Nicholas Brothers - That Old Black Magic (HW Palace 1965)

Aired on February 27, 1965
Hosted by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

The Nicholas Bros perform "That Old Black Magic" (also sang by Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, etc). This was the 3rd time the brothers appeared on this show. The last time was November 1964 when they performed "My Kind Of Town" (already posted on my channel), which was staged by Nick Castle, the father of Nick Castle Jr who directed the movie "Tap" (1989). This time Castle is not involved. I think you can see the difference.

The Japanese jugglers, introduced as "The Murais", are actually known as their stage name "Somenosuke Sometaro 染之助・染太郎" in Japan. They are real brothers ("Murai 村井" is their real name, btw). You can see their popular routine here - the yonger, Somenosuke Ebiichi 海老一染之助 (1934-) juggles, while the elder, Sometaro Ebiichi 海老一染太郎 (1932-02) emcees. Their juggling style is called "Daikagura 太神楽", one of Japanese traditional performing arts. They are very famous in Japan.

More about the Nicholas Bros on TV:
http://strongerthanparadise.blog122.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html

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[Feliandyx16]

uufff espectacular :-[]

[57highland]

God, whatever happened to good old-fashioned variety shows? We used to love The Ed Sullivan Show, Tthe Jackie Gleason Show, and Hee Haw.

[icanjuggle]

The Japanese jugglers are Osome Brothers from Shinjuku Tokyo Prefecture...sons of a Rakugo or "sitting" style comedian. the younger brother, Murai Masachika, stage name Ebiichi Somenosuke did most of the juggling as his brother cheered on and admired ...the older brother, stage name Ebiichi Sometaro, real name Murai Masahide, died in 2002 The younger brother is still working in Japan. There is more information on Japanese Wikipedia, but you have to search and read it in Japanese.

[youngmindedman]

excellent video!

[britdlake86]

I just gave them a standing ovation...it's not like they can see me. lol This is great!

[GMCMusic2008]

Harold Nicholas was born in 1921, and Fayard in 1914, so Harold was mid forties and Fayard about 50.

[sierria64]

dam!!!!!!!!!!they had to had been about 60 i guess or late 50's.. and they were smooth was this som 25 yrs after stomey wheather

[ndongousman]

wooOoow!

[alteal]

Great video quality from 1965 showing superb juggling and balancing skills.