*isdupe>> ^Stingray:

dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

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This is awesome. Believe it or not, it's an old vaudeville routine. W.C. Fields did something VERY similar to this in a film from 1934...the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZWq14uD-A

Look for the cigar boxes around 2:52, and W.C. even adds his own bumbling flair to the routine.

>> ^Seric:
This is one of my favourite videos on TED - how can it only have 5 votes?! Someone promote this please :< beg

Let´s give it a shot.
*Promote!

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by Stingray.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

Dupe:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

You have to remember, "The Joke" was started back in the 30's and 40's, with Vaudeville and such. Aristocrat was a more "in" description back then.

Imagine this, the joke goes on and on, then

Promoter: That was... interesting... what do you call yourselves?

Father: Disney.

Sorry to say this is a dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

I loved this show. Loved it. I remember watching it in my parents' bedroom back in the 70s, which my father almost didn't let me do because of the crossdressing. He was always afraid of one of his boys turning out gay. Weirdo 70s repressed bigotry! I am soooo glad we are passed that now in the year 2008!

Great find! A classic! And it's Peter "Scolari". Just FYI. He never did much after this. I remember seeing him on some Vaudeville show special back in the late 80s, but that was about it.

Welcome to Vaudeville alienC, this joke has been done a hunnert million times..and looks better with every iteration, especially with these talented cats doin' it!

Wow, 1 year 8 months ago? That's gotta be my oldest dupe ever! Thanks for catching that.
And thanks for saving my olympic mascot vid, btw

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dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

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dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard

*discard

http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaudeville-Picard