ZERO MOSTEL, in a rare TV appearance , 1962 directed by David Pressman
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Bad comb-over? It was THE comb-over of all time!
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Zero was simply a genius in his acting professional.
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Pity that Mel Brooks and Zero didn't get along too well. Thrown in Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder, they could have reached the stars. Perhaps, in their own way, they did.
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Thank you so much for posting...I've been looking for this for years...saw it in my youth & remember a part of the concert where Mostel did "impressions - Quick impression, Ben Franklin, very big in Philadelphia" ... that was 48 years ago and I still remember it...he was marvelous...thank you again!
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Zero's bit with the jaunty hat angle and cane were his trademark. Check out his performance of "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" in "The Producers."
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@diddymuck I think by 'rare' they are implying that although he appeared as a guest on many shows, he rarely got an entire show to himself such as this one, and at this point he was just bouncing back from being blacklisted by the HUAC where he didn't work for almost 10 years.
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@tarotbear A few years later. He only had hair growing in back, which he tied knots with a few strands left in front. It was the weirdest think I had ever seen in my young life. I hadn't ever seen him perform then, so I didn't know to forgive him until about year after.
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rare tv appearance??? He was everywhere in the 60's...laugh in, Dean Martin, talk shows, etc.
Only Zero could look dignified with that bad comb-over and pie on his face! LOL!!!! Thank you for this treasure!
tarotbear 1 year ago 8
Brilliant comic and actor with balls. He told the assholes on HUAC to fuck-off (unlike others who gave names to save their careers). If anyone has video of him in "Waiting for Godot" please post it. He and Burgess Meredith gave the best performance of this play I ever saw.
orqsilva 1 year ago 7