#variety show

Ho-wdy, Ho-rror Ho-mies!

We’re just nutty about the great comedy duos: Abbott and Costello, Nichols and May, and, of CORPSE, Karloff and Price. In this dreadfully delightful skit from “The Red Skelton Hour,” Phibes and Frankenstein commit the most ghastly atrocity of their careers: a musical number. It’s a wonderful little tune that’s sure to raise the dead! 

Check it out, Ho-rror Ho-mies:

Day 16 of Black History Month and I’m honoring Flip Wilson. He was an American comedian and actor best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and 1970s. From 1970 to 1974, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series The Flip Wilson Show, and introduced viewers to his recurring character Geraldine. The series earned Wilson a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards, and it was the second highest-rated show on network television for a time. Wilson was the first African American to host a successful TV variety show.

¡Classic TV Fun for Cinco de Mayo!
(OR–They preempted Star Trek for this–!?)
Originally Transmitted:12/01/1966
(Pre-recorded on 10/16/1966)
A Jack Benny gem of cultural insignificance but a classic routine re-visited with Mel Blanc.

(they were doing this bit on radio as far back as the 1940’s)

Also:In addition to Mel Blanc, we have another long-time Jack Benny/Phil Harris foil here…
Next to last— Fourth from the left….The infamous left-handed guitar player….. Yes, that’s the REAL Frank Remley in his last appearance… he would be gone the following month….(Jan. 28, 1967)