautiful.

[OMFGRAZORGATOR]

what was the latter song?

[prinznevsky]

it's so narcotic...

[envyofrock]

With Les Paul, everything can be fixed with music.

[Rusty350]

OMG...what a wonderful sound these two made. love all of their songs.

[thomasmoredamian]

oh, don't BITCH! two sweet, VERY VERY talented people having the time of their lives. oh, and the food? hell, if I had that kind of hard work and fame in my life, don't tell me I'd have empty cupboards, either. beautiful music, our country's electric lieder.

[andyguitar99]

I`m going to fix my marriage by downing a bottle of Listerine and plugging the Les Paul into the Marshall, I just hope my wife appreciates it at 2.00 in the morning. Thanks Les, marriage back on track

[rubbersole79]

Les, my water broke and the contractions are on top of one another....

"Here Mary, let me play Mockingbird Hill for the little bugger...."

[dunbar9finger]

It's so surreal how it goes from Les shredding the guitar into the virtues of mouthwash.

[barbarellagb]

oh my word, i wanna come home to that too ! bad breath be danged ! viva les & mary

[ToastmachineIdiot]

Let me whip out my prototype Les Paul Custom and do some epic shredding while you unpack the groceries.

[holbs44]

looks like someone accidentally disliked this

[ericchanztron]

les paul is still gorgeous...timeless!

[TL250Rider]

THIS  IS JUST SO FANTASTIC

THANK YOU

[rODIUMuk]

I think Richard carpenter copied some of his production from this group

[chkjns]

She really WAS sitting on top of the world with a new baby on the way ! ! ! Our family got a used baby when I was 5. She's 49 and still hates me but HALLELUJAH, she loves the Lord. Oh dear..........................­...

[bondman00794]

If only my wife was like this and let me play while she puts way the groceries

[jukedar]

Thats right, you unpack the grocerys , I'll play guitar,

[welder541]

O.M.G The music was so great back then. This will always be one of my favorite kinds of music from the past . Total pureness you don't see any more today. Loved them do'in sitt'in on top of the world. Thanx for posting):):):):):)

[jasonmit]

In any other household a guitar in the kitchen would be seen as strange, but considering it's Les Paul, it seems perfectly rational.

[Glockenator]

Mary Ford was the whole package. She had a good voice, she was good at guitar and she was really pretty

[911FANGS]

yer sweet :)

[jimmyhobbit]

awesome shredder, he would compete with some of the greatest shredders in our time,

one of a kind legend

RIP Les and Mary.......

[2558465]

Mary could COOK !!!

[911FANGS]

TEEHEE

[GuillermoSmyser]

Les is shredding! Man! He was so ahead of his time!

[TheOffcialACCFans]

I wouldn't say ahead of this time but he is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. like allways liked Mary Fords voice. My dad is about 50 years old. He used to play Les Paul songs for me when I was little.

[Flyin2hawain]

not only could Les Paul play the guitar like no other, he could fix the iron and defrost the refrigerator at the same time!

[samuelkim1]

why doesnt les fix the fridge himself? XD

[songpoemguy]

if it was not for les paul music wood not be were it is now he did it all check out on youtube the song you silly doggie if it was not for les a song like this could never have been recorded god bless that man

[MishuTaste]

Oh man! All these divorces could've been fixed with a swish of Listerine!!!

[samuelkim1]

i know eh?

then we could all get big wedding rings and live in peace forever! XD

[madamerotten]

Listerine was originally marketed as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea.

[leoseries]

madamrotten. How did you find that out? Did you catch it in the mouth?

[marvelfreak42]

Could not believe that happened today. Where would music be right now if it wasn't for Les? RIP. :(

[1metalnation]

RIP Les, no one could ever play like you could

[smokindog]

RIP

[BellusDePorko]

I recently used Listerine to clean my fuel injectors. Awesome!

[butterp7]

How in the world did you do that...

[bmxmar]

oh man this is awesome...this is really history...it's so amazing to see this ... i red about them on wikipedia...but i never thought to find them on youtube...thank god there is internet.

[fromthesidelines]

This is one of their "typical" five minute interludes, originally syndicated in 1954-'55, with Warner-Lambert's "Listerine" as their national sponsor. This segment was first seen during 1954.

[catlovermarty]

If you notice, Les' left arm is fixed into position to play the guitar. His elbow was destroyed in a car accident back in the '30's or '40s. He also invented the multi-track tape recorder. That why Mary sounds like a girl group instead of one person. When they played live shows, Mary's sister would sing backup behind a curtain.

[mistersnaredrum]

also, if Les is such an electronics wizard, how come everything electrical in his house breaks down all the time? the iron, the fridge... shocking!

[mike29983]

xD

the frigde didnt break down, it was only "unpluuuuged"

[mistersnaredrum]

the hell's he done to that les paul? where are the pickups?

ooh, the little tinkerer!

[rll1954]

"Where are the pickups?"

Where's the cord to the amp???

[parlophonman]

Onforgetable Les Paul and Mary Ford, and their music !

Thank you so much for sharing this rare onknow clip in Europe !

[daughterofethosz]

So cool!

Oh yeah...

[darkhorizongirl]

Lol. Hey, Mary, I'll just whip out a gorgeous guitar and show off with my fancy fingering while you unpack the groceries and sing sittin' on top of the world. Oh, look, it's neighbor Wilson and his wife Carol! Come on over! We're just singin' and puttin' away our groceries! Oh, the kids are home! Just in time! Break out the drums and recording stuff, we'll mack an album and sell it at the bake sale! Oh, no, let's sing to the fridge! No, bobby, no need to call the family shrink!

[darkhorizongirl]

*make

Just another plague-ish typo!

[nchaptini]

Oh My God! This is so cheesy.Love the guitar playing and the music, but goodness! In a Listerine commercial. Well, that's the 50's kitsch I guess.

[paulbrockenhagen]

''I'll play sittin' on top of the world as you unpack the groceries" wow. the 50's were so spontaneos. Next line "I'll play Freebird while you back the car into the garage!"

[vauxhall908]

@paulbrockenhagen we need a new les and mary show