Early Xiangsheng Performance by Dashan: Shanghai, 1990

My timing is pretty bad here, especially when I'm dealing with the "third wheel" problem -- what the hell am I supposed to do when the dialogue is mainly between the other two performers? Those are the things you gradually learn with stage experience, and this was one of my first xiangsheng performances, in early 1990 in Shanghai with my mentor Jiang Kun and his regular partner at the time, Tang Jiezhong.
That being said, 3 decades later the performance holds up pretty well over all. It's a combination of two traditional xiangsheng pieces that both involve word games -- Jiang Kun and I both have to follow the pattern and rules established by Tang Jiezhong, and much of the humour comes from the linguistic and logical twists we have to make to pull it off. Needless to say, it doesn't work at all in translation but I've provided Chinese language captions for anyone studying the language.
You'll notice that the colour suddenly changes after 24:12. The video was edited before public broadcast to remove the reference to 流氓 [liúmáng] as this was considered crude language. 流氓 translates as "hoodlum" or "rogue", pretty tame in English, but perhaps it's closer to "sleaze". Any reference implying loose sexual morals was too much for the TV censors.
I have restored the original ending using the VHS tapes I saved of the uncensored version, but the colour has almost completely faded from these 30 year-old VHS tapes.

[@MS-ej9fc]

Fantastic! I remember watching this the first time in 2002, just a month after I first arrived in Guangxi. I was amazed at the time, 20 years later, still in awe as my Chinese is so very very far from being good. I miss this era, very much...

[@seventhheaven3738]

1990年上海国际相声节，经典！

[@user-xt7vj5cn5e]

我对大山印象最深的是小时候看的，一手抱着梅香，一手抱着小姐那个😂

[@vefildzhang2033]

就是这段相声

[@carineliu4698]

还是相声老段子好听 有文化

[@handymanatwork]

当年第一次听金刚腿就是这段，印象深刻！

[@vefildzhang2033]

我记忆里最深的《金刚腿》

[@leili633]

听过马季老师的金刚腿，特逗，

[@harryji3356]

可能是马季教姜昆的唯一一段传统活

[@xuyang2776]

其背景是：80年代的大火的新相声逐渐没落了，而就是从这次上海的演出，传统相声开始复苏了，在这次演出中，另一个亮点就是侯耀文、石富宽表演的《口吐莲花》

[@zhouzhaoling]

89年后所有讽刺相声都不允许说了

[@marybingwen]

@@zhouzhaoling 不太放得开了 2015年春晚还有《这不是我的》

[@HTSO]

年轻真好

[@lluow]

童年的回忆啊，那时候父母是笑得前仰后合，我那时候听不大懂，跟着一起傻笑。

[@热点-v2q]

时间如梭，大山也老了。希望中加好友能长青，不被华为事件影响两国关系发展。

[@cyu017]

我在現場

[@alberthu8930]

毫无疑问大山老师比我来中国早😂

[@marybingwen]

你适应了吗？有没有学会用筷子？😁

[@hongweigeng5546]

厉害了👍！

[@heavy-jeep5039]

请教为什么现在流行　　胡子？小土豆也留胡子　　不懂为什么现在大胡子这么流行

[@kz518]

太棒了。第一次听。这是哪年的啊？

[@seventhheaven3738]

1990年上海国际相声节

[@maggiesu561]

那时候大山还是学生，中文还没那么溜呢

[@TingTingStudio]

这个金刚腿，确实改了很多太老的词。不过，有些改动不是很合理，就像“洋点心”虽然很老，但是比这个洋面包合理。因为面包本身就代表洋的部分了。

[@marybingwen]

但现在面包多是国内做的了 所以“洋面包”可以理解成进口的

[@ryuyo7812]

天呐 这时候我还没出生

[@徐浩汉]

那会我还没出生😂

[@kayxu6751]

这个版本和当年磁带不是一个版本。

[@xiamu19]

22:13 百鸟之王关注我的鸳鸯-》百鸟之王管住我的鸳鸯

[@patriciapatricia6653]

1990年我还在天堂，看爸爸妈妈谈恋爱在地球

[@HowardZheng-v1k]

一路走好

[@marybingwen]

@@HowardZheng-v1k 没看明白？是说还没出生呢 你这一路走好啥意思

[@fl5411]

姜昆那个时候就是副主席了

[@kookucing4722]

传统插科打浑，比大山念楚辞的境界差多了！

[@leili633]

四条腿儿

[@mingyueqingfeng1660]

没明白

[@ltfltf1962]

好多中国文化

[@donfreeman4185]

还是说相声好，一个段子可以反复讲，美其名曰传统。
说脱口秀的人没有可以靠讲别人的笑话，或者反复说一个笑话混一辈子的，更别提什么传统的光环了😂

[@HongWeiAnimations]

马粪哈哈哈

[@zhouzhaoling]

小时很喜欢这段相声，一盘磁带翻来覆去听，没想到30年后竟然可以看到当初现场的视频。

[@梅川酷子-o8k]

我就记得有一个相声里面大山说自己是属猴的，还是金丝猴😂

[@user-xt7vj5cn5e]

想起来了😂

[@kallekaviar5710]

This is great, thank you for uploading. Your performance is actually very good, not much bad timing at all, considering the role they gave you. You managed to keep up with the twists really nicely to make it funny for the crowd.
You were a big part of my inspiration to start learning Chinese in the early 2000's when I saw you on Chinese national TV, and I hope you can post more of these fantastic videos from that era up here. Thank you again. You are still an inspiration to me, after 20 years.

[@vefildzhang2033]

说到《金刚腿》感觉还是喜欢这个版本

[@sunovn.]

好久没看过这么精彩的相声了，希望能多上传点

[@bowentan7425]

唐杰忠先生已经去世两年多了

[@fffyyymark]

数了一下，我就是计数君 :P
一共18个四条腿，也就是72条腿，为啥叫做128条腿呢，是不是传统段子太长，上台表演给砍掉一截？还是随便定的名？

[@chongdai4040]

传统段子确实长，但是包含很多下三路的内容，相声净化那会儿给删了。后来的金刚腿，也就是视频里这段，就缺了点东西。据说树上落鸭子鸡那段儿原来也是荤段子，删了之后就显得有点突兀。

[@tetsuw5989]

粉嘟嘟的大山啊😁

[@一刀一个台独狗]

大山老师真厉害

[@joesun8112]

满满的童年回忆

[@holdenmcgroin8917]

The young taller Chinese-speaking Jason Bourne

[@SSgtBearKing]

Jesus Christ is Dashan

[@zhenan5646]

德云社现在火了，相声又活了

[@ЮньСюй]

哪壶不开提哪壶

[@HowardZheng-v1k]

郭德纲垃圾

[@Nap474]

@@HowardZheng-v1k 挣的还不够人家零头，就别说别人垃圾。

[@ningyan9785]

"鸡叼着鸭子，鸭子叼着鸡“，至今印象深刻。

[@dingding2318]

少林功夫醒
好好野
少林功夫劲
系好劲
我系铁头功
无敌铁头功
你系金刚腿
我系金刚腿

[@happylucky4544]

大山👍👍👍

[@lissytype]

确实，

[@我家黄狗名秋生]

小学一年级

[@penggao7040]

有意思

[@hang0822]

发量比现在茂密

[@FredLiu]

厉害了

[@mike-rq4oz]

好

[@carineliu4698]

大山那时候好年轻 我那时候还没上小学

[@vandiquelageric9240]

好

[@何志春-w3e]

90年，我才两岁啊😯

[@zhang4351]

很珍贵的影像