I'm pretty sure Artie's set list is: 1) Song about the depression 2) One for the Ladies 3) A ditty inspired by Conan's " Hot Irish temper " Sounds like a winner to me...
I learned the phrase watching these skits and as an Irish American with an Irish wife with Irish kids, I've used this 'hot Irish temper" phrase many many times in the last decade or two.
Bing Crosby was such an abusive father, two of his sons committed suicide, and that’s just for starters. He surely was the inspiration for this odious character.
@@williamshelton4318 oh UA-cam commenters are all fools and trolls They burrow in mom's basement just like moles Let's replace 'em all with bots And leave there to rot In the middle of the desert tied to poles
Truer words have never been spoken. Tragically, he was murdered before reaching his true potential. 😢 RIP Artie - you always showed love and respect for everyone in the world.
The fact that this man was drowned in a toilet by a gang of housewives then thrown down a mine and he still comes to sing for us on television 😢 This man is a model to how to stick by your goals no matter what sets you back
I come back and watch this compilation a couple of times a year and I never get tired of it. Stack was brilliant at coming up with dark characters wrapped in a deceptively cheerful coating. Artie is the embodiment of that style.
After a long time, I finally sat down to figure out the chords. D-A-D-D7-G-G7-D-A-D. Then A-D for the 'dadada doo!' Lot's of fun to play and sing these Conan classics!
Yes, before the days of youtube you had to actually tell your friends what you saw on tv. I always sang the lobotomy lou and drownedy mick ones at parties
Conan Obrien was firing on all cylinders during the late night days. Brian Stack is just amazing and his calm demeanor and earnest delivery as Artie Kendall just kills me
Brian had a really nice send-off for Conan when he retired. I'm timestamped the beginning of the bit, but it does take Brian a bit of time to work into the joke. You'll see what I mean if you watch it. It was definitely some of the old Conan humor: ua-cam.com/video/69wmjL19l9w/v-deo.html
You're missing my favorite: "We should surrender to the Germans right away and listen to what Hitler has to say. We'll tell Ol' Hirohito Serving him sure would be neato Because there's no chance we can beat them anyway!" The fact that I know that from memory shows how great it is.
Yup, never heard it but very funny indeed!...Artie Kendall is the best character they ever came up with other than the masterbating bear, the "Hemeroid" guy and of course Triumph the insult comic dog.
Brian Stack is an incredibly talented man, along with the mannerisms and physicality of comedy. It's a shame he never seemed to aspire to be more camera facing. Seems like he was always content with the writing/producing side. Amazingly talented man though.
It’s a perfect example of how Conan was in his absolute element on this show and the Tonight Show was actually a move down for him. We never really got back to this until later episodes on his TBS show and now his podcast.
I just love Brian Stack singing the same melody, yet a different lyrics all the time. After watching this again few months ago, I come back to this often for the laughs, and damn, the melody is so catchy and is now stuck in my head.
One thing that makes these skits so funny is that underneath Bing Crosby's easygoing, avuncular public persona, he lived a rough life: he had drinking problems, beat his kids, swapped girlfriends with Bob Hope, and had a gambling addiction that got him death threats from the mob for money he owed. Surprisingly, the guy even liked smoking marijuana and advocated for its legalization late in his life. So, these songs hint at the real, unvarnished Bing Crosby the public didn't know.
Actually, even though it’s inspired by Crosby, the satire seems directed at WASPs. Crosby was Irish. WASPs were the ones putting “no Irish, no dogs” signs in there business windows.
I love how the camera pans out and you see Conan barely on the edge of breaking out into laughter, than he immediately calms down and scolds brian's character for the song.
Lots of people still do Sinatra impressions, but I love that the ghost has the laid-back style of Bing Crosby. And how about some love for the banjo happily chugging along in the background of each song?
Holy shit!!! I’ve never seen these before. Fucking hilarious 😂🤣 Ploppity drown🤣😂 His Bing Crosby-esque character is absolutely brilliant!! I have to find more of him. I thought I’d seen a ton of Conan. How have I missed this dude for so long?! So blessed to find him now. I feel like I just found a hundred dollar bill on the ground.
@@mydjmode Whether or not you like Colbert doesn't matter. Stack does like him. He looked up to him a lot from when they were both in Second City (Colbert was on the main team). Conan likes Colbert a lot too, it is why they did those cross-over sketches during the writers strike 10 years ago. It must be shocking to learn that different people have different tastes, but better you learn it now as opposed to when you've grown up a bit more.
@Grizzled Sentinel People have different opinions about Colbert and that seems to upset you. No one cares for the late night hosts today. They're all hack propagandist, not funny or entertaining.
-- the time period Artie is from. Watch the Conan Tinder sketch when he messages Gloria. He has a certain sense of humor that I think is lost on newer audiences.
I love the DNA bit, which wasn’t discovered till 1953 so Artie wouldn’t have know about it. Then I remember that he’s a ghost on tv. Overthinkidy thoo!
Society makes it very easy for us to forget these things quickly. And that’s a shame, because watching them again makes you realize how much things have changed. And not for the better.
I thought he was _Timothy_ Stack’s* brother, but I guess they’re not at all related *a comedian who had a parody talk show in the ‘90s called Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
The larger ones can be illiterate Clydesdales😂🤣😂🤣 That is some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. I’m stuck watching this video over and over again. I can’t get enough.
I liked how conan never lost the hope for a good song for the ladies
The ultimate optimist
plopidydrop 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Because his brain be made of corn!
😂
Let's change the topic 😅
Not about the Irish though. They are beyond redemption.
When he started adding the summaries at the end, like "plopity drown" and "nostrily sweep," the bit went from A to A+
Drownedy Mick!
I like to also think of those as the title of the song
@@shaopintsui9584 snitchity snoo!
Prisonery Gal, and he turns the key!
lynchity prez
“Aw, let’s change the subject then.” i love how completely that shuts down any criticism.
“A ghost comes by from the 30’s, you gotta hear his songs.” Underrated line
'30s*
Forties@@englishatheart
"That's a horrible song! I'm surprised you weren't murdered."
"I _was_ murdered."
Pretty gruesome, too. Tore me limb from limb.
Hilarious!
i prefer the story that he was thrown down a well for calling roosevelt a commie
"Well you had it coming you bastard."
He also died of Syphilis. It was an agonizing death.
“Hitlery-hoo” will always make me laugh hysterically.
It was a popular expression back then
That one is great, but nothing beats "Ploppidy drown."
@@christianriquelmeh😂😂😂
It was a little more popular on German radio.
LOL I am dying that you wrote it out.
The funniest part is that every time Artie shows up, Conan acts like he's seeing him for the first time.
It wasn't a gimmick. Conan is Irish so he drank so much that it affected his memory.
😂😂😂 I’m sure you got that info from Artie Kendall himself.
I'm pretty sure Artie's set list is:
1) Song about the depression
2) One for the Ladies
3) A ditty inspired by Conan's
" Hot Irish temper "
Sounds like a winner to me...
The "I wrote a little song about the Irish" line always gets me.
You got a hot Irish temper there Conan...
I learned the phrase watching these skits and as an Irish American with an Irish wife with Irish kids, I've used this 'hot Irish temper" phrase many many times in the last decade or two.
"Say, you've got a hot Irish temper."
The funniest part about that is all his songs are limericks which is named for the City/County Limerick in Ireland.
@@marcarvalho86 That's definitely not the funniest part
@@dynamicvoltage9765 ok how about the most ironic part.
@@marcarvalho86 Nope. The winner for that category would be the fact Brian Stack has Irish heritage.
I wrote a little song about the Irish...listen up.
Conan: You can't make poor people live in the sewer! That's terrible!
Artie: Yeah you're right, they'd just contaminate the sewage.
The hearing impaired thank you.
@@20alphabet For transcribing 5 seconds of a 20 minute video? I somehow doubt it.
@@DurkMcGerk
Yeah, deaf people are unappreciative.
You know, I wrote a little song about deaf people, and it goes something like this...
@@carltheshivan 🎵Oh the hard of hearing make a funny noise....
His speaking voice is a dead-on Bing Crosby, the ultimate crooner. So smooth and mellow.
Bing Crosby was such an abusive father, two of his sons committed suicide, and that’s just for starters. He surely was the inspiration for this odious character.
@@hopsiepike I’ve heard that as well about Bing. Unfortunately, art often has nothing to do with character.
i LOVE that he sings the same melody every time. makes it even funnier
I don't care for the melody. Too sentimental.
@@joshuamatic345 No, too heartwarming.
.. melody whuu!
@@joshuamatic345 Say, you've got a hot Irish temper...
yes it does!
Poor, Conan. He always thinks the songs for the ladies will be good.
14:08 best one
c´mon... the next one must be ok!...
They are good
Prisony-gal
Uncle David, Conan is ever the romantic.
Brian Stack is one of the funniest guys I've ever seen, his comedy seems so incredibly intelligent.
Best around
He sure used to be...
genius writer. and his delivery! so genius writer/actor too!
He's with Colbert now. I'd wish he'd do these characters with Stephen.
@@googleuser2874 Colbert has too much ego to let any of his staff take the spotlight from him.
Stack says the line about Conan’s fiery Irish temper with the same exact inflection each time
@@williamshelton4318 oh UA-cam commenters are all fools and trolls
They burrow in mom's basement just like moles
Let's replace 'em all with bots
And leave there to rot
In the middle of the desert tied to poles
Sinatra, Dino, Sammy and Bing couldn’t hold a candle to Artie Kendall. The man had talent!
Truer words have never been spoken.
Tragically, he was murdered before reaching his true potential. 😢
RIP Artie - you always showed love and respect for everyone in the world.
I love Conan's blind optimism at the end of every tune. "This'll be good" 😄
no matter how many songs he sings, Conan is always excited to hear one for the ladies
The fact that this man was drowned in a toilet by a gang of housewives then thrown down a mine and he still comes to sing for us on television 😢 This man is a model to how to stick by your goals no matter what sets you back
“Not long enough, eh?” always gets me
Anyone who puts together an Artie Kendall compilation is a friend of mine. 🤣
Da da. Da dah dah dah! Brilliant musical writing...
I come back and watch this compilation a couple of times a year and I never get tired of it. Stack was brilliant at coming up with dark characters wrapped in a deceptively cheerful coating. Artie is the embodiment of that style.
The total lack of variety in this recurring bit's template and in the song makes this avant-garde brilliance.
Exactly, and they originally aired months apart. Seeing them now on yt back to back to back adds the sardonic, meme-y element to it
@MoviesGalore1000 call me a sentimental old fool, but I prefer Artie Kendall and his simple songs
How is it avant-garde?? I’m genuinely curious.
@Nenethegreat W what's the difference?
You being amused by the sameness of the melody amuses me!😄😆
Poor Conan, always looking forward to that ladies song.
I like how no one ever mentions the ghost band that had to be giving this guy his music...
"I'm surprised you weren't murdered."
"I was murdered!"
Oh! Oh, there you go!
Brian Stack is the rare combination of the nicest guy you've ever met, and the funniest. What a gem!
Brian's feeble hand gestures make this even better than it is.
"You wanted women to be illiterate mules?"
"Not all of them. The large ones can be illiterate Clydesdales."
What a great joke
Great... now I have to google 'Clydesdales' :(
@@MrKrisstain - They're the giant horses with puffy white fur around their hooves that Budweiser uses in their commercials. Or, they used to.
@@JabberCT Thank You, kind sir!
Pony’s on steroids.
Ploppity Drown!! I love this character!!
After a long time, I finally sat down to figure out the chords. D-A-D-D7-G-G7-D-A-D. Then A-D for the 'dadada doo!' Lot's of fun to play and sing these Conan classics!
Yes, before the days of youtube you had to actually tell your friends what you saw on tv. I always sang the lobotomy lou and drownedy mick ones at parties
@@gwendolenyoung4198 haha for me it's stenchity-stoo, which I still say when something stinks 😂
Thank u I'm play this on the guitar
Not true. The bathtime bob bit he played it in D but for this one its transposed in G.
It should be G-D-C-G-D-G then D-G at the end
Conan's genuine reaction to many of the Irish songs always got me. Also, Brian Stack is one of the most underrated comedians ever... Nostrily-sweep!
Yeah, nostrily sweep! Got me too...
"Nostrily Sweep" made me pause the video, look up from my phone, and I had to re-acclimate myself to reality.
I love how it's the exact same setup every single time yet it still works perfectly. Stack's a genius.
And he subtly escalates it each appearance so you’re always on the edge of anticipation.
The "Boddle de boop" at the very end always makes me laugh
Drownedy Mick.
Lynchity Prez.
Stenchity Stu.
Hitlery Hoo.
Funniest bit
@@j.s.m.5351 Good ol' lynchity prez. God I loved that one.
Lobotomy loo
@@j.s.m.5351 Hitlery Hoo was a really popular expression at the time.
That thing they do at the beginning of each song (🎶🎶) is called the "Minsky Pickup."
Thanks for this useless information, I live for it. No sarcasm, I really do!
Whenever my wife gets angry, I've taken to saying 'let's change the subject, pal' in this voice
Just sing her a sweet little diddy about the ladies...
@@chrisbender4987 The one about never disagreeing with men should set her straight. But, she won't understand with her tiny lady brain. Bobbity-boo!
Conan Obrien was firing on all cylinders during the late night days. Brian Stack is just amazing and his calm demeanor and earnest delivery as Artie Kendall just kills me
What’s nuts is how consistently good every episode was. For a nightly show, this is basically non-existent today.
Brian Stack and Brian McCann were the Lennon/McCartney of latenight
Reality Andy Blitz was George Harrison
@@langdonalger9219 ah, He's more like Pete Best at his worst.
Brian had a really nice send-off for Conan when he retired. I'm timestamped the beginning of the bit, but it does take Brian a bit of time to work into the joke. You'll see what I mean if you watch it. It was definitely some of the old Conan humor: ua-cam.com/video/69wmjL19l9w/v-deo.html
Brian Stack is brilliant...seriously this is great stuff...talent you do not see today...his voice is signature...
His Brent Musberger impressions are very good also.
Say you have a hot UA-cam temper.
My fave part is always the ad-lib: "I'm surprised you weren't murdered." "I WAS murdered."
Man I miss these days... I used to watch him every night... So nostalgic
17:26 'You're a horrible person, get out of here. After the break we'll have Kanye West.'
😂 Who knew?
The ghost possessed Kanye!
The cheery bobba de boop at the end of the horrendous lyrics is priceless. Brian stack again being awesome.
"You're the worst crooner-ghost I ever met."
HeatherM0891 which begs the question "how many others has he met?"
@@washkabe9179 3
No Bing Crosby was worse
This may be my all-time favorite Conan sketch. It's very well written and executed.
P
This one and Hannigan the Salesman
Too sentimental eh?
I can’t believe that somehow these have escaped my notice until now! Such a delightful variety of tunes! 😂
You're missing my favorite:
"We should surrender to the Germans right away
and listen to what Hitler has to say.
We'll tell Ol' Hirohito
Serving him sure would be neato
Because there's no chance we can beat them anyway!"
The fact that I know that from memory shows how great it is.
LMAO I need to see that
11:10
Yup, never heard it but very funny indeed!...Artie Kendall is the best character they ever came up with other than the masterbating bear, the "Hemeroid" guy and of course Triumph the insult comic dog.
@@scottanderson7793 "Kinda went gold if you know what I mean"
That one wasn't on this video....?
Top 10 Most Offensive Song Endings:
10. Drownity-Mick
9. Whiskity-Hoo
8. Sippity-Soused
7. Boppity-Drown
6. Zapity-Mick
5. Crackity-Dames
4. Hookity-Dope
3. Lobotomy-Loo
2. Gagity-Dames
1. Hitlery-Hoo
He actually has a really nice voice.
"One man's backbone is other man's parasite" Man, that broke me to laughs
That was my unexpected favorite, as well. :)
Legend has it it takes just one audience to like his lyrics and his curse will be lifted.
Brian Stack is an incredibly talented man, along with the mannerisms and physicality of comedy. It's a shame he never seemed to aspire to be more camera facing. Seems like he was always content with the writing/producing side. Amazingly talented man though.
I can't stop laughing at his end quips....drownedy-mick!
Hitlery Hoo!
Lobotomy loo!
lynchidy prez
how about a song for all the ladies,,,, 🎵🎶🎵🎶
@@kamuelalee lobotomy loo is my fav 🤣🤣🤣
Brian Stack recommends amazing old songs on his social media accounts and they are the best recommendations you might ever encounter.
Even this throwaway skit in late night is far superior than most things in todays television. Damn this show was comedy gold
It’s a perfect example of how Conan was in his absolute element on this show and the Tonight Show was actually a move down for him. We never really got back to this until later episodes on his TBS show and now his podcast.
The best part of the bit to me is the simple, nursery rhyme melody that never, ever changes, haha.
I just love Brian Stack singing the same melody, yet a different lyrics all the time. After watching this again few months ago, I come back to this often for the laughs, and damn, the melody is so catchy and is now stuck in my head.
He has a fantastic voice, smooth delivery and quick wit. Conan was.lucky to get this guy.
I love that 30 of his 32 songs are followed by "Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
Yeah its like all the bits follow a formula
"How about a sweet little song I used to sing for all the ladies?" LOL
A song for the ladies? Well that sounds nice. Let’s hear that…
Bobili-boop 🎶 🎵
Prisony-gal.
Lobotomy louu..
Now I have the Artie Kendall song stuck in my head all week.
An easy solution would be a labotomy loo! :-)
Thanks but no thanks.
@@zipgow Say, you got a hot Irish temper. I have a little song about the Irish, listen up...
the quick timing of the music coming in after he says "I wrote a little song about the Irish" is the funniest thing
I'm in tears... solid gold work by Brian Stack.
One thing that makes these skits so funny is that underneath Bing Crosby's easygoing, avuncular public persona, he lived a rough life: he had drinking problems, beat his kids, swapped girlfriends with Bob Hope, and had a gambling addiction that got him death threats from the mob for money he owed. Surprisingly, the guy even liked smoking marijuana and advocated for its legalization late in his life. So, these songs hint at the real, unvarnished Bing Crosby the public didn't know.
Actually, even though it’s inspired by Crosby, the satire seems directed at WASPs. Crosby was Irish. WASPs were the ones putting “no Irish, no dogs” signs in there business windows.
"Welllll, one man's backbone is another man's parasite"
That was the exact part I paused the video to find if anyone commented on it. So fucking great.
That's poetry
So true, so true
I cant decide if my favorite is hitlery hoo, lobotomy loo or drunkity Mick. They are all brilliant.
I'm partial to druggity dame and japitty bomb.
My favorite is "...droppity drown!"
Ploppity -drown!
"Stenchity-stew!" and "Drownedy Mick!" are great.
Lobotomy loo for sure
I love how the camera pans out and you see Conan barely on the edge of breaking out into laughter, than he immediately calms down and scolds brian's character for the song.
“Too sentimental, eh?” kills me every time.
"...the larger ones could be illiterate clydesdales." LOL
Lots of people still do Sinatra impressions, but I love that the ghost has the laid-back style of Bing Crosby. And how about some love for the banjo happily chugging along in the background of each song?
Holy shit!!! I’ve never seen these before. Fucking hilarious 😂🤣 Ploppity drown🤣😂 His Bing Crosby-esque character is absolutely brilliant!! I have to find more of him. I thought I’d seen a ton of Conan. How have I missed this dude for so long?! So blessed to find him now. I feel like I just found a hundred dollar bill on the ground.
Imagine in the 30s someone listening to the radio and shouting "Ma!! That guy who sings songs about poor people , women, and the Irish is on again!"
He actually sounds really good
he might have had experience before working for conan I imagine
He was with Second City prior to Conan
That's why he was so popular in the 30s.
The 30s sounded awesome.
🤣
I wish Brian Stack still worked with Conan today! He was HILARIOUS!
@@gsesquire3441 Are you kidding me?! Wow i feel bad for Brian. PSH🤦♂️
@@mydjmode Whether or not you like Colbert doesn't matter. Stack does like him. He looked up to him a lot from when they were both in Second City (Colbert was on the main team). Conan likes Colbert a lot too, it is why they did those cross-over sketches during the writers strike 10 years ago. It must be shocking to learn that different people have different tastes, but better you learn it now as opposed to when you've grown up a bit more.
@Grizzled Sentinel People have different opinions about Colbert and that seems to upset you. No one cares for the late night hosts today. They're all hack propagandist, not funny or entertaining.
I keep coming back to this and it never gets old.
Never.
Prisony gal!! This dude was hilarious
Conan: Artie, you’re the worst!
Artie: Here’s a song for the ladies.
Conan: Oh, ok. This will be good.
Just goes to show you don't need a great memory to have a 160iq lol
Brian Stack is GOLD....I've always enjoyed his hilarious "jobs"!! Cheers
I love Conan’s old time humor. I wonder how much of it is lost in modern audiences
-- the time period Artie is from. Watch the Conan Tinder sketch when he messages Gloria. He has a certain sense of humor that I think is lost on newer audiences.
conans core audience is 80 years old so its probably fine
Nah I don’t think so, I’m 17 and love conan’s old shows, chappelle’s old sketches and the like.
Conans main demographic was college kids for awhile.
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Hmmmm I'm beginning to notice a pattern here… Haha I'm just kidding. Thanks for the upload, these were really funny.
Nice to be able to catch Artie Kendall so many decades after his time.
The best thing is Conan falls for "changing the subject evertime". Junior.
I love the DNA bit, which wasn’t discovered till 1953 so Artie wouldn’t have know about it. Then I remember that he’s a ghost on tv. Overthinkidy thoo!
Oh my goodness THANKYOU for making this compilation!!!
Love Brian Stack, one of the funniest people ever 😂🤣❤️❤️
Ploppity drown!
@@Agave310 Color me impressed 😂🤣👏👍🤘🤘
Its just amazing. Its a great satire to what was and how it is now. I doubt there will ever be anything as witty as this.
I'm so glad both of these guys are still working late night after all these years
Nostril-y sweep!
I forgot these existed. I'm glad to find them again. Probably gonna be singing these at work tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Society makes it very easy for us to forget these things quickly. And that’s a shame, because watching them again makes you realize how much things have changed. And not for the better.
GForce645, Thanks for the upload! Love the Kendall bits. Your doing the lord's work sir.
“Even had my own illegitimate kids make this suit for me”! LOL!!!
As an Irishman, I'm afraid to say the songs about us are actually scarily accurate except our brains are mostly made of cabbage not 🌽. Ba-biddy boop!
Drunkity Mick!
I’m part Irish, only half as offended😄
I like the reference to monkey DNA from a song written decades before the discovery of DNA. 😂
you got a hot Irish temper
Zappity-mick!
I loved every second of this video...laughed uncontrollably the whole way through. Its funny! Its comedy! People need to lighten up
When I was a kid in the early 90s, I thought Brian Stack was Conan’s brother...
...bobblety-boo!
Lobotomy loo!
I thought he was _Timothy_ Stack’s* brother, but I guess they’re not at all related
*a comedian who had a parody talk show in the ‘90s called Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
I have to come back every 4 months ir ao to watch this. So rudiculous and dark and funny.
The larger ones can be illiterate Clydesdales😂🤣😂🤣 That is some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. I’m stuck watching this video over and over again. I can’t get enough.
Conan, you are missed.