Comedian Milton Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. Born Mendel Berlinger in 1908, he dominated the television screen for most of the twentieth century.
Here's a video of Milton Berle in the first of many appearances hosting The Hollywood Palace in 1965.
Enjoy!
Comedian Milton Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. Born Mendel Berlinger in 1908, he dominated the television screen for most of the twentieth century.
The Milton Berle Show played Friday night at 9:00 on ABC up against The CBS Friday Night Movie and The Man From UNCLE on NBC. He developed a heckler routine with Berle hosting the Hollywood Palace on March 5, 1966 with Henny Youngman in the audience but it was far funnier with Irving Benson as the heckler. Benson's character on this show was called Sidney Shpritzer.
The character would turn up in the balcony overlooking the stage of Berle's variety show (where the studio audience could see him) and banter with Berle about the host's alleged lack of talent and originality.
Here's an episode from 1966. Enjoy!
The skit continues with Berle performing his usual shtick, showing Sullivan how to get big laughs.
Enjoy!
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In 1977, Milton Berle appeared on The Muppet Show with Fozzie Bear, singing "Top Banana."
In this episode, Fozzie Bear is so intimidated by the thought of meeting Milton Berle, "the King of Comics," that he spends the whole show hiding from the guest star.
Finally, they get together and sing the duet "Top Banana."
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Back in 1963, in one of his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, Milton Berle tried to play a duet with trumpeter and bandleader Al Hirt, with hilarious results.
We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane to the early days of TV.
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One of the greatest comedy stars of vaudeville, radio, and TV was Milton Berle. In this undated excerpt from one of his comedy sketches, Berle runs into and performs most of the sight gags that you'll ever see on stage.
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The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortune in stolen loot, under the Big W.
The drivers, who meet by chance, include Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Ethel Merman, and Jonathan Winters. When negotiations for dividing up the buried treasure break down, everyone runs to their cars and the race for the money is on.
The 1963 movie runs three and a half hours and it's worth taking the time to watch it all.
Enjoy!
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Heckling Berle was a regular activity during the 1960s and 1970s, starting when Berle hired comedian Irving Benson to look down from the balcony overlooking the stage of Berle's variety show and banter with Berle about the host's alleged lack of talent and originality.
Youngman and Benson heckled on Berle's shows The Hollywood Palace and The Milton Berle Show. The heckling routine was picked up years later by the muppet characters Statler and Waldorf on The Muppet Show.
Enjoy!
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