Mel Brooks Performs BRILLIANT Frank Sinatra Impersonation | The Dick Cavett Show

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  • @garykyle5750
    @garykyle5750 4 роки тому +374

    This American treasure also fought in WW2 Battle of Bastogne. One of the greatest Americans. Thanks Mel , for everything.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому +9

      Respect

    • @ed95755
      @ed95755 4 роки тому +40

      “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering”.

    • @charlesstuart7290
      @charlesstuart7290 4 роки тому +16

      One of the last celebs that were in WWII combat.

    • @montanakid
      @montanakid 4 роки тому +6

      Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) Blaring on the loudspeaker...
      ...A propaganda countermeasure hilariously used by Corporal Kaminsky.

    • @TheMajor8478
      @TheMajor8478 3 роки тому

      Amen to that

  • @havefaith3213
    @havefaith3213 4 роки тому +304

    I got sentimental tears in my eyes. I saw this live when I was a kid.

  • @meirwise1107
    @meirwise1107 4 роки тому +613

    He's 93 now and still sharp and funny. Treasure him America. He's a dying breed.

    • @looloorex
      @looloorex 4 роки тому +18

      94, but I agree ;-)

    • @WillBravoNotEvil
      @WillBravoNotEvil 4 роки тому +16

      June 28, 1926, so yeah, what Lindi said. Cloris Leachman, also 94. And Dick van Dyke.

    • @jimbojamesIV
      @jimbojamesIV 4 роки тому +7

      my thoughts exactly.
      Mel Brooks, national treasure.

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 4 роки тому +5

      Meir, DON’T SAY “DYING BREED!”

    • @jameskoch7190
      @jameskoch7190 4 роки тому +15

      Instead of a dying breed, say he’s a living legend. A little more positive attitude.🤔

  • @JB-ou4fu
    @JB-ou4fu 5 років тому +380

    Mel Brooks, insane talent. Thank you for the making my life a bit more enjoyable.

    • @TheMaineSurveyor
      @TheMaineSurveyor 5 років тому +6

      J B Yeah, but I’m *still* waiting to see Hitler on ice!

    • @axe-z8316
      @axe-z8316 4 роки тому +2

      he was 26 on this recording.

    • @Pretermit_Sound
      @Pretermit_Sound Рік тому

      @@axe-z8316 no he wasn’t, are you high? 😳

    • @MM-yi9zn
      @MM-yi9zn 4 місяці тому

      There’ll never ever be another Mel Brooks. A rare unique comedic genius! Thanks for the laughs!

  • @Outspoken.Humanist
    @Outspoken.Humanist 4 роки тому +105

    Wonderful. Many people did Sinatra, but to imitate him doing something the man never did shows an understanding of phrasing and timing and personal style, as well as having a decent voice.

    • @Outspoken.Humanist
      @Outspoken.Humanist 4 роки тому

      @IsItJustMe? I remember the song but I will look again. Thank you

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 4 роки тому +77

    Brilliant move that Cavett saved and preserved all these shows. They're still fantastic.

    • @littlefaith8063
      @littlefaith8063 3 дні тому

      Cavett was a brilliant guy in his own right and always the best interviewer

  • @copee2960
    @copee2960 4 роки тому +27

    Never mind the impressions, that piano player is on point, ON POINT.

    • @nathanjensen28
      @nathanjensen28 3 роки тому +2

      He followed Mel like they'd been playing together for years.

  • @kane211
    @kane211 5 років тому +118

    93 and still going keep going you legend 💚

    • @GradyPhilpott
      @GradyPhilpott 4 роки тому +1

      Cavett was born on November 19, 1936. He's 84 as of this date, November 26, 2020.

    • @johnminehan1148
      @johnminehan1148 4 роки тому

      VMI alum, what do you expect?

    • @JosephVisaggi
      @JosephVisaggi 4 роки тому

      @@GradyPhilpott He means Mel Brooks.

    • @GradyPhilpott
      @GradyPhilpott 4 роки тому

      @@JosephVisaggi Thanks!

  • @matthewviramontes3131
    @matthewviramontes3131 4 роки тому +287

    This was 50 years ago and he was middle aged back then. Let that sink in.

    • @MrWhiterunGuard
      @MrWhiterunGuard 4 роки тому +15

      Right before Sean Connery died youtube keeps recommending his videos out of no where. Now youtube is doing the same for Mel Brooks.

    • @pablocruise678
      @pablocruise678 4 роки тому +2

      Smoking...

    • @kdub1242
      @kdub1242 4 роки тому +4

      Yup. He's a national treasure, and still doing pretty well into his nineties. Dang, he's lost his wife, his friends Marty Feldman, Richie Pryor, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Carl Reiner, ... but Mel is still here.

    • @Bertiesghost
      @Bertiesghost 4 роки тому +4

      Cavett too is still around.

    • @matthewviramontes3131
      @matthewviramontes3131 4 роки тому +7

      @@Bertiesghost Even crazier, the oldest living person is Kane Tanaka, and she was 67 when this aired!

  • @DanDS
    @DanDS 5 років тому +328

    Mel Brooks is a real genius!
    And he's a good singer, too.

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 4 роки тому +1

      Geniuses don't support traitors who attempt to steal elections.

    • @coldwinter5710
      @coldwinter5710 4 роки тому +5

      @@TheKitchenerLeslie Mel Brooks did NOT support Trump!

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 4 роки тому +3

      @@coldwinter5710 He's a traitor. It's ok Trump doesn't need him. 4 More Years on the way!

    • @coldwinter5710
      @coldwinter5710 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheKitchenerLeslie Oh WOW! You think Mel Brooks is the TRAITOR in this scenario w/Rump?! LOL...Good luck with that.

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 4 роки тому +1

      @@coldwinter5710 Yep. Trump will win. Biden will concede. America Wins.

  • @rjonboy7608
    @rjonboy7608 3 роки тому +7

    OMG! I used to sneak out after my parents went to bed and watch Dick Cavett with the sound barely on. I was in grade school but already knew he was such a class act. I'd watch Johnny for the jokes and Dick for the interviews. The way he just let the guest open up was so cool. It's how I always treat people, like what they have to say is genuinely important.

  • @thomast8539
    @thomast8539 4 роки тому +18

    Will always love Mel Brooks. A comic genius and a helluva nice guy.

  • @1e0s
    @1e0s 4 роки тому +13

    Searching on this dark dismal morning for something to lift my spirit in these dark times & found this. Oh my Lord, this is wonderful

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 4 роки тому +105

    He has a good singing voice, he should have done a musical album.

    • @SeveredLegs
      @SeveredLegs 4 роки тому +8

      He did it all in his life...what a lad.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому +4

      @@SeveredLegs and a beautiful wife as well. He really did have it all. Truly a blessed life. What an amazing man. Right up there with Groucho

    • @rainday6
      @rainday6 4 роки тому +3

      Um...Severed Legs, Grunthos -- he's still with us. 94 and still making people laugh.

    • @KrazyKittyTailz
      @KrazyKittyTailz 4 роки тому +5

      I absolutely love his lounge serenade to Madeline Kahn in 'High Anxiety'.....very mellifluous singing voice on Mel!

  • @TheWinezen
    @TheWinezen 4 роки тому +72

    God please let us have Mel Brooks for at least another 20 more years.

  • @pronemanoldbutyoung5548
    @pronemanoldbutyoung5548 4 роки тому +18

    Wonderful Mel Brooks. When I see this great impression I get reminded that the world actually had performers and humans like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and so on. All gone.
    How the world is an empty place nowadays when you think about it.

    • @srkh8966
      @srkh8966 4 роки тому +4

      Mel is still around!

  • @williamhornabrook8081
    @williamhornabrook8081 3 роки тому +7

    WW2 veteran, combat engineer. He sang to the Germans and they applauded him according to one of his stories. I almost can't believe he's a real person.

  • @georgioskoroneos9272
    @georgioskoroneos9272 5 років тому +28

    I can only say ...he is very talent & can pulled out all kind of voiced so easily I considered him superior unique & solid .

  • @stevenbrown1225
    @stevenbrown1225 4 роки тому +33

    "Tutti-frutti planes. Big fat gang of brotherhood....." Thats actually better than the real lyrics! Lol!

  • @Mandrake591
    @Mandrake591 5 років тому +135

    His movie "Blazing Saddles" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Could never be made today...........

    • @SavageBroadcast
      @SavageBroadcast 4 роки тому +5

      @B Brunson I take it you've never heard of South Park? Or more recently, Jojo Rabbit?

    • @manofthehour6856
      @manofthehour6856 4 роки тому +4

      Bless Mel Brooks! The stuff in "Blazing Saddles" might be considered "politically incorrect", but it was definitely daring, not meant to be hurtful, and, not meaning to be funny, but it will come out that way, not whitewashed. A good man, Mel Brooks. One of those exceptions to the saying "Only the Good die young." Long Live the King!!!

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 4 роки тому

      @B Brunson dude your senility is showing....i hope you have no car......

    • @koshersalaami
      @koshersalaami 4 роки тому +10

      I was lucky enough to see Blazing Saddles completely cold, having heard nothing about it. I picked it out from an ad in the paper and wondered why Mel Brooks was doing a Western. I saw it with my Yiddish-speaking father. The impact of that movie is great enough if you know what you’re about to see, but getting hit by Blazing Saddles when you don’t see it coming is, uh, memorable.

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 4 роки тому +7

      That's because of Leftist Democrats... who Mel supports.

  • @jasonjackson5696
    @jasonjackson5696 5 років тому +33

    Never knew he had such a beautiful singing voice 😳👏👍

    • @chuckrutkowski1072
      @chuckrutkowski1072 5 років тому +3

      He does a great lounge singer scene in High Anxiety...
      Crowd banter and all.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 4 роки тому

      dude..if you think he has a beautiful singing voice...you must be deaf

  • @garylopez3756
    @garylopez3756 4 роки тому +9

    What an amazing talent the world is blessed to have a treasure of a man.

  • @orangesurfboard2238
    @orangesurfboard2238 Рік тому +3

    The impressions of relatives of the celebrities....brilliant.

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 4 роки тому +11

    That was the best Mel Torme impression I ever heard.

  • @duggydugg3937
    @duggydugg3937 4 роки тому +9

    how could you not love Mel Brooks

  • @josephgreenberg2063
    @josephgreenberg2063 5 років тому +49

    forgot how talented Mr Brooks was. his intelligence and wit abides

    • @barryrichman9424
      @barryrichman9424 5 років тому +2

      Joseph Greenberg......WAS ???

    • @josephgreenberg2063
      @josephgreenberg2063 5 років тому

      Barry richman meant he doesn’t perform anymore

    • @innervisions1828
      @innervisions1828 4 роки тому

      Check out his IMDB page. He's still working. www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

  • @Paulafan5
    @Paulafan5 5 років тому +542

    cigarette smoking and quality talk show interviews; two things you no longer see today on television.

    • @darrenmcdermott3665
      @darrenmcdermott3665 5 років тому +3

      Yes I did... look up conan o'Brien interview andrew dice clay .It was s cool interview

    • @nigel900
      @nigel900 5 років тому +4

      Amen!

    • @alluvermin
      @alluvermin 5 років тому

      Some of them still chap me when he's with the O.G. rockstars but I know it's a show.

    • @CathyKitson
      @CathyKitson 4 роки тому +3

      Paulafan5 ikr. I thought I was the only one who thought this way!

    • @jazzman1626
      @jazzman1626 4 роки тому +13

      I wasn’t a smoker, but I think they went too far banning smoking in bars. Restaurants yes, but not bars.

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 5 років тому +14

    Truly an entertainer without equal. 93 years old. And his best friend and wife, Anne Bancroft, RIP.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому

      Respect.

    • @linshanhsiang
      @linshanhsiang 4 роки тому +1

      Anne Bancroft in "To Be or Not to Be", vamping the Gestapo chief! The movie was a remake of the version with I think Jack Benny, but so much fun!

  • @trevorberridge6079
    @trevorberridge6079 8 місяців тому +1

    An absolute legend. If you've never laughed at something Mel Brooks has done then you either never saw his work or you don't have a sense of humour. Singer, impressionist, writer, comedian, actor, producer, director... hey Mel, give someone else a chance. NO, don't. We'll take whatever your dishing out for as long as your cooking and your always cooking baby.

  • @bubbastill2040
    @bubbastill2040 5 років тому +19

    He's great,and he's still with us.The axiom of ol' King Sol is true,"a merry heart maketh like a medicine."

  • @jamesgeorge2299
    @jamesgeorge2299 4 роки тому +6

    '...from sea, scooby doo...' Brilliant Sinatra impression.

  • @recidivistfighter4673
    @recidivistfighter4673 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for giving us the date taped 😀!!

  • @SteffiReitsch
    @SteffiReitsch Місяць тому +1

    They're still alive. It's November 2024 and he's 98 years old. What a life. And Dick Cavett is 87.

  • @mimsyborogove3906
    @mimsyborogove3906 2 роки тому +3

    No one can ever replace Mel Brooks. I'm so glad we got to enjoy him all these years.

    • @RosieHarp
      @RosieHarp 9 місяців тому

      We 'get' to .......

  • @tom_olofsson
    @tom_olofsson 4 роки тому +2

    Cavett always brought out the best of his guests.

  • @deniskearney2368
    @deniskearney2368 4 роки тому +4

    Some people are just born to be entertainers, Mel Brooks genius writer and performer

  • @fgldnglbs
    @fgldnglbs 5 років тому +55

    Of course, Brooks' Sinatra led to him writing and performing the title song to High Anxiety.

  • @dougpeters1625
    @dougpeters1625 4 роки тому +4

    Mel Brooks is one of the most talented individuals that ever walked the face of the earth

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 5 років тому +30

    Mel's movies are the comic standards by which all comedies exist

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 4 роки тому

      nonsense....the creep has never made a funny movie

    • @lupowins
      @lupowins 4 роки тому +2

      @@jadezee6316 I hope that is a reference I’m missing, otherwise that’s an awful take.

    • @keithgreenan1850
      @keithgreenan1850 4 роки тому +1

      @@jadezee6316 you are an idiot

    • @keithgreenan1850
      @keithgreenan1850 4 роки тому

      Young Frankenstein blazing saddles

    • @lupowins
      @lupowins 4 роки тому

      @@keithgreenan1850 History of the World

  • @rogermoore6102
    @rogermoore6102 5 років тому +150

    "The Shwartz is strong in this one"..

  • @macmcleod1188
    @macmcleod1188 4 роки тому +11

    My God Mel Brooks just radiates confidence here!

    • @johnhendry6636
      @johnhendry6636 4 роки тому +1

      a belief in self-confidence, is only required, when you dont KNOW yer good...He did..thank you Mel

  • @RL-ck8zk
    @RL-ck8zk 5 років тому +30

    I was really suprised to hear that smooth voice come out of that growl he usually communicates with!

    • @MrChristian
      @MrChristian 5 років тому +1

      uncletigger - What do you mean “was”?? Mel is still very much with us!! (JUL 2019) - Thanks for the video though.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому

      I have to say I am shocked too. Its really really good

  • @nickdryad
    @nickdryad 5 років тому +105

    Smoking during an interview. Fkn awesome

    • @nickdryad
      @nickdryad 5 років тому +5

      @Walt Coyle. I see he's still alive at 93. Probably no regrets.

    • @Ichioku
      @Ichioku 4 роки тому

      and during singing

    • @coldwinter5710
      @coldwinter5710 4 роки тому +4

      @@nickdryad I would bet he also quit smoking 30 years ago too!

    • @Leo-sd3jt
      @Leo-sd3jt 4 роки тому +3

      @@nickdryad He quit smoking around the time they were filming Young Frankenstein which was a few years after this interview.

    • @nickdryad
      @nickdryad 4 роки тому +5

      @@Leo-sd3jt Im pleased to hear that. As a reformed smoker, it’s the best think you can do.

  • @sharpo
    @sharpo 5 років тому +39

    This was years before Piscapo or Hartman doing the Same schtick on SNL.

  • @scottjohnsoltis7748
    @scottjohnsoltis7748 5 років тому +12

    If I had a time machine I would never leave the 70s!!!

  • @realitycheck5383
    @realitycheck5383 4 роки тому +3

    such an awesome and gifted talent! can make me laugh no matter what he does... and the sinatra impression...i can totally see that happening that way.

  • @VivKittie32
    @VivKittie32 5 років тому +21

    This interview makes me nostalgic for when I was small and everyone smoked. 😂

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 років тому +3

      The reality wasn't so great, though. My first memories are of cigarette smoke. Daddy used to smoke all around the house, especially round the kids.
      So I grew up to learn that smoke meant "home". So of course I became a smoker myself. Smoked like a chimney for 20 years, and then stopped cold turkey
      because it was screwing with my blood circulation. But I still love the smell of it.

    • @VivKittie32
      @VivKittie32 5 років тому +2

      teppolundgren
      You are very correct. I tried smoking on and off in my 20’s.. never stuck.. and yet this nostalgia remains. 🙌🏻

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 років тому +3

      @@VivKittie32 Well, Hollywood made smoking cigarettes look cool. I don't think very many people have ever decided to start smoking because it tastes good.
      And it does look cool. Even nerds look c....well, coolER when smoking.
      Or at least they did before the PC police took over the world.

    • @gvn2fly96
      @gvn2fly96 5 років тому +1

      Oddly I miss the smell of cigarettes from the bleachers during my little league games

    • @Crusader1815
      @Crusader1815 4 роки тому

      That's probably the ONE thing I prefer about the present over the way things were in the 60s. No damnable smoking everywhere like there was then.

  • @davidcarney1827
    @davidcarney1827 4 роки тому +10

    Mel is a comedic genius.

  • @celticpridedrums
    @celticpridedrums 4 роки тому +20

    this is 50 years old?! Amazing, where did the time go?

    • @frankirodriguez1485
      @frankirodriguez1485 4 роки тому +2

      He’s 44 here

    • @thorr18BEM
      @thorr18BEM 3 роки тому

      @@frankirodriguez1485 he's saying the film record is 50 years old.

  • @marksmith523
    @marksmith523 5 років тому +31

    Damn good voice. Impressed

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 4 роки тому +4

    Mel in every sense of the word is a Brilliant Mind

  • @ManCave1972
    @ManCave1972 4 роки тому +1

    I love Mel Brooks. Part of America’s golden age of comedy. I’d like to have seen him do more straight acting in roles where some levity is called for. I think he’s a great actor who was always enjoyable to watch.

  • @trainliker100
    @trainliker100 4 роки тому +116

    The good news is that there is so much on UA-cam from talk shows when they were quality. The bad news is they remind us of the infantile and mostly talentless drivel on TV today.

    • @lilivonshtup3808
      @lilivonshtup3808 4 роки тому +9

      It's primetime evidence of the dumbing down of America. They've replaced the excellent variety shows with 'reality' shows and the great talk shows with the pseudo Doctors Phil/Oz and the likes of the View.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому +3

      Correct. This is what you get when everybody's opinion is judged as worthy as anyone else's. Rupert Murdoch has a lot to answer for

    • @Margarinetaylorgrease
      @Margarinetaylorgrease 3 роки тому

      He's been voted out so relax.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 роки тому

      @@Margarinetaylorgrease Those talks shows are NOT going to become less political just because Trump is out of office. They will continue to be wildly partisan advocates and make that a part of their "entertainment". The extreme one-sidedness started during the G. W. Bush administration.

    • @Margarinetaylorgrease
      @Margarinetaylorgrease 3 роки тому

      @@trainliker100 I obviously was not talking about them being " infantile and mostly talentless ".
      Never mind a new bunch of clowns are in town now.
      The show must go on.

  • @Baleur
    @Baleur 3 роки тому +4

    Look how RELAXED people were on TV back then, not a worry in the world just smutting on that cig.

  • @ShakamotoKyoujyu
    @ShakamotoKyoujyu 5 років тому +29

    I can see some many of the early Simpsons faces and characters in his own

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson 4 роки тому +45

    "I have a cigarette. It's easy." When it was still civilised.

    • @linusp9316
      @linusp9316 4 роки тому +3

      Lung cancer is the most civilized cancer. Fact.

    • @CathyKitson
      @CathyKitson 4 роки тому +5

      @@linusp9316 People know they take that risk. And if no-one minds, it's OK. After all, if you're a racing driver, you know you risk crashing your car and shattering yourself to kingdom come.

    • @linusp9316
      @linusp9316 4 роки тому +2

      @@CathyKitson Hey, you've got a 5 in 6 chance of surviving playing Russian Roulette too! Who am I to judge? It's your life, your risk to take. Show us how civilized you are. :)

    • @hamandcheese73
      @hamandcheese73 4 роки тому +3

      @@linusp9316 Mel Brooks is 94. Ask him about that pesky lung cancer all you want.

    • @linusp9316
      @linusp9316 4 роки тому +1

      @@hamandcheese73 Statistical literacy isn't your thing, is it?

  • @Fan_Made_Videos
    @Fan_Made_Videos 4 роки тому +8

    Mel was always a good singer. Watch High Anxiety again where sings the song's title. I always sang that as a kid in grade school and all the girls would look at me weird. LOL

  • @benjaminglover1570
    @benjaminglover1570 4 роки тому +1

    Last of the greats. Thanks Mel for everything you`ve created for the benifit of everyone.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому

      Get Smart is still one of the funniest TV shows of all time. Followed by When things were rotten with the amazing Bernie Kopell and Dick Gautier

  • @johngrant5388
    @johngrant5388 5 років тому +27

    You won’t see his type or caliber of comedy around very much or if at all.
    Comedians today don’t have to sell the performance to the audience. The technical tools today are way more sophisticated than when the older comedians were comping up and learning their trade. The older guys were and are so much better!

  • @huepix
    @huepix 5 років тому +73

    Humphrey Bogart's sister sounds a lot like Columbo.
    Iol

    • @Losrandir
      @Losrandir 5 років тому +3

      Maybe Columbo married Bogart's sister...

    • @maximusextreme3725
      @maximusextreme3725 4 роки тому

      @@LosrandirOr maybe Columbo was actually identifying as a woman. Oh wait, that wasn't a thing in the 70's.

    • @Davej82
      @Davej82 4 роки тому

      @@maximusextreme3725 really? Did you read King Rat? It was a thing back in the year 1962 (which is the year the book came out) or even forties (in which takes part the story of the book .)

    • @maximusextreme3725
      @maximusextreme3725 4 роки тому

      @@Davej82 Really? That book was about WW2, not about a man identifying as a woman. And I don't think one book suddenly shows that there was a trend of people, especially teenagers, identifying as the opposite sex as frequently as it is today.

    • @Davej82
      @Davej82 4 роки тому

      @@maximusextreme3725 yeah, there Is a male character, who Is identifying himself as a woman: gvarts.blogspot.com/2009/05/king-rat.html?m=1
      I wasn"t saying it was trend then. only that it wasn't impossible in 70's, as you pointed out. It was always there.

  • @AngryRantsAndStuff
    @AngryRantsAndStuff 4 роки тому +1

    When he started scatting, I almost fell on the floor laughing. That's classic Sinatra.

  • @aaroncohen8746
    @aaroncohen8746 4 роки тому +1

    One of the greatest entertainers of all times!

  • @cseguin
    @cseguin 4 роки тому +2

    I've noticed, after watching a bunch of comics doing impersonations, that they all seem to have amazing singing voices as well . . . I guess that goes along with the territory of having so much mastery over the vocal chords . . . .

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr 4 роки тому +1

    The Nutt house should not have been cancelled. It was hilarious. I was watching it again yesterday.

  • @Psychol-Snooper
    @Psychol-Snooper 4 роки тому +7

    Mel survived that whole "cigarette craze" and is still here in 2021, in his 94th year. Hope he breaks the century mark!

  • @DrQuizzler
    @DrQuizzler 4 роки тому +1

    I think a lot of the folks who would sing on talk shows and variety shows would adlib like that just to keep it interesting after singing the same songs so many times. Mr. Brooks' impression of Mr. Sinatra's style of adlib here was spot-on, and kudos to Mr. Cavett's pianist for his ad hoc accompaniment. Who knows if the band even knew this was coming?

  • @kengruz669
    @kengruz669 5 років тому +10

    So- Woah. How did I go all this time and not know Mel did impressions- or could sing?!

    • @clydecavalieri4511
      @clydecavalieri4511 5 років тому

      Of course he can sing! He composed many of the songs in his movies like "Springtime For Hitler" in The Producers and wrote music, lyrics and sang "The Inquisition" in History of the World and the title song in "High Anxiety".

    • @JoeLibby
      @JoeLibby 5 років тому

      He does his Sinatra impression in the movie HIGH ANXIETY.

    • @larrysmith6797
      @larrysmith6797 4 роки тому

      And, he took drum lessons from Buddy Rich.

  • @fandude7
    @fandude7 5 років тому +24

    Though I don't smoke cigarettes, I love that he's smoking a cig. Those were the days.

  • @Earthneedsado-over177
    @Earthneedsado-over177 4 роки тому +55

    And his wife was the luminous Anne Bancroft. Lucky stiff.

  • @innervisions1828
    @innervisions1828 4 роки тому +10

    He's a national treasure.

    • @zootsoot2006
      @zootsoot2006 4 роки тому

      I never thought Mel Brooks was funny. I still don't.

    • @fab.9629
      @fab.9629 3 роки тому

      international please, discreet global greets

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 8 місяців тому

    Spot-on impersonations - Especially Sinatra! 🤣🤣 BTW - He did a suave (but funny!) imitation of Sinatra in High Anxiety. I've been a Mel Brooks fan since the 1967 movie, The Producers.

  • @StratocastRS
    @StratocastRS 3 місяці тому

    This was 54 years ago. Dick and Mel could sit down tonight and do this all again!

  • @motojauntx
    @motojauntx 4 роки тому +1

    Didn’t realize that, when he sang High Anxiety, he was doing Sinatra. Perfect movie just got better!!!

  • @RDDHopsing77
    @RDDHopsing77 4 роки тому

    94 and still got it. I particularly like one of Mel's many great quotes which is particularly relevant today.
    "If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."

  • @carlosacta8726
    @carlosacta8726 Рік тому

    Happy 97th Birthday!!! Thank you for all the INSANE laughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bluetickfreddy101
    @bluetickfreddy101 4 роки тому +12

    wow
    back when people had talent
    amazin

  • @beths3288
    @beths3288 4 роки тому

    0:27 in case anybody is wondering, that's Rex Reed to Mel's right. Mel Brooks has always been such a personable guy. No wonder he won over the stunning Anne Bancroft. Great couple. I really admire their terrific, smart son, Max.

  • @vermis8344
    @vermis8344 4 роки тому +2

    Mel Brooks is king.
    And as we all know, it's good to be the king.

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps 5 років тому +8

    All three on that clip are still with us.

  • @joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451
    @joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451 3 роки тому +2

    He was 44 in this video. Who woulda think he had another 50 after this.

  • @ArlVaCitizen
    @ArlVaCitizen 6 місяців тому

    Perfect. The man wrote the laugh track to my life. 😂

  • @norachamberlain5187
    @norachamberlain5187 3 роки тому

    Really excellent. Very great impressions. Mel Brooks is awesome. !

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 4 роки тому

    Brilliant, a side of Mel I had never seen. Wonderful...

  • @bloodboughtsaint777
    @bloodboughtsaint777 3 роки тому

    One of the greatest entertainers of all time!!!

  • @wolfsden3
    @wolfsden3 5 років тому

    Great channel of all time legends

  • @TheYoyozo
    @TheYoyozo 4 роки тому

    Loved every bit of this video. Humphrey Bogart's wife just killed me. What a classic!

  • @AlaskanAndie
    @AlaskanAndie 5 років тому +3

    Dick himself was a really cool dude!!! I SURE MISS OLD HOLLYWOOD!!!

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому

      He really was. He was a great interviewer.

  • @darthranner
    @darthranner 3 роки тому

    Love this man. One of the greatest.

  • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
    @truckerkevthepaidtourist 5 років тому

    who would know the two years after the producers three years from now would become one of the greatest comedies ever made... also in the National film registry..

  • @waydejames8483
    @waydejames8483 4 роки тому

    Without doubt the greatest Chairman of The Board impersonation...ever. Now I need to catch me a copy of High (or rather Ooooh) Anxiety.

  • @AtrEdits
    @AtrEdits 5 років тому +24

    Al pacino has the same voice as mel brooks lol

  • @MarilynMonday
    @MarilynMonday 4 роки тому

    Do we still have people who can skillfully emulate the truly Golden era of entertainers?

  • @michaelorick6225
    @michaelorick6225 4 роки тому +2

    my favorite Mel brooks movie is the Silent Movie very Funny you're great mel we your fans know how Brilliant you are

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому

      I know and you remember the only speaking role in that film? It was genius. I laughed like a mental patient. No one makes em like that any more

  • @superfly2449
    @superfly2449 3 роки тому

    One of the Great Ones.

  • @paddydaddyo
    @paddydaddyo 4 роки тому

    There is no way I can like this enough!

  • @terrycallow2979
    @terrycallow2979 4 роки тому

    Wish we could go back to those times. Love Mel Brooks,never laughed SO much in all my life at Blazing Saddles. "But NO Irish" Lol.

    • @tommoon5063
      @tommoon5063 4 роки тому

      Now Ireland is taking the blscks browns and yellows, sure its great craic altogether so it is.........
      Except we were never asked.

  • @bobmorgan1762
    @bobmorgan1762 5 років тому +9

    Mel never mentioned he did impressions in his outstanding book, “It’s Good to be King.”

  • @chihuahuabulldog
    @chihuahuabulldog 7 місяців тому

    Mel Brooks! What a wonderful man, talent, entertainer.

  • @billybabu
    @billybabu 5 років тому +4

    Well Mel that was just brilliant.

  • @hawaiisidecar
    @hawaiisidecar 4 роки тому +2

    His Sinatra had me laughing.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому +1

      Sinatra would have been impressed.