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A Comedic Genius

Lindsay — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:10:14 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a fan of Dick van Dyke. I grew up watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins, and loved the Dick van Dyke show. The following are a few of my favorite clips. This first one was posted on YouTube yesterday by the fantastic Daniel Gardner:

Seeing bamboo always makes me chuckle as I think of this favorite:

Then being paired with the “practically perfect in every way” Julie Andrews led to some fantastic scenes:

And “The Art of Slapstick” is a classic as well:

Watching clips like these can never fail to make me laugh.

Cinderelly…

Lindsay — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:16:42 +0000

This really cracks me up:

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I’ve watched various Disney songs in other languages before, and I love hearing how the different languages sound, but those little mouse voices singing Hebrew…I just find it hilarious.

Victor Borge

Lindsay — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:13:36 +0000

I’ve been watching clips of Victor Borge on YouTube. Some of them are amazing, and some are hilarious, so I thought I’d post a couple.

This first one is just after he finished conducting a concert and was asked for an encore. He’s improvising with a song he’s heard before, but never actually played. It’s brilliant.

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Then this “musical phonetic punctuation” with Dean Martin is hilarious:

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