I saw Bob to this routine 30 years ago and he made such a lasting impression... i still go around saying " If it wasn't for football I wouldn't be playing football today"
This is, without a doubt, one the greatest stand up moments I have ever seen in my lifetime. It is brilliant at so many levels, its ridiculous. Bob Nelson at his finest hour. Epic humor.
I don’t know there’s some wild comedy out there but it seems like it’s the older generation that has legitimate good comments for some reason instead of the younger comics??!
Why? He does eveyone. Ahh he didn't do the trans-people. No one buys a Trans Am anymore. They don't want to say "I drive a Trans" or "I ride my Trans hard."
Oh my god, I haven't seen this in so many years. Watched this with my dad as a teen and we were dying laughing. One of the funniest routines I've ever seen.
Actually that routine comes from National Lampoon radio and you did it wrong. The skit is Name 4 famous Mickeys. You left out Mantle but hey, at least you got the punchline correct...
I've been a fan since then, too. I saw him love about 11 years ago in Branson, Missouri. There was only a couple of dozen people in the audience, but I loved every minute of it.
A Floyd, did your tape have a routine by a smaller, Sandy-haired guy who used a hand puppet in part of his routine! He was on one of the shoes when Nelson did this routine and I thought it was at Dangerfield's. Anyway, the guy this to dialogue with the puppet except it degenerated into him babbling about himself neurotically. Regrettably, I saw it once, don't remember the comedian, and just remember how well he caught the neurotic pathos, ending with a weak little laugh from the puppet.
I saw it too on the same night, i think over 30 years ago! just as funny today as back then! back when comedy was original enough to not rely on foul language unnecessarily.
This is the greatest single performance in Comedy Ever! He inspired me to perform stand up for 20 years. I love this man... not sure why he didn't make it like Jim Carey but was there in the same era to make it shine. Viva Bob Nelson.
I remember seeing this guy in the 80's on HBO, I think he and Sam Kinneson were on the same night. This routine by Bob Nelson is great! Worth watching!!
why1itsme, did your tape have a routine by a smaller, sandy-haired guy who used a hand puppet in part of his routine! He was on one of the shoes when Nelson did this routine and I thought it was at Dangerfield's. Anyway, the guy this to dialogue with the puppet except it degenerated into him babbling about himself neurotically. Regrettably, I saw it once, don't remember the comedian, and just remember how well he caught the neurotic pathos, ending with a weak little laugh from the puppet. It would be a miracle, for me, if the routine is on your tape. Tks!
I remember seeing this as a kid on HBO I think and almost pissing myself. Made a VHS of it next time it came on only to have my dad record over it later. Ah the 80’s.
So funny!!!! He was just on Johnny Carson tonight on Antenna TV, channel 69-2. It was originally broadcast Jan.'88. Hilarious comedian!!!! Laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes!!!!
+rockysikander It depends on if yourTV has a digital tuner or not, all recent ones do so you just hook up an antenna, with an old TV you need a converter box.
Love this guy. When I was a teenager this was one of my favorites. I also like the thing he did where he'd blow a bunch of bubbles in the air and say, "I'm a fish in a fish tank with too much food!" Then he'd do a fish impression and start freaking out trying to eating all the bubbles. It was hilarious.
What did that guy say about 10 seconds in? Was it "youre the fucking shit?" It is funny as hell. The whole routine is one of THE GREATEST EVER. My favorite is "#72. Aww sit 27." This guy is the man
Seen this back when I was about 13 over a friends house that a lot of us kids hung out at. So must of been 1986 or so but never forgot this routine or the George Carlin act I saw that same night. Classic indeed!
Bob Nelson is a very talented mimic and was brave to take on some of those characters. I'm sure a lot of people will see his performance as the black football player as offensive. But it is so spot-on as a caricature as to be uncanny. If Eddy Murphy did this routine he would have won an award.
Wow, this is a real blast from the past. I also saw this when it first came on. I even adopted his phrase "dane bramage!" whenever I bumped my head. This could Never be aired today. Too bad....
He had a comedy special on HBO a few years later "One Night Stand" and he was in a few movies too. I looked him up looks like he still performs and it says he no longer uses profanity in his act.
@@RidiculousThe3rd They didn't show the crowd, they showed 3-4 people IN the crowd. But aside from that, this video is from the era of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, my generation grew up with full integration sport, your generation didn't invent the concept. I grew up watching Red Fox, the Jeffersons, and JJ from Good Times. Cut 40 years later and here people like you are, trying to pretend that nobody thought of getting along with their fellow man until your overly virtuous asses showed up on the planet. Wash the placenta out of your hair kid, you aren't changing shit, you just annoy people of all colors with this divisive talk to make yourself feel superior.
Sad that today he would be run out of town . He is making fun of everyone and ever stereotype . Why cant we just laugh and smile anymore. Funny is funny.
screw the 80s. the 60s were the stuff.if everyone listened to the hippies the world would be so much better off today.no wars,no pollution,no hatred, no fear.today things are so crazy.slavery is more widespread,sex trafficking. false flag homegrown terrorism, unequal distribution of wealth.idiot presidents who can barley read.but at least the comedy is better.
Burt, you poor deluded fool. The hippies were themselves a product of social engineering. check out kgb defector yuri besmenov, he describes how communists created the 60s counter culture to undermine our society. Anyway do you really think those people could stave off human nature and sustain a utopia? They were too lazy and narcissistic, like everybody else, all too human.
I was in my mid-20s and had captured it on videotape. I must have watched it dozens of times, yet it's still hilarious today. Seinfield, Saget, Kinisen, Barr, they all appeared in the late 80's/early 90's.
Those Laugh-Offs were a big deal back in the day. Seinfeld and Jim Carey won theirs, hands down. Comedy was king, there. Note the language. So this was only seen on HBO or Showtime or some premium cable channel in the early days of cable.
One of those few routines that left me literally laughing in tears. Saw it on COMEDY TONIGHT in the late 1980s. Other like Saget, Seinfield and Sam Kinison popped around the same time.
As a black man I'd like to make an observation. Funny how it's ok for black people to make fun of white people, but not ok for white people to make fun of black people. Always a double standard. Really though, when blacks make fun of whites its funny, but the reality of the joke is not really insulting. If whites made fun of blacks, the reality of the jokes would be sad. When whites have a joke told about their race they say, yeah that's true, haha. When blacks have a joke told about them the get defensive and blame whites. It seems that racial tension, segregation, and racism and perpetuated by blacks more than whites today. Maybe I'm wrong. Just seems that way.
bestgreystar35 astute observation. I was just thinking about those complaining about his "stereotypical" black accent, but those same people will roll in the aisle for Chris Rock doing a really bad white accent. Truth is we all land somewhere in the middle, and we have to be able to laugh at and with each other. The PC garbage is killing our collective culture.
You told the truth and you were hated for it. 3 hours ago some moron said you are wrong because they didnt agree with you (no true explanation). What is funny about the comment is ..... "YOU only perceive it that way because; u have fallen like a fish for the media hype about racial stereotypes"..... The liberals control over 90% of what you see on TV, yet somehow you were fooled by "media hype". Thanks for speaking up Ty w..... It is a shame you are called nasty names for telling people your opinion.
I have this routine on vhs that I did when I was 10 years old. I had it down pat even wore my football uniform. Made my family laugh for years and then my mom showed it to my daughter and she enjoyed it... so I just show her this original clip and called me a dork haha
omg I saw this when it first aired and haven't seen it since, but I remember it like it was yesterday, I agree it is to me the funniest standup act I have seen
Thank you for posting this. I saw it once early/ mid 70's, then no more. But it stuck with me...I had no info so no luck tracking it down. Thanks again!
I have this routine taped and saw it on TV back in the 1980's (maybe it was on HBO then). But this is too funny! And what a memory to remember all those accents!
I remember seeing this skit on HBO when it first appeared. I laughed so hard I nearly bruised a rib and I never forgot it. Great Stuff. If you enjoy it too pass it on. More people need to laff at themselves these days and I know this will do it.
Yes you can. This PC crap is already a fading "fad" Randall. As you obviously know, the whole point of comedy and comedians is to make us all aware that we should be able to laugh at ourselves and accept that others are laughing AT us some times. Life is the divine comedy. Deal with it. What's REALLY funny is their whiny little egos and crybaby attitudes. Wannabes that control absolutely nothing.
@@voiceovertexas My point: no one is [was] freaking out about this video in the comments except the person's who were expecting to find the "PC police". If I understand your comment... Like you said, just enjoy the video and maybe stop looking for a target to ruin it for you.
Everybody saying he wouldn’t get away with these jokes today are so full of crap Lol, there are plenty of comedians saying wayyyy more risky stuff than this today 😆 you guys are hilarious
I saw Bob to this routine 30 years ago and he made such a lasting impression... i still go around saying " If it wasn't for football I wouldn't be playing football today"
This is, without a doubt, one the greatest stand up moments I have ever seen in my lifetime. It is brilliant at so many levels, its ridiculous. Bob Nelson at his finest hour. Epic humor.
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I remember this routine. Still as funny now as it was then. Thanks for posting.
Yet another instance of nostalgia that wouldn’t fly today. Damn that guy was funny.
Sage Parra No doubt about that
You wouldn't dare do this act today but this was hilarious
I don’t know there’s some wild comedy out there but it seems like it’s the older generation that has legitimate good comments for some reason instead of the younger comics??!
@@michaelviens2894
Yeah, you look at comics such as the late Don Rickles and what he was able to get away with.
True . And that IRRATATES me
Why? He does eveyone. Ahh he didn't do the trans-people. No one buys a Trans Am anymore. They don't want to say "I drive a Trans" or "I ride my Trans hard."
He highlights the dangers of brain-damage in American football. Known since the 1950s, yet only recently 2019 being highlighted.
Oh my god, I haven't seen this in so many years. Watched this with my dad as a teen and we were dying laughing. One of the funniest routines I've ever seen.
So glad I came across this classic!!! My friends and I have been repeating some of these jokes for 30 years...
I remember seeing this years ago and I laughed until I cried! I just watched this again and had the same response 😂
Hilarious! This was my fav as a teen. Used to watch it over and over. One of the best stand-ups ever. Also miss Rodney Dangerfield. A true legend.
Ashlea Mcleod Good ole Rodney Dangerfield... too bad he never gets respect!
Actually that routine comes from National Lampoon radio and you did it wrong. The skit is Name 4 famous Mickeys. You left out Mantle but hey, at least you got the punchline correct...
I miss my great uncle also
Ashlea Mcleod it sounds like you found this by looking for a Rodney Dangerfield video. Just sayin.
And wasn't Bob Saget n Sam Kinison, Louie Anderson, and Dice Clay on this same show? I laughed so frikin much!
One of the most original great piece of comedy ever!
I'm a fan of his back to his Long Island club roots. A genuinely funny man. And this in particular is CLASSIC.
I've been a fan since then, too. I saw him love about 11 years ago in Branson, Missouri. There was only a couple of dozen people in the audience, but I loved every minute of it.
So THIS is where Key and Peele got the idea for East/West bowl.
I have not seen this routine in 30 years. It was way, way, way ahead of its time.
Now it's past its time.
@@TMPreRaffNo, it's over your head...
Holy shit, I remember laughing at this routine when I was a kid...and quoting it endlessly.
many!!! dame bramage.... LOL!
me too dude. we had it on our betamax. watched it over and over, I was probably 9 or 10.
Betamax? Hell, I had taped it off HBO on VHS.
A Floyd, did your tape have a routine by a smaller, Sandy-haired guy who used a hand puppet in part of his routine! He was on one of the shoes when Nelson did this routine and I thought it was at Dangerfield's. Anyway, the guy this to dialogue with the puppet except it degenerated into him babbling about himself neurotically.
Regrettably, I saw it once, don't remember the comedian, and just remember how well he caught the neurotic pathos, ending with a weak little laugh from the puppet.
Hmm... Sounds a bit like Heywood Banks, but I could be wrong. I'd have to find my tape.
I recorded this on VHS and I still have it. We almost broke a rib laughing so much.
I remember watching this the night it aired on HBO. The whole show was great. This was definitely one of the highlights of the evening🤣
What a group of comics! I believe Sam Kinison played that same night...we used to throw this on at random points in the night back in the 80's...
I saw it too on the same night, i think over 30 years ago! just as funny today as back then! back when comedy was original enough to not rely on foul language unnecessarily.
Plus this was the first time I ever saw Chris Rock.
This guy is brilliant. I don't see how he didn't get hugely famous.
My brother and I used to watch Rodney's show on HBO back in the day, and this was one of the funniest ever!
This is the greatest single performance in Comedy Ever! He inspired me to perform stand up for 20 years. I love this man... not sure why he didn't make it like Jim Carey but was there in the same era to make it shine. Viva Bob Nelson.
Classic. Takes me back to the 80’s.
Seen it many times, still makes me laugh.
"Unicef, it's the Halloween disease." Gets me every time.
I remember seeing this guy in the 80's on HBO, I think he and Sam Kinneson were on the same night. This routine by Bob Nelson is great! Worth watching!!
Sam kinnison is good
Too many 'o's
Sam Kinnison is god.
Rodney Dangerfield's 1st Annual Young Comedians Special, typically aired on New Year's Eve.
Still have it on VHS tape. I think I have the 9th annual version.
why1itsme, did your tape have a routine by a smaller, sandy-haired guy who used a hand puppet in part of his routine! He was on one of the shoes when Nelson did this routine and I thought it was at Dangerfield's. Anyway, the guy this to dialogue with the puppet except it degenerated into him babbling about himself neurotically.
Regrettably, I saw it once, don't remember the comedian, and just remember how well he caught the neurotic pathos, ending with a weak little laugh from the puppet.
It would be a miracle, for me, if the routine is on your tape. Tks!
"Shouldamipads" and "When I was a little children" cracks me up still! Hilarious!
I had to wipe the tears out of my eyes I was laughing so hard ... I haven’t laughed that hard or that much in a long time ... absolutely GENIUS!!!
Jesse Wightman well good on you
@Billy Conforto I only cracked a slight grin.. once
So damned corny my teeth hurt.
Missed the snare drum and cymbal.
Dan Strausbaugh are you serious?
Same here!
Saw this on HBO back in 85. This guy was hilarious!
Don car
Remember his jiffy Jeff gym routine? Hilarous
This guy had me on the floor... I always wanted to see more of this guy.... one of the most underrated comics of that time...
i had this on VHS years ago.. watched this 100 times
Bill Clark Same here!! Yakov was killer on this special, too. "In Russia we have Russian Express...'Don't leave home'."
I remember this. This was my husbands and my favorite guy to watch. He hated tv but loved Bob Nelson. Especially this.
I remember seeing this as a kid on HBO I think and almost pissing myself. Made a VHS of it next time it came on only to have my dad record over it later. Ah the 80’s.
So glad I stumbled upon this clip.....absolutely hilarious!!!! I’m crying from laughing so hard!!!
i remember seeing this live. i laughed so hard that i almost peed myself. still funny today!
So funny!!!! He was just on Johnny Carson tonight on Antenna TV, channel 69-2. It was originally broadcast Jan.'88. Hilarious comedian!!!! Laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes!!!!
Only digital
+rockysikander It depends on if yourTV has a digital tuner or not, all recent ones do so you just hook up an antenna, with an old TV you need a converter box.
This was 85 or 86 latest
It couldn't have been 88. I memorized this bit way before I was 16. I say more like 85 or 86.
You are close! It was 1984.
Love this guy. When I was a teenager this was one of my favorites. I also like the thing he did where he'd blow a bunch of bubbles in the air and say, "I'm a fish in a fish tank with too much food!" Then he'd do a fish impression and start freaking out trying to eating all the bubbles. It was hilarious.
Hilarious
I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time; brilliant comedy.
Wow...hadn't thought about Dain Bramage in a long time! Thanks for adding this!
Yup...good old days.
" Dain Bramage " !!!!!!!
So effing FUNNY !!!!!!!!
Haha, me too!
Yep. Bob made his impression on me with that one. I've used "dain bramage" many times over the years.
What did that guy say about 10 seconds in? Was it "youre the fucking shit?" It is funny as hell. The whole routine is one of THE GREATEST EVER. My favorite is "#72. Aww sit 27." This guy is the man
Holy cow that was a hoot!! How have I never heard of this guy?? That was fantastic!!
Holy cow that was a hoot!
You should see him in the movie Brain Donors.
I loved this skit as a kid and memorized it (without the profanities) and would perform it for friends & family. Great job Bob N
Seen this back when I was about 13 over a friends house that a lot of us kids hung out at. So must of been 1986 or so but never forgot this routine or the George Carlin act I saw that same night. Classic indeed!
my pops had this vcr tape.. watched it every time we went to the camp.. good stuff.. great memories
Craig Ster earlier than that. ‘80-‘82
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I taped this when it originally came out on TV and played it for all the family, and they loved it. Never thought I'd see it again. Thank you!
I remember this guy when this routine was new! I have to see what he's been up to over the past 30 years. Funny stuff.
Bob Nelson is a very talented mimic and was brave to take on some of those characters. I'm sure a lot of people will see his performance as the black football player as offensive. But it is so spot-on as a caricature as to be uncanny. If Eddy Murphy did this routine he would have won an award.
Man I remember recording this on VHS man I'd love to watch the whole special again.
I think baby man Bruce Baum was part of it.
Wow, this is a real blast from the past. I also saw this when it first came on. I even adopted his phrase "dane bramage!" whenever I bumped my head.
This could Never be aired today.
Too bad....
I still use the phrase"when I was a little children", the looks on other faces priceless!😂
What the HELL HAPPENED to Bob Nelson? ... He was FANTASTIC.
He had a comedy special on HBO a few years later "One Night Stand" and he was in a few movies too. I looked him up looks like he still performs and it says he no longer uses profanity in his act.
This brings back memories! Up all night on a school night watching HBO.
Damn this was so funny when I was a young kid. its STILL funny and spot on.
I have not seen this since I was a kid. Thanks for sharing. Hilarious!
This is when we could laugh and enjoy life with everyone.
bama539 - There’s litteraly only white people in the crowd.
Nemo hoes Only a snowflake libtard would care?
Half of us still do 😉
@@RidiculousThe3rd They didn't show the crowd, they showed 3-4 people IN the crowd. But aside from that, this video is from the era of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, my generation grew up with full integration sport, your generation didn't invent the concept. I grew up watching Red Fox, the Jeffersons, and JJ from Good Times. Cut 40 years later and here people like you are, trying to pretend that nobody thought of getting along with their fellow man until your overly virtuous asses showed up on the planet. Wash the placenta out of your hair kid, you aren't changing shit, you just annoy people of all colors with this divisive talk to make yourself feel superior.
@@cipher88101 WELL SAID! That goes double for me, I'm over all these elitists and their drummed up sensitivities.
One of my favorite routines. His duck routine is great as well.
Classic! I was still in grade school, when I saw this.
Every time i see this I laugh hysterically!! what a great routine! thank you for the post!
I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking it was hilarious (as did everyone else). Even in this PC environment, it is still pretty damn funny.
I remember it as a kid, too...Still craze funny!
its really not that funny..i shut it off after few mins..boring
I remember that as well as a kid and have repeated many of his jokes myself in the past. One of the greatest of all time. Still love it today!
@@LITMOVIESCENES Oh poor me baby..."Triggered"?
Sad that today he would be run out of town . He is making fun of everyone and ever stereotype . Why cant we just laugh and smile anymore. Funny is funny.
Brought back great memories.saw this as a kid and still quote it today
Funny stuff. Esp. back in the 80s, those were the good years!!
Brian Herron yes they were I graduated mid-eighties and loved the big hair bands rock and roll!
Nope. Its for an easy audience. Mostly stupid.
Brian Herron that's when the true spirit of comedy rang true. God bless the 80's.
screw the 80s. the 60s were the stuff.if everyone listened to the hippies the world would be so much better off today.no wars,no pollution,no hatred, no fear.today things are so crazy.slavery is more widespread,sex trafficking. false flag homegrown terrorism, unequal distribution of wealth.idiot presidents who can barley read.but at least the comedy is better.
Burt, you poor deluded fool. The hippies were themselves a product of social engineering. check out kgb defector yuri besmenov, he describes how communists created the 60s counter culture to undermine our society. Anyway do you really think those people could stave off human nature and sustain a utopia? They were too lazy and narcissistic, like everybody else, all too human.
To this day still one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my 69 years of life 😂😂😂😂😂
After all these years, still so funny!
Haven't seen this for ages - and I was just thinking about this past week! LoL
Omg. when he does the ''shoulder ma pads guy''... close your eyes and he sounds just like Larry Holmes lmao
Thank you.. I remember this way back then. Still a great routine to watch.
Haven't seen this since this came out back during elementary school.
A lot of years. DAMN.🤣🤣🤣
ghostbear200123 Me too ! Holy carp, I remember almost every word.
ghostbear200123 I was a tad older and paying for my own cable lol
ghostbear200123 Ha! We’re close in age. I vividly remember this. Too funny!
I was in my mid-20s and had captured it on videotape. I must have watched it dozens of times, yet it's still hilarious today. Seinfield, Saget, Kinisen, Barr, they all appeared in the late 80's/early 90's.
Those Laugh-Offs were a big deal back in the day. Seinfeld and Jim Carey won theirs, hands down. Comedy was king, there. Note the language. So this was only seen on HBO or Showtime or some premium cable channel in the early days of cable.
One of those few routines that left me literally laughing in tears. Saw it on COMEDY TONIGHT in the late 1980s. Other like Saget, Seinfield and Sam Kinison popped around the same time.
He’d get 15-life for this act today, and Rodney would get 5 years for having invited him on stage.
I saw this routine in 1994. I was 10 years old laughin my ass off watching old VHS tapes in my friend's basement.
Saw this went it was on TV back then. To this day, I still use the term "Dane Brammage".
Simply brilliant! This is one of the videos we watched/studied at Ringling Brothers Clown College mid 80’s.
He was a laugh, but I give more respect to the gentleman who stepped up at the end ;)
Carl Stannard that was Rodney @ dangerfields
@@davidmaddison7780 i think Carl knew that was Rodney, that's why he gave respect to the man who "can't get no respect."
Brady Neal yeah Rodney was an absolute legend .. especially in caddy shack .
I've been looking for this guy for years !! I seen his show when i was younger just couldn't remember his name.. soooooooooooooooo funny!!!
humor ....where have you gone? America is pretty uptight
not clickbait... absolutely hilarious.
As a black man I'd like to make an observation. Funny how it's ok for black people to make fun of white people, but not ok for white people to make fun of black people. Always a double standard. Really though, when blacks make fun of whites its funny, but the reality of the joke is not really insulting. If whites made fun of blacks, the reality of the jokes would be sad. When whites have a joke told about their race they say, yeah that's true, haha. When blacks have a joke told about them the get defensive and blame whites. It seems that racial tension, segregation, and racism and perpetuated by blacks more than whites today. Maybe I'm wrong. Just seems that way.
bestgreystar35 astute observation. I was just thinking about those complaining about his "stereotypical" black accent, but those same people will roll in the aisle for Chris Rock doing a really bad white accent. Truth is we all land somewhere in the middle, and we have to be able to laugh at and with each other. The PC garbage is killing our collective culture.
bestgreystar35 Words of wisdom we all can learn from.......Thanks
Yeah I agree, you are wrong. It seems that way to bigots.
Ty w doesn't matter man. Comedy is comedy. If we can't laugh at each other and with each other we will all have to take a laxative then.
You told the truth and you were hated for it. 3 hours ago some moron said you are wrong because they didnt agree with you (no true explanation). What is funny about the comment is ..... "YOU only perceive it that way because; u have fallen like a fish for the media hype about racial stereotypes"..... The liberals control over 90% of what you see on TV, yet somehow you were fooled by "media hype". Thanks for speaking up Ty w..... It is a shame you are called nasty names for telling people your opinion.
Haven't seen it in years but still remembered some of the routines, still made me laugh my A** off! Thanks for sharing!
if i didn't play football, i would not be playing football today. kills me every time.
...they need your money desperately... to buy hats!
Now that line gets me rolling on the floor... dickheads, dickface... too funny.
Yeah, that was funny. I think I actually heard an NFL football player say that.
Because the mind is a terrible thing... and it must be stopped in our lifetime ...before I kill somebody. Too funny
Sounds like George Bush, but so true. Too Funny. @@SteelCurtain_90
I have this routine on vhs that I did when I was 10 years old. I had it down pat even wore my football uniform. Made my family laugh for years and then my mom showed it to my daughter and she enjoyed it... so I just show her this original clip and called me a dork haha
ROTFLMAO !!! ..."now I ain't got my cup on, and I can't see right now..." 😭 😅 😂
omg I saw this when it first aired and haven't seen it since, but I remember it like it was yesterday, I agree it is to me the funniest standup act I have seen
This totally reminds me of the old Hudson & Landry routine called "Bruiser LaRue" from their 1971 album _Losing Their Heads_
Such memories. Had forgot this, miss u Jennifer and missy in my heart and thoughts forever
Surprised u-toob will let this stay up. Can't say stuff like this in 2019...very funny!
1 of if the most iconic comedy skits ever.
I am really skeptical when I see a title like this, but it was seriously funny.
Oh my goodness... I used to have this on VHS over 30 years ago. We wore it out. Literally!
FLIP WILSON DID THIS ROUTEEN EITHER ON LAUGH IN OR THE FLIP WILSON SHOW IN THE LATE 60S OR EARLY 70S. I REMEMBER FROM WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
And Key & Peel did this too.
Chill with the all caps bro...
Thank you for posting this. I saw it once early/ mid 70's, then no more. But it stuck with me...I had no info so no luck tracking it down. Thanks again!
Did anyone else think of Key and Peele's East/West game introductions?
Ya they totoally stole the shit out of this.
That's the first thing that came to mind funnily enough.
Sadly i thought of Bob when i saw their video, made me come back to the ORIGINAL lol... but for real
Scrolled down to make the EXACT point but you've got it covered. Good Call
Key and perle suck
Great, unfiltered, non-PC comedy!
The thing that most people will ignore is that he made fun of pretty much every group. I miss when things were just funny.
I have this routine taped and saw it on TV back in the 1980's (maybe it was on HBO then). But this is too funny! And what a memory to remember all those accents!
Now THIS is talent!
I haven't seen this in years! One of the funniest things ever. So happy to see this again.
Pretty sure this was the inspiration for the movie "WaterBoy"
I remember seeing this skit on HBO when it first appeared. I laughed so hard I nearly bruised a rib and I never forgot it. Great Stuff. If you enjoy it too pass it on. More people need to laff at themselves these days and I know this will do it.
PC Police in the comments:
Everyone else in the comments: F*@% the PC police flipping out all the time. You just can't have fun anymore.
Yes you can. This PC crap is already a fading "fad" Randall. As you obviously know, the whole point of comedy and comedians is to make us all aware that we should be able to laugh at ourselves and accept that others are laughing AT us some times. Life is the divine comedy. Deal with it. What's REALLY funny is their whiny little egos and crybaby attitudes. Wannabes that control absolutely nothing.
@@voiceovertexas My point: no one is [was] freaking out about this video in the comments except the person's who were expecting to find the "PC police". If I understand your comment... Like you said, just enjoy the video and maybe stop looking for a target to ruin it for you.
Never gets old love it lmfao
His last character sounded exactly like Eddie Murphy.
Now that you mention it.....😂 Hmmmmm🤔 ever heard of "WHITE FACE"..?😂
Ya ...now I heard it! Obekabe!!?
Actually, it's spot on Sinbad, not Eddie. Listen to the inflections and cadence of the line delivery.
Nelson was also in a comedy group called "The Identical Triplets" with Eddie Murphy and Rob Bartlett.
OMG i miss the 80's so bad LOL !
Everybody saying he wouldn’t get away with these jokes today are so full of crap Lol, there are plenty of comedians saying wayyyy more risky stuff than this today 😆 you guys are hilarious
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Saw Bob Nelson live a few times at Caroline's in NYC. So funny I fell through my chair.
Ahhhhhh the good old days
This is arguably the funniest routine from the 1980s you will ever see.
you have no idea what funny is
This was not funny. The racial part was a little funny and fine with me. But it just wasn't funny.
~ The whole thing is _hilarious._
I would argue that.
Thank You, I have not seen this for so long and it is a great routine, laughing till i cried.