COMEDY...for the retention of sanity

[Crazy Money]

[bartermania]

Thanks. No hurry...no rush. We all do what we can and what we must. With good guidance, things should get better. I am hopeful but, I expect very rough times ahead (here in the US and around the world)...as people become fed-up with constantly being lied to. This comment by me really doesn't belong on this board but, it seemed I should make it.

A good and well deserved smile...is both a good thing and welcomed. Good mental health needs good smiles.

[SkeBallLarry]

I readYa every morn'n .... !! . Wish I could contribute some ...

[bartermania]

Welcome....Thanks for posting. :)

[SkeBallLarry]

''Gulp'' .... !!

[bartermania]

Pretty good...it's like me watching someone make a pizza when I'm starving. Thanks. Integrity should be rewarded though.

[jawmoke]

who's on first, Abbot & Costello

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8342445135331678445&q=who%27s+on+first&hl=en

[jawmoke]

Fedex spoof

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6754517818008082736&q=fedex&hl=en

[bartermania]

FWIW: Subject: THIS IS SO FUNNY....LISTEN AND LAUGH......ACCIDENT IN TEXAS!

You've got to listen to this! It's a phone call from a man in Texas who witnessed a car accident involving 4 elderly women. It was so
>popular when they played it on CHUM FM that they had to put it on their site.
>
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>Click here: http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf

[bartermania]

World of Warcraft - Internet is for Porn


http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e44639CpYWFRqf

[bartermania]

Laurel And Hardy - Thicker Than Water

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e119968f4XHwa52

[bartermania]

The Women Haters ...The 3 Stooges

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e1174046ST5Ayx9

Pardon My Scotch

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e131732AzGtjhrz

[bartermania]

Dennis Leary hates Mel Gibson

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e119077ScwscjcN

[bartermania]

Dennis Leary Halo spoof

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e48056BSZz55Bj

[bartermania]

Sky Diving Bear

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e1342663qCJmCm4

[bartermania]

Running Bear

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e134496xtjcRPRT

[bartermania]

Jim Carey as Vanilla Ice

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e76267stk5EPjX

[bartermania]

Jim Carey - Karate Instructor

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e124325Z7tW7sJc

[bartermania]

Sam Kinison - 1985 Stand up comedy...aside from the sound being a bit out of synch with the visuals...it's good and just the way I remember it and him.

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e47746KxTqbTGQ

[bartermania]

There's a comedy channel here showing old movies and shows like the 3 Stooges and so on. It's a very good site for being free!


http://www.americafree.tv/index.shtml

Here's the comedy channel link (it's in QuickTime format)
http://www.americafree.tv/unicast_embed/AmericaFreeTVComedy.html

[bartermania]

Also...on this online television station at this link: http://www.htv19.com/ they often play old comedy programs such as The Red Skeleton Show, The Milton Berle Show and The Betty White Show...there may be more and others...but, these are the ones I've seen this year. I just started watching this station again. I saw Red on Friday I think and these shows seem to come on in the evening around 10pm etz USA and they probably continue until midnight or a little later. Good stuff IMO!!!




In fact here's the schedule for this coming week:

Mon Sep 25, 2006
10am Golden Age Movie
11am High School Football - HSE vs Westfield
1:30pm Burns and Allen
2pm Jack Benny
2:30pm Sky King
3pm High School Football - HSE vs Westfield
5:30pm Burns and Allen
6pm Jack Benny
6:30pm Sky King
7pm High School Football - HSE vs Westfield
9:30pm Burns and Allen
10pm Golden Age Movie

Tue Sep 26, 2006
10am Golden Age Movie
12pm HomeTown Highlights - Verizon Wireless Music Center
1pm Milton Berle Hour
2pm Retro Theater
3pm Western Matinee
4pm HomeTown Highlights - Verizon Wireless Music Center
5pm Milton Berle Hour
6pm Retro Theater
7pm Coaches Show - LIVE
8pm HomeTown Highlights - Verizon Wireless Music Center
9pm Coaches Show - REPLAY
10pm Golden Age Movie

Wed Sep 27, 2006
10am Golden Age Movie
12pm Purgatory Golf Show
12:30pm Four Star Playhouse
1pm Pore's Easel
2pm Dragnet
2:30pm You Bet Your Life
3pm Western Matinee
4pm Purgatory Golf Show
4:30pm Four Star Playhouse
5pm Pore's Easel
6pm Dragnet
6:30pm You Bet Your Life
7pm Bonanza
8pm Purgatory Golf Show
8:30pm Four Star Playhouse
9pm Pore's Easel
10pm Girls High School Soccer - Noblesville vs HSE

Thu Sep 28, 2006
10am Golden Age Movie
12pm Noblesville Council Meeting
1:30pm Purgatory Golf Show
2pm Pet Tails
2:30pm Fishers News & Views
3pm Noblesville City Limits
3:30pm The Rifleman
4pm Noblesville Council Meeting
5:30pm Purgatory Golf Show
6pm Pet Tails
6:30pm Fishers News & Views
7pm Noblesville City Limits
7:30pm The Rifleman
8pm Noblesville Council Meeting
9:30pm Purgatory Golf Show
10pm Boys High School Soccer - Hamilton Heights vs Westfield

Fri Sep 29, 2006
10am Golden Age Movie
12pm Pet Tails
12:30pm Fishers News & Views
1pm Noblesville City Limits
1:30pm Love That Bob
2pm Red Skelton
2:30pm Cisco Kid
3pm Western Matinee
4pm Pet Tails
4:30pm Fishers News & Views
5pm Noblesville City Limits
5:30pm Love That Bob
6pm Red Skelton
6:30pm Cisco Kid
7pm Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
7:30pm One Step Beyond
8pm Pet Tails
8:30pm Fishers News & Views
9pm Noblesville City Limits
9:30pm Love That Bob
10pm Red Skelton
10:30pm High School Football - Noblevsille vs HSE

Sat Sep 30, 2006
12pm Girls High School Soccer - Noblesville vs HSE
2pm Wagon Train
3pm Boys High School Soccer - Hamilton Heights vs Westfield
5pm Girls High School Soccer - Noblesville vs HSE
7pm Wagon Train
8pm Boys High School Soccer - Hamilton Heights vs Westfield
10pm Sinisterly Bad Theater

Sun Oct 1, 2006
7am Cross & Crown Lutheran Church
7:30am Bethel Lutheran Church
8am First Christian Church
9am Calvary Baptist Church
9:30am First United Methodist Church
10am Bethel AME Church
10:30am Christ United Methodist Church
11am Cicero 7th Day Adventist Church
12pm Fishers News & Views
12:30pm Noblesville City Limits
1pm Cross & Crown Lutheran Church
1:30pm Bethel Lutheran Church
2pm First Christian Church
3pm Calvary Baptist Church
3:30pm First United Methodist Church
4pm Bethel AME Church
4:30pm Christ United Methodist Church
5pm Cicero 7th Day Adventist Church
6pm Fishers News & Views
6:30pm Noblesville City Limits
7pm Cross & Crown Lutheran Church
7:30pm Bethel Lutheran Church
8pm First Christian Church
9pm Calvary Baptist Church
9:30pm First United Methodist Church
10pm Bethel AME Church
10:30pm Christ United Methodist Church
11pm Cicero 7th Day Adventist Church

[bartermania]

SBT..."Sinisterly Bad Theater
Old Horror and Sci-Fi Movies
Hosted by Hiram and Old Jim Wafford"


link: http://www.htv19.com/sbt.html

Watch them and their programs Saturday's at 10PM on HomeTown TV Channel 19 and streamed worldwide on the web! (At their site or at the main site...which I do...here: http://www.htv19.com/ )

HIRAM'S MESSAGE BOARD - FREE!
add $19.95 for shipping and handling.
Carmel residents add $500
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ps. I do think these guys are funny! Hopefully, some other folks will like'm too.

[bartermania]

Good post! eom.

[craddock]

Fawlty Towers relaunched - without mad manager By Paul Majendie
Mon Sep 18, 7:57 AM ET



LONDON (Reuters) - The hotel that inspired the cult British television comedy series Fawlty Towers is relaunching after a makeover -- but guests will be spared rants by the rudest hotelier of all time.

John Cleese was prompted to write the classic 1970s series with his then wife Connie Booth after staying with the cast of Monty Python's Flying Circus at the Gleneagles Hotel in the western English resort of Torquay.

Cleese called hotelier Donald Sinclair "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met" after they were berated for their table manners and had a timetable thrown at them when they asked the time of the next bus to town.

Actress Prunella Scales, who played Basil Fawlty's waspish wife Sybil in the comedy that became a worldwide hit, was to commemorate the relaunch by unveiling a plaque at the hotel.

The Gleneagles was to be flattened by property developers who wanted to build luxury apartments on the site.

But Torquay Council refused planning permission. New owners Brian Shone and Terry Taylor have now transformed it into a chic 41-room hotel.

Shone and Taylor originally thought the Fawlty Towers connection was tacky and overdone but now they have decided to embrace it enthusiastically.

Manager Sue Pine told Reuters: "It is quite bizarre. Every day you sit in reception and they come in by the coachload from America, Germany and Holland to see you. We have a big poster in reception and they all have their photo taken."

"We might as well take this situation and use it. The shows are always being repeated somewhere around the world. It is still being shown in several countries," she said.

But guests need have no fear. They will not be berated by a frenetic host screaming at them and the staff led by befuddled Spanish waiter Manuel and long-suffering waitress Polly.

"We are not like them. But we don't mind a bit of fun. We are up for a laugh," Pine said.

Fawlty fans looking for the actual hotel seen at the start and end of the comedy will be disappointed.

The Woodburn Grange Country Club, which was used as the backdrop for the series, burned down in 1991.

[craddock]

I like to watch the newer comedians too. Tim Allen, Will Ferrell, Mark Russell are three that pop into my head. But my favorites are the older ones Laurel & Hardy, the 3 Stooges, etc. Lot of good new comedians though.

[bartermania]

Do you like only the older comedians or are you like me...you also like some of the best newer ones as well? Thanks.

[craddock]

Yes I was looking on IMDB they were on the radio from 1931 - 1954. Chester Lauck never played any other character except Lum in his 35 year career on radio and movies. Norris Goff (Abner) also appeared in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle"

[craddock]

American humorist Will Rogers


A few quotes by Will Rogers:


Silence
Never miss a good chance to shut up.


Motivation
Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.


Miscellaneous
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn’t have to advertise it.


Reputation • Words of Wisdom
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.


People
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.


Money
Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.


Knowledge
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.


Politics and Government
There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

[bartermania]

Yes. I think I saw that they started in radio around 1931? If that's true, they were probably one of the first comedy teams on radio along with being one of the earliest on radio period. 1931 is very early for radio.

[craddock]

Yes they are funny. Too bad they didn't make more movies. Most of thier comedy was in radio. Glad you enjoyed it.

[bartermania]

Okay, you've won. They are good, unusual, unique(?) and southern. Bottom line...they are funny. Thanks.

[bartermania]

Well, now I've got a chance to see them. Good work!

[craddock]

Lum & Abner "The Bashful Bachelor" (1942) 1hr 16min

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6431390538602784147&q=Lum+%26+Abner&hl=en

[craddock]

Ma & Pa Kettle Math 2min 13sec

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7106559846794044495&q=%22ma+and+pa+kettle%22&hl=en



From "Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm" (1951)

[bartermania]

Several WC Fields pieces on youtube.com...W.C. Fields Juggles 5mins
W.C. Fields performs one of his best routines, 1934.

If I Had a Million (W.C. Fields segment-1of2) 5:26
IMDB says: Paramount, 1932. This is the fourth of seven stories in this film, in which a dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to people picked from the city phone directory. "Emily (Alison Skipworth), and Rollo La Rue (W.C. Fields

If I Had a Million (W.C. Fields segment-2of2) 5:57

W. C. Fields, the Great McGonigle 4:51
W. C. Fields, the Great McGonigle. From the movie The Old Fashioned Way 1934. Some great juggling and balancing. And of course, comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXfWPdGHX9Q


The Bank Dick - Car Chase 10:12
The hilarious car chase finale to the 1940 W.C Fields comedy "The Bank Dick."

1920's - W.C Fields - Dentist / Golf 2:41
One of the best silent comedians

[craddock]

Funny, funny show. I got this one on DVD.

[craddock]

Good show. Has two of the Stooges in it, Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. And the former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer.

[bartermania]

His Girl Friday (1940) Howard Hawks 1hr 32mins Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6759515366249007357&q=His+Girl+Friday&hl=en

[bartermania]

My Favorite Brunette (1947) 1hr 27 mins
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4824199726629069440&q=peter+lorre

[bartermania]

Buster Keaton Shorts: 1 & 2

Buster Keaton shorts 1 2hrs 8mins
The Blacksmith - The boat - The paleface - Daydreams
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3155981193070185022&q=Buster+Keaton+shorts

Buster Keaton shorts 2 1hr 26mins
The Playhouse - The Balloonistic - My Wifes Relations - The Electric House
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1270062857037661973&q=Buster+Keaton+shorts

[bartermania]

Africa Screams (1949) 1hr 19mins 18secs Bud & Lou
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7191434980630568254&q=carnival+of+souls

[bartermania]

Colorized version of a so called world famous viral video classic: The Dildo Song (color)...they're spoofing the "slinky" jingle and it's twisted take-off...the "log" jingle/spoof of slinky from the Ren & Stimpy show. Comments? Kinda silly huh? Oh well, stupid adult humor....It put a smile on my face...though I may be a little more warped than most...but, I'm still a good guy.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1239902178738216366&q=Classic+Television+Commercials&...

[bartermania]

Anyone want to see these posted here also (I post them on my comic strip... board currently)? Thanks.

Link: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=13165307

[bartermania]

Yes...it's quite fascinating, exciting, ...GREAT!!! Praise GOOGLE!!! :D

And those who put content there or have it available for viewing from their site or server.!!!

[craddock]

I agree, WOW. I hadn't seen that. I can't believe all the videos we can get for free off the internet now.

[bartermania]

Video/Comedy/Satire: Robert Newman History of oil 45mins 43secs

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7374585792978336967&q=movie+history&hl=en

[bartermania]

The Benny Hill Show


Originally on: ITV1 (60 min.)
Status: Ended Premiered: November 19, 1969 Last Aired: May 1, 1989
Show Categories: Comedy, Variety Shows
This guide strives to be as complete a resource as possible for the third TV series to bear Benny Hill's name in the title, which ran on Thames Television (ITV) from 1969-1989, and has appeared around the world in countless formats and re-edits ever since. This is a guide to the original hour-long version. In America, the show was usually presented in a specially-edited half-hour format, which ran for a total of 111 editions (although Comedy Central did screen the hour-long format... Full Summary »
http://www.tv.com/benny-hill-show/show/3329/summary.html

Theme Tune...listen:
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/bennyhill.wav
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/bennyhill.htm

[bartermania]

Monty Python's Flying Circus Google video search found some clips/scetches and so on (more at link below)...


http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=monty+python%27s+flying+circus&hl=en&page=1&so=0&a....

[bartermania]

Thanks. Hopefully, it will be a healthy and long-lived board. It's got a good start. We'll see.

[Vexari]

great idea barter..

another room to go to

for what we all need..


some semblance of order

out of chaos..