Now I understand Bob's confidence ,I didn't know he was a very handsome man, extremely handsome! I own a dog house so don't go judging me away!

Another bit that Bob did on Steve Allen's show was as a guy who had spent years training a bird to speak and do complex tricks. After a lengthy build up Bob accidentally lets the bird escape the cage and the bird flew up into the rafters of the studio. Bob does a complete deadpan as he comes to understand that his life's work is lost due to a moments inattention. The bit worked because of Bob's flat expression and his incredible deadpan.

Bob was the master of dead pan and a great comedy writer.

The great super Dave! The Funk man!RIP Super.

The man's delivery was top notch. RIP

Steve Allen brought a lot of talent (and talented people!) to the airwaves! He was truly a GREAT show host!

Thank goodness for Steve Allen for recognizing who would make a good show kudos Mr Allen

Master of the deadpan. No one could just stay in character forever like that like Bob Einstein. It became quite a trademark. It's too bad Steve didn't have confidence in the audience to catch on. Hey, if someone at home didn't get it, well, maybe they should be watching something else. Steve was always pretty hip. Remember Steve's comeback to an audience member who asked him they get his show back in Cleveland. Steve: "Well, they watch it, but they don't get it."

Bob's brother Albert was a genius but his brother Frank was a monster!

What a brilliant actor & comedian.

I watched this live, and to this day it makes me laugh. RIP Officer Judy, Super Dave, and Funkhauser!

Listening to this while I was driving made me laugh so hard that I had tears in my eyes and couldn’t see the road.

whoever you are, who found this and uploaded it, thank you! 3 great kings of comedy in a seemingly very rare clip wow!

I saw this on tv as a kid. It had to have been live. We watched a lot of tv back then. All I remembered were the razor blades. Thanks for posting. 👍

Bob Einstein and Bob Euker. Two masters of the deadpan!!

I'm 46. Have never seen this and really enjoyed it. Thank you, for posting this!!!

I love how serious Super Dave is .

Great smile at the end... ! Wow! First time I believe I've seen such genuine light from that normally deadpan visage.

Best straight face in the business ever.

Few people know his brother was Albert Einstein

In Bob's best bit with Steve Allen, Bob played a martial arts guy who repeatedly requested that Steve attack him with a 2×4 from different angles. Each time, Steve successfully clobbered Bob, demonstrating Bob's character's ineptitde as a supposed self-defense professional. It was a comedy classic and fifty years later, I still chuckle. I hope that segment was preserved and eventually finds its way to KZfaq.

That's the same dude that was on curb 40 years later...amazing! 👏 Rest in Power, Bob.

Super Dave, one of a kind. His dead pan serious approach was classic.

I still have my Bill Dobson rookie card.

Super Dave was already doing his hilarious deadpan humor. But he was too good at it--so much so that they felt the need to explain the joke to the audience at the end. :)

I saw this show. I remember it vividly.

I can't believe nobody's talking about Schneider being part of this bit! "I'm here to fix your plumbing, Ms Romano..."

The best deadpan in the business.

Bob’s father was Harry Einstein also known as Parkyakarkas. A very funny man and he was on radio with Al Jolson. His brother is Albert Brooks.

Legend, like father like son.

Superb! Disappointed he didn't bring Steve Allen a gift. God bless you Bob x

Einstein played such funny characters like this, and then he became Super Dave Osbourne. R.I.P. Bob.

I do not remember him this long ago. So Funny what a great comic style. unique act, miss him.

There's a great vid on YT of Cars, Comedians, and Coffee with Einstein and Seinfeld. There are some great jokes told, although not all are fit for young audiences. RIP Super Dave!

I love how he acts like's it's totally normal he missed to pass's that were practically handed to him. LOL

0:23 THE FOLKS AT HOME!

00:25 Geez, 40 years apart, Steve Allen and Norm MacDonald both looking out for the "folks at home" who might not know.

The funny or sad thing is Pat Harrington was the lead guest and a very popular talented comedian and performer. No one hardly knows him outside of One Day at a Time.

Nice to see "Pat" recovered from his on-field gunshot wound. And nice to see Steverino's show was still broadcasting in beautiful black and white in 1970.

I had no idea that Steve Allen was this sophisticated, I love the guy but a little bit before my time. Now I feel like I'm watching Steve's ghost when I watch Conan. BRAVO!!!!!

Bob was so good

Einstein played college basketball so he could pull off an athlete really well. I wonder if Schneider was in on the joke.

He might be the best straight funny man of all time.

Don’t forget Bob as Officer Judy on the Smothers Brothers Show.

A star is born...

I totally didn't notice Bob as Officer Judy on the Smothers Brothers but I watched Steve Allen and noticed him on his show (right around this time period). I did actually get to see him on one of the shows I went to see taped because he'd been on the other show but had to do another take. It seemed that the more the audience laughed the straighter his face got. Plus he was good looking.

quite polished at a young age with his routine

Bob Einstein passed away on January 2, 2019, at the age of 76, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm series creator Larry David said in a statement: "Never have I seen an actor enjoy a role the way Bob did playing 'Marty Funkhouser' on Curb. It was an amazing, unforgettable experience knowing and working with him. There was no one like him, as he told us again and again. We're all in a state of shock." And sitting next to Bob, is Pat Harrington, Jr., who could also deliver lines with perfect deadpan. Just for fun, you might enjoy this clip of Pat playing against James Coburn in the 1967 (ahead of its time) comedy film The President's Analyst: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZh-gb2Vzs23iJs.html

That was awesome 🤩

So great to see Bob break Steve Allen. Hilarious. Bob never breaks character.

In a perfect world people who make us all laugh would get a pass into heaven . Maybe Super Dave Einstein is with his beloved dad right now .

So great to finally see his real nose before his nose job. He was so good looking

THANKS FOR SHARING, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SUPER DAVE. LUV CANADA.

Super Dave,and Snyder.

The good old days when everyone watched the same shows and the same news.

This man sure can speak well

Wow! I did not know how far back he went.

It took me nearly six minutes to begin to get the joke. And another 20 seconds to realize who the hell that was. Deadpan God!!! RIP Bob. ✌🏽

Steve Allen sporting his famous rug.

Fine line between subtle & scary to start the bit

thank you from manhattan.

stutter step to shank. powerful move.

Amazing how Bob could keep a dead pan fave the entire time…

You were great sup. God bless you

I hear he worked on the Redd Fox variety show, I’m now sure how? A stage hand maybe?

I was born in 92' and I've seen a lot of paradigms of comedy but that "smoke was coming from his helmet" line is a pisser LOL

This is great! Thanks!

Magical truth

Super Dave Osborne: Well, he was no Einstein. No, wait a minute, I guess he was RIP Bob Einstein.

I wonder where he gets his material

It's odd hearing his voice without any trace of rasp in it.

Super Dave with Steve Allen?? Good lord.

Young Bob looks like young Tom Jones

The Bob Uecker of football here.

1970 it was black and white yet a year before the smothers Brothers it was in color

Way to GO, Einstein.

Is the third person in this Pat Harrington ? I never knew he was on the Steve Allen show.

My God, the same voice!

I've met Bob he was closer to 6'6".

Pat Harrington is also super - building super that is.

Gosh! Genius xoxo

I recall Bob Einstein doing a bit on Steve's show about being raised by wolves. Does anyone have that video?

Officer Judy!!!! 😄

Still funny today

The other guy is Schneider from One Day at a Time.

still laughing Bob...RIP sir

Great old segment but the punchline is in the title!

Little Orphan Funkhouser

He is also Albert Brooks brother!

Him and Albert's dad died under very bizarre circumstances.

Wow never seen him this young. He kind of looked like a young Tom waits lmao

Completely flat straight and dry...only way we loved Bob

Bob Einstein's deadpan made you think he was on the level (until you knew better). I was first introduced to him as Super Dave Osborne on the David Letterman show. It took me awhile to realize it was just schtick.

Funny stuff.

Funny Even then😂😂😂

Lol look at him looking at the ball.

So that was a pack of cigarettes in Schneider's t-shirt.

The father of Super Dave Osborn looks and sounds like him

Great early super dave

Son of Parkyercarkas , brother of Albert Brooks