I love when Mr. Warmth and Dino are sitting near or next to each other on the dais. They laugh their asses off together and really seem to be great friends.
@CountThrillhammer I'm thinking you meant a "great *deliberate* Freudian slip" (as it wasn't a slip) since, as you mentioned, Burt's bisexuality was no secret in Hollywood.
Wow! Who'da thought that watching 'Return To The Batcave' would lead me to finding this...one of the great comics/impressionists doing one of my favourite actors!
The original roasts were private affairs at the Friar's Club in Hollywood ... and there, they had no constraints ... they might've been class acts, but they loved the freedom of no censorship there, and it was raw. I saw a few, and they were so funny you would miss half of it because you were laughing so hard.
if you can make Don Rickles pee his pants like this, it's FUNNY! Frank Gorshin was one of the finest impressionists EVAH! RIP - and thanks bobfeg - for this treasure. There simply is NO comedy like this anymore since everything is f-this and f-that. When Pryor did it - then it WAS funny. But anymore - it's simply a lack of skill and a loss of verbal acuity.
@blancmel21 -- I totally agree! The old Dean Martin and Friars Club roasts were hilarious. The roasts currently seen on Comedy Central are as boring as infomercials for bogus investment schemes.
@wannawatchu66 Yes....i just RELIVED this moment..(i saw ALL the Friar's roasts from 1967 onward).and i have to agree,that Frank Gorshin has captured the very essence of BURT LANCASTER ! I do impressions myself, and have NEVER heard such a chilling, spot-on imitation ! Gorshin does Burt Lancaster better than Burt Lancaster does ! Look at Don Rickles extraordinary reaction in this classic slice of American comedy, and Gorshin hasnt even started !!!
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The fellow at 1:02 is comedian, Jan Murray. Did Treasure Hunt and Dollar A Second Game shows in the late 50's on ABC. Borscht Belt humor. Also did quite a few Hollywood Squares. Very funntyand very underrated,
I could be wrong, but I believe Frank was referring to Man Tan Moshe Dayan. Not man Tan Moreland. For me he clearly says Mo(sh)e Dayan with an SH not OR. Moshe Dayan B.may 20,1915-D.Oct.16, 1981. was an Israeli Leader & Politician. He was the 4th chief of staff of the Isreali Defense Forces from 53-58. Eventually becoming Foreign Minister of Israel. Known for a missing Left eye, when a french bullet struck his binoculars in WW2. He wore an eye patch ,like sammy . He was also Jewish like sammy.
Does anyone know where I can find a video of Frank Gorshin doing his Kirk Douglas impression? If you thought his Burt Lancaster was good , his KD will knock your socks off!
@jackhole39 try frank gorshins official website there is a dvd of 3 nights in las vegas and other material is run by his friend says the only place to get this material check it out
@jackhole39 Up to reading your comment here l was just about to say the same. Gorshine's Kirk Douglas had to be seen to be believed..not just the voice,..his face changed and he actually became Kirk. l was hoping it was included here,but,no such luck. He did a pretty uncanny Bob Mitchum too as l recall. l too would dearly love to see his Kirk Douglas sketch just one more time.
if they asked to roast me back in the day, i would've said YES in a heartbeat. if they asked to roast me today, i would be like FUCK NO AND GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!
Unlike the recent celebrity roasts (William Shatner, David Hasselhoff), these gatherings had comedians who didn't have to resort to mean-spirits or toilet humor to get a quick laugh. These guys were class-acts, had unique styles and deliveries but also a good sense of comraderie to know it was all in good fun. What a shame comedy had to change for the worst.
@HerrEllsworth True, but remember, these were aired during the "family hour" during the 1970s, and the ones now air at a late hour on Comedy Central. What some people don't realize is that the Friars Club Roasts, the ones that were privately-held and had some of these legendary actors and comedians on the dais were actually filthy and, uh, naughtier :)
@HerrEllsworth Thank you, thank you! I am always looking for comedy from this era and earlier, as it was "really funny" for all the reasons you have mentioned. When I recently saw the roast of William Shatner, I had to stop watching it as it was so bad. Those people don't even know what funny is.
@HerrEllsworth The tone is decidedly different nowadays, but these broadcasts are cleaner versions of the Friar's Club roasts which were ALWAYS blue. If you find a CD called, "Celebrities at Their Worst", one of the volumes is a roast of Humphrey Bogart. Granted the tone is milder than now, but still not quite ready for broadcast. As for comedy nowadays, you have to look harder, but there are still some good ones that aren't foul. Rita Rudner, Larry Miller and Steven Wright spring to mind.
@owg59 Saw him many years ago doing an impression of Burt Lancaster doing an impression of Kirk Douglas,and Kirk Douglas doing an impression of Burt Lancaster,I was in stitches.
@xMissxMadisonx Jan Murray was the proto-typical game show host, who was also a stand-up comedian w/ some decent one-liners. A real pro w/ the studio audience. But he was, along with Gene Rayburn and Bill Cullen, the only reason to watch the shows since the games were lame. There's a BBC show called "QI" which is damned good. Cullen was amazing IMO, Groucho even had a game show.
All the ignorant, self-appointed pop culture historians who explained the "Man Tan" reference below got it completely wrong. The real scoop: ManTan was a popular drugstore product that you rubbed on your skin to simulate an instant suntan. It was popular and well-advertised in the fifties and sixties, but was yanked from the stores years ago.
@darwin221 "Man Tan" Moreland was a well-known black comedic actor known for his crazy bulging eyes when he got "spooked" in light thrillers. Yes, Mantan was a rub-on tanner that was popular for about 5 minutes in the '60's...as soon as you went in the pool, it would turn your skin color to orange. George Hamilton may have used it, too. Not ignorant nor self appointed, just lived thru those times. How about you?
I just have to give Frank Gorshin my admiration. He was the greatest impressionist I ever saw. Back in the 60's, 70's when I went from childhood to adulthood. This man was awesome. There was'nt any celebrity that he could'nt impersonate/mimic. He was the king of impressionist. Followed closely by George Kirby, in the 70's by Rich Little, F.G.played the Riddler or the Joker on the Batman t.v. show of the 60's; he was in Meteor Man film in the 90's.
Frank Gorshin's most famous impressions were Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton and Richard Widmark. When he played the Riddler he was actually doing Widmark as Tommy Udo from the film Kiss of Death.
If you closed your eyes Gorshin sounded more like the actors than anyone else. But whatever you do, don't open your eyes when he is doing his impersonations because he looks like an opossum in the eyes. Lol
I think that that was the funniest part. That was his "hook" and I am sure that he did that for effect.
@tumadoireacht ...dream on, pal. Burt was about as interested in men as I am in giraffes. Stop trying to drag these long deceased actors into your sick little 2010 world. For shame!
@LawrenceDavis you must love giraffes ! do you think homosexuality was invented last year ? lancaster liked oysters and snails to quote another ac/dc lad olivier - have you led a sheltered life or are you in denial about something ?hmmmmmm
@LawrenceDavis methinks the lady doth protest too much !-your pejorative term and mention of violence only makes me more convinced that you are concealing feelings or actions of your own BL was a well documented supporter of gay rights but if you get some comfort from denying it -dream on-was it his muscles or his smile that did it for you -many heroes were bi ! alexander the great.roger casement,da vinci, and hundreds of actors
@macman237 is that your secret fantasy -shagging lassie ?-funny how the anal sex part is the bit you good hole boys always home in on - squeal like a labrador boy -did you never give your girlfriend one up the brown river or perhaps you preferred to take it like a man when she wore her big ole strap on
at least lancaster had more sense and more tolerance whatever he got up to
Hands down, Gorshin did the best Lancaster. Man, the Dean Martin roasts were simply the greatest. Comedians back then had to truly be funny without all the filth thats used today. Nobody today even comes close to these people here.
I KNOW god I can't help but grin from ear to ear watching them die laughing. Makes me deeply happy in a way I can't fully explain. Their comfort and camaraderie onstage was just awesome.
I agree. hands down. They really got into Gorshin's impression. it seems so much so that it was probably building up and they couldn't wait for Gorshin's turn to hit the podium.
And when you speak for yourself one would think you would use "I" especially when you are using your native language and English isn't a second language as it is for me. Perhaps you would like to get up off your ass and help your own nation in the middle east win so all countries there will win? I am up all night and day many days watching my patrol. You are there flapping gums and fingers. However, writing to you does help keep me awake!
@Bidil6 I appreciate that you are somewhat articulate in at least 2 languages. I am not trying to insult you, I can only speak one. But we've gotten away from the main topic of Sammy's roast. It's possible that you may not perceive racism and it's subtleties as I do, and if we travelled to each other's country, there would be a lot to learn about customs and certain words and mannerisms to avoid. Being "pc" is a recent label for being polite. Racism still exists here, even on You Tube. Peace.
Chubbsuperfly, "we", whom do you refer to when you say "we"? Are you an elected leader of a nation? Perhaps a gov of a state?A mayor perhaps? How do you determine that you are speaking for "we"? Are you not bring prejudise when you think you are speaking for "we", but are really speaking for yourself? "we" lololololol
I am in the mountains of the middle east fighting for america. I am a native to a middle eastern country attached to the 10th Mountain Division. Sleep safe tonight "we"!
@Bidil6 don't play that sadsack horseshit with me. sorry you got called to duty but you made a choice, deal with it. You're not protecting me from anybody, you're keeping oil flowing+ making big bux for rich folx. THEY sleep safely, while you're getting shot at or kicking some native family's door down. Get home w/ all your parts, incl. your mind, & don't send your kids into war. BTW, I'm just quoting you re: the use of "we"as in "We say Obama is articulate..." Obama, who voted against the war.
To me we are all the same colour, and religion does not really matter, we should all work and live together in this world which is bad enough with natural disasters, deseases etc. There should be more fantastic entertainers as in the 'roasts' today.
Chubsuperfly dear, I never would think of expressing the NAZI mentality utter residues! I am meely expressing what Sammy had to put up with on a daily bases. He found the way to do it and it worked. Bless his spirit!
@Bidil6 "utter residues?" "meelly" "daily bases"?? What is your native language? This isn't English. Most of your inflammatory posts profess a Nazi mentality, eg: those beginning with "First Jews are a race" and "Sammy is an african"(sic) No, we don't say Obama is articulate bc Shrub's an illiterate dunce, again you've missed the point entirely. Sammy's greatest roles were offstage, tolerating bias + denigration from even his most "enlightened" audiences, and often from his Hollywood "friends."
Chubsuperfly I agree with you! However, Sammy's talents were singing and dancing. When you do these two excellently your ego becomes bigger and you want more. So, you think acting is the great next step, but it isn't really. Only your ego needed to act and perhaps you went a step too far. Like we all would do. Sammy had to put up with a whole lot more and he found a way to do it. Bless his heart.
We say Obama is articulate because our last president wasn't, you racist thinker you! Do not even mention Albert Einstein and Obama in the same sentances because A.E. was 100 cuts above Obama in intelligence and viable outcome accomplishments. A.E. was little talk and all show; Obama is all talk and no show!
Sammy is an african and want to be a Jew so he can convince the Jews in movie and television that he is really willing to kiss their fucking smelly Jew bastard's ass in order to stay on top as a black ugly Negro with one eye with lousy acting abilities.
@Bidil6 Lovely, and so original. Do we detect a bit of jealousy here, especially re: Sammy's acting abilities? Every day, he put up with small-minded racist losers just to get work. Do just minimal research on working conditions for blacks in the 20th century, esp. during the enlightenment of the '60's, and you may appreciate Davis' accomplishments. The NAZI mentality you espouse may not seem absurd to you but if you had 1/10 the talent, tenacity, and wisdom of Sammy, you'd change your tune.
First Jews are a race and a religion but is a race because only big nose, jelly bellies, pastrami eating, cream soda, mazzatballs eating, Expensive Club Temple Membership, J. A. P. Loving, salty sable eating, begal face stuffing, physician or lawyer occupation loving, mercedes Benz purchasers, and Christ killers, and all look the same people with the aforementioned characteristics, and massively killed and shunned by every country they live in are Jews.
Its kind of an inside joke between them. He is making fun of Sammy being a black jew. Frank, says-" I hate this man tan Moshe Dayan." Man tan is slang for a black person and Moshe Dayan was an Israeli leader. Some of these guy's where the best of friends in their private lives.
Good question. Gorshin is combining two names: Mantan Moreland and Moshe Dayan. The former was a black character actor during the 30s and 40s who played numerous [negative] stereotype roles for African Americans; slow moving, easily frightened, etc. Of course Moshe Dayan was the famous Israeli General. Sammy Davis converted to Judaism for a time, and Gorshin is making fun of his ethnicity and his decision to convert.
both Dayan and Davis had lost an eye, both Jews. Gorshin's comment hits on many levels,not being racist, just 'racial' which nowadays would ignite a debate on pc practices. But in the '60's guys like Wilt &Davis were making great strides(get it?) in breaking thru the insidious barriers that still haunt us, witness Obama's racist opposition. Cosby, Dianne Carroll, Ossie Davis, Poitier, Ali, all were subject to soft jabs in public but fought hard behind the scenes for today's civil liberties.
I love when Mr. Warmth and Dino are sitting near or next to each other on the dais. They laugh their asses off together and really seem to be great friends.
bwdrums1 2 hours ago
wow now thats comedy and talent... I miss the real stars of Hollywood. not the trash we have today
coolmoodee 1 week ago
this guy is excellent at doing burt lancaster,fantastic
Paulkassiopi97 1 month ago
I think frank doing Burt is fantastic .love this ,.these guys had talent.tk
1sthawk007 1 month ago
THE LATE GREAT FRANK GORSHIN WAS A TRUE WONDER, HIS IMPRESSIONS WERE STUNNING, ESPECIALLY HIS BURT LANCASTER!
startrek19591 2 months ago
I loved this frank is fantastic you would think it was Burt .frank had so much talent great video.tk
1sthawk007 2 months ago
@blancmel21 :
YOU ARE SO RIGHT
oldies1 2 months ago
Supreme!
Medusa777ful 3 months ago
Such a classic guy as Frank inpersinating one of the all time greats....awesome.
Rockinrailroader765 3 months ago
Frank Gorshin = the man.
You know you're good when they're laughing...and you haven't started your act yet.
blancmel21 5 months ago
WHAT IS THAT PUNCH LINE ??? I can't understand what he's saying ...wish I could.
tindoor38 5 months ago
@tindoor38 "Do the name Ruby Begonia mean anything to ya?"
Waszma 3 months ago
Great Freudian slip when he says he instead of she , notice how they all grabbed his arm at that moment. They all knew what Burt's fans didn't.
CountThrillhammer 5 months ago
@CountThrillhammer I'm thinking you meant a "great *deliberate* Freudian slip" (as it wasn't a slip) since, as you mentioned, Burt's bisexuality was no secret in Hollywood.
wannawatchu66 1 month ago
Wow! Who'da thought that watching 'Return To The Batcave' would lead me to finding this...one of the great comics/impressionists doing one of my favourite actors!
SKOTP69 5 months ago
frank gorshin and gene kelley were from the same neighborhood in pgh. pa.
drohegda 5 months ago
The comic who was sitting at 1:01-1:03, in the dark jacket, who is he?
captainamerica1967us 6 months ago
@captainamerica1967us That looks likeJan Murrey to me,he was the play by play guy in The 1974 version of the longest yard.
MRSHORTFUSE100 6 months ago
The original roasts were private affairs at the Friar's Club in Hollywood ... and there, they had no constraints ... they might've been class acts, but they loved the freedom of no censorship there, and it was raw. I saw a few, and they were so funny you would miss half of it because you were laughing so hard.
sliderossian 6 months ago
He did a good job with that one!
snoops71 7 months ago
if you can make Don Rickles pee his pants like this, it's FUNNY! Frank Gorshin was one of the finest impressionists EVAH! RIP - and thanks bobfeg - for this treasure. There simply is NO comedy like this anymore since everything is f-this and f-that. When Pryor did it - then it WAS funny. But anymore - it's simply a lack of skill and a loss of verbal acuity.
MsJollycholly 8 months ago
Back when roasts actually had talent...AND...were funny...
blancmel21 8 months ago 10
@blancmel21 -- I totally agree! The old Dean Martin and Friars Club roasts were hilarious. The roasts currently seen on Comedy Central are as boring as infomercials for bogus investment schemes.
WytZox1 8 months ago
@blancmel21 I agree!
jsbach15 2 months ago
Don and Dean are plastered.
TheHockeyCentral 8 months ago 2
Frank was a great hidden talent...Dean must have pee'd himself..
IronManXXX 8 months ago 2
Frank was a great hidden talent...
IronManXXX 8 months ago
When doing an impression, the sound is the hardest thing to mimic. But Gorshin's got both Lancaster's sound AND facial DOWN!!
wannawatchu66 9 months ago 6
@wannawatchu66 Yes....i just RELIVED this moment..(i saw ALL the Friar's roasts from 1967 onward).and i have to agree,that Frank Gorshin has captured the very essence of BURT LANCASTER ! I do impressions myself, and have NEVER heard such a chilling, spot-on imitation ! Gorshin does Burt Lancaster better than Burt Lancaster does ! Look at Don Rickles extraordinary reaction in this classic slice of American comedy, and Gorshin hasnt even started !!!
alzahad 1 month ago
THE LAUGH IS SPOT ON!
inkenyo 9 months ago
No small feat to make Don Rickles crack up.
otterpop1138 9 months ago 2
This KILLS me ! ; funny as FUCK
TheKenfig 9 months ago
Had no idea what was going on but laughed my head off.
cheshirevan 9 months ago
@cheshirevan Frank is mimicking actor Burt Lancaster from 'From Here To Eternity' movie
TheKenfig 9 months ago
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MrWhiteknight7 10 months ago
That was DEAD ON! Wow I miss these shows!
bigscarytigermonster 10 months ago
@bigscarytigermonster I miss these people
wolfkarel 9 months ago 3
@wolfkarel So do I. Really, so do I.
bigscarytigermonster 9 months ago
Gold. Pure Gold.
aitraining 10 months ago
he played the riddler in the old batman series with adam west as batman, brilliant impersenator / impressionist
masterliver101 10 months ago
he played the riddler in the old batman series with adam west as batman, brilliant impersenator / impressionist
masterliver101 10 months ago
Talent indeed, the man was thee best Riddler. Anyone see Freedie Prinze?
1961slam 11 months ago
frank gorshin is a genius
lotsandlotsofbubbles 11 months ago
The man at 1:02 is Jan Murray - comedian.
jp2ndtime 11 months ago
best burt lancaster impression ever!!
neurobloc 11 months ago
@neurobloc Agreed and Kirk Douglas too.
bigstuff52 10 months ago
i like watching these dean martin roasts to see who is still alive
NamIsIll 1 year ago
That is so, so dead on. Gorshin was a scream.
emncaity 1 year ago
That is Jan Murray at 1:02.
HombreDeNiftyGroove 1 year ago
That is Jan Murray at 1:02.
HombreDeNiftyGroove 1 year ago
The fellow at 1:02 is comedian, Jan Murray. Did Treasure Hunt and Dollar A Second Game shows in the late 50's on ABC. Borscht Belt humor. Also did quite a few Hollywood Squares. Very funntyand very underrated,
joechristopher2 1 year ago
Yeah, celebs in those days were okay. But they don't hold a candle to today's Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Kanye West.
yowzephyr 1 year ago
If you can find another vid roast...
that has Martin laughing as much as he
does here...
I'd like to see it.
frickadele 1 year ago
@frickadele Search "Dean Martin roasts Michael Landon pt 2".
newjerseyvideo 1 year ago
@frickadele Search for: Dean Martin roasts Michael Landon pt 2
newjerseyvideo 1 year ago
I could be wrong, but I believe Frank was referring to Man Tan Moshe Dayan. Not man Tan Moreland. For me he clearly says Mo(sh)e Dayan with an SH not OR. Moshe Dayan B.may 20,1915-D.Oct.16, 1981. was an Israeli Leader & Politician. He was the 4th chief of staff of the Isreali Defense Forces from 53-58. Eventually becoming Foreign Minister of Israel. Known for a missing Left eye, when a french bullet struck his binoculars in WW2. He wore an eye patch ,like sammy . He was also Jewish like sammy.
Dakers11 1 year ago
@Dakers11
Mantan Moreland...
was a stereo typical black character.
Moshe Dayan was a one eyed Jew.
Put that all together and you have Sammy...
and the joke.
Why did you think Mantan Moshe Dayan was one
real name?
frickadele 9 months ago
This comes from a time when people could actually laugh at themselves. "The Riddler" had an immense amount of talent. R.I.P.
blancmel21 1 year ago
It's fun to watch Don Rickles crack up.
MrCombat1965 1 year ago
too good
IluvKenji 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I can find a video of Frank Gorshin doing his Kirk Douglas impression? If you thought his Burt Lancaster was good , his KD will knock your socks off!
jackhole39 1 year ago
@jackhole39 try frank gorshins official website there is a dvd of 3 nights in las vegas and other material is run by his friend says the only place to get this material check it out
MrGrandoleopry 1 year ago
@MrGrandoleopry Thanks for the info.Very much appreciated! Merry Christmas.
jackhole39 1 year ago
@jackhole39 Up to reading your comment here l was just about to say the same. Gorshine's Kirk Douglas had to be seen to be believed..not just the voice,..his face changed and he actually became Kirk. l was hoping it was included here,but,no such luck. He did a pretty uncanny Bob Mitchum too as l recall. l too would dearly love to see his Kirk Douglas sketch just one more time.
crankbv1 1 year ago
Frank was so freakin talented..man!
johnnynoirman 1 year ago
only phyllis is still alive....
darrylhaynes 1 year ago
@darrylhaynes don rickles isnt dead :S
Blackjesus3 1 year ago
yes he is...he just wont lay down...lol
darrylhaynes 1 year ago
@darrylhaynes hehe :)
Blackjesus3 1 year ago
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frickadele 1 year ago
I think the guy at 1:02 was Jack Carter, a Las Vegas comedian popular in the 1970s.
GregDad100 1 year ago
That's a very, very good impression
kevindavidge 1 year ago
I loved Frank Gorshin when I was a child.
nitramgnal 1 year ago
if they asked to roast me back in the day, i would've said YES in a heartbeat. if they asked to roast me today, i would be like FUCK NO AND GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!
BlindMansEye 1 year ago
Unlike the recent celebrity roasts (William Shatner, David Hasselhoff), these gatherings had comedians who didn't have to resort to mean-spirits or toilet humor to get a quick laugh. These guys were class-acts, had unique styles and deliveries but also a good sense of comraderie to know it was all in good fun. What a shame comedy had to change for the worst.
HerrEllsworth 1 year ago 55
@HerrEllsworth
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frickadele 11 months ago
@HerrEllsworth True, but remember, these were aired during the "family hour" during the 1970s, and the ones now air at a late hour on Comedy Central. What some people don't realize is that the Friars Club Roasts, the ones that were privately-held and had some of these legendary actors and comedians on the dais were actually filthy and, uh, naughtier :)
fivebearrugs 8 months ago
@HerrEllsworth I cannot "Like" your comment enough.
thespiswolf 7 months ago
@HerrEllsworth well said.
philipkaka 6 months ago
@HerrEllsworth Thank you, thank you! I am always looking for comedy from this era and earlier, as it was "really funny" for all the reasons you have mentioned. When I recently saw the roast of William Shatner, I had to stop watching it as it was so bad. Those people don't even know what funny is.
Lyork 6 months ago
@HerrEllsworth unfortunately, bathroom humor is the best u will get when people have no talent.
renascencewoman 3 months ago 2
@renascencewoman Funny is funny regardless of the language they use. They do have talent but you must have delicate ears.
captaindaring 3 months ago
@HerrEllsworth The tone is decidedly different nowadays, but these broadcasts are cleaner versions of the Friar's Club roasts which were ALWAYS blue. If you find a CD called, "Celebrities at Their Worst", one of the volumes is a roast of Humphrey Bogart. Granted the tone is milder than now, but still not quite ready for broadcast. As for comedy nowadays, you have to look harder, but there are still some good ones that aren't foul. Rita Rudner, Larry Miller and Steven Wright spring to mind.
gilgamess 3 months ago
Jan Murray at 1:02
azcappra 1 year ago
What does Frank say at the end of his skit after he says "who is she?"
kevykev38 1 year ago
The late Frank Gorshin's Burt Lancaster was as good as celebrity imitations got. He did an excellent Richard Burton, too.
steelers6titles 1 year ago
frank gorshin also did great impressions of kirk douglas and broderick crawford
owg59 1 year ago 12
@owg59 Saw him many years ago doing an impression of Burt Lancaster doing an impression of Kirk Douglas,and Kirk Douglas doing an impression of Burt Lancaster,I was in stitches.
dthomson014 3 months ago
the guy at 1:02 is Jan Murray
mocus1 1 year ago
Wow! His Lancaster impression is flawless!
lorrainewands 1 year ago
people genuinely seem to laugh those days! These days ppl look a lot over the shoulders and laugh out of embarrassment!
KarthikSoun 1 year ago
Gorshin's Burt Lancaster is 100/100-PERFECT!
macman237 1 year ago
phyllis diller looks tame here. cute
kasuni2009 1 year ago
@akackley1
I 'think', Dean is telling Frank to 'keep it going'.......
jandtsmom 1 year ago
Hilarious.
sugarshula64 1 year ago 2
Dead-on perfect!
guglielmo64 1 year ago
That's priceless!
fastwlkr 1 year ago
Jan Murray is the guy at 1:02
xMissxMadisonx 1 year ago
@xMissxMadisonx Jan Murray was the proto-typical game show host, who was also a stand-up comedian w/ some decent one-liners. A real pro w/ the studio audience. But he was, along with Gene Rayburn and Bill Cullen, the only reason to watch the shows since the games were lame. There's a BBC show called "QI" which is damned good. Cullen was amazing IMO, Groucho even had a game show.
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
This is great--Funny, I was thinking "What is this? Celebrity Roast?"
I didn't know they had this show before. Good stuff, they should re-air them
Mwahohoho 1 year ago
This particular roast had to one of the best roasts...
because people were almost rolling in the isles with laughter.
Gorshin was awesome.
frickadele 1 year ago 2
Super - The Best !!!!!!! -- ( most stuff on TV now I can't watch -just does'nt have it ) --Thanks for posting this Great vid .
1Bandit455 1 year ago
All the ignorant, self-appointed pop culture historians who explained the "Man Tan" reference below got it completely wrong. The real scoop: ManTan was a popular drugstore product that you rubbed on your skin to simulate an instant suntan. It was popular and well-advertised in the fifties and sixties, but was yanked from the stores years ago.
darwin221 1 year ago 2
@darwin221 "Man Tan" Moreland was a well-known black comedic actor known for his crazy bulging eyes when he got "spooked" in light thrillers. Yes, Mantan was a rub-on tanner that was popular for about 5 minutes in the '60's...as soon as you went in the pool, it would turn your skin color to orange. George Hamilton may have used it, too. Not ignorant nor self appointed, just lived thru those times. How about you?
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
He nailed it! ("YOU LOVED IT!!")
ChachiTelevision1979 1 year ago
Frank was awesome, his Kirk Douglas was equally good .
wrathchild2k 1 year ago
my god don rickles was DYING!
LOLOLOLOLOL
BlindMansEye 1 year ago
ghosts on film
atfatw 1 year ago
I just have to give Frank Gorshin my admiration. He was the greatest impressionist I ever saw. Back in the 60's, 70's when I went from childhood to adulthood. This man was awesome. There was'nt any celebrity that he could'nt impersonate/mimic. He was the king of impressionist. Followed closely by George Kirby, in the 70's by Rich Little, F.G.played the Riddler or the Joker on the Batman t.v. show of the 60's; he was in Meteor Man film in the 90's.
amory0115 1 year ago
@amory0115 Gorshin was definitely THE Riddler. :)
AarHan3 1 year ago 3
@AarHan3
Frank Gorshin OWNS The Riddler just like Sean Connery OWNS "Bond, JAMES Bond".
macman237 1 year ago
Spot on!
LuluLaRue8825 1 year ago
Who on earth is the guy at 1:02? I don't recognize him at all, and I was around back when this thing was on. Anyone have a clue?
kagasan2008 1 year ago 4
@kagasan2008 Jan Murray
bobfeg 1 year ago
@bobfeg Ah. Thanks, bob.
kagasan2008 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 Jan Murray. . .
ozymandiasone 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 Jan Murray!
JonathanUSCcinema 1 year ago
@kagasan2008
jan murray...a game show host from the late 50's and early 60's
rich from MA
QueenB2323 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 Hes the riddler out of the original BATMAN...CMON MAN
clikyl 1 year ago
@kagasan2008
Jan Murray, a stand up comic and actor
bailey9r 1 year ago
@kagasan2008
You don't get it...
He was referring to Diller - as in Mz Diller...
As a HE...
Hence the laughter.
'Cause she'd be easily mistaken for...
staydput 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 It's Jan Murray
Grania52 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 Jan Murray
idahofullmoon 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 that is Gene Barry. I'm 55 and only know him from the gameshow "what's my line" and I think he did the Gong Show a few times.
steele917 1 year ago
@kagasan2008 A comedian named Jan Murray.....
JonathanUSCcinema 1 year ago
This is just amazing!
fastwlkr 1 year ago
That gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fastwlkr 1 year ago
Dean makes hand gestures a number of times in this clip. Anyone know what that's about?
akackley1 1 year ago 2
@akackley1
Burt Lancaster often made those same hand motions.
bobfeg 1 year ago 8
@bobfeg
Thank you. I never noticed that before. I'll pay more attention the next time I watch one of his films.
akackley1 1 year ago
@akackley1 Thats sign language for Burt's "Carrying on" nature probably lol
unitron 1 year ago
@akackley1 He was probadly ordering another Martini.
BoilingPoint212F 1 year ago
OMG His is the greatest Lancaster impression EVER!!!! Lmao!!!
Jbellaire 1 year ago
Hilarious. One of the funniest clips I have ever seen. Truly. That was Burt Lancaster all right!
americangalbasseyfan 1 year ago
Frank Gorshin's most famous impressions were Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton and Richard Widmark. When he played the Riddler he was actually doing Widmark as Tommy Udo from the film Kiss of Death.
Gnillob802 1 year ago
If you closed your eyes Gorshin sounded more like the actors than anyone else. But whatever you do, don't open your eyes when he is doing his impersonations because he looks like an opossum in the eyes. Lol
I think that that was the funniest part. That was his "hook" and I am sure that he did that for effect.
ekocentric 1 year ago 3
Wow!! I miss Frank Gorshin...crazy bastard. Lol
ekocentric 1 year ago
I agree with the other you tube viewers, Gorshin was the best Burt Lancaster I have seen . Those Dean Martin Roasts were the best! Great comedy.
pak51 1 year ago
he is making fun of lancaster's bisexuality
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
@tumadoireacht ...dream on, pal. Burt was about as interested in men as I am in giraffes. Stop trying to drag these long deceased actors into your sick little 2010 world. For shame!
LawrenceDavis 1 year ago
@LawrenceDavis you must love giraffes ! do you think homosexuality was invented last year ? lancaster liked oysters and snails to quote another ac/dc lad olivier - have you led a sheltered life or are you in denial about something ?hmmmmmm
tumadoireacht 1 year ago 2
@tumadoireacht ...Burt was NOT a switch hitter, you poor misguided soul, and it's too bad he's not still around to put your lavender lights out!
LawrenceDavis 1 year ago
@LawrenceDavis methinks the lady doth protest too much !-your pejorative term and mention of violence only makes me more convinced that you are concealing feelings or actions of your own BL was a well documented supporter of gay rights but if you get some comfort from denying it -dream on-was it his muscles or his smile that did it for you -many heroes were bi ! alexander the great.roger casement,da vinci, and hundreds of actors
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
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macman237 1 year ago
@macman237 is that your secret fantasy -shagging lassie ?-funny how the anal sex part is the bit you good hole boys always home in on - squeal like a labrador boy -did you never give your girlfriend one up the brown river or perhaps you preferred to take it like a man when she wore her big ole strap on
at least lancaster had more sense and more tolerance whatever he got up to
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
nicely happy-lee gay
rhythmcorp 1 year ago 2
Dana Carvey does the best Lancaster
WROGIE80 1 year ago
Hands down, Gorshin did the best Lancaster. Man, the Dean Martin roasts were simply the greatest. Comedians back then had to truly be funny without all the filth thats used today. Nobody today even comes close to these people here.
God rest all their souls!!!
rikray1 1 year ago 28
GOOOOOOOOOD IMPRESSION
Blackjesus3 1 year ago 2
Lol Don and Dean have completely lost it.
InformationMinister 1 year ago 3
I KNOW god I can't help but grin from ear to ear watching them die laughing. Makes me deeply happy in a way I can't fully explain. Their comfort and camaraderie onstage was just awesome.
jawsquid 1 year ago 4
I agree. hands down. They really got into Gorshin's impression. it seems so much so that it was probably building up and they couldn't wait for Gorshin's turn to hit the podium.
envision43 1 year ago
Aw, this was real comedy. I miss the talent. Great post. 10+ stars!
jsbach15 1 year ago 2
Interesting how a roast, done by folks that loved Sammy, could illicit such an interesting debate all these years later.
seismiccowboy 1 year ago
both of you shut up already..... retards
Gruuvin1 1 year ago 3
And when you speak for yourself one would think you would use "I" especially when you are using your native language and English isn't a second language as it is for me. Perhaps you would like to get up off your ass and help your own nation in the middle east win so all countries there will win? I am up all night and day many days watching my patrol. You are there flapping gums and fingers. However, writing to you does help keep me awake!
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 I appreciate that you are somewhat articulate in at least 2 languages. I am not trying to insult you, I can only speak one. But we've gotten away from the main topic of Sammy's roast. It's possible that you may not perceive racism and it's subtleties as I do, and if we travelled to each other's country, there would be a lot to learn about customs and certain words and mannerisms to avoid. Being "pc" is a recent label for being polite. Racism still exists here, even on You Tube. Peace.
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
@Bidil6 the self justification of invading soldiers and their camp-followers is a triumph of the brainwashers art
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
Chubbsuperfly, "we", whom do you refer to when you say "we"? Are you an elected leader of a nation? Perhaps a gov of a state?A mayor perhaps? How do you determine that you are speaking for "we"? Are you not bring prejudise when you think you are speaking for "we", but are really speaking for yourself? "we" lololololol
I am in the mountains of the middle east fighting for america. I am a native to a middle eastern country attached to the 10th Mountain Division. Sleep safe tonight "we"!
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 don't play that sadsack horseshit with me. sorry you got called to duty but you made a choice, deal with it. You're not protecting me from anybody, you're keeping oil flowing+ making big bux for rich folx. THEY sleep safely, while you're getting shot at or kicking some native family's door down. Get home w/ all your parts, incl. your mind, & don't send your kids into war. BTW, I'm just quoting you re: the use of "we"as in "We say Obama is articulate..." Obama, who voted against the war.
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
To me we are all the same colour, and religion does not really matter, we should all work and live together in this world which is bad enough with natural disasters, deseases etc. There should be more fantastic entertainers as in the 'roasts' today.
TheTmny876able 1 year ago
Chubsuperfly dear, I never would think of expressing the NAZI mentality utter residues! I am meely expressing what Sammy had to put up with on a daily bases. He found the way to do it and it worked. Bless his spirit!
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 "utter residues?" "meelly" "daily bases"?? What is your native language? This isn't English. Most of your inflammatory posts profess a Nazi mentality, eg: those beginning with "First Jews are a race" and "Sammy is an african"(sic) No, we don't say Obama is articulate bc Shrub's an illiterate dunce, again you've missed the point entirely. Sammy's greatest roles were offstage, tolerating bias + denigration from even his most "enlightened" audiences, and often from his Hollywood "friends."
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
Chubsuperfly I agree with you! However, Sammy's talents were singing and dancing. When you do these two excellently your ego becomes bigger and you want more. So, you think acting is the great next step, but it isn't really. Only your ego needed to act and perhaps you went a step too far. Like we all would do. Sammy had to put up with a whole lot more and he found a way to do it. Bless his heart.
Bidil6 1 year ago
We say Obama is articulate because our last president wasn't, you racist thinker you! Do not even mention Albert Einstein and Obama in the same sentances because A.E. was 100 cuts above Obama in intelligence and viable outcome accomplishments. A.E. was little talk and all show; Obama is all talk and no show!
Bidil6 1 year ago
Lancaster was not bisexual because bisexuals don't exist. You either suck dick or don't. He wasn't gay either.
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 Oscar Wilde was bi.Elton John is.Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury were , etc etc.
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
Sammy is an african and want to be a Jew so he can convince the Jews in movie and television that he is really willing to kiss their fucking smelly Jew bastard's ass in order to stay on top as a black ugly Negro with one eye with lousy acting abilities.
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 Lovely, and so original. Do we detect a bit of jealousy here, especially re: Sammy's acting abilities? Every day, he put up with small-minded racist losers just to get work. Do just minimal research on working conditions for blacks in the 20th century, esp. during the enlightenment of the '60's, and you may appreciate Davis' accomplishments. The NAZI mentality you espouse may not seem absurd to you but if you had 1/10 the talent, tenacity, and wisdom of Sammy, you'd change your tune.
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chubbsuperfly 1 year ago
@Bidil6 some great actors have been one eyed- look at Peter Falk or Leo McKern,Claude Rains,Ry Cooder,
On the smelly question you may be accidentally partially correct -Haredi Jews' hygiene can lag behind 20th century norms
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
First Jews are a race and a religion but is a race because only big nose, jelly bellies, pastrami eating, cream soda, mazzatballs eating, Expensive Club Temple Membership, J. A. P. Loving, salty sable eating, begal face stuffing, physician or lawyer occupation loving, mercedes Benz purchasers, and Christ killers, and all look the same people with the aforementioned characteristics, and massively killed and shunned by every country they live in are Jews.
Bidil6 1 year ago
@Bidil6 Those Jews sound like fun - I must have met the boring ones !
tumadoireacht 1 year ago
I am German. Please what is he saying at 0:22 and what is the meaning of it.
Thank you very much.
What a bunch of gifted people. Rickles is even today always picking very hard on us Germans but who cares?
gillan5 2 years ago
Its kind of an inside joke between them. He is making fun of Sammy being a black jew. Frank, says-" I hate this man tan Moshe Dayan." Man tan is slang for a black person and Moshe Dayan was an Israeli leader. Some of these guy's where the best of friends in their private lives.
orbithesun1 2 years ago
Thank you very much.
gillan5 2 years ago
Good question. Gorshin is combining two names: Mantan Moreland and Moshe Dayan. The former was a black character actor during the 30s and 40s who played numerous [negative] stereotype roles for African Americans; slow moving, easily frightened, etc. Of course Moshe Dayan was the famous Israeli General. Sammy Davis converted to Judaism for a time, and Gorshin is making fun of his ethnicity and his decision to convert.
Jumbos51 2 years ago
Thank you. I thought in had something to do with the eye patch of Dayan because Sammy had one too but I guess later on.
gillan5 1 year ago
both Dayan and Davis had lost an eye, both Jews. Gorshin's comment hits on many levels,not being racist, just 'racial' which nowadays would ignite a debate on pc practices. But in the '60's guys like Wilt &Davis were making great strides(get it?) in breaking thru the insidious barriers that still haunt us, witness Obama's racist opposition. Cosby, Dianne Carroll, Ossie Davis, Poitier, Ali, all were subject to soft jabs in public but fought hard behind the scenes for today's civil liberties.
chubbsuperfly 1 year ago