Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday Playlist #5: Borschtbelt Comic TV Edition

Sid Caesar: The Clock


Closest Modern Equivalent: Tina Fey (I'm serious)

Milton Berle: Sparring with Sidney Shpritzer


Closest Modern Equivalent: Conan O'Brien

George Burns and Gracie Allen: Two Scenes


Closest Modern Equivalent: Any Male/Female Double Act, didn't exist before them.

Jack Benny:


Closest Modern Equivalent: Stephen Colbert

Ernie Kovacs: Chef Miklos Molnar


Closest Modern Equivalent: Tracy Ullman

Henny Youngman: On the Steve Allen Show


Closest Modern Equivalent: Mitch Hedberg

Advanced Playlist:
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (on Parks and Recreation Tonight)
The Two Thousand Year Old Man







Closest Modern Equivalent: Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

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