Don’t Buy The Liverwurst:

[jrittenhouse]

Allan Sherman, Dean Martin and Vic Damone doing a medley of Sherman’s parodies/hits (cackle) on some TV show around 1965 or so…hilarious!

Comments

[stickmaker]

It helps if you're old enough to know the original lyrics. (I missed some of these. :-)

[jrittenhouse]

I am. My mom hooked me at the time on Allan Sherman, been a fan ever since.

[barondave]

I have a strange feeling I saw the original broadcast. Many of those 60s variety shows were little more than self-congradulatory showcases, but sometimes they provided some unique experiences.

[jrittenhouse]

Well, THIS is unique!

[kalimac]

What I like about this - besides the fact that it includes a few Sherman parodies that he never put on disc - is that it basically just consists of three guys goofing around on camera. You don't get to see so much of that kind of thing any more on today's glossier, scripted entertainment programs.

Worth noting is that, when Dean Martin sings Sherman's (otherwise unrecorded) ode to Bela Lugosi, he's parodying one of his (Martin's) own big hits, "Besame Mucho." That may account for the sheepish expression on Martin's face at the time.

[jrittenhouse]

Yeah, I'd never heard that Lugosi one either. The whole thing was a hoot.

[filkertom]

Oh, that's a hoot and a half. And hearing Dean's and Vic's mellow voices on those songs is great. Although I did notice that the live band went away for the closing number -- I know that recording too well. ;)

[jrittenhouse]

It's marvelous, to be sure.

[shelleybear]

How many performers have the sense of self-parody these guys had?

[jrittenhouse]

Good Sport of the Year award, to be sure.