Reply #66: The Show of Shows! [View All]

[eleny]

When I was a very little girl, Sid's show was on tv, live. I'd sit in the barrel backed chair and try to stay still to make my then skinny frame disappear into it. I figured that way nobody would notice me and I could stay up for the whole show.

Now I have the shows on dvd.

Back in the 1970s a bunch of coworkers went to see the movie that was made from the shows. We all watched as kids and decided to forgo our usual card game to catch the movie. We all got to laughing so much that we were wiping tears away and sliding down off our seats. I think what happens is that when you watch one bit after another you can't help but get the humor. But then I love the Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, the Ritz & Marx Brothers and on and on as well as the early tv greats. Back then even the supporting actors and bit players were geniuses.

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