foster brooks never gonna get to old for watching thats a given , pure comedy at its best , amongst others also .

He is comedic gold

This was SNL before SNL The difference being the delivery.

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Going down memory lane.....got off my flight to Burbank back around ‘87 or so....and foster was couple steps ahead of me.....he slowed down walking up the ramp...as I passed him...I pleasantly said to mr. brooks...I enjoy your performances...he politely acknowledged my statement and Simply continued walking in swaggering style....cool cat indeed..

He turns at the end to show you that he is actually sober. He did this for most performances.

You're right! Such amazing talent.

Your granddad was GREAT, and still is

Your a fucking lying sack of shit. Ain't no way in hell he's you're grandfather. If he is your grandfather, then I'm the dalai fucking llama

​@@andrewspencer7965don't believe her. Dumbasses claim to be a lot of shit that isn't even a millionth of a percent true

What a true and rare talent.

Wow… amazing and how fun it must have been for you!

I'm about to turn 48 and I grew up on these legends thanks to my grandfather. The Cannonball Run movies are some of my all time favorites. Frank, Dean, Sammy, Burt Reynolds, Dom Deluise, Telly Savalas. I have such respect for all of them. But Foster Brooks was the king.

My goodness your lucky! That's so awesome!

Were you on the episode with David Janssen?

Diana - would love to hear a story or two - I hope Dean was as wonderful as I wished him to be x

He had an ability to go instantly into character and out of character. Amazing. And never cracked a smile when he made the other actors laugh.

Sadly true.

You are right about that my friend watch some Sammy Davis jr live just amazing talent all ten together are ridiculously good

@O G Yes you are right lol , Its just so original , they laugh at there own stuff because its that funny lol

Agree

A dying art

yes...love it

dean is just crap

Dean played the drunk straight man to a tee.

And that’s why and what made these shows the best! Exactly what you stated

Dean Martin was known not to rehearse.

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You obviously never watched any of the DM roasts. Hilarious.

@@ArienUndomiel that's because he was spontaneity.

Yep, Martin was REALLY losing it!! ; )

Brilliant 😊

I also do often. He do it so well😊 haha.

Don't forget the two other. Dentist, and brain surgeon.

Thanks for reply. That's great. Let's have some fun, and laugh 😂

If I were to try and explain to someone exactly what comedy is I would steer them to this video. It is a class on comedy.

An even bigger one is that you actually believe it. He drank pretty heavily until 1964, when he quit cold turkey. Someone bet him $10 he couldn’t. He said, “at the time I really needed the ten dollars.”

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

The cowboy and doctor scene is another gem.

@@davidelliott5843, that’s the one where dean got shot by an arrow…?

I agree with you. This was so much fun in my day

Check out Foster Brooks' roast of Don Rickles. "Today we are here to honor Don Pickles - I mean Rickles - that's a dilly."

I liked the one where Dean told him he had bad breath

It's true. I've watched this over and over and every single time I watch it, I dissolve in gasping laughter and tears. I especially love to see Dean lose it.

Seen this a million times and have laughed a million times. Real comedy without f-bombs and personal attacks. State of the art talent here.

​@@edydonLook Don we do have something in common, you see I'm fooling around with your wife and incidentally you're out of scotch! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

PRICELESS! Love Brooks too! Classic Gold Comedy! HIC!

@@jimgleeson98 are, you, aaaarreee yoooou sure you're not a p-p-pilot?

@@Fingercheck creases me up mate. Those two guys are GOLD! I love the Surgeon clip. All Good!

That dry wit is a family trait.

Me too lol

Happy trails...

Funny, I probably watched 20 clips with him today. 🤣

I watch on loop.

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Amen!

Shit Saturday night live never even brought a smile on my face, during the few episodes that I watched until I realized that it was a waste of time!

SNL is not exactly the competition. SNL is, by its nature, a comedy experiment. They try a lot of things that don’t work very well but they also do a lot that does work. Dean Martin’s show was in prime time. SNL is late night, with a target audience of young people who couldn’t find anything to do on Saturday night. It doesn’t get any funnier than Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, and Palin herself liked it so much she hosted the show one night and even performed with Tina. For another example, I defy you to seek out SNL’s spoof commercial for Amazon Echo Silver (it’s here on youtube) and not laugh at it. It’s hilarious!

That's was the same way when he was with Jerry. He came in from the golf course right before the show. Got a rough idea what Jerry had in mind, they ab-lib most of it. He knew his song but that was about it. A lot of his shows with Jerry was just like this... They never was sure where it was going to go. It was a good training ground for Dean and Jerry both. I think Dean was more natural at it then Jerry.

@@toniwilson1579 I just wonder if that wasn't the source of tension between the two of them. Jerry was good. Dean was better. A natural.

The story goes, Dean was given a read out of the script on an early Walkman type tape recorder he would listen to while playing golf so he had a fair idea of what was coming, but I doubt the tape guy sounded like Don Rickles, Jonathon Winters, Bob Newhart or Foster Brooks.

Another true story on "Steve Wright in the afternoon"..........isn't it!!!!!!!!!

NO WAY??!! LOVE IT..

He wanted it spontaneous; that's why he's never gone to any of the rehearsals.

Dean was acting?

To me, that's what made these shows so funny. I'm glad I was alive to watch these on television when we only had three channels to choose from. Now we have three hundred channels and not much to watch.

@@mauryd3444 yea they definitely should go back to only 3 channels

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He was not only brilliant, he was a genuinely good soul. My mom dated Fosters' best friend, so I saw him alot. By the time this show aired, Foster had 20 years sober. Dean wasn't a big drinker either. I always thought it was so cool that you could be famous just for acting drunk! Lol. Little did I know that I was actually in the presence of comedic geniuses.

So good, I had an accident - something I've not done since I were 3 yrs.old!

Means it's perfect, couldn't be done better..

+Tony M same here

Dave Allen

and me

I'm flying a seven FORTY...

Thats cause its just timeless comedy at its best

And yet he's acting as if he had his first ever glass of hard liquor. That's talent! Because on the sauce, let's be honest, most of us are vulgar.

One of the funniest guys ever

jayjay86443 Because in real life, Mr Brooks never drank a drop of liquor in his life.

This is actual talent, these guys didn't have to go in the gutter for laughs.

@@jeffallen5871 supposedly neither did Dean Martin

They are probably among those who went ice fishing and caught 200 lb. of ice, then had their wives fry it and they drowned... (that's a line from a comedy special he did, can't remember the name of it, but if you can find it, it is definitely worth watching!).

There probably AA members.

Maybe like me they find drunkeness definitely unfunny.

I now it's a tad late, but that special was called " Don't laugh, you're next" it's on here somewhere. I remember buying it on a double vhs when it came out.

@@lonniecraig5186 Don't laugh...you're next! :)

Amen!

just drugs and alcohol.

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If you're going to quote, get it right! Nothing torpedo a joke more than getting the words wrong. "The plane lost an engine." "Don't worry, it will turn up."

Foster Brooks said that statement like that's normal. Just to dam funny. Can watch this over and over again.

They "lost" an engine...NOT fell off.

Even the great Dean Martin is so in awe of Foster Brooks he begins shed tears at his comic genious.

My husband and I saw Foster Brooks in Las Vegas in 1976 and just loved his act. We very nearly had a potty problem cracking up. Funny, creative guy.

That was Dean's trademark.

And the way Foster was torturing Dean towards the end, getting right in his face. Comedy doesn't get better than this.

I totally agree I always admired both of them and word has it that Foster Brooks either didn't never took a drink or just very sociable you know moderate

greg hughey Well, the Dean Martin Show actually ran for 9 years from 1965 to 1974, but you’re right, this sketch must have been from the 1970s because according to Wikipedia the 747 that Foster mentions was first put into service with Pan Am in 1970.

Pure as it gets.....

Kevin Anderson John Dunsworth played a fantastic drunk too!!

Yep was going to say, Mr. Lahey is a modern classic

And you're still young.

Same young as fuck when I saw this, swore it was real, now I’m 20 I still think it’s real

Me too!

I am 68 and i cant stop laughing/crying every time i watch this clip!

I’m 27, laughing at this and will be for years. I wish I could make my friends understand why this and all the other skits are amazing.

He moved to California in his early 50s.

I have a feeling they were all pretty foul-mouthed. You just couldn't be foul-mouthed on TV.

@MrFreshbrezze50 Well said Sir!! Days gone by that sadly we'll never see ENTERTAINMENT like this AGAIN!!

To bad DEAN WASN'T PLAYING...CLASSIC

What makes Foster Brooks skit so funny is the fact that Foster Brooks is a teatottller Meaning that he was stone cold sober the whole time

amen to that

+cbruno2678 when comedy was comedy without the vulgarity

Absolutely! I find things even more funnier without that kind of talk.

Guzzen

Yeswedo

yes

Beth Bartlett Especially now he’s got his Jeannie back with him....💖

Royal Fool I totally agree... they were so perfect in this skit

Indeed. He actually starts the line but can't finish it, then Dean says "Yes" to try and rescue it but Foster turns round, glances at Dean's cue cards and says "yes?" because it's not there and this makes Dean lose it even more.

Watching this reminds me that there is good side-splitting fun without foul language - I'm glad it's on KZfaq so I can pause it while I run to the bathroom before I have an accident!!

His roast of Don Rickles is up there too.

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I've been wondering how long it actually took do this skit? I'm sure there were several re-takes - my ribs still hurt from laughing!!!

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

“And that I hold their lives in the palm of my hand” lmao