If you grew up with the Speak N Spell, you know how hilarious this is. 😂😂

Best stand-up comedian ever? Probably not. Most creative comic ever? Definitely!

This is some GOLD! Thanks Tim Heidecker / Office Hours crew for mentioning it.

I've grown up (34 years old) just kinda seeing Albert Brooks in movies and occasionally on TV, but just recently started to gain a real appreciation for him. Better late than never.

Albert Brooks is fantastic. Great humor, actually very good actor.

Finally! I've been waiting for this clip for YEARS! Would you like to meet Johnny Carson? Why? Classic!

This was one of Carson's favorites. This and the Steve Martin "Great Flydini" bit are classics.

I saw this episode when it first aired, when I was in grad school, and haven't seen it since. For almost 40 yrs now it has been one of my favorite comedy bits, in my memory. I only had very limited memories of the letters he used in conversation with Buddy--I remember 'X' and 'VD' very well. I had forgotten how he used letters that were close but not exactly the whole word, such as "i" for Hi and "s' for yes. So funny seeing it again all these years later. What a funny man.

I remember this episode. Albert always made Johnny almost fall off his chair laughing

I saw this when it was first broadcast and thought I was going to die laughing.

Hilarious ❤ Albert Brooks

My sister and I growing up had a small black and white tv in our room when we were teens.. She would NOT let me go to sleep till we watched Johnny's Monologue!! I MISS those days. just 3 networks, everyone had certain shows we could talk about the next day at work/school..

Albert Brooks - "Alright, fine..." Johnny - laughing his ass off!

I saw this when it was first broadcast. Albert Brooks was hilarious; one of my favorite comedians...

I remember when this episode first aired. Hilarious!

Albert Brooks is a riot. Always made me laugh my butt off. Just simple minded humor... like moi. Randy, TLC.

My favorite part is at 0:40 when Johnny threw one back, and it was so subtle that no one noticed.

Glad I found this on YT. I think this is comic genius. And you can see that Johnny gets it. It's simple, but incredibly creative.

The VD joke 😂 I'm dead

Every time I watch this bit I end up captivated by it. So good. I had a feeling the joke about going to Mexico would set Johnny off and remind him of when he had Mel Blanc on doing the Si/Sue bit.

Freakin' brilliant.

I give Albert and buddy a standing Ovation

brilliant

what a beautiful mind

So damn funny. Albert Brooks is one of the best. 👍🤣

remember seeing this in the 80s on one of Carson's Anniversary shows. Love this bit. Brilliant.

Albert Brooks is a genius.

Albert Brooks one of the best ever!

Funny and timeless.

Funny! Albert had the Speak and Spell, I remember playing with that device as a kid. And also the Speak and Math one.

I remember seeing this on the air.

Anyone else seeing this guy for the first time and getting big George Costanza vibes?

Great times Thanks

always nice to have a new buddy...lol

The best. I'd love to hear his version of the Clown Joke.

One of NPR's shows had a segment about the first robot comedian in 2024. I'd say they were about 40 years late.

Albert could have fucked that up everytime he pushed a button, he had guts!

THANK YOU!!!! I've been looking for this.

For those younger kids that don't know, he's Super Dave's brother IRL. Funny runs in the family.

I never realized Albert Brooks was the first circuit bender to mod a Speak & Spell!

Carson always got a big kick out of albert brooks!

Lol! Reminds me of that scene in The Agent where he used an electronic translator to convince his boss over the phone he was speaking to a Mexican attorney. Obviously this came first.

LOL - only from the mind of Albert Brooks - one of a kind.

So stupid. Albert Brooks is brilliant.

A speak and spell, genius.

It's funny the things you can do with old electronic toys haha

I thought Albert Brooks was SO Cute back then!!

In a less capable comedian's hands ... BOMB.

This is genius this is something I would do but not on TV just to my friends

Funny bit.

Buddy, how are you gonna pay me back the money you owe me buddy- I o u

lol, "ham and x".

riffing with the William Steig book, "C-D-B"

Because of this, my speak and spell has tape where I turned mine into "Buddy".

thank you ronnie b

🤣🤣🤣 genius!!!

1:52 and 3:15 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I wonder if Albert got the idea from The Two Ronnies "Swedish made simple" sketch back in 1975? Both great routines using a similar concept.

Funniest bit ever

This was genius

"What has a stinger and produces honey?" "B"

Pretty silly for a guy whose real name is Albert Einstein.😀

Funny stuff! I have never seen the full segment.

3:15 😆

Johnny Carson had more class in his pinky than any of today’s Late Night trash hosts!!!

ALBERT BROOKS Voice Mariln

shits hilarious

I didn't see his lip move at all.

Similar to Two Ronnies' Swedish Made Simple.

And today he lost his bro ... :'(

Dude used a Speak and Spell toy! Cute & weird!

1:19 Buddy would you like to meet Johnny Carson? Y?

What you gonna give her? X-K Oh, a Jaguar that's nice, what she give you? VD.

Ending to the Mickey Mouse Club there

HANK SCORPIO!

He’s definitely borrowed this bit from Mel Blanc and Jack Benny

AI isn’t a new thing😂

Albert Brooks (nacido como Albert Lawrence Einstein; Beverly Hills, California, 22 de julio de 1947) es un actor y director de cine estadounidense, nominado para los premios Oscar en 1987 como mejor actor de reparto por la película Al filo de la noticia.

Wonder if Buddy is still around today :/

Albert Brooks Voice t

"Buddy, do you know who sings "Party Rock Anthem?" "L" "M" "F" "A" "O"

What does you sister Sue do? Sew?

🤣🤣🤣

and to think albert and super dave osborne were brothers ..

PIMP&LMAO

chatGPT

He didn't have Buddy close enough to the microphone for me to get all the letters he said. Could someone post them, please? No need to post what Albert said, or the punchlines. Just the letters will do. I would REALLY appreciate it.

I never thought of him as a "prop" comic...in his later years when he went on Carson he never had props

Al should have used the German Speak and Spell, it literally is called Buddy.

Why you, I ought ... YUI0

Gee, No, GTE 2:20

this guys humor always cracked me up

He doesn't look 16

Uncomfortable moments caught on camera. That was endless.

Speak n spell

This is stupid. I like stupid.

He's stealing a classic bit from Jack Benny and Mel Blanc from decades earlier. Sue, si, sy etc.

He stole this from Fred Willard.

Wow! It's like those man on the street interviews with Trump supporters

I don't know, this skit was just dumb.