My dad was friends with Mario Scarpa (Guy Marks). Mario was born in October, 1923 and my dad in March, 1924. They were neighborhood buddies who hung together on the corner of 15th & Wharton Streets in South Phila. where Mario began his stand-up comedy routine and did impersonations of famous people. He was nicknamed "Kid Shoes" by his friends. My dad's nickname was "Joe Pal" and he lived at 15th & Reed Streets, one block away. My dad always told me that Mario was an extremely talented guy.
Ah, it brings back memories of this song being sung in a record pantomime on Lunch With Casey in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St.Paul on WTCN-TV 11!
took me years to find an MP3 of the Original.. and now this Gem.. I thought I was going to cry. it was my Favorite song on the Juke box where my dad worked and I played it over and over again.. my day is very happy indeed.
i have a 45single of this song cost sixty cents.flip side is called forgive me my love.took45years to see it preformed.i still love it nobody would believe it was real!
I was in Viet Nam when this came out and heard it on the AFVN (American Forces Vietnam Network) station in Qui Nhon. I couldn't believe my ears. This has to be the funniest song ever written and performed. Thanks for putting it on here.
when i was in high school i dated a girl whose mother had a recording of this. we used to get high and listen to it and crack up! i have been telling people about the song ever since nobody ever believed me! thanks!
The late great Guy Marks indeed. What a talent. I heard this song on an oldies radio station in the US when I was in my teens and just loved it. Thanks for posting this. I had no idea Marks died so young - 64 He is one of the great, forgotten comics and impressionists..too bad.
What an incredibly zany, and catchy song! Looks like love did make him bananas! I think many of us can relate! I almost understand the lyrics myself! Lol! Guy Marks was an absolute genius! Thanks for sharing this rare, and wonderful clip! 5 stars!!! :)
Yes the announcer should have waited until the song was over but I like his commentary. I asked the waiter for iodine, but I dined all alone. :) Love it.
I remember this in the disco era even then its as camp as youll get a classic nice to hear this again so 40s in the 70s perhaps thats why its remember.
Does anyone have a copy of Guy Marks singing "As Time Goes By" using his Bogey impression? I used to hear it on WNEW 1130AM in the mid 1960's. Have not heard it since.
What a performer! I too came upon this video by chance and have watched it ooh must be twenty times and I still laugh each time. I found him again on the Dean Martin Show and Boy oh Boy is he great! Sad to hear that he has died but I'm certain there must be an American fan club for him. P.S. Thank you Cindy for the video it is now on my favourites.
If you have got, or can get, the 7" vinyl version of this song (on abc Records, number ABC 4211), do listen to the 'B side'. It's called 'Forgive me my love'. Not a novelty song, but still a very good song in its own right. Like 'Bananas' it also has a nice retro feel to it.
CindyAdzuki, many thanks for uploading this. I remember it was very popular in 78. Though I have the mp3, I've never seen the video. Sad that Guy Marks died, I didn't know that.
Great video. I was on active duty when I came home on leave in 1968 and heard the song on my little sisters record album. I also wish I could hear Guy Marks singing "As Time Goes By" using his Bogey voice.
TY TY TY soooooo much for this! I have been singing it to people for 35 years and telling them about Guy Marks but could never play them or show them the wonderfully zany song and performance that had so knocked me out when I first heard it as a kid, that I NEVER forgot it! Great comedy from a great comedian. I have waited a long time for this and I can not thamk you enuff!
This is a classic bit of footage - a fantastic piece of spoof nonsense portraying the great US Radio shows of the 1930's and 1940's.
Guy Marks was known as the comedian's comedian - exceptionally funny both on and off stage. Originally from Australia, he sadly died a good few years ago now!
I don't know where you got the idea that Guy Marks was from Australia. A quick Google reveals that he was born in Philadelphia and originally named Mario Scarpo.
@crawfordbradley. Geoff, allow me to correct you. My late uncle Mario, aka Guy Marks was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1923, the youngest of 3 boys including my late father. I do greatly appreciate whomever posted this video clip. Thank goodness youtube exists.
Watch the background singers, the girls--especially the way they look as they prepare to contribute their talents. They seem vastly amused. I'm not sure whether the laughter was because of the error one of them made ("shopfitter blues" instead of "shipfitter blues"--as if it matters!) or simply a pent-up reaction to this glorious nonsense!
Guy Marks was nothing short of brilliant -- a first-rate actor, comedian and impressionist. He so outshone Joey Bishop as a regular on "The Joey Bishop Show" sitcom in 1962 that Joey fired him in midseason -- out of sheer jealousy. Marks hade only a precious few TV and film appearances other than that, instead performing in clubs and Vegas. "Loving You Has Made me Bananas," which he wrote, reached #25 in the UK, #51 in the US in 1968. This TV version was clearly shot much, much later.
This song has been inside me since Guy Marks first did it. This great performance and arrangement has, incredibly, made it beautiful as well as funny! I only wish the announcer had not interrupted the ending. Where is this from?
The announcer who interrupts is Steve Wright, a British radio DJ who thinks he's as funny as the American comedian of the same name. Inexplicably, he's still on national radio, where he talks across records all the time.
One of the funniest guys ever. Check him out on the Dean Martin roast of Michael Landon if any of you have the tape. You'll piss yourself laughing, just like Dean and Rickles did that night.
I remember seeing him do this on the syndicated Steve Allen show in the late sixties. Those of you familiar with the sweet bands of the thirties (like Guy Lombardo) will see that the satire is dead on. The record that I have opens the medley like Sammy Kaye and ends it like Lombardo. I've met people who think its real music from the "big band" era. Thanks for posting.
Who says the Americans can't produce satire. Excellent! Always makes me laugh. Listen carefully and you can hear the backing singers crack up in the middle.
I can remember watching this in the U.K in 1978! An time/era when BBC's Top Of The Pops was a New Wave Punkfest with bands like Sham 69 and The Stranglers for example appearing! This song sticks in my memory because it was so out of place considering the times and that Iodine bit still sticks in my mind nearly 30years later!
I used to see this guy perform at a place called The Lucky Club in Wildwood, NJ. This song is a riot, can't believe there's a video clip for it. Thanks for posting.
i remember singing this on a coach on a school trip in 78 how time flys :)
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My dad was friends with Mario Scarpa (Guy Marks). Mario was born in October, 1923 and my dad in March, 1924. They were neighborhood buddies who hung together on the corner of 15th & Wharton Streets in South Phila. where Mario began his stand-up comedy routine and did impersonations of famous people. He was nicknamed "Kid Shoes" by his friends. My dad's nickname was "Joe Pal" and he lived at 15th & Reed Streets, one block away. My dad always told me that Mario was an extremely talented guy.
jimplan365 3 months ago
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jimplan365 3 months ago
great song i like it from old times
barberjames2 5 months ago
Searched all kinds of music DB's to no avail, you delivered, well done.
glw4111 7 months ago
Bloody amazing..after all these years. Bought this record in the UK.
phill90212 7 months ago
I remember this song from an old 78 record my dad owned. It was definitely from the 1940's or 50's!
joelmc80 7 months ago
Ah, it brings back memories of this song being sung in a record pantomime on Lunch With Casey in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St.Paul on WTCN-TV 11!
revueguy 8 months ago
Ah, they don't write 'em like this anymore! Fabulosity!!
LiberaFan4Ever 8 months ago
Proud to be his nephew and I have several 45rpm vinyl recordings of Guy Marks, including an 33rpm vinyl album he recorded that included this song.
sejs51566 8 months ago
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how bloody pointless if you can't download the video...well done youTube messed up again
MrHammers1213 10 months ago
how bloody pointless if you can't downloadthe video...well done youTube messed up again
MrHammers1213 10 months ago
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BANANAS
TheZooniee2 10 months ago
wow! that's an amazing blast from the past. hilarious guy. so camp!
4bawbees 1 year ago
took me years to find an MP3 of the Original.. and now this Gem.. I thought I was going to cry. it was my Favorite song on the Juke box where my dad worked and I played it over and over again.. my day is very happy indeed.
riknc 1 year ago 2
He should be called GAY Marks.
QueenReigns1 1 year ago
There is always gayity and excitement in "The Hotel Sheets" !!! I have always found that to be true
countgregor1 1 year ago
Thank You.......
Caternia 1 year ago
I remember seeing him perform this on TV when it first came out in 1968. It was one of my favorites. Thanks for posting the video!
LShackley 1 year ago
i have a 45single of this song cost sixty cents.flip side is called forgive me my love.took45years to see it preformed.i still love it nobody would believe it was real!
ezeacshon 1 year ago
I was in Viet Nam when this came out and heard it on the AFVN (American Forces Vietnam Network) station in Qui Nhon. I couldn't believe my ears. This has to be the funniest song ever written and performed. Thanks for putting it on here.
Disques13Swing 1 year ago
cool my great grandfather was AWESOME
and i like bananas so...
Soccerupdate 1 year ago
I remember the original broadcast of this, but was too young at the time to realise he was camping it up! :)
arthurinuk 1 year ago
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12lex3er 1 year ago
At last! So lovely. Thanks for reviving this man's delicious humour
nigelbulloch 1 year ago
I love the song. Bob and Ray used to play it on their WOR radio show
jonnysouthjersey 1 year ago
brilliant been looking for this for ages
Ianj46 1 year ago
Why the inbecile language smilzeee? Show some respect please.What sort of moron are you?
OphielaPeach 2 years ago 7
@OphielaPeach im?
moondrop65 5 months ago in playlist quirky/comic
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I loved sitting down and relaxing in front of
the TV to listening to the beautiful lyrics and music as I watch the talented artists on Top Of The Pops
......................but there was a right load of FUCKING SHIT about wasn't there ?FUCK ME
smilzeee1 2 years ago
HEY..one of the backing vocallists sings SHOPffitter instead !
raysondetra 2 years ago
nice catch......
kariswg1 2 years ago
'your red scarf matches your eyes' ROFL.
mukatuna 2 years ago 3
hottdamnn
MY GREAT UNCLE
(:
xBitterxEndx 2 years ago
me too!!!
3freesubs 2 years ago
Forget spotify,,,The only place I could hear this song again. Brilliant!!
12lex3er 1 year ago
when i was in high school i dated a girl whose mother had a recording of this. we used to get high and listen to it and crack up! i have been telling people about the song ever since nobody ever believed me! thanks!
rasandler1 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this so I could prove I not Bananas!
JMENTPA 2 years ago
My Father had the ship fitter blues as well.
Punorss 2 years ago
My Dad used to sing it too, hes not with us anymore, it was lovely to hear it again.
ourhenery 2 years ago
My dad sings this to my mum when he gets drunk lololol it's hilarious!
shoegalsho 3 years ago 3
Wonderful! You brought a big smile to my face. Thanks!
ElizabethTalbot 3 years ago 3
this cracks me up.brilliant.
Daviesteds 3 years ago 4
The late great Guy Marks indeed. What a talent. I heard this song on an oldies radio station in the US when I was in my teens and just loved it. Thanks for posting this. I had no idea Marks died so young - 64 He is one of the great, forgotten comics and impressionists..too bad.
martinimerlin 3 years ago 2
Its taken 40 years to find proof this was a real song, my kids thought I made it up. Still elicits a giggle from me, thank you for posting it!
vparonto 3 years ago 3
I have to show this to my son who thought I was making it up!
I used to love this as a kid!
gekiryudojo 3 years ago
somewhere, I still have this on vinyl...
louswire 3 years ago
A smile on every heart a tap of every toe\
we owe ya big time for this old trip to the funny belly
johnpatrickbear 3 years ago
What an incredibly zany, and catchy song! Looks like love did make him bananas! I think many of us can relate! I almost understand the lyrics myself! Lol! Guy Marks was an absolute genius! Thanks for sharing this rare, and wonderful clip! 5 stars!!! :)
singingkid 3 years ago 4
The only thing that spoils this clip is that nasal block over talks over the song at the end
doodlkatz 3 years ago
Yes the announcer should have waited until the song was over but I like his commentary. I asked the waiter for iodine, but I dined all alone. :) Love it.
Kennyonthebeach1 3 years ago 2
I remember this in the disco era even then its as camp as youll get a classic nice to hear this again so 40s in the 70s perhaps thats why its remember.
gf1001 3 years ago
stay with us wont you
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
i`ve never heard a better bogey or gary cooper impression ever.guy was great.watch him on michael landon`s celebrity roast from 1975.too funny.
razek44 3 years ago
I heard this on BBC Radio 2 this afternoon, I had no idea who it was or when it was recorded, but it's ace. Love it!
p1aym 3 years ago 2
Hurrah
30 years ago I heard this it has taken 20 years to hear it again
You Tube is the nearest thing we got to a time machine
brilliant
AyebeeMk2 3 years ago 15
Does anyone have a copy of Guy Marks singing "As Time Goes By" using his Bogey impression? I used to hear it on WNEW 1130AM in the mid 1960's. Have not heard it since.
rainbowstew46 3 years ago
i didnt recognize him at first. thot it was a cover. but ty for posting this funny/silly ditty
1mirkat 3 years ago
Very camp!!
Ian2861 3 years ago
Not heard this for years. Remember it well. Excellent!
Ian2861 3 years ago 4
lol my spanish teacher sings this all the time! i told him i would get it on itunes, BUT THEY DONT HAVE IT !!!
dabbi17 3 years ago
What a performer! I too came upon this video by chance and have watched it ooh must be twenty times and I still laugh each time. I found him again on the Dean Martin Show and Boy oh Boy is he great! Sad to hear that he has died but I'm certain there must be an American fan club for him. P.S. Thank you Cindy for the video it is now on my favourites.
spookywill 3 years ago 4
omg, it is soooooo good, been waiting ro this for years, thank you
guyosborn 3 years ago 2
Guy Marks was a classic
Michaelbos 3 years ago 3
If you have got, or can get, the 7" vinyl version of this song (on abc Records, number ABC 4211), do listen to the 'B side'. It's called 'Forgive me my love'. Not a novelty song, but still a very good song in its own right. Like 'Bananas' it also has a nice retro feel to it.
LetItPleaseBeYou 3 years ago
CindyAdzuki, many thanks for uploading this. I remember it was very popular in 78. Though I have the mp3, I've never seen the video. Sad that Guy Marks died, I didn't know that.
caledoniangeezer 4 years ago
Thank you so much.Really great to finally see it after years and years of wishing !!
glenn1938 4 years ago 2
Ive been looking for this for AGES, its camp as tits and brilliant!!!
chubbybearuk 4 years ago
Great video. I was on active duty when I came home on leave in 1968 and heard the song on my little sisters record album. I also wish I could hear Guy Marks singing "As Time Goes By" using his Bogey voice.
rainbowstew46 4 years ago
TY TY TY soooooo much for this! I have been singing it to people for 35 years and telling them about Guy Marks but could never play them or show them the wonderfully zany song and performance that had so knocked me out when I first heard it as a kid, that I NEVER forgot it! Great comedy from a great comedian. I have waited a long time for this and I can not thamk you enuff!
billmills 4 years ago 4
This is a classic bit of footage - a fantastic piece of spoof nonsense portraying the great US Radio shows of the 1930's and 1940's.
Guy Marks was known as the comedian's comedian - exceptionally funny both on and off stage. Originally from Australia, he sadly died a good few years ago now!
Geoff UK
crawfordbradley 4 years ago 2
I don't know where you got the idea that Guy Marks was from Australia. A quick Google reveals that he was born in Philadelphia and originally named Mario Scarpo.
fernald10 3 years ago
@crawfordbradley. Geoff, allow me to correct you. My late uncle Mario, aka Guy Marks was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1923, the youngest of 3 boys including my late father. I do greatly appreciate whomever posted this video clip. Thank goodness youtube exists.
sejs51566 8 months ago
If you can find it this song appears on a cd called tacky tunes.
lintonvc 4 years ago
This marvellous song was a huge hit in Britain when I was a boy, and I've always wanted to see the video again.
Thanks so much for posting.
25thNovember1970 4 years ago 2
Fabulous record.Does anybody have this as an mp3?
lintonvc 4 years ago
I've been trying to find this on CD, but without any results. I have the record.
Mart1945 4 years ago
I have the MP3.
If you have msn, message me your addy and i'll send it you :)
funkymunky2404 4 years ago
Watch the background singers, the girls--especially the way they look as they prepare to contribute their talents. They seem vastly amused. I'm not sure whether the laughter was because of the error one of them made ("shopfitter blues" instead of "shipfitter blues"--as if it matters!) or simply a pent-up reaction to this glorious nonsense!
7NTM61Ic 4 years ago
Guy Marks was nothing short of brilliant -- a first-rate actor, comedian and impressionist. He so outshone Joey Bishop as a regular on "The Joey Bishop Show" sitcom in 1962 that Joey fired him in midseason -- out of sheer jealousy. Marks hade only a precious few TV and film appearances other than that, instead performing in clubs and Vegas. "Loving You Has Made me Bananas," which he wrote, reached #25 in the UK, #51 in the US in 1968. This TV version was clearly shot much, much later.
horarwgt 4 years ago 2
This song has been inside me since Guy Marks first did it. This great performance and arrangement has, incredibly, made it beautiful as well as funny! I only wish the announcer had not interrupted the ending. Where is this from?
7NTM61Ic 4 years ago 3
The announcer who interrupts is Steve Wright, a British radio DJ who thinks he's as funny as the American comedian of the same name. Inexplicably, he's still on national radio, where he talks across records all the time.
bainber 4 years ago 2
AGREED!
billmills 4 years ago
Why don't they write love songs like this anymore?
A classic.
ElizabethTalbot 4 years ago
Fantastic stuff.
Thanks for posting.
mishima1970 4 years ago
I love this song, it has been in my head for about 20 some years now thanks to Doctor Demento.
Exitof99 4 years ago
One of the funniest guys ever. Check him out on the Dean Martin roast of Michael Landon if any of you have the tape. You'll piss yourself laughing, just like Dean and Rickles did that night.
guglielmo64 4 years ago
this is great...does anyone out there know where to get more of guy marks? i.e., the "rango series"?
nipising 4 years ago
I remember seeing him do this on the syndicated Steve Allen show in the late sixties. Those of you familiar with the sweet bands of the thirties (like Guy Lombardo) will see that the satire is dead on. The record that I have opens the medley like Sammy Kaye and ends it like Lombardo. I've met people who think its real music from the "big band" era. Thanks for posting.
marsmoke 4 years ago
I cannot believe this has been posted!!! Thank you SO much! It requires a certain sense of humour...
snoobybun 4 years ago
Love it!! Oh the memories...
horseridingdoglover 4 years ago
I thought he was Australian
WELSHIE56 4 years ago
Who says the Americans can't produce satire. Excellent! Always makes me laugh. Listen carefully and you can hear the backing singers crack up in the middle.
etxsied 4 years ago
She cracks up because she sings the line,My father had the SHOP fitter blues, instead of,my father had the SHIP fitter blues....A great song
pirate259 4 years ago
Thanks! The song's good but the performance is excellent. Is it based on someone special?
etxsied 4 years ago
You don't even have to listen carefully!
7NTM61Ic 4 years ago
I can remember watching this in the U.K in 1978! An time/era when BBC's Top Of The Pops was a New Wave Punkfest with bands like Sham 69 and The Stranglers for example appearing! This song sticks in my memory because it was so out of place considering the times and that Iodine bit still sticks in my mind nearly 30years later!
pestcontrolltd 4 years ago
I used to see this guy perform at a place called The Lucky Club in Wildwood, NJ. This song is a riot, can't believe there's a video clip for it. Thanks for posting.
speedy45rpm 4 years ago
Camp as a Brownie outing! Very funny mind you!
inselaffe1967 4 years ago
Me & a bloke at work sing this all the time.Brilliant!
coopermanisgod 4 years ago
Just bought the single from Ebay..50p Bargain, Great Song!
pirate259 4 years ago
Happy memories of hearing this on Capital Radio in the 70s...always raised a smile...still does. Thank you for uploading this (mostly) forgotten gem.
stevehutchings 4 years ago
The radio will not play this song, I asked for it a couple of times, great novalty song. LOL
WELSHIE56 4 years ago
O when I was young and iodine was free
wonderingctyitizen 4 years ago
Lisa, Sarah used to sing this all the time!
yodhe 4 years ago
Beautiful.....Thankyou so much.
pirate259 4 years ago
Great to see this after so long...
StNige 4 years ago
My mom used to sing this song. Thanks for posting the video I always wondered what the man who sang it looked like!
computerlady222 4 years ago
Thanks! I hadn't heard that in years.
newsyddog 4 years ago