Sunday Comedy Showcase: Animal Impressions with Carl Reiner and Andy Kaufman on the Dick Van Dyke Show

Some of the best TV comedy was on shows and comedy specials in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Today we continue our Sunday Comedy Showcase series, sharing some of the classic routines by iconic comedians on Sunday editions of Jewish Humor Central.  

In this sketch from Dick Van Dyke's short-lived 1970s variety show, watch as comedy legend Carl Reiner hilariously pushes Dick to the brink to see if he's promotion material. Reiner shows his comedic talent in changing character from a stiff corporate president to a chicken. And just for good measure, Andy Kaufman makes an appearance as the menace who's constantly trying to get TV time on Van Dyke and Company.    

Enjoy!

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Andy Kaufman and his 1976 "Old Macdonald" Shtick

When it came to off-beat bizarre comedy, Andy Kaufman was king. His comedy was always an enigma from the time that he first appeared on the stage.

He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, calling himself a performance artist. 

In a rare introspective interview, he said "I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. ... The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him... My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can."

And entertain he did. We remember him most for his debut performance on Saturday Night Live with the Mighty Mouse song (Here I come to save the day...), his Elvis Presley impersonations, and his role as Latka, the unspecified European man on the Taxi sitcom.

On this Throwback Thursday we're going back 42 years to 1986, when Andy sauntered onto  the stage on Van Dyke and Company sporting a cowboy hat and led four unsuspecting audience volunteers in a hilarious pantomime of Old Macdonald Had a Farm.

Enjoy!

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