Link courtesy of Mark Evanier's NEWS FROM ME
From Mr Evanier's blog...
This is going to make some of you very happy. In the past, I've linked to short clips of the great clown George Carl performing truncated versions of his wonderful act. This video, which runs around eighteen minutes, appears to be his complete routine as he was performing it at the time this was shot, which I'm guessing is around 1992 or so. It's from a stage show done at an Australian casino.
George passed away in 2000. He did versions of this act for over fifty years, honing every second of it to perfection. I feel very fortunate that I got to see him do it live, which made it at least three times funnier. He was in a show in Vegas serving where he served as a respite between dance routines by beautiful shirtless ladies. Do you know how hard it is to steal a show from beautiful shirtless ladies? George Carl did it, performing a set that went pretty much like this, minus the silly intro..
From the person who posted the video to YouTube...
This is George Carl performing a show called "Starz". It was performed at Conrad Jupiter's Casino, on the Gold Coast , Australia. It was the first production to be staged at Conrad Jupiter's Casino. The second show was called Galaxies. Both shows set a very high benchmark for high quality production shows in Australia.They both enjoyed long runs and full houses. American choreographer Jerry Jackson was the mastermind behind both shows. Jim Macdonald was the producer with his company called "Delicado Productions".
Thanks, Pat, for finding - and posting these incredible clips!
ReplyDeleteBest. Posting. Ever.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching AGT and seeing how the judges react to novelity acts I wonder if George Carl would have made it.
ReplyDeleteI think he is the greatest!!!
Billy Vaughn
I thought it was a earth wind and fire concert but anyway a lengend in itself true magic Rob...
ReplyDeleteIn reply to Billy Vaughn...
ReplyDeleteI agree, he's the greatest! ...but the AGT "judges" are tough...if they had Albert Einstein on, the second week they'd be saying, "OK, we saw the splitting the atom stuff, now we expect something new, we expect you to raise the bar, this E=mc2 bit was just kind of slow... and always with the white coat, could you jazz it up a bit?" ... ... "oh, and Mr. Michealangelo, we know you do ceilings, what else can you show us?"
Always amazing,but I'm sorry.Why the embarrassing and annoying intro???
ReplyDeleteThis man is a legend, so why trivialize?? Still and all, the best 10 minutes in the HISTORY of physical comedy.