The Unknown Comic - Stand-Up Comedy (1978) - MDA Telethon
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Watch The Unknown Comic's stand-up routine during the 1978 MDA Labor Day Telethon. This is a hilarious stand-up that will have your stomach hurting from all the laughter!
The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an enchanting yearly variety show that ran for half a century. Hosted for many years by Jerry Lewis, the telethon featured top stars from the world of music, comedy, and Broadway and was like no other show on earth.
The telethon was created to help support the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which is leading the fight against muscular dystrophy. MDA dedicates itself to strength, independence and life. To learn more about MDA and to donate, please visit www.MDA.org.
@bigorange000 Жыл бұрын
I did the unknown comic bit when I was a sophomore in the high school talent show in 78. I used my little sister, little brother, and my dog in the bit. They all had bags on their heads. All original material. We nailed it. Glory days moment.
@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@MovieMakingMan Жыл бұрын
Please put the video on KZfaq if you have it! That would be awesome!!!
@steed3902 8 ай бұрын
i did a simple dumb card trick for my 5th grade variety show....i thought i had my buddy being the straight man.....but he "suddenly" knew the move and had no interest in complying, casually rotates the deck of cards 180 degress, back into the correct appearance (back of cards all facing same way), he then flicks the drawn card back in to the mid deck .... and then he acted completely in the moment of magic!! He wanted ME to be an actual magician......so, because of this, i couldn't pull the card from the fanout! time was running out....i looked and him and i whispered......."the next card i flip is your card!!!!" turns out my friend knew numbers, was a hell of an athlete, also knew card tricksters! were still friends and laugh about this memory often!
@user-eh5gj1hx9z 4 жыл бұрын
LOVE, LOVE, LOVED that act! How awesome! He MADE The Gong Show !!!!!
@chazinnyc 4 жыл бұрын
Gene gene the dancing machine
@gregoryjgarcia3862 3 жыл бұрын
"Hey Chuckie!"
@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын
Agree
@erinmeggik391 Жыл бұрын
😂 at the Gong 📺 Show when he pulled out the crumpled bags and said:"Want you guys to meet my Grandparents.." 😂
@fordhamdonnington2738 3 жыл бұрын
You see here an empty bag. I'm talkin about this one 😂
@fordhamdonnington2738 3 жыл бұрын
01:20 the unknown comic used to say "yo" before yo was cool 😎
@dondewanwalker3439 2 жыл бұрын
i peeped too
@bobnelson9480 5 жыл бұрын
This might be the strangest video on KZfaq. Love it.
@bikefixer Жыл бұрын
I remember after the Unknown Comic made several comedy and talk show appearances, he decided to take off the bag and reveal his identity during his act. It backfired and he stopped getting booked, then he really became unknown.
@Moondust0000 Жыл бұрын
Best comic of all time
@BjManberries 2 жыл бұрын
The dance in the beginning was the best part
@bobbennie1628 Жыл бұрын
Miss the Jerry Lewis telethon stayed up many time to watch from beginning to end
@edwardcarranza3697 2 жыл бұрын
I used to watch on the game show "Make me Laugh" with the late Bobby Van!!!
@rawkinj6609 2 жыл бұрын
This guy is hilarious!
@dsmith6924 Күн бұрын
i think it was his quirky laughter, this guy cracked me up so much as a kid
@johnorourke9746 Жыл бұрын
They need shows like this again
@grgmck77 2 жыл бұрын
The Unknown Comic is bringing the funny in a big paper bag.
@deanarupe73 4 жыл бұрын
There was alot of coke being snorted back then.
@JoDo777 Жыл бұрын
loved this guy back in the day🤣
@martinr8278 2 жыл бұрын
As a kid I couldn’t wait to watch this and then unfortunately it was the realization after this ended school began. This use to be a couple days of entertainment if I remember it correctly. What are they doing now?
@finddeniro 2 жыл бұрын
Jerry was Rolling. .In the 1970s...He was Labor Day & and His Kids.
@AN-vt8qq 3 жыл бұрын
Today is labor day 2020...we could use some Jerry Lewis😪
@FredoDeMerced 2 ай бұрын
That is solid gold!
@kevsher5771 4 жыл бұрын
Genius
@TheSecurityCamChannel Жыл бұрын
Murray Langston. I also remember him from THE SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR.
@Valspartame_Maelstrom Жыл бұрын
when you have shows like the unknown comic in them, you can’t lose!!!
@tuckedinshirt 5 ай бұрын
Goat reference
@theL81Again 3 жыл бұрын
1:42!!!! 🤣
@JamesSperbeck 8 ай бұрын
mr. lewis...you did it again.
@BernieHarrisonJr 4 ай бұрын
😅 time way ahead of time! \m/
@Basketfiller 3 ай бұрын
amazing!!
@dwaldo3361 Жыл бұрын
One Of A Kind, Thanks for the Laughs !!!
@brendasykes6931 2 жыл бұрын
He's way out there like Jerry Lewis
@riseofthemachine2623 6 ай бұрын
He was also a regular on the Sonny & Cher Show...Guy was a riot
@helmutschmitt4504 Жыл бұрын
There are rumors circulating that the unknown comic was also the zodiac killer
@tedsterrett7204 4 жыл бұрын
If the UN comic doesn't make you laugh you have a serious problem!
@coverscape 2 жыл бұрын
UK ...... but let's not quibble LOL
@tedsterrett7204 2 жыл бұрын
@@coverscapeYou're cool... thanks!
@coverscape 2 жыл бұрын
@@tedsterrett7204 35 years as a Grade 7 teacher ...... it's like a curse
@boomerangfishact6754 Жыл бұрын
@@coverscape 😂 👍
@allisonpayne2097 Жыл бұрын
Funny guy I remember from the gong show😎
@alanvallazza9781 Жыл бұрын
Ten years ago I used to find more clips of the guy. He was on a HBO special in 1983 where he claimed it was his first time taking off the bag. After that when he did stand up started out with the bag and ended up taking it off. He actually did funny comedy with bag off. However just found in the early 70s had a partner that Redd Foxx set up with him and they appeared on The Sonny and Cher Show as well as other shows including The Midnight Special and Tonight Show. He created the Unknown Comic in 1976 for the gong Show but he kept doing it in his routines.
@jasonpinson8755 2 ай бұрын
I grew up seeing him.
@kid-3po 2 жыл бұрын
That's a tight ten
@eyehatefarcebook11 5 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why his bag was a little larger than normal then I saw why in the middle of the act.
@robhigh5991 Жыл бұрын
Most hilarious part of this bit is the dude in the orchestra (back row far right) putting bag back over his face LOL *3:02
@user-br4xl2vu2t 11 ай бұрын
I won best act 3 years strait ( sophomore, Junior, senior) doing a stand up at my high school talent show that we had every November. Kids, get off that damn smart phone! Get out and enjoy life and make life long memories doing this kind of "stuff"
@DrBoneright 3 ай бұрын
Was Jerry supposed to say his real name at the end? Murray Langston. Funny guy. Just got his book. "Journey Through The Unknown." Looking forward to reading it.
@pcapcom5283 11 ай бұрын
IT'S THE BOMBASTIC BAG-MAN!!!
@I_Love_my_adblock4408 Жыл бұрын
🙋🏾♂️ Doggy bag 🤣😆
@michaelbrandt5416 2 жыл бұрын
I recall that the unknown comic appeared on another show where he also declared he would show what he really looks like...he pulled off the bag revealing a Nixon mask !!! When he did show his true self, his jokes seemed less funny.
@oldtimehockey7123 4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap that was painful. I can't believe I loved this as a kid.
@claydud271 4 жыл бұрын
OldTimeHockey you sir have no sense of comedy if you didn’t laugh
@dembowskik72 3 жыл бұрын
It would be on for days... big part of my childhood.
@MovieMakingMan Жыл бұрын
It was hilarious! There were so many great acts in the 70s. Today they’re crap. It’s all serious now.
@movieman104 Жыл бұрын
this guys great? he still do stand up? i hope
@tedsterrett7204 4 жыл бұрын
A man and is wife drive into an old fashioned gas station and the attendant say's " what will it be sir" the man reply's fill ER up! so the attendant runs over to the passenger side of the man's car opens the door grabs the man's wife by the hand, they both run into the station " to get the restroom key" then he takes her into the MENS restroom for about 61/2 minutes, they come out she gets back in the car and the husband ask's the attendant before they drive off... aren't you going to clean the windows?
@mikeysmith2999 2 жыл бұрын
I think we can gather that most everyone that was in this video was were on drugs
@meowkitty5588 7 ай бұрын
0:03 It reminds me of the early 1930s Looney Tunes theme.
@michaelbinder8385 4 жыл бұрын
Corona virus solved.
@AngryRantsAndStuff 3 ай бұрын
😂
@SvenSveetheart 4 жыл бұрын
Steve Stalzle is a cool guy.
@davespears2241 Жыл бұрын
I think this is Andy Kaufman it deffinitely sounds like him and he moves the same.
@culwin Жыл бұрын
No, it's definitely Jerry Lewis.
@d.martin7692 2 жыл бұрын
Not a very graceful ending and a big ego but Jerry Lewis did quite a lot of good in his time.
@davefil6102 Жыл бұрын
night patrol!!!
@AR-cp5dz Жыл бұрын
I asked for my donation back after seeing this.
@jctorontojctoronto 5 ай бұрын
Something rare...Jerry and crowd STOPPED the UC in his tracks for first 60 secs...unfair. BUT BUT Murray Langston rallied to ride out last 4 mins. a pro.
@DR_Neal_Rigger 5 жыл бұрын
But really..
@Doug_Hefernen 5 ай бұрын
Is the joker?
@joeyjamison5772 4 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe that there was someone more trite and annoying than Jerry Lewis, but he's met his match.
@richardpowell1772 Жыл бұрын
I don’t get it.
@James_Bowie Жыл бұрын
Tough audience compared to The Gong Show.
@srbaruchi 2 ай бұрын
The fake smiles from Jerry really down me.
@dewfall56 Жыл бұрын
Did these telethons end because muscular dystrophy was cured?
@warrenpierce5542 Жыл бұрын
Obviously America had better drugs back then.
@kermitefrog64 Ай бұрын
And now the unknown audience. These jokes are a old as Moses toes and twice as corny. LOL
@culwin Жыл бұрын
They can't do great comedy like this now thanks to "political correctness" and "wokeness".
@themistersmith 5 ай бұрын
That was so stupid and not funny
@mrsnoopaloop5035 Ай бұрын
Comedy changes with the times for example I grew up with 90s 2000s and 2010s comedy. Now adays that stuff is considered "bigoted" or "not politically correct", but because it came after stuff like this it was edgy and fresh. people loved it
@roelicks4782 3 жыл бұрын
Annoying😖
@kerryrobinson9947 Жыл бұрын
Jerry Lewis was a tool. 🤬
@jasonpinson8755 8 ай бұрын
The unknown comic.🦾👒
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