Back in 1977 I was a cook at the playboy club . In Dallas Professor Corey performed at our showroom. The walkin cooler was in the hall where the performers dressing rooms were . That's where I first met Corey. He asked me if I had joint. Well it just so happened that i did. So he invited to his dressing room and we smoked that joint. Over the next few years I. would smoke dobees with him. We had many good talks . He was kind of a leftist and I was a capitialest. We never got mad at each other. Anyway i really liked and respected him. He was a good man! Rest in peace professor . Thank you for enriching my life!
@@davidbonfoey426 Ha ha! Yeah, Larry Monroe told me that when he was a young DJ, he was assigned to be the Prof's driver once and got him a huge joint and was terrified that this frail, diminutive fella was gonna get wasted and fuck up his whole act and that it would all be Larry's fault. He found out very quickly that night that he needn't have worried!
Could you please share more about the conversations? Especially being on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Did he mention Mort Sahl or other comedians? I wish I could have met him. Thanks for sharing these stories, since there's only a couple people left who even have them.
When Prof Irwin Corey died at 102 years in 2017, my heart broke. Yes, he was working after 100, but if he’d left us after working ‘til he was 130 it *still* would’ve been too soon! We *need* him!
Shelley Berman told me it was wonderful working with him in those last years. Larry Monroe told me that the Prof could smoke anyone under the table (reefer-wise, of course). And never forget that "air raid" spelled backwards is "diarria"!
I never heard of this guy until about 20 minutes ago. He was a mystery guest on What's My Line. This video was shot about 10 years after that and he looked exactly the same. He lived to age 102 in 2017 and was working past age 100
One of funniest ever. God will never make another Professor Corey. My father and I would laugh for hours. Even try to do his skits with each other. 😂😂😂
Use to spot him at the Midtown tunnel asking for change, even though he didn't need it. His family said he donated the money he collected to charity. Watching this in 2024 is still funny.
Wow , wow , wow , comic genius & also very intelligent, this is my first time seeing this man , but I believe he’s passed away now , aww . Oh I so enjoyed that , thank u ... ☘️
I remember seeing him for the first time on The Smothers Brothers show . We laughed so hard , will never forget . Back then we also had Foster Brooks , another great comic .
One of the 3 most unique comedians ever, along with Brother Theodore and Andy Kaufman. Working for the airlines in the late 1970's I saw a lot of celebrities coming in or going out on flights. I remember seeing Professor Corey coming down the walkway one night with a friend, and I was too far away to hear what he was saying but the arms were going and obviously he was in the middle of one of his incomprehensible soliloquy's cause the other guy was laughing his ass off. RIP, Professor.
Saw the "Professor" live at Corry Station in Pensacola, Fla in early 1968. He was part of a show put on by Operation Entertainment hosted by Ed Ames. He did a routine on "Why is there air?" He said, "That is a 2-part question. First, 'Why?' is the eternal question." He then rambled on for quite a while on "Why?" Finally, he said, "The second part of the question is 'is there air?' Of course!"
No and no. What you’re noticing is the world around us getting crazier, so he sounds relatively more sane. “I don’t write jokes. I just watch the government & report the facts.” - Will Rogers
@@eremiophon On the other hand, it is known that in his later years Corey was in fact struggling with an advanced case of Weisenheimer's Disease. Some have noted that he appeared to show signs of Snarkinson's as well...
Ever seen Grandpa Simpson? That’s the type of humor. Long stories that go nowhere, deliberately forgetting the point, giving painfully obvious advice like “don’t put your fingers in there!” and pretending not to understand anything.
Old family friend (mom went with his daughter Margaret to Russia in '68). He was always doing crazy shit, announcing in elevators that this was his apartment, but the other riders could visit, calling men lesbians, etc.
"They're only there because of the graciousness of the people who vote and don't know what they're voting for...." 37 years ago, The Prof KNEW what was coming.
i took a course from Professor Corey in physics. He was a great teacher, and I got an A. He loved my term paper. It was titled "The incongruities regarding the red shift as it relates to the supercilious Oort Cloud, whereupon one contemplates the vastness and rapidity of time space... given, of course, the assumption of gravity holes located in the vicinity of a quark."
It's a shame that very few people know about The Mouse That Roared. That joke went over the audience's heads, so much so that Corey had to explain it later.
I remember him from my childhood,he was hilarious...i loved him then...and now older i can see whst a genius he was at just rattling on, sounding smart...but ohmy! He was smart
Actually, Corey appeared at least one more time on Letterman's show later in their careers. When Corey began wandering around at the beginning of his set as usual, Letterman seemed genuinely peeved and escorted him off camera quickly.
British fan here. Very funny guy. May I recommend also a kind of British equivalent if I can put it in those obsufacatory aspective emphatic terms, the wonderful Professor Stanley Unwin, also available on Utube.
i loved his humor when i was young. i tried to imitate him once with his over top gobaltygook at school. as in. "It is existential to your reality that you fail to understand the co-planer meta physical self and THAT is why you can not comprehend what the fuck im talking about"
David played this wonderful interview perfectly. To thing Johnny Carson and David Lettermen were on T.V at the same time is amazing! There is in fact no host I care to watch today. A pathetic reflection of the society we have sculpted into reality. I blame cell phones and our co dependency of technology to spoon feed us how we should think and act. I'm glad I was a kid growing up during this time at least.
"If we don't change direction we could end up where we're going!" _(When I heard Corey say that, I immediately thought this...)_ "If we take the right turn, we'll get where we're going and everything will come to an end. _(looking around and perplexed)_ TURN LEFT! TURN LEFT!"
Thanks Don. Did Dave ever talk about this or Irwin Corey? I'm a fan, but currently looking for Mort Sahl stuff.. HOWEVER, if you have time, and write to University Archives, they'll digitize old reels for free so you can upload it and save cultural history!
@@nestlesnipes1893Can’t wait for this election to be over and the Trump defenders to crawl back into their hidey hate holes where they lived before Trump conjured them all out to pollute our national discourse with insane conspiracies and lunacy.
That's when comedy was still comedy . I don't know when people lost their sense of humor and labeled comedians as not being politically correct. This era of PC sucks !!!
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Easily one of the greatest absurdists and satirists of all time.
it takes nerves of steel to do this right. and a very brilliant and imaginative mind.
Len Hummel it takes someone whos close enough to the Truth to joke about scientists!
Yeah but he lost me when the red curls went down the sewer pipe. I saw him live on Carson (I'm old)
Back in 1977 I was a cook at the playboy club . In Dallas Professor Corey performed at our showroom. The
walkin cooler was in the hall where the performers dressing rooms were . That's where I first met Corey. He asked me if I had joint. Well it just so happened that i did. So he invited to his dressing room and we smoked that joint. Over the next few years I. would smoke dobees with him. We had many good talks . He was kind of a leftist and I was a capitialest. We never got mad at each other. Anyway i really liked and respected him. He was a good man! Rest in peace professor . Thank you for enriching my life!
Did he talk the way he talked on Letterman's show? If so, how did you communicate with him?
@@kamuelalee No that was his act . He really was very intelligent and a good conversationalist!!
@@davidbonfoey426 Ha ha! Yeah, Larry Monroe told me that when he was a young DJ, he was assigned to be the Prof's driver once and got him a huge joint and was terrified that this frail, diminutive fella was gonna get wasted and fuck up his whole act and that it would all be Larry's fault. He found out very quickly that night that he needn't have worried!
I miss the days when hippies and rednecks could get along. And I’m a square, but had friends of all types. That’s when tolerance actually worked.
Could you please share more about the conversations? Especially being on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Did he mention Mort Sahl or other comedians? I wish I could have met him. Thanks for sharing these stories, since there's only a couple people left who even have them.
I've watched this 4 times and it's still FUNNNNNY! He was one of my 'heroes' growing up! Bless you Professor! You taught me much!
Is that you Slothrop?
Trump just hired him to write his speeches!!!!
When Prof Irwin Corey died at 102 years in 2017, my heart broke. Yes, he was working after 100, but if he’d left us after working ‘til he was 130 it *still* would’ve been too soon! We *need* him!
Shelley Berman told me it was wonderful working with him in those last years. Larry Monroe told me that the Prof could smoke anyone under the table (reefer-wise, of course). And never forget that "air raid" spelled backwards is "diarria"!
Go Professor!I miss him too.
I never heard of this guy until about 20 minutes ago. He was a mystery guest on What's My Line. This video was shot about 10 years after that and he looked exactly the same. He lived to age 102 in 2017 and was working past age 100
One of funniest ever. God will never make another Professor Corey. My father and I would laugh for hours. Even try to do his skits with each other. 😂😂😂
"If we don't change direction we could end up where we're going!"
Very good. If you listen carefully, some pure wisdom comes out of the gibberish.
37Dionysos Hahahaha very wise!!!
Lol
Genious comedy satirist
I never missed him on TV. He was the best. Happy to know he had such a long life.
"Professor" Irwin Corey was truly a genius of comedy. He sadly passed away in 2017 at the amazing age of 102🙏😊💖
That was the fastest 9 minutes of my viewing pleasure .
Classic, tasteful comedy at its finest. Bravo! This guy is in a class with few others.
Then he must not have been much of a Professor!
@@kenlieck7756 it was his breath
If he was in a class with few others, then could you really call it a class?
The man was a freaking genius!!
What a great act, i totally forgot about this guy! Thanks for the upload
I was a teen in the 60s and never missed a TV show he appeared in. He was a novel act, and funny, to us!
He was actually on Merv Griffin a couple of times.
saw him n Steve Allen a number of times
As a little kid I loved Professor Irwin Corey. Lived till 101 or 2. Comedy = Longevity.
Me too
One of my absolute Comedy Gods!!!! Thanks for posting!
Use to spot him at the Midtown tunnel asking for change, even though he didn't need it. His family said he donated the money he collected to charity. Watching this in 2024 is still funny.
Thank you for uploading this. I love watching him preform.
Oh...my....gosh. I just found out about him! He was amazing!! Gotta look up all his work now.
Wow , wow , wow , comic genius & also very intelligent, this is my first time seeing this man , but I believe he’s passed away now , aww . Oh I so enjoyed that , thank u ... ☘️
I remember seeing him for the first time on The Smothers Brothers show . We laughed so hard , will never forget . Back then we also had Foster Brooks , another great comic .
Truly an inimitable talent and comedic gem -- may he rest in peace!
Sounds like my college essays.
😂😂😂😂
Sounds like how I used to sound trying to hit on girls
Exactly.
I love this guy... reminds me of how I feel after all the political debates I never watched.
I've never seen Dave Letterman so quiet and rendered speechless since his guesting of the great Robin Williams
Irwin Corey, 1914 - 2017. Gone too soon.
Haha you said gone too soon.
103
Let’s see if you live up to pass 103
Yeah, why do the good ones die so young?
That son of a bitch was a centenarian! 😂
One of the 3 most unique comedians ever, along with Brother Theodore and Andy Kaufman. Working for the airlines in the late 1970's I saw a lot of celebrities coming in or going out on flights. I remember seeing Professor Corey coming down the walkway one night with a friend, and I was too far away to hear what he was saying but the arms were going and obviously he was in the middle of one of his incomprehensible soliloquy's cause the other guy was laughing his ass off. RIP, Professor.
I would add Foster Brooks to that list
I would love to hear a conversation between Norm Crosby and Irwin Corey. It would make more sense than today’s news.
Absolutely a comedic genius with one provoking thought after another. A concurrent savant ...
One of the most incredible original talents in the business !!!
I remember my father would almost fall out of his chair laughing g so hard.
genius, ahead of his time! RIP
Saw the "Professor" live at Corry Station in Pensacola, Fla in early 1968. He was part of a show put on by Operation Entertainment hosted by Ed Ames. He did a routine on "Why is there air?" He said, "That is a 2-part question. First, 'Why?' is the eternal question." He then rambled on for quite a while on "Why?" Finally, he said, "The second part of the question is 'is there air?' Of course!"
00:09 through the first minute, he kept the gag rolling!
My hero!
Loving how David has no freaking clue where the good Professor is going. Spirits, we miss you, Professor.....
Is it my imagination or did the professor speak more coherently as he got older?
No and no. What you’re noticing is the world around us getting crazier, so he sounds relatively more sane.
“I don’t write jokes. I just watch the government & report the facts.”
- Will Rogers
@@eremiophon On the other hand, it is known that in his later years Corey was in fact struggling with an advanced case of Weisenheimer's Disease. Some have noted that he appeared to show signs of Snarkinson's as well...
@@kenlieck7756 and a bunch of mogo on the lobobo
It must be like he used to say: If we don't change course now, we just may ended up exactly where we are headed.
I have never been exposed to this type of comedy.
Reggie Watts is similar
@@jamesfield1674 will look for Reggie Watts on RUclips, would be great if he can carry the torch
Ever seen Grandpa Simpson? That’s the type of humor. Long stories that go nowhere, deliberately forgetting the point, giving painfully obvious advice like “don’t put your fingers in there!” and pretending not to understand anything.
Is this comedy? Is it performance art? I think I enjoyed it but what the heck was it?
@@andan04 Vaudeville comedy, actually.
“We’ve got Grenada.” Brilliant!
Old family friend (mom went with his daughter Margaret to Russia in '68). He was always doing crazy shit, announcing in elevators that this was his apartment, but the other riders could visit, calling men lesbians, etc.
I could listen to him all the present time and the next.
"They're only there because of the graciousness of the people who vote and don't know what they're voting for...." 37 years ago, The Prof KNEW what was coming.
I miss this guy...woefully underrated and unique comic.
Always loved him! We lost a true original genius!
His whole routine was prophetic of today.
He's the one that got away to spill the beans.
Why have I never heard of this dude
Amazing ... the worlds foremost authority
I’ve only just come across this guy purely by accident. Hysterically funny!
I love this man.
i took a course from Professor Corey in physics. He was a great teacher, and I got an A. He loved my term paper. It was titled "The incongruities regarding the red shift as it relates to the supercilious Oort Cloud, whereupon one contemplates the vastness and rapidity of time space... given, of course, the assumption of gravity holes located in the vicinity of a quark."
The man's who entire routine was "i dont understand the question". Classic!
Professor Irwin Corey is certainly the greatest precursor/exponent of postmodernist philosophy! Derrida can't hold a candle to the professor!
LOL Grand Fenwick is next. Great "The Mouse That Roared" reference.
It's a shame that very few people know about The Mouse That Roared. That joke went over the audience's heads, so much so that Corey had to explain it later.
I remember him from my childhood,he was hilarious...i loved him then...and now older i can see whst a genius he was at just rattling on, sounding smart...but ohmy! He was smart
I use the same hair stylist
Read his biography and see what a strange life he had. A true genius of improvisational comedy.
1:41 when the acid kicks in
One of a brilliant kind!
Omg. Can’t believe I spent 9 whole minutes watching this! 😂
A comedian way ahead of his time. Someone said George Carlin took from him. I see a little Irwin Corey in Andy Kaufman!
"What was the question" lmao
Actually, Corey appeared at least one more time on Letterman's show later in their careers. When Corey began wandering around at the beginning of his set as usual, Letterman seemed genuinely peeved and escorted him off camera quickly.
News to me. I'm relatively certain that this was his only appearance.
I love that Woody Allen had him do a small street scene in THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION. (RIP Professor.)
the greatest!!! lauhed constantly!!!!
British fan here. Very funny guy. May I recommend also a kind of British equivalent if I can put it in those obsufacatory aspective emphatic terms, the wonderful Professor Stanley Unwin, also available on Utube.
he had me when he bowed in front of the chair ! Plucking funny !
I was told he died Feb 6, 2017, sorry. BTW, IMHO he makes as much sense as 95% of the public figures today.
He made MORE sense, a lot more, than 97% of today's public figures.
Would have loved to see Letterman do Professor Irwin Corey meets Brother Theodore.
this guys a Genius!
He always was. May he RIP.
he was superb
I am so pleased to be on the first floor of this wondrous revelation..... for once.
i loved his humor when i was young. i tried to imitate him once with his over top gobaltygook at school. as in.
"It is existential to your reality that you fail to understand the co-planer meta physical self and THAT is why you can not comprehend what the fuck im talking about"
David played this wonderful interview perfectly. To thing Johnny Carson and David Lettermen were on T.V at the same time is amazing! There is in fact no host I care to watch today. A pathetic reflection of the society we have sculpted into reality. I blame cell phones and our co dependency of technology to spoon feed us how we should think and act. I'm glad I was a kid growing up during this time at least.
My fav.
Dave let’s him perform, no bending over with phony laughter or trying to out do him....
Like Johnny Carson used to do with Rodney Dangerfield,he let the guests be as good as they were and it was beautiful to watch.
Letterman - particularly the vintage NBC era - “got it”.
@@Mick-Dempsey : Johnny knew to let certain people just run with the ball. Letterman, big, big ego.
Bill Murray should do a movie of this guy's life.............
What a great character.
5:34 my mom everytime i come home
What a genius he was!
great interview with him at age 102...should be on bottom of page 2...enjoy, I know I did. dannylobellsmdp.libsyn.com/webpage/page/2/size/10
One of a kind comedy greatness.
O2.23: "What was the question?"
"I'm sorry, there hasn't been a question yet."
Sheer comic genius. Letterman must not've liked him though or he'd have been back.
Dave liked being in control. There was no controlling the Professor.
Letterman was offensive and smug, unsuccessfully trying to upstage the beloved Professor.
@@davegreene8588 I don't see that. Letterman seems genuinely amused, which makes the Professor's sole appearence on his show all the more puzzling.
@@jeffallcock4561 Maybe between Pekar and Theodore he figured he had enough of that sort of thing?
@@kenlieck7756 What sort of thing?
A gift from God ......to keep us laughing in a sick world.
Bahaha he actually knelt down and made the sign of the cross before taking his seat 😅
"If we don't change direction we could end up where we're going!"
_(When I heard Corey say that, I immediately thought this...)_
"If we take the right turn, we'll get where we're going and everything will come to an end.
_(looking around and perplexed)_ TURN LEFT! TURN LEFT!"
He probably outlived most of the young crowds.
I know people like this, they manage to turn the convo to whatever they want to talk about, no matter what
Thanks Don. Did Dave ever talk about this or Irwin Corey?
I'm a fan, but currently looking for Mort Sahl stuff.. HOWEVER, if you have time, and write to University Archives, they'll digitize old reels for free so you can upload it and save cultural history!
I uploaded his appearances here - ruclips.net/video/zddN-YgSfg0/видео.htmlsi=bGILBdW7U8CAXkjl
When you have a rough night at the bar and ponder the thoughts of the universe.
Grand Fenwick is a reference to the film the mouse that roared.
I had forgotten him.
He reminds me of Kamala Harris. Maybe he wrote her speeches!!! He was a treasure!
Really? Didja see Trump's response to the child-care question? Nuff said.
@@jimspy1001 but but but but but Trump! 🍼
@@nestlesnipes1893Can’t wait for this election to be over and the Trump defenders to crawl back into their hidey hate holes where they lived before Trump conjured them all out to pollute our national discourse with insane conspiracies and lunacy.
@@Griffinmc how’d that one work out for you, champ? 🤣
"That's one of the reasons people are ill-informed, you've got to ask questions."
Just brilliant and I love how Letterman is in on the joke--he goes off-stage to get a book to read while the Professor pontificates!
Miss the 80s Letterman show, which had lots of lunies like this guy.
You mean genius
Reminds me of somebody. Can't quite put my finger on it.
Humor is key to longevity.
Real life Doctor Who...quirky, brilliant, and cared about others.
Sounds like around 2:40 the professor was going to drop the "f" bomb.
Dave called him out after the second time.
that's part of the shtick
Bill Dozer good save.
It was on purpose. He makes YOU think the word, which is way funnier!
2:42 almost said what the fyxk
What was the question again?
Back when comedy was original and geniune.....the 80's
That's when comedy was still comedy . I don't know when people lost their sense of humor and labeled comedians as not being politically correct. This era of PC sucks !!!
Wasn't he a regular on Hollywood Squares?
An old wise man told me people fear a genius man. But once that genius acts ignorant people will pay close attention to him.
He is hilariously weird. That was great