He was always my favorite guest star.

It is like his ghost came back for the show!!

I was trying to think of the name of the actor he was doing. So funny.

Yes! I don't think I'd ever seen anyone do an impression of Edward Everett Horton before!

If you search KZfaq you can find a superb video of him when he was in still in the Army. There are a few stunts in his tap dance routine I have never seen astaire do. I remember F troop where as Captain Parameter he occasionally broke into song or dance. Certainly as good as Donald O'Conner I think. He (and Carol Burnett) we among the last who studied/learned to be triple treats. Dick Van Dyke another one. Theatre people still do, but these days not so much movies and TV.

Roddy McDowell does a pretty great Edward Everett Horton

@berkeleybernie. Yes, Ken Berry surely did Fred Astaire justice. Personally, I think Mr. Berry was a highly underrated talent.

I thought similar; I just watched a Fred Astair compilation and the whole air - the lightness of mood and movement - seems to really fit. What I know about tap dancing would fit into a tea spoon and still have elbow room, but it looks really, really good and even I can spot the characteristics of Fred Astair.

It was uncanny! I had no idea Ken Berry was this talented!

Hear, hear! I thought for a second it WAS Fred! Wonderful man and super homage to the main man.

True

Agreed

But who played her partner? A pleasantly passable singer, and really good dancer!

@@nicholashodsdon7272 - Ken Berry. He was also famous at the time as the star of F-Troop.

What about the costumes? Real fashion!!

They saw it. Fred and Ginger were still alive.

Very well deserved, the songs are brilliant musical parodies and hilarious. I take it you must be a relative of Artie.

@@SOLE2SOUL Thoroughly enjoyed it !!! A Carol Burnet video popped up a few weeks ago, I grew up watching her so I watched it "for old times sake". I've been watching them everyday now. 😜 Lol. They make me happy. This is hands down my favorite thus far. LOVED IT !!! 💕

How long did it take to develop and rehearse this? Learning the dance steps alone must have been a major project.

@@aliannarodriguez1581 the production staff met on Mondays each week and the complete show was taped on Fridays. They had an audience for what they called "dress rehearsal" and a second audience for the "show". Sometimes they cut and pasted the show from each taping. Vocal music, especially where dancing was involved, were pre-recorded on Thursday evenings.

Wow. Thanks for inside scoop

His solo performance during the dance was everything!!!

Did you catch their "Gone with the Wind" ??? Hilarious.

I agree

Not _entirely_ clean. It was the 1970s, after all.

He showed us his talents in several episodes of F Troop. Hopefully, you will get a chance to take them in.

In his day, all the actors and actresses had to sing and dance. They were expected to be well-rounded in their profession and the more they could do, the more work was available.

Royal Wedding. A classic.

You talking about how you were born too late to watch the show made me think of my absolute fondest, most indelible memory of it: the fact that it came on around or past my bedtime when I was little, and when my brother would babysit, he would tell me I could only stay up to watch it if I could stay awake. Oh, how I remember fighting my eyelids with all my might, hoping he wouldn't notice them group, only to have him comment on it almost instantly, "Whoop, that's it, off to bed!"

As a Hungarian, I also love Fred Astaire, I loved him because of him and I learned to tap through his videos. 😊

Brian Savage He began as a dancer

Bob Makie created all the costumes . Also did all of chers

Really captured the 30's look. Also love the art-deco set and set dressing. Even used the camera tricks from that era. Fun stuff.

Another charming touch was the Art Deco typeface used for a "caption.'" It fitted right in with the decor. And the gondola stopping just right to frame the two actors at the table. The double staircase was from "Swing Time," and the feathery costume from "Top Hat," along with the Venice setting. Now I need to watch it again and again to spot all the other references!

@@elainechubb971 the gondolier (I think that was Tim Conway) mentioned "Fred Austerlitz", which was the real name of Fred Astaire.

That lingerie outfit was spot on! 💝

And McDowell doing Edward Everett Horton was spot on as well

Not sure how I missed this episode. Her shows were great.

The Broadway musical based on "The Princess and the Pea" was called "Once Upon a Mattress" and was Ms. Burnett's first B'way role, I believe.

@@KathleenRocheZujko And it actually began off Broadway and was successful enough to move on up.

quite mesmerizing! Yes!

Me too! Saw it in a an open- air theater in San Diego probably 35- 40 years ago! ❤❤❤

Last role my spouse saw Ms Carol Burnett in was in Better Call Saul. In the end she arrests Saul. Spouse said she had not lost any of her skills in acting (though this role was not a comedy).

Difficult to find men like him, today.

Couldn't agree more. They somehow managed to capture the style of the movies, and it feels like a benevolent parody - not being mean, but a lovely mix of poking fun and admiring. like everybody involved really liked those classic movies.

Bob Mackie did the costumes. He also did the Sonny and Cher show. Side note - Lucille Ball Arnez was dressed by Dior on her tv show.

I totally agree!

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the writer was great pianist Stan Freeman--who later had a long running one man show of Oscar Levant [AT WIT'S END]. He composed songs and Broadway Musicals, too. Stan won an Emmy for this skit for his songs and writing.

I loved him.

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I have not gone to the movies in years. I have the time and money to do it, but don't want to.

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Keet Randling Me too! I thought that I'd seen them all also! This is fun! ❤️ me some Carol Burnett Show! 😊

I second that... great.

Exactly what am thinking. Fabulous !!!

I thought I saw them all too! What a pleasure it was to find this one!

Jaime Phillips Ornate set design, costumes, in-sync choreography, and more. You're right, it IS impressive. What a treat to watch in 2020!

Because you won't find entertainment on tv like this today. Not even without political opinions

No surprise there. He did everything well.

Superb!

Had the HUGEST crush on him! He was FABULOUS!

Yes! You could immediately tell who he was playing 😆

Love Rodney! 🎈

Would have been a great clip if it had sound with it.

He was not underrated. He was highly acclaimed and won many awards and nominations. Hi bio is fascinating! His designs and ingenuity were wonderful.

Liberty GiveMe I was just marveling at the amazing costumes!

@@carolley9705 I just had to turn mine way up. The songs were great.

He was a leading fashion designer for years....costumes was his 2nd career I believe....

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Apparently, he played Broadway, etc. See his page on Wikipedia. At one time, he was hailed as he next Fred Astaire.

Ken studied dance with Louis DaPron (Donald O'Connor's choreographer) and Al White. And won a talent contest when he was in the Army for his dancing (and singing) talents (in the mid 1950s)... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q8ppoZWju8nSlpc.html Here is a quote from Ken about his love of Fred Astaires' dancing talents... "Fred Astaire was my big hero. As Gene Kelly articulated it, 'He's a phenomenon.' No human body has ever been able to move like that. I don't think people now really appreciate that fact--that there has never been a human being who moved like that. I've never seen anything like it in my life and I don't think any of us ever will. I know just enough about dance to know how impossible it is to do what he did. It's a really 'sweat' job, the hard work. When it comes to dance, nobody has ever touched him before or since." ... although I think Ken under-estimated his own talents in that statement as he certainly does come very very close... tagsrwc.com/the_ebullet/remembering-ken-berry/

@Jenn976 and JC Johnsong: Thanks for sharing that info about Ken Berry I never knew that.

II was also blown away by Berry. Thanks to the folks who provided more info about him. I agree that he was probably very under-appreciated in his time.Also, kudos to everyone who created this brilliant, funny and spot-on spoof of the genre!

You mean 1951 Royal Wedding?

Thank you!! 😄 Berry rightfully applauded, but I loved seeing Roddy do an EEH turn.

He really captured Fred Astaire's mannerisms, even to his walk and the little embellishments in his singing! Amazing work!

youtube his tap routine, you'll be amazed!

He was in "Once Upon a Mattress" with Carol.

Ken's wife Jackie Joseph a comedic actress got her start as a dancer. That is how they met, I'm guessing. Ken Berry came along way too late. He would have been big thirty years earlier.. He was a phenomenal 1930&40's style tapper.

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Bob Mackie really outdid himself here.

I read that Fred Astaire hated the original white dress Ginger Rogers wore in Top Hat because it kept shedding feathers during the dance scene, forcing them to keep filming takes in hopes of getting a "clean" one.

That's a makeover of the original "Cheek-to-cheek" dress Ginger wore. Years ago I saw it at the Met Gala. The original does not exist anymore or could not be obtained, but was considered so important for the exhibit it was one of the few that was recreated for the "Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design" Exhibit that Diana Vreeland put on. I saw the curtain dress, the Ascot dress worn by Hepburn, the Gilda dress - it was probably the most impressive exhibit I've ever seen in my life put on in 1974 - they have B&W photos on the Metropolitan Museum site if you look for them.The amazing thing is, that most people do NOT know, the original was SKY BLUE, not white. And absolutely breathtaking. It was my favorite dress in the entire exhibit.

Beth Mabee He did in his autobiography; the feathers went up his nose.

What real talent looks like.

The writer/composer was STAN FREEMAN--who won an Emmy for this skit!

This was in 1978. Astaire was still alive. And so was Ginger. I'll bet they saw it. I'm not sure about Edward Everett Horton or Eric Blore, but if they were alive they probably saw it, too. I hope they were. They must have all gotten a good laugh. This was so well done.

Me too!

I only wish the Fred & Ginger films were coloured as in this show. All those glorious ladies' fashions just in black & white. Only praise for the dancing and singing though!

Uncle Louie Thank you for making my day, this was wonderful. I enjoyed this delightful spoof ever so much! 😊

What is this tv show called?

@@esmediamond, Meet the Mahoneys..

They were wonderful times.

@@caroline4540 so long as you were white...

I’m glad someone else picked up on Roddy’s Horton impersonation.

@@seanmobley2610 Working on your white guilt, there, trust fund baby rebel?

@@bnic9471 Nope. I've worked hard for every penny I have, and since I work in the non-profit sector, where we care about actually helping people as opposed to selling them crap they don't need, trust me...every penny counts. But nice try attempting to make a broad, baseless assumption.

And Vicki did a great job as Aunt Hortense!

my very first thought. barely a minute in :)

Haven't seen this before. Recognized Edward Everett Horton imitation immediately!

He did it perfectly!

And she also broke the color barrier with her guest artists. She was way ahead of her time.

This is not a very healthy love relationship. It starts off with them hating each other, and then she abuses him by hitting him. Then he gets infatuated with her (a form of obsession). Then he sees her in a compromising position with almost no clothes on; this causes her to be scared but then lust after him. However she is also mad and scared because she thinks he is married and she thinks he is a peeping tom who came in her room on purpose to see her unclothed who wanted to do something like rape her. Then she is really uncomfortable/scared when she sees him again and tries to tell her aunt that she and her aunt are in danger from this "cad" and does not know what to do when the aunt blows her off. So she is confused. Then she gets forced by the aunt to dance with him thinking she's helping him cheat on her aunt which makes her feel guilty and responsible for his behavior even though it would have been his own fault if he actually was a peeping tom and not hers. She seems to want a monogamous relationship for herself, but it is stated over and over that he is a playboy and she can't expect that. So she agrees to a marriage that she expects to be monogamous even though she is marrying a playboy for the main reason of lust and infatuation and fear. They don't actually know anything about each other. They have not connected on a spiritual or intellectual level. They do not have romance and they haven't fallen in love. They danced together, but that is still part of a physical relationship. This is a relationship that is doomed because it is not based on love and intellectual compatibility. Humans are not just physical beings with physical desires. There is a lot more to us than that. Also it is pretty clear that both of them are acting in abusive ways towards each other. Calling each other names is actually a form of verbal abuse. It is bullying. When my bullies called me names at school I didn't make the mistake to think they loved me. I knew they hated me, which they showed with their actions of hitting me, like she hits him, and slamming me into the lockers. Anyway, I expect if two people like them who already abuse each other have kids, the kids are gonna get violently beaten, like how my grandparents who loved this sort of music and philosophy of life did to me and their own kids. So it really isn't family friendly. True love is though. I have PTSD now and am in therapy because of the domestic violence that seems to have started with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which was seen by my grandparents and shown to me too on their videos as a model. Once my grandparents saw this verbally and physically abusive model of these tap dancers, they inflicted violence on each other and their own kids which made my mom severely abusive to me, and that didn't stop my grandparents from also abusing me too. So we need to overcome the old ways of deciding to marry based on fear and lust, and spend years getting to know someone intellectually and emotionally and give ourselves time to fall in love before getting married. I'm also a fan of celibacy before marriage and monogamy in marriage. The playboy lifestyle ends up hurting a lot of women emotionally and physically as well as their kids who have no dad (because he's a deadbeat playboy who could care less if the kids are dead, due to him having so many of them). I'm a fan of staying celibate even if you don't end up marrying anyone. I just really love celibacy. People hate me because of this and have raped me to try and stop me from being celibate. But since rape isn' a choice and celibacy is, I remain celibate and I don't think I lost my celibacy while blood was gushing from me during the rape attacks. Did I lose blood? Yes. Did I lose celibacy? No. I've still got it. I always have had it. :) Respecting people's boundaries like giving them privacy to be alone when their naked or semi-naked because of changing clothes or bathing and not forcing them to dance or be touched or hit is helpful to build a loving relationship. We need to respect each others privacy and bodies. Also, the words we use to build our relationships should be kind and loving, not hateful or judgmental like *all* their words were in the first song. Why be so harsh and cutting when you can uplift and inspire people? This leads to a better society with more love in it and less hate. I think we all want that. :)

@@lemurlover7975 Honey, get yourself some serious therapy lickety-split.

@@lemurlover7975, zzzzzz, you lost me at the bakery..

@@lemurlover7975 I didn't make it through your long comment but I really hope it was meant to be a joke. Otherwise I agree with brunnhilde, you need some help. Quick.

Because all anyone watches are "reality" tv shows that are all guided by ratings.

Hope your operation went well and that you'll soon feel better!🌻