Bob Uecker - Mr. Baseball | Carson Tonight Show

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Original Airdate: September 23rd, 1971
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@jmg999 6 ай бұрын

Bob Uecker is comedic gold! He's one of the funniest people I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.

@justinhaller7361 3 ай бұрын

How have I never seen this? Uecker is a legend. Always so stoic when everyone else laughs their asses off!

@peachespavalko1980 6 ай бұрын

🙋‍♀️ I’m not a baseball fan, but I always enjoyed when Bob was on all those decades. I love his dry sense of humor and snarkiness. He cracks me up.

@GeneBurnett 6 ай бұрын

Master of the deadpan look. Amazing how he never broke.

@user-vs2hp2pd1r Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking

@Jojo-fy2ud 26 күн бұрын

the best at it, see the one about the deflated football

@susanwest8239 6 ай бұрын

I miss this show so much. That's why I watch them now❤

@jayelm5392 3 ай бұрын

A great announcer too. Brew crew fans sure are lucky to have Bob in the booth.

@timothytietz9194 22 күн бұрын

I prefer listening to Bob on the radio over going to a game.

@bsjeffrey 6 ай бұрын

it's cool bob wore his batting helmet for the show.

@keithfullmer1058 5 ай бұрын

I so appreciate comedy that centers on humor, things that are just funny.

@user-di8sb8np7y Ай бұрын

Norm Macdonald said if there was ever one guy he met that could be a stand-up it was Bob.. Norm said he would have been awesome.

@eldorado1830 6 ай бұрын

I really liked the old Miller Lite commercials that Bob Ueuker used to do?

@jonstefanik9400 4 ай бұрын

Tastes great, less filling.

@Gromit801 6 ай бұрын

If Bob Newhart played baseball, there he’d be.

@leeoswald9799 3 ай бұрын

Bob Uecker is the KING!

@the_real_mister_ed 4 ай бұрын

"Maybe my last time at bat I'd look in the visitors' dugout and see the guys sitting there with their street clothes on." CLASSIC!

@petehayes4801 4 ай бұрын

If you have never seen it, watch Bob's induction speech into the Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony. You will watch it at least 2 times I guarantee.

@chixdigget00 2 ай бұрын

Watching Johnny's face going to commercial, he knew that he was in for it. Bob was so deadpan and could just kill one liners. Johnny knew that he was in trouble. As someone who knew every comedian, and Bob could just kill him. Says so much about how funny he was!!!!

@jeffreysearle2996 Ай бұрын

Johnny Carson said Bob was the funniest person he ever met.

@modee176 3 ай бұрын

Wow, I didn't realise he was so funny. I only knew him from the 80s sitcom Mr Belverdere until a few years ago.

@c-dublife Ай бұрын

he still announces brewers home games.

@zekelucente9702 Ай бұрын

I am watching this for the104th time because Bob Ueker was the greatest Tonight Show guest of all time.

@danielbrown3461 Ай бұрын

he was tied with Rodney Dangerfield and Tex Cob...A triple tie.

@joehoncho8557 3 ай бұрын

Bob was one of the most hilarious people there has been.

@spanky9676 Ай бұрын

@brettbaratheon9776 Ай бұрын

Still is

@joehoncho8557 Ай бұрын

@@brettbaratheon9776 haven’t heard from him in awhile.

@hcc792 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely love every interview I’ve seen with Mr. Uecker- please keep them coming!

@dauth7556 14 күн бұрын

His Hall of Fame speech (as a broadcaster) is absolutely hilarious.

@98Dougmorris Ай бұрын

great video! Happy belated 90th birthday Bob.

@craigsouder9334 28 күн бұрын

he had the lady next to him laughing big time

@andrewmarshall360 6 ай бұрын

This is hilarious ! I loved them both

@marswillrule2431 6 ай бұрын

Confirmed, Mr. Baseball is not dead.

@chad6849 6 ай бұрын

Whew!

@Arashi_2358 6 ай бұрын

He'll be 89 soon, birthday January 26.

@RonGerstein 6 ай бұрын

@@Arashi_2358He will be 90 on January 26, 2024.

@ethankajfosz5912 4 ай бұрын

Update: His 90th birthday is today, and yes, he’s still alive and well.

@jonstefanik9400 4 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday Ueck!

@feetpiece_704 6 ай бұрын

Eat cereal to "fight"inflation... 😂 Juuuust, a bit outside...

@steelehere1 3 ай бұрын

Cereal companies actually are pushing that again with the argument that cereal isn't just for breakfast anymore.

@RonGerstein 6 ай бұрын

Jonny Carson will be 46 on October 25th, 1971, and he is already turning prematurely grey.

@user-ok9ue8gp6k 2 ай бұрын

What a hair style!

@dongray6834 3 ай бұрын

Dude is a natural.

@georgemorgan5906 4 ай бұрын

He’s the best!

@JL-is9rg 4 ай бұрын

Bob looks like he just came from a guest appearance on Space 1999 with that belt over the sweater 😂 (Yes I know the show actually wasn't in production yet) But speaking of which it's funny when they cut away from the picture to presumably get a closer shot and come back to essentially the same shot. That's all those cameras had back then and you couldn't just truck them in. Not easily anyway. Love the lack of depth too on Jonny's iso. That production especially the set sure came a long way over the years!

@Arashi_2358 6 ай бұрын

My father loved Carson. He most likely watched this episode.

@markkaminski2416 6 ай бұрын

I hope he saw the episode of Zsa Zsa Gabor and the cat! It was unforgettable.

@TheBingBang77 6 ай бұрын

Neat for me to see this. Being born in the early 80s, I only remember him from movies like Major League, where he still had the same, dry sense of humor, but a bit more animated. His deadpan delivery in this clip was interesting, and yet I was still laughing out loud even sitting at a DQ while having breakfast. 😂

@akmguy1821 6 ай бұрын

THIS SHOW is how comedy was FUNNY, WITHOUT swearing and being vulgar. 👀👍👍👍

@policevanposition1993 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@kindablue1959 6 ай бұрын

They weren't allowed to on TV. But off camera and in late night clubs, they all worked blue and were often very nasty.

@ScooterOnHisWay2024 14 күн бұрын

@@kindablue1959That's a good thing.

@MrBiPauler 6 ай бұрын

He is so funny. I really enjoyed this.

@BeckVMH 3 ай бұрын

Bob is so dead pan the audience does know whether to laugh or pause 😂.

@briansmith96 3 ай бұрын

He was so goofy an funny about himself!!!

@tomlawler5850 3 ай бұрын

Johnny got the biggest kick out of Uecker!!

@grf15 3 ай бұрын

Every time I see Uecker my first thought is he must have been a fun team mate. The teams he was on must have had a loose dugout and dressing room.

@hughswan6337 2 ай бұрын

Did you know that Bob Uecker hit a grand slam home run?

@crashburn3292 3 күн бұрын

"Juuuuuuusssst a bit outside!"

@prisonersforprofit 14 күн бұрын

this one really goes back, the tonight show still in new york.

@bornyesterday21 4 ай бұрын

the live commercials .. they were great.

@tommyfu9271 3 ай бұрын

Carson keeps saying he played 14 years in the majors when he played 6- and Ueker never corrects him. classic.

@dwaynehall6356 2 ай бұрын

I think they counted the minor league time too.

@samspurgeon4222 2 ай бұрын

His autobiography, "Catcher In The Wry" was absolutely side splitting....😂

@CBS70s Ай бұрын

I bought the paperback version when it came out and I read it twice, it was really a good book.

@samspurgeon4222 Ай бұрын

@@CBS70s my Dad was an avid reader and left books lying around all my life...,a real eye opener when I was a middle schooler was Snake:The Kenny Stabler Story or something like that. The Kenny Stabler on the NFL Films show on ESPN was a little different than the Kenny Stabler in the book 😂

@CBS70s Ай бұрын

@@samspurgeon4222 I would like to read that book. I enjoyed Dan Pastorini’s autobiography. I am a big fan of his and the Houston Oilers. Dante’s life had a few twists and turns. I like learning about football players from the 1970’s.

@samspurgeon4222 Ай бұрын

@@CBS70s I looked for it a few years ago with no luck, so it must be out of print. Might get lucky at a used bookstore or flea market. And I agree with you. The players from the 60s and 70s always seemed to have really interesting lives and stories to tell.

@BrandonHardaker 6 ай бұрын

Uecker was hilarious

@J.B24 2 ай бұрын

People don't realize how important Ed was to the show. In the 60s and 70s the show was 90 min long and Ed did the announcing, side man conversation, and ads. In 1980 during Johnny's contract negotiations, he got NBC to shorten the show length but still kept Ed as an announcer and side man.

@arcanondrum6543 24 күн бұрын

Ill say this about the Knuckle Ball 3:33 Boston Catcher Jason Varitek could gun down someone stealing 2nd. Plus he was a switch hitter with power but he always sat out the games that Tim Wakefield pitched. I got to sit at the perfect height and position at Fenway once; Just about midway to 3/4 up the dugout from home plate and a pitched ball was at eye level while you're seated. Sure enough that ball danced after it left Wakefield and until it crossed the plate. For another game, I sat just 3 rows up from the on-deck circle and Tek was waiting there while I was talking with friends about the knuckler dancing and while Tek never said a word, he was nodding in agreement.

@brettayres5704 6 ай бұрын

Love special K, but it’s probably a bit moot on the skim milk if you add sugar too….

@CBS70s Ай бұрын

Yeah. I could definitely eat that cereal without the sugar.

@artlover1477 4 ай бұрын

Ok help me out folks. Was that Barbara McNair on the couch? First off, beatlutiful woman; secondly what a great sense of humor!

@luishumbertovega3900 Ай бұрын

They should leave the team there and move Washington !!! 😂😂😂 That photo, getting ready for the game !!! 😂😂😂⚾

@bipolarvortex 3 ай бұрын

Bob Uecker reportedly adlibbed the line "Just a bit outside." in the movie Major League. He was honestly better at comedy than hewas at baseball... but then most catchers would have only been a backup to Tim McCarver.

@philrisser6853 6 ай бұрын

i loved uekers dead pan look with his humour except he didnt use it as much in his future persona

@scooter5940 3 ай бұрын

This is from the early 1970’s, which was early in his entertainment career. The deadpan was his schtick then, and it was hilarious. But I think it would have been limiting, too, and become too routine over his long career. The man is so funny in so many different ways.

@TomBarrister 3 ай бұрын

Way back, when the two of them both had non-gray hair.

@WoodyWard 25 күн бұрын

Groovy

@mikeruge354 3 ай бұрын

Just a bit outside.

@waynewells3297 3 ай бұрын

Never knew Uecker was so funny…..

@davidhapka5410 6 күн бұрын

Juuust a bit outside 😂

@gmill7414 24 күн бұрын

Loved his story about trying to get a hit for a sick kid in a hospital. He struck out 4 times and the kid relapsed. But he said it didn't matter because the kid was an outpatient, anyway.

@oneeyedman99 4 ай бұрын

This clip is older than almost all the others here, Johnny's voice is definitely different. I guess this was more his natural intonation?

@scooter5940 3 ай бұрын

He was just younger, hence the voice - plus he was a smoker so his voice may have aged more in his later years than is normal, but that is just a guess. I think he was 45 in this clip in 1971, and there just aren’t very many of the older shows out there for reference. This show was taped in NY, and I don’t think I’ve seen another one with that night cityscape background. Way cool.

@johnpendarvis7885 2 ай бұрын

In the thumbnail it looks like Mr. Ueckers' head is on backwards.

@jefffawcett 3 ай бұрын

One note: Ball Four didn’t knock baseball. Calling out the stupidity and hypocrisy of coaches and owners isn’t knocking baseball. It’s being truthful. It remains one of the finest sports books ever written, always funny, and it’s timeless. And it’s about more than just baseball. It’s about the changes going on in the country at the time with the Vietnam war end the masses finally fighting against authority.

@joellahrman4557 3 ай бұрын

I liked it too. Hard to tell when Uecker is being serious but he seemed to be when he was talking about Ball Four.

@bigmike4962 3 ай бұрын

Always loved Bob, but seriously who dressed him?

@joellahrman4557 3 ай бұрын

The 70s

@jeremyogrizovich3247 18 күн бұрын

Great tv

@shaneschluter9648 Ай бұрын

I'm crying, he's funny as hell

@tomperkins5657 20 күн бұрын

Anyone eat Special K lately? They really are Frosted Flakes in disguise.

@user-rt2oq8ii7c 2 ай бұрын

Bad Bob.

@shawnmason5290 3 ай бұрын

It is pronounced eye-0h-ker on Atlanta sports radio by Hutson Mason

@scooter5940 3 ай бұрын

Eh, why, I wonder?

@tonydeangelo7317 Ай бұрын

I’m a huge Cardinals fan and was listening to the radio broadcast of a Cards and Brewers game. The game went to a game delay and Bob joined the Cards broadcaster, Mike Shannon in the booth. Mike was a teammate with Bob when Bob was with the Cards. They started talking about all the shenanigans they got into while on the team. I’d rather listen to them than the game. It was comedy gold!

@mattd6117 2 ай бұрын

He sounds so much like Nick Offerman - what a legend this guy is!

@howardsternisbatman 9 күн бұрын

Could have been as big as Leslie Nielsen rip.

@andrewskokna9760 Ай бұрын

I love when they showed a photo of him and his teammates celebrating and drinking champagne and he said yeah that was before the game

@douglasschaden3475 2 ай бұрын

The question is; is the haircut and outfit part of the joke too?

@rtl1392 Ай бұрын

No, that was part of the 70's😂🤦🏽‍♀️

@jebronlames7789 2 ай бұрын

Baseball was so great before they mandated criminals on each team. 60s 70s 80s was great. After that I haven't gave a chit

@ozzieray 25 күн бұрын

Me too

@Beethovenviolin 3 ай бұрын

Quite the toupee

@user-ff7wb4fm9k 6 күн бұрын

Juuust a bit outside...

@thomassaehler9038 4 ай бұрын

What's with the belt Uecker is wearing?

@JohnDoe-gc1ku Ай бұрын

Ueker is so deadpan. Carson just doesn't get it.

@rtl1392 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure Carson "got" him just fine; Bob was a guest on the show over 100 times!

@normgardner4560 Ай бұрын

He never cracks a smile!!

@toupac3195 Ай бұрын

juuuust .... a bit outside

@mitchellcarter1045 Ай бұрын

That's clearly larry bird

@mostri2326 27 күн бұрын

OMG! who dressed him?

@user-rt2oq8ii7c 2 ай бұрын

Bad Bob.