"I Enjoy Being A Girl" - Carol Burnett, Chita Rivera, Caterina Valente ala Morticia Addams

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
  • In honor of Halloween, here is a fun version of "I Enjoy Being a Girl," performed by Carol Burnett, Chita Rivera and Caterina Valente . The clip is from "The Entertainers" (so sometime between 1964/1965...which happened to be when "The Addams Family" was also on the air...hence it being more likely to be inspired by Morticia than Vampira...the latter of which was inspired by the character that would become Morticia in the original comics, so...).
    There is also a cameo by Boris Karloff....who starts us off as a gravedigger and also shows up at the end to do, of all things, a version of "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins, which sadly is truncated as the guy who loaded in the clip was only caring about Chita (curse him, not me :)
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  • @susella646
    @susella646 13 днів тому +514

    RIP to the fabulous Caterina Valente, who died age 93 9. September, just two weaks ago.

    • @OllyBockus
      @OllyBockus 13 днів тому +20

      Yes, maybe that's why this popped up- very glad it did and she's great in it...

    • @djharris90
      @djharris90 9 днів тому +1

      😢

    • @kathrynblakeley9823
      @kathrynblakeley9823 8 днів тому +6

      It hurts that two of these women are gone.

    • @barriolimbas
      @barriolimbas 7 днів тому +5

      RIP Condolences to her loved ones.

    • @rozchristopherson648
      @rozchristopherson648 5 днів тому +1

      @@OllyBockus❤🙏❤️🙏

  • @cecilyerker
    @cecilyerker 14 днів тому +357

    Boris Karloff as the gravedigger to the tune of Whistle While You work 😂

    • @turbopokey
      @turbopokey 11 днів тому +13

      Considering the old adage of "whistling past the graveyard" makes it extra funny.

    • @brucebaker810
      @brucebaker810 11 днів тому +3

      In a cameOOOooo.

    • @SoundofSilence492
      @SoundofSilence492 10 днів тому +3

      Oh that’s great! I didn’t pick up that it was him!!!

    • @jenngill7772
      @jenngill7772 10 днів тому +6

      And he sings chim chim charoo to end it?!? What universe is this? 😂

    • @brucebaker810
      @brucebaker810 10 днів тому +4

      @@jenngill7772 it's a weirder timeline than we were in last week.

  • @pamelaolson5614
    @pamelaolson5614 13 днів тому +245

    There could be 10 women singing together and you can still recognize Carol Burnettes voice in the crowd.

    • @rozchristopherson648
      @rozchristopherson648 5 днів тому +6

      Yes, her voice is very distinctive and powerful.

    • @brittanylamb375
      @brittanylamb375 5 днів тому +4

      Facts! Carol was so iconic

    • @gionmusic
      @gionmusic  День тому +1

      @@brittanylamb375 is. She’s still alive (knocking wood)

  • @LowbrowDeluxe
    @LowbrowDeluxe 3 роки тому +1791

    This justifies UA-cam existing. How many other places does this even still exist, much less in a way that people can find out about it?

    • @pappawheely
      @pappawheely 3 роки тому +8

      YT controllers like witch narratives and anything else linked to the dark side but they work very trying to suppress the truth

    • @Maliceah
      @Maliceah 3 роки тому +23

      Agreed!

    • @ChronicMetamorphosis
      @ChronicMetamorphosis 2 роки тому +7

      Rumble or Odyssey, for starters.

    • @diannajepson8708
      @diannajepson8708 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed!!

    • @Christmas-dg5xc
      @Christmas-dg5xc 2 роки тому +35

      I think the reason such clips are so "rare" is that it appears to be more lucrative to the rights holders to sit on their copyrights and license a fraction of 1% out to the rare documentary that wishes to use them, than to make them all available to us to begin with. So they sit and get forgotten, until anyone who might be interested is dead and gone.

  • @davegallagher3464
    @davegallagher3464 7 місяців тому +405

    This is from a show called THE ENTERTAINERS. It lasted 1 season this episode is from January 1965

    • @KT-sq2ml
      @KT-sq2ml 15 днів тому +11

      That’s the month/year I was born. Enjoyed this - but I liked all those variety shows that were on TV when we were kids.

    • @kalevala29
      @kalevala29 14 днів тому +1

      Yeah, it sounds like it was a flop. What ever happened to Valente?

    • @ksduncan1247
      @ksduncan1247 14 днів тому +8

      I watched it every night of the whole season. Formulaic but I still remember Carol’s skits.

    • @shydreamguyman4098
      @shydreamguyman4098 14 днів тому

      i came along 8 months after you .

    • @StLProgressive
      @StLProgressive 13 днів тому +1

      Thanks, I was wondering what this was from.

  • @Alan-yn9fk
    @Alan-yn9fk Місяць тому +293

    I was used to Carol Burnett and her humor, but to see Chita Rivera and Caterina Valente in this number playing it to the hilt just floors me.
    What a great treat.

  • @StLProgressive
    @StLProgressive 13 днів тому +106

    It’s not easy to sing harmonies that close. This is beyond awesome! I never thought I’d hear Boris Karloff doing Chim-Chim-Chiree. 😂🖤

  • @lisaserafino6022
    @lisaserafino6022 15 днів тому +121

    THEIR HARMONIES THO!! Even the tight chords with tension - clean and tight and right on pitch. What pros.

  • @karencolley-smidt864
    @karencolley-smidt864 3 роки тому +262

    I miss variety shows! Growing up in the 60s and 70s there was a variety show or a special on every week.

    • @madhatterforher_888hadher7
      @madhatterforher_888hadher7 3 роки тому +12

      I know, huh? There was a certain 'special something' about the 60's and 70's! 😢

    • @kelf114
      @kelf114 2 роки тому +8

      People get amazed when I tell them Julie Andrews had a variety show. 😄

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 2 роки тому +10

      Sonny and Cher/Donny and Marie were my faves!!

    • @bobhoke595
      @bobhoke595 2 роки тому +7

      i miss them too! So much! Often pretty darned wholesome too!

    • @queenswillrule
      @queenswillrule 15 днів тому +4

      @@bobhoke595 Anything that wasn't was done with a wink and a nod and innuendo and was totally hilarious.
      And no one was better at this than Tim Conway.

  • @carolinemurphy8872
    @carolinemurphy8872 3 роки тому +128

    I'm definitely not disappointed this showed up on my feed.

  • @stevecannon4780
    @stevecannon4780 7 місяців тому +183

    Having lost chita Rivera this week, I was stunned to find this and it's a great one.l

    • @orangelion03
      @orangelion03 15 днів тому +13

      And Caterina Valente just passed away on September 9th.

    • @kf1000
      @kf1000 15 днів тому +5

      ​@@orangelion03farewell to great talent

    • @kellymcdonell9687
      @kellymcdonell9687 14 днів тому +4

      We were fortunate enough to meet her when she read the Christmas story at the Candlelight Processional at Epcot . Seemed very nice.

    • @wecole
      @wecole 12 днів тому +5

      Rivera died back in Jan of this year (Jan 30, 2024)... Valente died about a week and a half ago (Sep 9, 2024). And of course, the great Boris Karloff (the guy with the shovel, for those who didn't recognize him) died on Feb 2, 1969 - almost exactly 4 years after this performance (Jan 1965) was recorded.

    • @RadicalCaveman
      @RadicalCaveman 11 днів тому

      @stevecannon4780 Sorry you lost her... how long were you two married?

  • @brendashelonko2149
    @brendashelonko2149 3 роки тому +493

    The Carol Burnett Show had the most fantastic sets, costumes, comedy: and featured many leading black artists. Her show is still worth watching today.

    • @gozerthegozarian9500
      @gozerthegozarian9500 3 роки тому +18

      A genuine trailblazer!

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 3 роки тому +29

      This isn't her show, though; it was never in black & white.

    • @chantalfinn6173
      @chantalfinn6173 3 роки тому +18

      Description says Gary Moore show but yes Carol's show was the best

    • @tjfisher1350
      @tjfisher1350 3 роки тому +32

      This is actually "The Entertainers," a CBS variety show from '64/'65 with Carol, Caterina, and Bob Newhart as the regular hosts and Chita and Boris as guests this week. Few episodes have survived, so it's little remembered.

    • @jenniferpoitras9473
      @jenniferpoitras9473 3 роки тому +4

      I am blessed that this was still on TV (reruns) when I was younger. I have laughed so hard at so many of their skits to the point I couldn't breathe. These actors, comedians were so talented.

  • @66joydipi
    @66joydipi 4 дні тому +7

    Carol, Chita, Caterina: the 3 "C"s! What a wonderful combination of voices and acting in this excellent, unique representation! This year, Chita and Caterina left us leaving Carol to carry all those splendid memories ..... Respect and much love for all these actors of those golden years!

  • @elizabethmurphy9384
    @elizabethmurphy9384 3 роки тому +518

    Carol took such crazy risks with these numbers. Of course it helps that her guests were stage and concert performers with great ears and able to nail these routines. I cannot think of anyone today who could do this weekly

    • @armpitification
      @armpitification 3 роки тому +20

      I agree except this wasn’t on her show.

    • @russellmontague9402
      @russellmontague9402 3 роки тому +24

      @@armpitification True, but she was outstanding on the Gary Moore show as well. A bit before my time, but she has stated in interviews how much being on this show shaped her style, she was given a lot of room to express herself. There's a clip on YT of a Supergirl sketch she did on the Gary Moore show that's definitely worth checking out.

    • @tjfisher1350
      @tjfisher1350 3 роки тому +19

      For the record, the uploader is mistaken: this isn't "The Garry Moore Show" either. It's "The Entertainers," which was on CBS in 64/65, after she left Garry but before her own show. But the point stands that she was so often willing to take a risk for a laugh, and we can see the payoff.

    • @rebettenelson225
      @rebettenelson225 2 роки тому

      This is not from.the Carol Burnett Show.

    • @lancerayburn4652
      @lancerayburn4652 Рік тому +5

      ...and, to correct my earlier (incorrect) point about this being too early to be Morticia: The Entertainers was broadcast during the 1964/1965 season. This would put it exactly in the same season both The Addams Family and The Monsters premiered. (I'm so embarrassed when I spread misinformation!)

  • @terriseaton3049
    @terriseaton3049 3 роки тому +735

    Should have been, “I Enjoy Being a Ghoul”.

    • @exquisitebiscuit
      @exquisitebiscuit 3 роки тому +12

      😂😂😂

    • @kristieroybal4888
      @kristieroybal4888 3 роки тому +22

      You obviously didn't watch the entire clip, or you would have known that would ruin one of the funny lines in the song. Too bad you're from The Immediate Gratification Club where you miss out on all the immeasurable tiny gifts life holds.

    • @seedmole
      @seedmole 3 роки тому +8

      @@kristieroybal4888 yeah 98 likes on that = 98 people who didn't watch the whole thing and thought they could rewrite it better

    • @happymonkey9416
      @happymonkey9416 3 роки тому +14

      These 3 are still alive!

    • @theresacherco3503
      @theresacherco3503 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣

  • @xenafan234
    @xenafan234 3 роки тому +323

    Actually This is from a Television Show Called the Entertainers, , The Entertainers was a one-hour American variety show which aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 through March 27, 1965. Produced by Joe Hamilton, the series featured three hosts; Hamilton's then-wife Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, and Caterina Valente.

    • @michaeltuz608
      @michaeltuz608 3 роки тому +17

      Thank you!

    • @SB_McCollum
      @SB_McCollum 3 роки тому +19

      @Commodore 64 People were used to live shows then, it’s very entertaining if you have learned to appreciate a fresh show every week appearing in your living room every week and you don’t even have to pay for it. Everyone knew the song, the skit probably reappeared in school shows at Halloween next year.

    • @andrewc.2952
      @andrewc.2952 3 роки тому +11

      I thought this was great.

    • @kristieroybal4888
      @kristieroybal4888 3 роки тому +16

      @Commodore 64 This performance was from SIXTY YEARS AGO (I'm struggling to refrain from calling you what it is obvious to most of us that you are). It's unfortunate that you were born with a compete dearth of imagination, interest in sociology, history, and humor. I was born in 1963. Throughout my childhood and early twenties, I worked with the Historical Society, restoring homes from the early 1800s and conducting tours through them at the ripe old age of ten years, restoring antique automobiles to ORIGINAL condition (not hopping them up as hotrods), and collecting, restoring antique clothing which we then modeled in a show consisting of spicy fun and humorous commentary with interesting short historical stories of interest, a professional singer performing songs with musical accompaniment, and an authentic Chesleston, performed by my mother, a professional dancer and teacher into her 90s.
      You, my dear, are out of your league. And if you do not know or understand what you are talking about, kindly refrain from rudely dismissing it out of hand. Try operating your brain before your mouth and fingers. There is a rich history of personal stories that anyone should be interested in exploring. For it is through history that we avoid repeating the mistakes of the past (such as Hitler and his Nazis arising in America), which is sheer stupidity. If the shoe fits...

    • @guarddog318
      @guarddog318 3 роки тому +6

      @@kristieroybal4888 - You have no idea how hard I had to work NOT to respond to Commode 64, or whatever it's name is.
      Glad I didn't, since your response was much better, and far more polite, than mine would have been.
      Also, it seems you and I are about the same age.
      I very much remember watching things on TV that I'm quite sure the younger crowd would have no appreciation for at all.
      In fact, I just had a... er...um... "conversation" with someone concerning the old 1930s and '40s "Tarzan" movies, and Johnny Weissmuller...
      The poor kid had no idea that anybody before Disney ever made a movie about the character. lol
      Anyway, Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, and a whole host of other "fossils" were favorites of mine, even as a kid.
      And I very much miss not having their like on TV anymore. Because the crap that passes for entertainment these days just doesn't cut it for me.

  • @kapjm9
    @kapjm9 3 роки тому +135

    Boris what a treat! What a beautiful voice!

    • @LtPowers
      @LtPowers 14 днів тому +4

      My heart grew three sizes.

    • @katpoohtoo
      @katpoohtoo 14 днів тому +2

      Annoying that he was cut off at the end of this video.

  • @gljm
    @gljm 7 місяців тому +47

    During his long entertainment career Boris Karloff only won one entertainment award and that was in 1968 when he won the Grammy for Best Recording For Children, with his recording of his reading of Dr. Seuss' "How The Grinch Stole Christmas".

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 15 днів тому +2

      Thanks for tjis information. It's a shame his part was cut from this clip.

    • @samanthafairweather9186
      @samanthafairweather9186 15 днів тому +3

      I loved anything that had Boris Karloff involved. I still have the recording of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", and love listening to it. But it's pretty worn out now. I have it on tape, thank God , because the record got too scratched to listen to YEARS ago!

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 15 днів тому +2

      @@samanthafairweather9186 you should get your tape transfered so you don't have to use it again. It's a collectors item!

  • @brendaowens2466
    @brendaowens2466 3 дні тому +7

    They are so darn cute. And I love Mr. Boris Karloff.

  • @Bettinasisrg
    @Bettinasisrg 8 днів тому +4

    Wonderful! Just in time for another Halloween 2024! Carol Burnett brings me back to the happy parts of my childhood. She was a pioneer in so many ways, especially showing that women can be smart and funny too!

  • @catharinethomas5797
    @catharinethomas5797 11 днів тому +19

    I just read Caterina Valente's obit today. R.I.P talented lady!

  • @timeyodie
    @timeyodie 2 роки тому +132

    Can we take a minute to appreciate how astonishingly tight their harmonies are?

    • @_kmCarter
      @_kmCarter 15 днів тому +7

      And right on key; no autotune.

    • @aqua6613
      @aqua6613 14 днів тому

      As tight as their dresses 😅

  • @mariacatherine229
    @mariacatherine229 День тому +3

    Caterina Valente was so talented and beautiful. I remember watching her on the Ed Sullivan show. She not only was a fabulous singer, but she was an amazing tap dancer.

  • @briankruse3584
    @briankruse3584 3 роки тому +56

    I love the Morticia outfits.

    • @Centervillejim
      @Centervillejim 2 роки тому +2

      Carol's outfit made her look a lot like Cher.

  • @showtunestarpower
    @showtunestarpower 3 роки тому +132

    I knew Chita and Carol would be great in this number - but the big surprise to me is Caterina Valente. Her comedic instincts are right up there with Carol and Chita.

    • @GjpgrD
      @GjpgrD 3 роки тому +4

      Who is she?

    • @cmcb09
      @cmcb09 3 роки тому +16

      @@GjpgrD a French singer, still going strong at 90

    • @fabigrossi2976
      @fabigrossi2976 3 роки тому +13

      Caterina Valente is awesome, an absolute superstar. She worked with the greatest musicians and entertainers. Look her up.

    • @giselap5032
      @giselap5032 3 роки тому +3

      Bery famous in the german speaking world!

    • @markmandel6738
      @markmandel6738 2 роки тому +2

      Three C's, all of them great.

  • @theequalizer9154
    @theequalizer9154 2 роки тому +20

    Actually, thank the UA-camrs who put this stuff up on UA-cam. The UA-camrs of the ones to thank.

  • @stevehinnenkamp5625
    @stevehinnenkamp5625 3 роки тому +167

    Marvelous trio. Most audiences will have no idea how hard it is to make this performance look spontaneous. The precision was extraordinary!

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому +9

      There is nothing about this performance that says "spontaneous" to me. It looks quite well rehearsed and choreographed.

    • @stevehinnenkamp5625
      @stevehinnenkamp5625 3 роки тому +11

      @@jamesmcinnis208 When performers are ill prepared they fudge harmony, look to feet for guidance. It ruins the idea of spontaneity. These performers are very sure of themselves. They make it look easy.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому +3

      @@stevehinnenkamp5625 True!

    • @mjones4083
      @mjones4083 2 роки тому +3

      Yes it was indeed . All at the top of thier game .

  • @bigneon_glitter
    @bigneon_glitter 3 роки тому +312

    This. This is why the internet was invented. Mission accomplished.

  • @cecilyerker
    @cecilyerker 14 днів тому +19

    I was kinda disappointed that Boris Karloff’s performance was cut off. We were going to get a chimney sweep who was actually English! 😂

    • @gionmusic
      @gionmusic  13 днів тому +3

      Yeah. I wish that the guy who loaded in all these clips let it go just a few minutes more. Sigh.

    • @TiqueO6
      @TiqueO6 2 години тому

      @@gionmusic thank you for loading the clip, I appreciate your "sigh", people are getting these clips for free and perhaps should be more grateful and definitely recognize the effort put into their channels.

  • @Persephone0110
    @Persephone0110 3 роки тому +83

    Where has this been all my life?! 😂😂😂 I was born in '74 so this was a decade before me, but I grew up watching the Carol Burnette show and this brings back some memories of her amazing talent. Thank you for sharing!

  • @sishowser848
    @sishowser848 6 днів тому +1

    We sang I enjoy being a girl in elementary school. Same concert as one about President hoover. That was over 30 years ago! Have not heard either since. The hoover song starts----- we like to thank you mr. Hoover for showing us the way. We like to thank you mr. Hoover you made us what we are today -------- a song about poverty

  • @amandawilcox9638
    @amandawilcox9638 3 роки тому +173

    A shame Boris Karloff's segment was cut. He had a marvelous voice. Carol and her fellow overtalented hams rocked the Morticia song/skit. An early Halloween gift! Ty!

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 3 роки тому +1

      Do we even know what show this was?

    • @buckjohnson1119
      @buckjohnson1119 3 роки тому

      @@MaskedMan66 It’s The Carol Burnett Show. I am wondering if it is the season when Mary Poppins was in Theaters?

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 3 роки тому +3

      @@buckjohnson1119 Not this clip; her show was never in black and white. Like the poster said, it's probably from "The Garry Moore Show."

    • @charlesco7413
      @charlesco7413 3 роки тому +2

      Boris made chim chim cheery sound goulish.

    • @buckjohnson1119
      @buckjohnson1119 3 роки тому +1

      @@MaskedMan66 👍Yes, I didn’t factor in the black and white. I was probably already in bed when that show was aired, when I was a child.

  • @fidelity7068
    @fidelity7068 День тому +1

    Yes, the women are amazing and terrific, love , love, love them.......but
    BORIS KARLOFF at the end is EVERYTHING!!!

  • @paulcanaday-elliott9834
    @paulcanaday-elliott9834 3 роки тому +290

    This is such a bizarre number. What I love about it, though, is that it’s from a time when television creators felt more free to take risks without audience testing things to death first. A gem, to be sure, but a very strange one.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому +8

      Not if it aired on Halloween.

    • @yelanates
      @yelanates 3 роки тому +11

      @@jamesmcinnis208 no, it’s STILL really weird.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому +2

      @@yelanates okie dokie

    • @brucekuehn4031
      @brucekuehn4031 3 роки тому +4

      And they buy into it 100%!

    • @SL-lz9jr
      @SL-lz9jr 3 роки тому +12

      I expect weird shit from Carol Burnett. LOL.

  • @lisanef04
    @lisanef04 3 роки тому +23

    Carol’s famous Tarzan call!! These 3 makes this skit so much more funny. Love their tribute to the Morticia Addams character, is wonderful. There is a reason why Carol’s show was so famous for 11 season’s and how she got some great guests on her show.

  • @bennyrodriguez1244
    @bennyrodriguez1244 3 роки тому +52

    That was cool. All 3 ladies still kicking around too.

  • @tricorvus2673
    @tricorvus2673 17 днів тому +74

    The second it started, I yelled at my phone; “hey, that’s Boris Karloff!”

    • @LtPowers
      @LtPowers 14 днів тому

      I admit I thought it was Alan Napier

    • @wecole
      @wecole 12 днів тому +1

      Well done! 5 points for Slitherin!

  • @JordanVanRyn
    @JordanVanRyn 7 днів тому +5

    This is the kind of stuff the internet was made for. Also loving that Addams Family vibe in this.

  • @trevishness
    @trevishness 25 днів тому +5

    amazing. where? where do you find this quality in performance anymore? tight, creative, fun and progressive. love it now in 2024.

  • @janettamcgee8124
    @janettamcgee8124 3 роки тому +531

    This has got to be one of the wackiest things that I've ever watched and I simply loved every minute of it. This was pure talent. Thank you for sharing this with us.

    • @jackiedeering2673
      @jackiedeering2673 3 роки тому +5

      Ditto!! Sooo entertaining and creative!

    • @princeeverlove
      @princeeverlove 3 роки тому +8

      Boris Karloff at the beginning and end!..the original Frankenstein Monster 1931! A Legend of film/theater

    • @VanBrujah
      @VanBrujah 3 роки тому +6

      @Commodore 64 Ok, Karen. Go back to mommy's basement.

    • @guarddog318
      @guarddog318 3 роки тому +2

      @@VanBrujah - I don't think Commodore 64 has managed to escape mommy's basement yet...
      In fact, I suspect she won't let it go outside 'til it finishes potty training.
      ( Can't have it shitting in the neighbor's yard, after all. )

    • @therealzilch
      @therealzilch 3 роки тому

      Beat me to it. I'm glad we've moved on from that time in many ways, but there's stuff from then that's unbeatable.

  • @djharris90
    @djharris90 9 днів тому +1

    Talent like this doesn't exist anymore.

  • @fergussaint-john2535
    @fergussaint-john2535 3 роки тому +239

    I am Chita's HMU person and when we get to work together I always ask her about something she has done back in the day... I cannot WAIT to ask her about this! Thanks for the upload!

    • @geekdivaherself
      @geekdivaherself 3 роки тому +7

      What does HMU stand for? I'm disabled and having Home Medical Aid, but the initials don't quite line up....

    • @carpelucem
      @carpelucem 3 роки тому +30

      @@geekdivaherself Hair and Makeup!

    • @Fantomas4616
      @Fantomas4616 3 роки тому +3

      wondering what she says about Caterina Valente

    • @klsrncn2773
      @klsrncn2773 3 роки тому +5

      Fergus Saint John, you are a lucky person.

    • @calebdurham1551
      @calebdurham1551 3 роки тому +16

      Please come back and tell us what she says.

  • @kathleenwest1463
    @kathleenwest1463 3 роки тому +24

    Oh my dad adored Caterina Valente - he had at least half a dozen of her albums when I was a kid. So fun seeing her!

  • @rozchristopherson648
    @rozchristopherson648 5 днів тому +1

    I’m 63. TV was so much fun back then. ❤

  • @origamiswami2275
    @origamiswami2275 3 роки тому +12

    An aspect of this video that I didn't see referenced in the comments is its use of the "yeah, yeah, yeah" craze that hit the entertainment biz for a year or so following the Beatles' debut on Ed Sullivan. "She Loves You," with its "yeah, yeah, yeah" refrain, seems to have struck social critics, TV hosts, and comedians of every stripe, as worthy of mention. While critics and commentators saw it as one more sign of Western civilization's collapse, comedians and entertainers mostly used it for a cheap laugh. Any Fab Four takeoff invariably featured a chorus of "yeahs" and singers often worked it into a performance knowing it would guarantee a laugh. So I'm guessing that the abundance of "yeahs" to be found in this clip (which are NOT part of the original version of this song) were the result of the Gary Moore writers jumping on the Beatle bandwagon.

    • @Centervillejim
      @Centervillejim 2 роки тому +4

      This is not a clip of the Garry Moore Show, it's a show called "The Entertainers". There was actually a trend in French pop music called "Ya Ya" music during the early 60s. In France, it was more popular than rock or girl group music. There are many videos on UA-cam featuring "Ya Ya" artists like Sheila. Most of them were filmed for Scopitone, sort of an early music video.

  • @aliriver3440
    @aliriver3440 3 роки тому +60

    So this is the inspiration behind Beyonce's All the Single Ladies!

    • @tily5939
      @tily5939 5 днів тому +2

      I know your joking but the real inspiration for single ladies was Bob Fosse's Mexican Breakfast!

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign 14 днів тому +10

    Thank goodness for UA-cam to bring up all my retro memories ❣️

  • @WWZenaDo
    @WWZenaDo 3 роки тому +10

    Three gorgeous, glamourous vampy vixens!

  • @genedowen9183
    @genedowen9183 5 днів тому +1

    Brings back great memories.

  • @testsubject6676
    @testsubject6676 16 днів тому +4

    This is so utterly ridiculous and silly and I'm completely here for it. Could not stop cackling all the way through.

  • @MadeByJoey
    @MadeByJoey 3 роки тому +51

    What a bizarre treasure this is!

  • @ottobaron6392
    @ottobaron6392 3 роки тому +46

    Too bad Boris segment was cut short. I hope that Boris singing "Monster Mash" has survived.

    • @Titan52berg
      @Titan52berg 3 роки тому +5

      Bobby 'Boris' Pickett???

    • @judithsixkiller5586
      @judithsixkiller5586 3 роки тому +2

      Well,it WAS a graveyard smash!

    • @lesleythompson6801
      @lesleythompson6801 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, as Titan says, it's an impersonation.

    • @ottobaron6392
      @ottobaron6392 3 роки тому +4

      @@Titan52berg No, Boris Karloff himself singing the song, since Bobby Pickett was impersonating Karloff, and I'm a huge fan of Karloff, I 'd love to hear Karloff's version.

    • @dogerecords5312
      @dogerecords5312 3 роки тому +2

      Where was this done? First time hearing of this.

  • @mercurywoodrose
    @mercurywoodrose 3 роки тому +65

    and this is the true origin of Goth.

    • @potatozinc
      @potatozinc 3 роки тому +8

      Fun fact goth has been around since the Victorian era. As early as the 1700’s!

    • @trudygreer2491
      @trudygreer2491 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@potatozincFunner fact: (more-fun?) Gothic goes back even farther, beginning in the late 1100s.. the "Victorian Gothic" was a Revival, in the 19th century.. Knowledge is power!

    • @daisyviluck7932
      @daisyviluck7932 15 днів тому +2

      They had Goth in the 1800s. Ever read Edgar Allen Poe? Pale skin, thin and dying from TB, and they’d put belladonna drops in their eyes ti dilate their pupils to look more ethereal

  • @BaldotheDon
    @BaldotheDon 3 роки тому +8

    3:35 Goth Carol Burnett is almost as Drusilla as Fairuza Balk and I think I'm having feelings about that.

  • @patriciarocco2610
    @patriciarocco2610 5 днів тому +3

    This looks like something out of German Expressionist cinema.

  • @AuntieMamie
    @AuntieMamie Рік тому +5

    Those were wonderful days where entertainment was really fun. Carol Burnett: our American treasure. Iconic and generous always to her fellow performers. Standing ovation. You all are dearly missed. Great love

  • @cebridges
    @cebridges День тому +1

    Why can't I stop watching this? 😄

  • @kimmccabe1422
    @kimmccabe1422 3 роки тому +14

    The writer, director, producers and of course actors and props etc of this show are soo unique (lack of a better word), I love it!

  • @justkiddin84
    @justkiddin84 3 дні тому +1

    And Boris as the cherry on top! ♥️

  • @robinainsworth9270
    @robinainsworth9270 3 роки тому +5

    Carol Burnett gave me hope during my childhood. I'd love to tell her

  • @nyxculp9290
    @nyxculp9290 5 днів тому +5

    Im not sure why this exists.....But i am happy it does

  • @IsaacIsaacIsaacson
    @IsaacIsaacIsaacson 3 роки тому +9

    Appreciating that for most of the number, the wig on the far right was tangled in the middle lady's cuff.

  • @chudmdb
    @chudmdb 3 роки тому +250

    Mr Karloff is superb. His vocals made the Grinch the classic it is today and forever!

    • @merryvollmer1924
      @merryvollmer1924 3 роки тому +14

      Also Thurl Ravenscroft!

    • @rejoyce318
      @rejoyce318 3 роки тому +3

      @@merryvollmer1924 Absolutely!

    • @melissasaint3283
      @melissasaint3283 3 роки тому +7

      And an absolute pussycat in real life, too

    • @origamiswami2275
      @origamiswami2275 3 роки тому +3

      And his LACK of vocals (a few grunts and groans notwithstanding) made Universal's 1931 Frankenstein the classic it is today ...

    • @infonut
      @infonut 3 роки тому +3

      I love the soft tones of his voice. Here's a stretch, how about Boris Karlof as Atticus Finch? Times permitting it would have worked.

  • @raquelmascara6382
    @raquelmascara6382 7 місяців тому +12

    Thanks for sharing this classic from 1965!!

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle 3 роки тому +10

    Fantastic memories watching the Carol Burnett show in the 70s. The comedy will never grow old.

    • @RLucas3000
      @RLucas3000 3 роки тому +2

      This was from the Gary Moore show, where Carol Burnett was to him what Vicky Lawrence or Tim Conway was to Carol.

    • @reenougle
      @reenougle 3 роки тому

      @@RLucas3000 Thanks for the info. I didn't know she was on Gary Moore. I just adored her own show.

    • @annarodriguez9868
      @annarodriguez9868 3 роки тому +2

      I don't know if this is from the Gary Moore Show, but it was one of my favorites from the time I was in elementary school all the way to high school.
      If I remember correctly Carol was leaving the show to star in a Broadway play and Gary, the cast and crew played the biggest prank on Carol on her final performance on the show. Remember, this was all in front of a live audience and being recorded! Gary did tell the audience what we all were about to see happen.
      There were props that were missing or out of place, doors that didn't open and nothing was the way it had been rehearsed.
      It was absolutely hilarious to watch her as she tried to adlib her way through that sketch. I wish I could see that episode again!

    • @reenougle
      @reenougle 3 роки тому +1

      @@annarodriguez9868 I would love to see that episode!!!

    • @Centervillejim
      @Centervillejim 2 роки тому

      @@RLucas3000 No, someone else already mentioned that this is a tv series called "The Entertainers".

  • @timothyserabian5103
    @timothyserabian5103 3 роки тому +2

    THIS is entertainment! PURE talent! No digitizing, no augmentation, no faking it, and just having fun! I miss this….

  • @edfred
    @edfred 9 днів тому +1

    AND Boris Karloff. one of the most famous horror movie stars ever.

  • @jayne59brohammer
    @jayne59brohammer 3 роки тому +2

    I am 62 grew up in the 60s what a wonderful time. The weekly TV variety shows were great.
    In the winter there were ice capade type shows wich were also great. To name a few of the variety shows, Carole Burnett, Lawrence welk, Dean Martin, Jackie Gleeson and Sony and Cher but that was in the 70s......golden age of TV 📺 I miss those days...

  • @SL-lz9jr
    @SL-lz9jr 3 роки тому +79

    it's so strange to see something so old, from my parents' time and by parents I mean when they were children. and even stranger still to know that some of these performers are still alive today. it's just all around odd and mind boggling. thank you history :)

    • @finebetty7446
      @finebetty7446 3 роки тому +2

      Thank you present ;)

    • @mikemcmahon8982
      @mikemcmahon8982 Рік тому

      I know how you feel . I remember finding late night movies that were on back in the 70's ,when I was a teenager and where I first found the likes of Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford, and realizing that Judy Garland did more then just play Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

  • @RoZita870
    @RoZita870 3 роки тому +12

    I saw Chita Rivera on Broadway in 2003. She was awesome!

  • @AECAEC-ki7eo
    @AECAEC-ki7eo 3 роки тому +134

    OMG! This was wonderful to see! True professional performers at their best and having fun doing it! A classy classic I didn't know existed! Thanks for posting this!

  • @carolynbishop7139
    @carolynbishop7139 3 роки тому +5

    This just showed up in my feed, I'm so happy it did! I only know of Carol and Boris in this little video. So now I'm looking up the other ladies. I was born in 71 so I grew up watching Carols show. Love her! 💓

  • @tourcreole854
    @tourcreole854 3 роки тому +2

    This was from a show she and Joe Hamilton did BEFORE The Carol Burnett Show called "The Entertainers"

  • @diannedavis5443
    @diannedavis5443 3 роки тому +19

    Read the lyrics. So funny!
    Lyrics
    When I have a brand new hairdo
    With my eyelashes all in curls
    I float as the clouds on air do
    I enjoy being a girl
    When men say I'm cute and funny
    And my teeth aren't teeth but pearls
    I just lap it up like honey
    I enjoy being a girl
    I flip when a fellow sends me flowers
    I drool over dresses made of lace
    I talk on the telephone for hours
    With a pound and a half of cream upon my face
    I'm strictly a female female
    And my future I hope will be
    In the home of a brave and free male
    Who'll enjoy being a guy, having a girl like me

    • @electricden
      @electricden 3 роки тому +8

      Hi Dianne. Thanks for printing the lyrics to this great Halloween clip. The song 'I Enjoy being a Girl' is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1958 musical "Flower Drum Song" which was a big hit at the time on Broadway and a bestselling soundtrack album too, and was filmed later in 1961. It's a solo song by a Chinese American girl in its contemporary setting of the modern-day San Francisco Chinatown community of the late 50s. Here's a clip from the 1961 film version with the full version of the song. ua-cam.com/video/LtQBrShqgls/v-deo.html

  • @bestdisco1979
    @bestdisco1979 15 днів тому +2

    What a great thing to see , if wasn’t for you tube where else would you see it ? ,,,,,you wouldn’t.

  • @Mister_Listener
    @Mister_Listener 15 днів тому +1

    Without trying, i have seen Chita perform so many times in so many shows! I always loved her singing!!

  • @xFF7xGIRLx
    @xFF7xGIRLx 13 днів тому +2

    Can't believe this is almost 60 years old. Makes you really wish time would slow down ...

  • @NonieMaesLife
    @NonieMaesLife 15 днів тому +3

    I loved watching Carol on Saturday nights at 9 pm it was the TV highlight of my childhood

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 14 днів тому

      MTM, Bob NewHart, and Carol Burnette!!! Every Saturday night!

  • @JoeBardales
    @JoeBardales 3 роки тому +15

    I wish Boris Karloff performed Puttin' on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein instead.
    PUTTIN ON DA RHHHITTTSS!

    • @annarodriguez9868
      @annarodriguez9868 3 роки тому +6

      That would be about 9 years later because this from 1965 and Young Frankenstein is 1974 and Karloff died in 1969.

    • @JoeBardales
      @JoeBardales 3 роки тому +1

      @@annarodriguez9868 You're correct, but it was a joke! ;)

    • @annarodriguez9868
      @annarodriguez9868 3 роки тому +3

      @@JoeBardales And you are correct because it would have been fun to see and hear the original Frankenstein monster Puttin' on the Ritz! Boris Karloff was such a classy and classic gentleman and I think he would have enjoyed it!

    • @JoeBardales
      @JoeBardales 3 роки тому +2

      @@annarodriguez9868 So true! He could do it all - serious roles, comedy. And his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster without a word of dialogue is brilliant!

    • @markmandel6738
      @markmandel6738 2 роки тому

      ¡¡¡¡¡Борис Карлов!!!!!

  • @markwolf7493
    @markwolf7493 3 роки тому +4

    How could you stop halfway through BORIS?!?!?

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 3 роки тому +17

    Lol at Carol's introduction 😂 I knew she would do something totally different from the other 2 ladies

  • @NReese-if1nm
    @NReese-if1nm 2 роки тому +4

    I "thought" I had seen just about everything Carol Burnett ever did, but I never saw this before! What fun! Thank you for posting it!

  • @Shamsithaca
    @Shamsithaca 3 роки тому +7

    this was actually great. If u do a dance with them listening to this, it makes u feel strangely good.

  • @ManyfiresWoman
    @ManyfiresWoman 6 днів тому +1

    This put a smile on my face!

  • @Phyllyps-Levine
    @Phyllyps-Levine 3 роки тому +6

    That was GREAT!!!! I never saw that growing up.

  • @ceostudio
    @ceostudio День тому +2

    Chita is amazing here lmao

  • @rachelgallagher6214
    @rachelgallagher6214 2 роки тому +2

    Carol Burnett is a national treasure with an ear pull ✌❤ from Montana

  • @Alchemist009
    @Alchemist009 14 днів тому +3

    Is that Master Karloff playing the Undertaker for the goul....err girls?

  • @Acidicju
    @Acidicju 2 роки тому +2

    Just to echo all the sentiments already expressed about wonderful this sketch is AND to state how great a look this is for Carol Burnett; she looks positively scintillating!

  • @melissahourihan2344
    @melissahourihan2344 9 днів тому

    I love Carol Burnett bc I played the lead in Once Upon A Mattress when I was a little kid and was told that I would play a very good Carol Burnett but can you imagine trying to live up to THAT??? Lmaooo

  • @ronwade2206
    @ronwade2206 2 роки тому +2

    Really good three part harmony!

  • @stpaley
    @stpaley 3 роки тому +72

    i do not understand youtube algorithm but thank you for recommending this, Burnett & Rivera are mesmerizing and Valente too but unfortunately i never heard of her

    • @Vaslav72
      @Vaslav72 3 роки тому +6

      Caterina Valente is a wonderful performer: singer, guitarist, dancer. Check this out: ua-cam.com/video/AuEv942wOZs/v-deo.html

    • @thekingsdaughter4233
      @thekingsdaughter4233 3 роки тому +3

      Growing up in Europe, I had often enjoyed watching Ms. Valente but did not know the other two. :-D

    • @paulxberg1486
      @paulxberg1486 3 роки тому +3

      Caterina Valente was very popular in Germany during the fifties and sixties and did a lot of movies often with her brother Silvio Francesco. And she had her owen TV show during the fifties called Bonjour Cathrine......she is still alive and living in Switzerland now.

    • @Centervillejim
      @Centervillejim 2 роки тому +1

      @@paulxberg1486 A record label called Collector's Choice has reissued several of her albums on cd a few years ago.

  • @jasminnemcdonald94A
    @jasminnemcdonald94A 3 роки тому +27

    Boy. Imagine Gomez Addams watching this. He would get a serious nosebleed.

  • @irmese06
    @irmese06 3 роки тому +9

    Aaaaaaand the UA-cam algorithm has visited upon me the Halloween video of the decade. Well done, everyone; cheers all around.

  • @SM-McKraken
    @SM-McKraken 7 днів тому +1

    Entertainment back then was pretty surreal when viewed from a modern day perspective.

  • @MannyGonzalezReyna
    @MannyGonzalezReyna День тому

    Amazing, I went back to the 60s when I was 6 years old!

  • @harrymccracken5465
    @harrymccracken5465 3 місяці тому +2

    This is unbelievably entertaining.

  • @PocketMarmo04
    @PocketMarmo04 16 днів тому +4

    Izzat Boris Karloff at the beginning?

  • @erzbet07
    @erzbet07 3 роки тому +71

    That was as delightful as it gets! Too bad Boris Karloff's section is not complete. Thanks for sharing.

  • @debranielsen2002
    @debranielsen2002 3 роки тому +9

    A side of the brilliant Caterina Valente I have never seen. This is why I love UA-cam.

    • @famprima
      @famprima 3 роки тому +3

      She had axing humour and didn't take herself that seriously. Obviously all three didn't. I mis the irony in modern performancers.