If only the original 80 minute version was still viewable... it's a shame how much of history is lost due to lack of media preservation in the past.
@jamesault78327 ай бұрын
Greetings from Circleville Ohio. Ted Lewis’ birthplace and stomping grounds. This film will soon be 100 years old.
@horarwgt13 жыл бұрын
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked! "Lady Luck," from the film "Show of Shows," reached #3 in November 1929.
@thejimdoherty4 жыл бұрын
I first heard a song by Ted Lewis on the radio around 1982 when I was 24. It was DIP YOUR BRUSH IN THE SUNSHINE. In my naivete, because of the vocal delivery I thought at first that I was hearing W. C. Fields. I soon found out it was Ted Lewis, and have been a fan ever since. I've collected 78s, LPs, and CDs of his songs. I highly recommend two of his more serious songs, KING FOR A DAY and WHEN THE CURTAIN COMES DOWN, which prove him to be the vaudevillian equivalent of a Shakespearean actor.
@dholm505814 жыл бұрын
Oh How I loved the great showman Theodore Leopold Friedman from the first time I saw him as a child in a triple feature at the Ideal Theater across from the famous Biograph Theater on Lincoln Ave in Chicago. What a thrilling and funny guy!! I never knew how famous he was in the 20's and 30's until You Tube.Thank You Desdemona202.The pride of Circleville Ohio and one of the unique and great stars of the 20th century!!
@JudgeJulieLit7 жыл бұрын
*I as a child saw him ;-)
@horarwgt13 жыл бұрын
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked!
@alainmichel32037 жыл бұрын
This program was just shown on TCM early this morning. It was entitled Warner Brothers, "Show of Shows" made in 1929.
@Rollich14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. I recall enjoying Mr. Lewis on the Ed Sullivan show. He was a favorite with my mom.
@ShaunTheCHB7 жыл бұрын
Such a charismatic entertainer.
@user-bf8vr3if5y7 жыл бұрын
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@lowellthomasjr.4689 жыл бұрын
Loved him and all of these "early rappers," especially Cab Calloway ! LOL
@jaroncreed7 жыл бұрын
Cab was not a rapper IDIOT
@JudgeJulieLit7 жыл бұрын
That's why LT enquoted "early rappers," IDIOT. But it's more in the tradition of the ancient Greek rhapsode, who dramatically declaimed a poetic narrative, quasi acting the story out.
@jaroncreed7 жыл бұрын
JudgeJulieLit Wrong MORON, you have no clue what you are talking about DUMBO. I suggest for future reference you sit down and shut your rotten mouth. Got it?
@excelsior55645 жыл бұрын
Back then they called it 'patter' when you talked part or even all of a song. Many songs were published with designated patter.
@westeggz5 жыл бұрын
Not from "Is Everybody Happy' (a lost film, I think), but The Show of Shows the same year.
@VanetaRogers1 Жыл бұрын
Love this
@richardmoderate11 жыл бұрын
i dont know about anyone else -but i LIKE his over the top hokey brand of forced cheerfulness-elsewhere described as " bullsh*t" -and iv been looking all over for his version of Me And My Shadow-i seem to remember he danced ( or attempted to) with a little black kid imitating him-or is that perceived as racist today??-anyway-corny as he was i still find him a lot of fun to watch
@williameisenman888310 жыл бұрын
Thats my great uncle!
@misstonewood10 жыл бұрын
True?
@williameisenman888310 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! My great grandpa was Max Friedman and his brothrt was Ted Friedman, until he changed his name to Lewis.
@williameisenman888310 жыл бұрын
brother
@misstonewood10 жыл бұрын
Do you still have original records of him?
@williameisenman888310 жыл бұрын
Yes. Curtain Call is one
@TiagoMonteiroArt6 жыл бұрын
The pirate captain reminds me a lot of Tyrone Power Sr. (The Big Trail).
@brosro18095 жыл бұрын
The captain is Noah Beery, Wally's brother.
@Bigbadwhitecracker3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I see the resemblance. The Big Trail is one of my favorites.
@jazzwatch649 жыл бұрын
I NOTICED he said " Oh lady luck..then said I knew you wanna-"..censors were listening ;)...
@mad4dam Жыл бұрын
🏴☠️
@DerBingle1 Жыл бұрын
This is a very strange piece. The pirate on the right who grabs Ted's claranet is extremely surreal! And he seems a lot happier then the captain.
@SimonRitchieMelodeon12 жыл бұрын
Harry Levi looks just as young now as he did then... I didn't know the Thameside Mummers had such a big part and I never knew Dave Brown played clarinet! Well actually he doesn't, just dances around with it. 3min.43. They still charge the same now and are no better.
@GGxSHINi15 жыл бұрын
coool
@perfectjazz782 жыл бұрын
This is from the WB Revue Show Of Shows not Is Everybody Happy
@mrswilson85036 жыл бұрын
Norma Jean and Marilyn movie brought me here
@kennykistler67355 жыл бұрын
Is this in HD?
@roccovitiello70318 жыл бұрын
The biograph theater ain't that the place where John Dillinger was Zaped
@kmcallen3 жыл бұрын
Yup
@jaroncreed12 жыл бұрын
is he rapping?
@roccovitiello70318 жыл бұрын
Isn't this guy great
@phredl14 жыл бұрын
Poor Ted He had to be the worst clarinetest in the history of recorded music. He did however put together some really good bands. As fas as "Lady Luck is concerned check out Smith Ballews version. It really rocks.
@daniellee81627 жыл бұрын
phredl well, at first he was horrible at it but overtime he got better at it...plus his real talent was in his showmanship and putting a band together.
@Bigbadwhitecracker3 жыл бұрын
@@daniellee8162 I don't think he's bad. He's no Goodman or Shaw to be sure.
@1928jazz12 жыл бұрын
Lady Luck was good to hear at the end (not Ted Lewis's talk/singing of it). And get a load of Noah Beery hopping around! The better versions of that song were done by Smith Ballew and Scrappy Lambert.