A video I put together of the history lesson about Allan Shermans contributions to the world called "Good Advice."
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@stephenwoehr6500 Жыл бұрын
The song is great, but I love the photos you added.
@eddielawson67557 жыл бұрын
He is just so brilliant. We love him in England. Funniest man ever - possibly. Thank you, America (and particularly American jews). We love Allan - and all of you. Shalom! (from a Catholic!).
@joinmarch767 жыл бұрын
Eddie Lawson He was definitely a trend-setter. While not the first of the parody songwriters, he was the first to make it mainstream. And while admittedly, not every song hit bulls-eyes, he did help contribute to launching Weird Al's career as an inspiration. And if you launched one of my all-time favorite songwriters, albeit indirectly, you get a thumbs-up from moi! :D
@hollywoodghostbusters98696 жыл бұрын
From us American Jews, you're welcome
@wendywahl23505 жыл бұрын
Tom Lehrer
@ascend36545 жыл бұрын
I guess he wrote this song from the perspective of the devil
@davidbernstein1884 Жыл бұрын
1:19
@JamesTheBell18 жыл бұрын
I have not heard this since I was about 14, and I'm now 25. I'm really pleased that I can remember the endings to most of the verses!
@sartorious563 жыл бұрын
"Newton- you dumbell". Freakin' hilarious
@birdofprey126610 жыл бұрын
BTW, I first heard this song at an ice skating rink during a school field trip. They were playing bizarrely child-friendly music on the radio like songs from Little Mermaid and other stuff you'd never hear in public.
@grooveechainsaw4 жыл бұрын
I've been a fan of Allan Sherman since I was a kid in the 70s but only heard this song in the past year or so. If I'd known this in high school I would have ruled the talent show !
@johnmaki30468 ай бұрын
Allan Sherman was an AWESOME TALENT! The last time I saw him was on "The Mike Douglas Show" in 1973!
@birdofprey126610 жыл бұрын
4:07 "ONE MORE TIME!" And the concept of epic rocking was invented.
@bill992082 ай бұрын
I was raised on Allan Sherman along with heavy doses of The Smothers Brothers and Bill Cosby. When Rhino Records released the large box collection called My Son The Box, I jumped on getting it. EVERY Sherman LP plus the singles and the Scott Cups dispenser jingles as well as the Encron campaign were on it and I knew I hit the jackpot of comedy. The box only had 5,000 copies made, and I scored the 312th one. It brings lots of joy when I listen to it and it is a point of pride in my CD collection. It’s too bad Sherman didn’t take better care of himself because I think he could be a real influence on today’s audience without even trying.
@teddibearsworld9 жыл бұрын
I was brought up on Allan. Not enough nowadays know about this guy. Sherman could do some pretty mediocre stuff, but frequently had stokes of genius. This was a huge one!
@joinmarch767 жыл бұрын
teddibearsworld And to his credit, he helped found the careers of countless parody artists, including Weird Al Yankovich. So, it's hard to fault him for paving the way for stronger material.
@Historian2127 жыл бұрын
Actually, before Allan there was a man named Mickey Katz, who also happened to have been Joel Grey's father (and therefore he is also Jennifer Grey's grandfather). Because Mickey Katz was even more clearly "ethnic" than Allan Sherman -- he sometimes used full Yiddish lyrics interspersed with English -- he didn't become as famous among the general public as those two did. But Sherman, Weird Al, and others owe him a big debt for popularizing this form. That said, Mickey Katz worked with Spike Jones and his City Slickers, a group that performed all kinds of musical parody and comedy, although I don't know that it was of the exact same type. Katz and Jones were both born in the early 1900s. You can find videos of both men on KZfaq.
@cliffchristie58653 жыл бұрын
A while back I got this song stuck in my head, to the point that I started cobbling together new verses. I just finished the 11th. There's a lot of famous people whose achievements can be reduced to a silly rhyme.
@doc9600 Жыл бұрын
Happen to remember any of them? I'd love to hear 'em!
@cliffchristie5865 Жыл бұрын
@@doc9600 Wrote them all down. There's an even dozen now, including two women ( who certainly ought to be represented ). And I truly don't know what to do with them. Like his version, they call for a full orchestral treatment - which is beyond my power. And I'm afraid I don't have the confidence to just go online and blurt them out a capella. So for now they'll just remain in the notebook. Funny, though, how many famous names immediately fit the tempo. And all you need is the hook - the singular achievement they're know for - and the lyrics seem to follow pretty naturally.
@doc9600 Жыл бұрын
@@cliffchristie5865 I've got no orchestra sadly, but 've been meaning to learn this song on piano for awhile now. I perform regularly at a downtown float shop. It's mostly old folks that come in so I'm sure some would recognize Allan :) If you want I could use your lyrics for the song to shake things up lol
@cliffchristie5865 Жыл бұрын
@@doc9600 I'll keep it in mind. Until then, here's one verse ( and the chorus ) - not necessarily the best one, but representative. Bear in mind, this is not so much a poem as song lyrics. But if you know the melody, trust me, they fit. Charles Lindbergh hoped to fly the ocean alone but wasn't sure just what to call his plane. He had a superstition about things with city names but wanted one that wasn't inane. Like Denver omelet, Hong Kong flu, or Boston baked beans, I said rely on me and take a chance. Just name it for St. Louis and in no time at all you'll wind up in Paris, France. And that was good advice, good advice, good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price. Every now and then you should listen to your friends for good advice. (as silly as all the original verses, but consistent )
@matthewwojcik5762 жыл бұрын
"My Son the Nut" was in our record collection when I was a kid. Loved that LP. I first heard this song, though, covered by The Chorallaries of MIT a capella group, from a tape they put out in the late '80s or early '90s. Didn't realise it was an Allan Sherman song until today! All around brilliant. (I hope that Chorallaries album gets digitized and becomes available online at some point; it had some great tracks.)
@drbombay917657 жыл бұрын
Allan was the man..for a nerdy kid in the mid 60s like me. I was hooked!
@uhohhotdog91508 жыл бұрын
i love this song and the tune is so catchy. its stuck in my head and i cant stop singing it! Allan Sherman was the best. theres no one like him.
@dwaynewilliams17894 жыл бұрын
My friend danced to this song and it was great
@Trans90910 жыл бұрын
THIS is why I turned out so weird: Tom Lehrer, the Smothers Brothers and Allan Sherman. Subversive and sidesplitting funny. My heartfelt thanks to my parents for bending my brain into a pretzel.
@rickoc30223 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Laugh-in.
@edwardnigma26383 жыл бұрын
Lehrer means teacher in German
@mamasaidno17493 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Homer and Jethro!
@prorespluscom2 жыл бұрын
My parents added bob Newhart to that mix. Beautiful legacy. Timeless humor
@johnmaki30468 ай бұрын
I LOVED THEM ALL! BEST TIMES!
@ronharris6084 Жыл бұрын
Allan Sherman's albums came out while I was a teenager, and I bought them all! Then, when I was a high school senior, Allan Sherman wrote a Broadway musical: "The Fig Leaves Are Falling." The songs were all originals, with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Sherman. The cast included Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and the Broadway debut of David Cassidy. There were 17 previews and it opened on Thursday, January 2, 1969. It was poorly received, and sadly, it closed after four performances, on Monday, January 6, 1969. I was lucky enough to see the first and the last performances. There are some videos on KZfaq. There was no cast recording, though Sherman did release a 45 of him singing the title song.
@burtoneb92966 жыл бұрын
The thing is, he really struggled in his later years; his health and marriage deteriorated, he was dropped by Warner Bros. after his last few LP's lagged in sales, and he spent his remaining days living mostly on welfare before dying of lung disease. A sad ending to a brilliant man who was one of the biggest selling musical humorists of his time.
@andywinslow96382 жыл бұрын
I know. It's truly one of the saddest endings to anyone in history. A few others I'd add to the list of brilliant people who made it big but died with sad endings are Edgar A. Poe, Socrates and Robin Williams.
@johnmaki30468 ай бұрын
Allan Sherman also created "I've Got A Secret"! A VERY TALENTED MAN!
@togekiss19957 жыл бұрын
Still the best song I have ever heard... Well now to listen to this song until I am sick of it. I got sucked into Karaoke at my pa's birthday party, and I have to sing several Weird Al songs and Good Advice...
@jasondavidstapleton8337 Жыл бұрын
that is sad he is gone i love this song
@sunshineboyes7 жыл бұрын
Just heard this as one of the backing tracks on BBC 1's Homes Under The Hammer. I used to play this on a Sunday morning radio show a few years ago...never heard it elsewhere before!
@inabird194911 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful video put to fantastic music! I remember listening to Allan Sherman when I was a young teenager. Thanks for this great video.
@funzo11597 жыл бұрын
Clever song!
@classof3000addict12 жыл бұрын
Hail Allan Sherman and he's educational song!
@innertuber40494 жыл бұрын
Alan is amazing, but I want to take a little time to complement this amazing video. I think it matches the music perfectly. It just goes to show you don't need $800 software to make something good.
@brdlysct12 жыл бұрын
Great song, great video accompaniment!
@rockslide48026 жыл бұрын
Terrific. Great job!
@ethanlane305511 ай бұрын
Certified hood classic
@phoenixnyc8 жыл бұрын
I would give several body parts to get my hands (obviously not those) on the sheet music for this.
@dougmontgomery18687 жыл бұрын
You and me both! I would have loved to do this song in a college voice class I took!
@phoenixnyc7 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine figured out the chords well enough for me to do it in a cabaret.
I'm naming my first ten children after you. Thanks!
@scrat4all7 жыл бұрын
Good for you!
@whatisnttakendude11 жыл бұрын
awesome, thanks for posting
@HandwhistlerBen8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@kellyrayburn40933 жыл бұрын
I just about fell out of my chair laughing at that picture toward the end with the caption, "An axel to grind". Now that's funny. Great pun.
@marthamorgan8605 жыл бұрын
Alan Sherman has always been a favorite of mine. It's a shame that people have to die. He was so smart.
@andywinslow96382 жыл бұрын
We all do. Unfortunately Allan isn't an exception. I wish tho he did live older then 47. I'd like to see what he'd be doing today at 96.
@johnmaki30468 ай бұрын
A GREAT TALENT!
@marilynfosseen154110 ай бұрын
He was a genius, and funny as hell.
@johnmaki30468 ай бұрын
GREAT TIMES! I MISS COMEDIANS WITH TALENT!
@postatility97033 жыл бұрын
"Costs nothing--and it's worth the price...."
@hduff7 жыл бұрын
Nicely done.
@thatoneperson98303 жыл бұрын
Some kid just started singing this on our last day of school
@davidzasloff8797 Жыл бұрын
Allan Sherman usually put original lyrics to other people’s songs, of course - which made him the first Weird Al Yankovic. Makes me wonder if Weird Al is familiar with Sherman’s work. Probably.
@Joannegmurphy9 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! Hilarious.
@alexc82093 жыл бұрын
FUNNY!! Thank god there is still something in this world that is funny! 50 years old but funny.
@beverlylooper39272 жыл бұрын
The world could sure use some good advice now
@ContemporaryMusicCliches-fw7iq Жыл бұрын
Supposedly, there’s a missing verse that wasn’t included on the “Allan In Wonderland” release that I think went somewhere around the 5:53 mark (it was said to be a “one more time” verse) about someone named Enrico Ferni trying to kill a fly and being inspired by Allan to invent the mushroom. Supposedly it was left out because it didn’t rhyme but more likely it had to do with the song running too long. Either way I’m curious about how it went.
@aandjwynn3 жыл бұрын
This world has gone nuts! Need some fun !
@Smegmatrix11 жыл бұрын
Just as funny now, as when I was 6
@lizoconnor27524 жыл бұрын
The lyrics were terrific and quite funny.....but a few months ago....someone posted the claymation film version which seems to have been taken down....even funnier! Sorry to know he died sick and impoverished....text book case of how unfair life can be
@bodenlosedosenhose15902 жыл бұрын
He should have told us his advice of how to live long enough to be able to talk to Neanderthals and the Wright brothers.
@megaddams23742 жыл бұрын
I must meet this man so he can tell me what I'm doing wrong 😂
@birdofprey126610 жыл бұрын
LOL. would be cool if Family Guy used this tune for one of their musical #s.
@rsmuntz17 жыл бұрын
Now this guy was really funny.
@randomness42727 жыл бұрын
Please add captions?
@joellafargue98827 жыл бұрын
NO! DON'T!!!!!!
@TeachESL11 жыл бұрын
This kind of humor wouldn't go over big today.
@gabe_s_videos7 жыл бұрын
TeachESL What about this would be considered inappropriate for modern audiences? It seems pretty innocent, IMo
@ThisDudeHasBalls7 жыл бұрын
Not inappropriate, just not funny and not appreciated. It's a shame too, because I think it's fantastic and a lot more clever and funnier than a lot of the comedy today. But no doubt, times change, and the comedy that IS funny today is a lot different than what top comedians (including Allan Sherman) were putting out 50 years ago..... Music is seldom timeless, and comedy even less so........
@dougmontgomery18688 жыл бұрын
I have never really known how to spell the name of the caveman, nor am I sure what Sherman says after :"round off those corners..."
@ThisDudeHasBalls7 жыл бұрын
"Round off those corners, and buy a set of tires/And Ookie baby, that's a wheel!"
@stevenfanale45538 жыл бұрын
He need to speak to Hitler about his invasion of Russia in 1941.
@rogerfancher267210 жыл бұрын
Soooo. Who invented the TIRE?
@dhumin6108 жыл бұрын
me and dr who
@stephenwoehr31166 жыл бұрын
"Mr. Bobby Thomson was a Scottish engineer Who put some air in a rubber hose. He said, 'I don't know just what good this is,' 'Till Mr. Dunlop showed him how it goes. This Irish J.B. Dunlop was from old Belfast And told him, 'Tie the two ends together. Then get three more, put them on two axles, And you can drive out in any weather."
@drbonesshow12 жыл бұрын
Only God does not need good advice.
@alanwise29963 жыл бұрын
Jim Kramer😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
@movieman1047 жыл бұрын
take that Columbus! if only that would have happened for real lots of poor Indians lives would have been saved!
@dougmontgomery18686 жыл бұрын
It was known for many centuries before Columbus' time that the earth was a sphere--look at the shadow the earth casts on the moon during a partial lunar eclipse. And Eratosthenes calculated the probable circumference of the earth--about 21,500 miles--assuming the earth to be a sphere, before the birth of Christ. (Also cf. Job 26:10.) Columbus didn't know of the existence of North and South America. Had they not been in his path, his voyage could have ended with him and his crew starving to death on a seemingly endless sea (the Pacific Ocean).
@ascend36545 жыл бұрын
nice flat earth reference
@alanwise29963 жыл бұрын
Allan Sherman obviously didn’t give Leonard Skinner good advice
@stevenfanale4553 Жыл бұрын
He needed to speak to President Biden about his decision to run again!!!!!!!!!
@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462 Жыл бұрын
If he was around now days and was still able to produce songs like this I am sure his career would have lasted far longer: look at Weird Al. Shame.
@joellafargue98827 жыл бұрын
Just one error in the song: Henry Ford as the inventor of the Chevrolet? Sorry, folks, but that company was founded by Gaston Chevrolet.