Three-Legged Dancer | Andrea Martin | Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

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Tommy Smothers is the world's greatest dancer who meets his challenge, a 3-legged dancer played by Andrea Martin on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
Andrea Martin, her hilarious and energetic performances, has graced screens for decades. From her breakout role on SCTV to scene-stealing turns in films like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," she brings laughter and wit to every project.
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The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, are one of the most iconic comedy duos in the history of television. Tom and Dick began performing as a duo in the late 1950s, playing in coffeehouses and clubs in San Francisco. Their act consisted of music, comedy, and witty banter, which quickly gained them a following.
The Smothers Brothers became a household name in the late 1960s with their variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. The show was groundbreaking in its approach to comedy, pushing the boundaries with political satire and social commentary. The show also featured up-and-coming musical acts, including The Doors and The Who, and introduced the world to comedians like Steve Martin and George Carlin.
The Smothers Brothers' irreverent style has made them a beloved and enduring force in American comedy.
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@RobtBlond 2 күн бұрын

Amazingly, I was actually in the studio audience for this! My (then) girlfriend and I were being tourists in LA, and were checking out the Chinese Theater, when someone came around offering tickets, wanting to know if anyone wanted to see a show taping live. My GF, as it happens, was and is a huge Smothers Brothers fan (as am I, but not quite as much as she was!), and we immediately said YES!

@TheSmothersBrothersShow Күн бұрын

That is amazing! Pretty cool you found your way this video. Thanks for tuning in!

@mengenalrusiadengananna1866 8 сағат бұрын

This is amazing!

@GenerallyGeneralLee 15 күн бұрын

It may be called comedy but that was a very difficult skit which required a lot of skill & they both did an excellent job.

@mlbrooks4066 15 күн бұрын

Kudos to the costumer, too. Most of the time you can’t tell which leg is the fake.

@jenn976 14 күн бұрын

Her “right” arm is false so she can use the real one to maneuver the 3rd leg. I love Andrea Martin so much! Had no idea she’s been on the Smother’s Brothers Show.

@cathmcfarlane-noble2087 13 күн бұрын

Yes just like Rolf Harris with his character Jake the Peg

@jeffbaranowski6695 12 күн бұрын

Thank you for the explanation.

@La1Z1Bri 8 күн бұрын

I was totally convinced. You ruined the magic for me.

@jishasen7328 7 күн бұрын

Thanks! I was looking only at the legs. Not the arms.

@baldieman64 2 күн бұрын

"Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made The tender-person'd Lamia melt into a shade". - John Keats

@mlbrooks4066 3 күн бұрын

Can you imagine all the work that went into this classic? the design, the construction of the dress and the dance, and wow, the rehearsals. They did it in the 1960s version of the show with Janet Leigh, and then repeated here in a later show - it's that classic. THIS is the sort of thing we're missing because we don't have variety shows anymore.

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 3 күн бұрын

Yes! Variety shows were so much fun.

@sandymwest1606 9 күн бұрын

I have always loved Andrea Martin. She can crack me up with just some of her facial expressions.

@OblivionAviator 11 күн бұрын

Smothers Bros. ....the greatest comedy duo of our time. With Andrea Martin? Insanely entertaining.

@Tracy81258 15 күн бұрын

Andrea Martin was, is and will always be a national treasure and a comedy icon.

@karenleemallonee684 15 күн бұрын

I'm not sure but I thought she was Canadian, I could be wrong though. Either way she's absolutely fantastic! 👍👍

@cheryal2809 15 күн бұрын

"Moogie!" I've been watching Andrea Martin since her days on SCTV. Fantastic actor and comedian.

@kevinangus4848 14 күн бұрын

You know she's Canadian, eh? 😁

@harveybc 14 күн бұрын

@@kevinangus4848 While she had duel citizenship she was born in Portland, Maine, eh. 😄

@Tracy81258 14 күн бұрын

You folks assumed I was referring to her as an American national treasure, which is fine, but speaks more to your bias than mine. Actually she’s a treasure for the entire world, but whatever.

@DavidGauthiersquidpride2014 14 күн бұрын

I love that when they dance together, it changes to 5/4 time. Mason Williams is a genius and Tom and Dick show it off flawlessly. Also, I like she manipulated the third leg with her right hand, it looks like it was even articulated as it seemed to bend at the knee.

@jenn976 14 күн бұрын

And they incorporated the word “off-beat” in the lyrics during that section.

@TinkeringJohn 12 күн бұрын

The fake leg never bends at the knee.

@reppi8742 15 күн бұрын

They need to rerun these classic shows on TV!

@TheRealInscrutable 11 күн бұрын

Amazing puppetry. It took me a minute to figure out which leg was fake!

@user-sf3gw4zb1q 12 күн бұрын

Holy cow! Totally agree w prev comments that this skit was very difficult. Supreme skills/rehearsals needed to pull this puppy off. Excellent, well done, everyone involved! Costume designer was genius....😂

@lauratraub3528 11 күн бұрын

I used to have an actual vinyl record album, and this song was on it. I could remember every word, even 40 years later!

@mvrooks 12 күн бұрын

I love this, and I love Andrea Martin. We must accept the Mystery.

@heidibee501 15 күн бұрын

That was delightful. I was hoping they would explain how they presented this illusion. I guess it's just as much fun to pretend it was real. I can live with that.

@drmgiverdrmgiver5335 15 күн бұрын

Her right arm was tucked into her outfit and controlled a fake leg.

@stephaniecarrow4898 15 күн бұрын

@@drmgiverdrmgiver5335 Thanks for the explanation! Now I'm even more impressed with all that Ms. Martin had to focus on and coordinate for the skit to work. And the choreography, while funny, was also very clever and delightful.

@MsSweetlandofliberty 15 күн бұрын

@@drmgiverdrmgiver5335Thanks for explaining to it - fun to watch knowing what she was doing!

@tottiemae2258 15 күн бұрын

I had to rewatch it. You're right! I was always staring at her feet and never noticed what her arms were doing. SO clever. Thanks!

@heidibee501 15 күн бұрын

I rewatched it too. Having the information needed to understand it thanks to my fell9w commenter made it even more fun.

@3ch1dna07 8 күн бұрын

My father and mom knew the Smothers Brothers when we lived in California in the late 60s. Only one of my siblings was born bald, and the Brothers liked to rub her head "for luck." They were hilarious.

@deborahpadgett2417 10 күн бұрын

I always liked Tommy best!!!❤❤❤

@Moekoffee2001 15 күн бұрын

I’m here for Andrea Martin

@dennisanderson3895 7 күн бұрын

:-O Whoever designed that costume for Andrea to use was a genius!

@LWilkes 14 күн бұрын

I can't believe it! I saw this when I was about 10 or 11 and never forgot that song, lol. I've been searching online for it for years. And I had no idea it was Andrea Martin! So nice to see it again.

@davidbethke5463 13 күн бұрын

I remembered this song somehow. Was a version of it on one of their albums?

@JosephFaletti 12 күн бұрын

@@davidbethke5463 It was on the Smothers Brothers’ Mom Always Liked You Best album. It was written by Mason Williams and was also on his The Mason Williams Ear Show album which included his recording of Saturday Night At The World.

@alanfite333 15 күн бұрын

I'm amazed at the great talents here. Smothers Bros are always fun to watch and hear.

@user-vp1sc7tt4m 13 күн бұрын

I have always loved anything Andrea Martin was apart of!! She's awesome.

@user-vp1sc7tt4m 13 күн бұрын

And I want to add, this Smothers Brothers comedy show hour was awesome too.

@pamsimpson4147 15 күн бұрын

True genius clean comedy.

@JK-dn9bu 10 күн бұрын

That was great! The good ol' days!

@dianewright8660 10 күн бұрын

I remember watching this episode when I was a kid. My parents watched The Smothers Brothers when it was on.

@TisEyerish1 11 күн бұрын

Bravo! I loved the Smothers Brothers! I love this three-legged lady, too, LOL. I imagine that dance was very difficult to do. It would certainly confuse the heck out of me!

@okesoncharlie 15 күн бұрын

Ahhh, they just don't make tv like this anymore 😢.

@stevesmodelbuilds5473 13 күн бұрын

It's not allowed...

@kevinbailey8827 11 күн бұрын

@@stevesmodelbuilds5473 the Smothers Brothers had a history of not being allowed.

@kfl611 7 күн бұрын

Now most of it is bad reality tv, which no one will be watching in 50 years. But good written skits and classics from the 1950's and 1960 - 1980 will still be being watched and laughed along with 100 or 200 years from now. Can you imagine if you could see a live performance of a William Shakespeare play now? Wouldn't that be marvelous? By the original playwright how he intended it to be done?

@kevinbailey8827 7 күн бұрын

@@kfl611 No one is watching most of the TV shows from the 1970s and 80s. Only some of it gets remembered. Carol Burnet is timeless. Donny and Marie was not. Cher is timeless but her variety shows were not really. As for Shakespeare, he’s the only one of his time who is familiar to people today who aren’t scholars. 300 years in the future, people will watch and enjoy performances on El Coastaragua’s Got Talent, as often as they watch skits from the 80s like this. Also, this and Got Talent will seem like the same era to them.

@d.g.n9392 11 күн бұрын

My wife and are seniors, remembering these old variety shows. We have a few different ones on DVD, glad to see these on KZfaq

@karenleemallonee684 15 күн бұрын

Now that was great comedy, very funny stuff!!! 👍👍

@costernocht 9 күн бұрын

The funniest woman alive. I used to look forward to SCTV every week mostly for her.

@paulcooper8818 14 сағат бұрын

That was funny and cute. I've always loved Andrea Martin's facial expressions.

@barbarafuglein3918 5 күн бұрын

Wow!!Toll!!😊

@dabeage 8 күн бұрын

That was quite a mind-f....pretty cool.

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 7 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@NickRoman 4 күн бұрын

Wow, that was very real looking. Good job.

@sweetpealee056 3 күн бұрын

Brings back memories!❤

@brianlee5702 7 күн бұрын

A delightful reminder of how much fun television used to be.

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 6 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

@NorthernChev 7 күн бұрын

Absolutely astounding.

@rayray8687 14 күн бұрын

This routine was done by Rolf Harris in the 1960s in a skit called ’Jake the Peg’.

@user-hy1qc6mb5b 14 күн бұрын

12:54 I watched a 3-legged ice skater years ago. Hilarious!

@randyzeitman1354 11 күн бұрын

Andrea Martin!

@Barnee1897 23 сағат бұрын

She was absolutely awesome! That looked very difficult and I’m sure she worked really hard rehearsing that. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 22 сағат бұрын

Andrea Martin is great, even with two legs!

@zazuzazz5419 10 күн бұрын

Absolutely darling!! 🦵🦵🦵💗

@Sassyjass2012 15 күн бұрын

This skit was originally on the 1960s Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, featuring a different actress.

@mlbrooks4066 15 күн бұрын

I saw that too. I think it was Janet Leigh. They obviously filmed it two different times with two different actors but i don’t know why.

@christienelson1437 15 күн бұрын

@@mlbrooks4066 Obviously there are two people in the dress much like the dancing horse bit. It looks like the actress is exhausted and maybe unable to do the scene again without resting. Hopefully they got the scene in one take.

@rayray8687 14 күн бұрын

@@christienelson1437: There isn’t a 2nd person under the dress, the 3rd ‘leg’ is controlled by the woman’s right hand concealed under the dress. The right hand you see outside the dress is fake and does not move on its own.

@robstockton911 13 күн бұрын

@@christienelson1437 Huh?! The right arm you see is fake, she’s using her real right arm to operate the fake right leg. There’s no “second person.” SMH

@johnbaker8183 13 күн бұрын

I think it was Nanette Fabray and Ken Berry.

@ruthgunneson-poling1571 12 күн бұрын

As usual...Smother Brother's genius afoot....

@oldmexicanwoman159 6 күн бұрын

Hilarious!

@lindabragdonpayne7898 11 күн бұрын

Love Andrea

@DarylBark 7 күн бұрын

Perfect!

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 6 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DarylBark 6 күн бұрын

@@TheSmothersBrothersShow My pleasure, thank you for the upload. I was born in 1963 and I have loved watching these guys since I was a kid, they are part of the reason I became a Musician and Entertainer. Peace.

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 5 күн бұрын

@@DarylBark That's so great! All the best 🎶

@jljohnson1949 15 күн бұрын

so hilarious and perfect!

@mlsaulnier Күн бұрын

Tommy is really a suave dancer

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 22 сағат бұрын

Smooth 🕺

@andylifer5302 10 күн бұрын

I miss variety shows.

@cynthiajohnson6747 5 күн бұрын

Dang, Andrea Martin is so good

@johnathonf1 13 күн бұрын

Absolutely Love This!!!!

@amusicment4829 11 күн бұрын

Ha!! I was wondering how on earth …. Then read below about the false right arm 🤣

@WooBino. 15 күн бұрын

Tom was/is the best.

@paulcarmichael596 12 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed this skit from the past.Time shure goes by quickly

@py2rpjrubens450 10 күн бұрын

Fantastic!! Thank's

@craigkdillon 14 күн бұрын

THat was brilliant.

@pamelachristie5570 12 күн бұрын

How weird! This song, from my childhood, (almost 60 years ago) was suddenly going through my head yesterday.Today I find it in my KZfaq feed! Is AI reading our minds now??? (PS The lyrics on the Smothers Brothers album were slightly different from these.)

@jM30w 3 күн бұрын

Impressive.

@jonathanmcvay4499 12 күн бұрын

This took me back to my childhood! It totally flummoxed me back then. Even now it took me a moment to realize her right arm is fake and controlling the fake right leg.

@tomsmith2013 6 күн бұрын

OMG! Funny!

@justanamerican9024 12 күн бұрын

How innovative!

@neonwind 4 күн бұрын

Brilliant! Innocent fun! You can't get that anymore, alas.

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 4 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@royrice8021 8 күн бұрын

This raises a anatomical question………..🤔😳

@TheSmothersBrothersShow 7 күн бұрын

Don’t ask 🫢

@macgyvershe 12 күн бұрын

Showing anyone can be great at their desired craft

@HappyLife693 9 күн бұрын

Hahaha, Tommy is so blue dan ub e. lol

@timthompson8297 11 күн бұрын

That was very clever.

@boataxe4605 11 күн бұрын

I too have been referred to as a three legged dancer. That and “Tripod”.

@internationalicon 2 күн бұрын

Music and lyrics by Mason Williams, of ‘Classical Gas’ fame.

@mughug9616 4 күн бұрын

American version of the Australia 'Jake the Peg' from 1965.

@sarah-lee2822 10 күн бұрын

Her right arm controlled the third leg

@user-sp8ir7bq1e 10 күн бұрын

I'm still trying to figure out how they did that.

@VikingMale 10 күн бұрын

She needed to do a dance off with Jake the Peg…

@stargirlzx 11 күн бұрын

She should have done the texas two step

@LayneBenofsky 9 күн бұрын

Hah! :D

@larskars5835 10 күн бұрын

I'm confused. The Smothers Brothers Comedy hour was broadcast from 1967 to 1969. Andrea Martin was born in 1947, so she would be at most 22 years old at the time of this show. This is pre-SCTV and at the very beginning of her career, yet she's introduced here more or less as a name star. Was she a known commodity before SCTV?

@njlauren 9 күн бұрын

This may have been from the 'new' Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour from the late 80s. The original was 67 to 70, there was a show on 75 just called the Smothers Brothers, then the revival of the comedy hour in 87 I think

@njlauren 9 күн бұрын

I looked it up, this was on the late 80s series, like 1988.

@larskars5835 8 күн бұрын

@@njlauren Yeah, I see now, I hadn't realized there was a 1988 season. With an incredible list of guests, BTW…

@njlauren 8 күн бұрын

@@larskars5835 @larskars5835 I knew there had been a reboot but didn't realize it was that late. Interestingly John Hartford and Mason Williams both came back to write for it, both were talented comedy writers and musicians as well. I don't know if I watched the 1988 series. I wonder of CBS realized how good the original series was or if they owed them a year bc they violated the contract 20 years before. The show had good ratings originally, CBS cancelled it because of Nixon. Funny part is CBS at one point temporarily paused the show bc they were afraid they had offended Johnson. Johnson wrote a letter to the smothers brothers telling them it was important that ppl be able to lampoon and the like,; I believe he also sent a note to Paley about the same thing. I doubt Nixon had a sense of humor.

@mlbrooks4066 5 күн бұрын

Janet Leigh did it in 1967 with Tommy Smothers. It's posted on KZfaq as The Last Great Waltz.

@ScroatBagGarage 10 күн бұрын

The added outside Right leg is controlled by her false right arm

@josephinebennington7247 12 күн бұрын

A certain (now disgraced) Rolf Harris did just as well with a song about 3 legged “Jake the Peg”.

@figmo397 15 күн бұрын

I'd love to know how she controller that third leg!

@lmoore3rd 14 күн бұрын

It looks like she has a false right arm and she's using her actual right arm under the costume to control the extra leg.

@robstockton911 13 күн бұрын

@@lmoore3rd Yeah, you can actually see her real right arm under the back of her dress.

@MsBabie2011 8 күн бұрын

You don't see this any more

@oltedders 13 күн бұрын

Tommy is so cute dressed in formal clothes.

@mlbrooks4066 5 күн бұрын

Tommy was an absolute hunk under the suits, an athlete in college, and he still kept in shape.

@oltedders 5 күн бұрын

@mlbrooks4066 I have a couple of pix I pulled off of the internet of high school boy Tommy performing gymnastic feats. Buff, hotty!

@rexnemo 7 күн бұрын

Flashbacks to Jake the Pake anyone ?😱

@brendac742 15 күн бұрын

How they do the 3rd leg?

@samkitty5894 12 күн бұрын

Outside right leg I think is fake, operated by her real right hand. Fake right hand is also just a prop.

@gkindustrialmachine1 12 күн бұрын

RIP Tommy

@terryfall8915 10 күн бұрын

I can't figure out which leg is fake.

@user-kl8fc3id1s 6 күн бұрын

Tommie was a talented Actor ……….

@GrantTarredus 10 күн бұрын

Martin’s always been phenomenal but that had to be insanely complicated to rehearse and pull off.

@holton345 11 күн бұрын

Dancing the waltz in 5/8 is not that easy…

@dethengine 9 күн бұрын

Not only did she have 3 legs, I think she also had a broken arm.

@gaijininja 12 күн бұрын

Ah, so Rolf Harris wasn’t the one to start the three leg craze.

@stevemerrick4044 10 күн бұрын

Who’s thinking Rolf Harris..?

@mickbrave8351 8 күн бұрын

Jake the peg character by Rolf Harris was around in the early 60s in the up, so this looks like a bit of a copy of that act

@qmoor 11 күн бұрын

OH yeah everybody's laughing now but when I do the three-legged dance, I get the cops called on me.

@vidras7679 8 күн бұрын

I think one of her arms is fake so she can move the leg. Still, hecka hard to do

@user-hz2xl4co9u 15 күн бұрын

I'm so glad us girls don't have to dress like that anymore. 😃

@OrangeTabbyCat 12 күн бұрын

Yeah it is way easier to hide my three legs these days.

@user-hz2xl4co9u 12 күн бұрын

@OrangeTabbyCat that's what I used to tell the guys that i used to work with on the equipment lot. 😃 (used to have a man's job, they weren't nice to me at first) but I earned my spot 💪👩‍🦰

@Ninjanimegamer 10 күн бұрын

That skirt is too wide not to have another smaller person hiding under there. Robotic in the 60's were not that good yet. Now the prosthesis move effortlessly, but not back then.

@GCKelloch 7 күн бұрын

Look at her right arm, and reconsider how it's done.