Madeline Kahn - You'd Be Surprised!

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • The brilliant Madeline Kahn performing "You'd be Surprised!" by Irving Berlin on Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration, 1988.
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  • @EagleRockers
    @EagleRockers 9 лет назад +265

    Wasn't she just the best? God, I miss her.

    • @tuneaddicted
      @tuneaddicted 3 года назад +6

      She certainly was!

    • @cannedmusic
      @cannedmusic 3 года назад +7

      Ever watch her performance of Not Getting Married? It was like the song was made for her.

    • @EagleRockers
      @EagleRockers 3 года назад +5

      @@cannedmusic Absolutely! Comic genius.

    • @ev4875
      @ev4875 2 года назад +3

      @@cannedmusic lol oh yes!!! I’ve stared at it many times! (“I’m not well….”

    • @mathieuvanleeuwen7127
      @mathieuvanleeuwen7127 2 года назад +3

      She was everything.

  • @rossmcl177
    @rossmcl177 6 лет назад +172

    Her voice was amazing. People who chose to sing comedy are so often under-rated as singers, but boy she had talent.

    • @andrewroberts8139
      @andrewroberts8139 3 года назад +13

      Yes, but technique too? You're not born with breath control like that

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 Год назад +8

      Madeline first trained to be an opera singer, and it sure shows here.

  • @williamskelton325
    @williamskelton325 9 лет назад +211

    Love her. The subtle changes she could make to her voice and her facial expressions to hit a punchline are amazing. Such a funny lady she was, lost way to soon.

  • @Joe42FL
    @Joe42FL 7 лет назад +274

    She was the epitome of a charming, lovely, comedic woman who was equally accomplished in the theater, or on the screen. This rendition is outstanding. No one could do it better in my humble opinion.

    • @southerngal2245
      @southerngal2245 2 года назад +11

      I totally agree. She was a magnificent talent.

    • @marilynntobash6420
      @marilynntobash6420 2 года назад +12

      I agree too. No matter what show, movie ot TV show she managed to steal it all the minute she appeared. I loved to watch her in anything she did and her voice was amazing. Oh, Why did she have to die so young.

    • @philiphunt2065
      @philiphunt2065 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@marilynntobash6420t 3:31

  • @Mike-nt9sx
    @Mike-nt9sx Год назад +34

    Everytime I see her I am happy..then sad that she's gone..her loss was our loss too.

    • @evencharlie
      @evencharlie Год назад +3

      I celebrate her every time i watch her....she makes me happy ❤

  • @bferguson9277
    @bferguson9277 3 года назад +18

    She was the proverbial total package. Who, in this generation, is even close?

  • @mmwiz
    @mmwiz 4 года назад +37

    The hundreds of tiny nuances that shape the inflections of each verse... She was a genius! Just exquisitely superb!

    • @infonut
      @infonut 4 месяца назад

      I wouldn't use the word genius here. That requires LONG periods of study and practice.
      She is, quite literally, a natural. It is effortless to her. She makes us believe every word and emotion with her inflection as if this is what she actually is like, on or off the stage.

  • @thomasversteeg7274
    @thomasversteeg7274 Год назад +19

    Everything she ever did was this good….her acting was without peer. Wow

  • @Scottsteaux63
    @Scottsteaux63 8 лет назад +98

    Beautiful voice + on-target gestures and body language make this a comic gem.

  • @lonelyglen
    @lonelyglen 8 лет назад +135

    Best version of this song. Too many others skip the opening, which is the perfect setup for the sweet comedy

  • @doranchak
    @doranchak 8 лет назад +153

    At 02:08 is this lyric: "He's not so good in the house, but on a bench in the park..." After Madeline Kahn's death, a bench dedicated to her memory was erected in Central Park by her husband John Hansbury and her brother Jeffrey Kahn.

  • @PirateWolf18
    @PirateWolf18 13 лет назад +35

    I think my favorite moment is the split second before the clip ends when Madeline goes from looking her character to getting this mischievous glint in her eyes and how she smiles. That just tells me how much she loved performing and how much fun she had with this song

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 8 лет назад +52

    Her body English knocks the song out of the park!

  • @NoelMcGinnis
    @NoelMcGinnis Год назад +18

    My GOD I miss her. I have never found another entertainer who quite matched this queen of the silver screen. Her vocals and charm, and of course, her humor, are just next level to the nth degree. ❤

  • @Andrew-pj7es
    @Andrew-pj7es 8 лет назад +112

    To me this is a perfect match of singer and song. Madeline Kahn brilliantly brings out the humor of Irving Berlin's lyrics.

  • @JerryD121657
    @JerryD121657 2 года назад +6

    Man, she was great. I really miss her. She was gone too soon.

  • @trafikuty
    @trafikuty 9 лет назад +59

    She was a great comedian.

  • @TheLaurel1971
    @TheLaurel1971 3 года назад +21

    How can anyone sing so well? Madeline had an unbelievable voice! Wow!

  • @claudiasmemaw
    @claudiasmemaw 8 лет назад +10

    What a TREASURE she was! Thank goodness for movies & you tube! She could have sung the NYC phonebook & made it sound spectacular. I MISS her! Wish some 1 had produced a TV show OR special- "An Evening with Madeline Kahn".

  • @theGhoulman
    @theGhoulman 10 лет назад +32

    I'm constantly surprised by Madeline Kahn. :)

  • @SirCamera
    @SirCamera 4 года назад +34

    The show tune way of saying, “My man is an introvert with no social life, but he’s BOMB in the sack.”

  • @FamousBirthdays
    @FamousBirthdays 15 лет назад +43

    Happy Birthday Madeline Kahn! Sept 29;)

  • @rinkichamkar
    @rinkichamkar 13 лет назад +13

    She and Gilda Radner can make any scene/act appear so goddamn effortless !! Truly a mark of genius ....

  • @rshnrvrrbrt
    @rshnrvrrbrt 10 лет назад +34

    really miss her...left us all way too soon.

  • @MikeThomasFaria
    @MikeThomasFaria 2 года назад +8

    Never oversells the humor. Just plays it simple and true, with that airborne voice. Love it. She alters one lyric so the contemporary audience will get the nuance: “a Morris chair” becomes “an easy chair.” Back in the day, a Morris chair was the predecessor of a modern recliner, with notches to lock it in place from upright to several degrees lower to full recline. They still make lawn chair loungers this way.

  • @MikeA15206
    @MikeA15206 11 лет назад +25

    Give me an actor who can sing over a singer who can act anyway, Madeline Kahn is both!!!

  • @karenchristopher3475
    @karenchristopher3475 9 лет назад +104

    Can't picture anyone else performing this with as much charm. She was simply a delight. I never tire of watching her, and still miss this spectacularly talented woman.

  • @mmjhcb
    @mmjhcb 7 лет назад +27

    What a loss! What a talent!

  • @alneal100
    @alneal100 13 лет назад +14

    Her delivery and her facial expressions are precious.

  • @MichaelBrown-zd1zk
    @MichaelBrown-zd1zk 3 года назад +3

    Madeline Khan her name is a statement by itself of a brilliant talented person.

  • @eleidal
    @eleidal 7 лет назад +14

    Flawless. Maddie doesn't skip a beat! What total perfection. I miss her.

  • @cheeriosinabowl
    @cheeriosinabowl 13 лет назад +42

    Her voice, her voice.
    I just loved Madeleine's voice, very captivating, seductive and sexy. And yes, she was classy all the way.

  • @GroovyShelly
    @GroovyShelly Месяц назад +2

    She was magnificent, beautiful, funny, unique, marvelous, delightful!

  • @dianneartist2280
    @dianneartist2280 8 лет назад +26

    She is so versatile, she really nailed it. I've gotta get that sheet music!

  • @alneal100
    @alneal100 13 лет назад +7

    Everyone who met, or knew Madeline Kahn had nothing but good to say about her. She was a beautiful lady, inside and out.

  • @petertaylor8503
    @petertaylor8503 3 года назад +25

    Perfection down to the millimeter, every nuance - what talent(!) and what incredible instincts about how to deliver the song & the subject. MK was just great and so much fun!

  • @MFuria-os7ln
    @MFuria-os7ln Месяц назад +2

    There is only one Madeline Kahn. ❤

  • @ThePlur427
    @ThePlur427 8 лет назад +37

    love her voice

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 2 года назад +3

    the ART of performance

  • @marilynfransen6824
    @marilynfransen6824 8 лет назад +35

    Amazing talent vocally and with such subtle humor. How this is missed today!

    • @troybarnette8002
      @troybarnette8002 8 лет назад

      Great comment...I fully agree. But, accurately--God did not take her, cruel death did, which comes from sin (Romans 5:12). It's not her fault nor God's--just an inherited defect we can all get past.

    • @danacoleman4007
      @danacoleman4007 2 года назад

      @@troybarnette8002 what the fuck are you talking about?

  • @Fast_Eddy_Magic
    @Fast_Eddy_Magic 10 лет назад +23

    She did this song so perfectly. I love her.

  • @milescumminski8077
    @milescumminski8077 2 года назад +9

    I somehow forgot how full of talent this brilliant woman was. Damn, she was gone too soon, and there will never be anyone else like her. So funny, and that voice was supreme!

  • @qualqui
    @qualqui 10 лет назад +24

    Such a Beautiful babe and oh so talented, a great comedienne and a great singer as well!!! Madeleine Kahn, rest in peace doll, you are so missed by us all.

  • @adamfirebear
    @adamfirebear 8 лет назад +40

    you watch entertainment now, and maybe you don't notice as much until you come back and watch a performer this Talented, that we're really not seeing very talented people in our entertainments anymore.

    • @juliebiddle1636
      @juliebiddle1636 6 лет назад +1

      But they look good don't they? All of them look very much alike - cookie cutter entertainers - and it's easy to see how good they look because we see so much of them thanks to their skimpy clothing. The art of suggestion and seduction is gone.

  • @mikemcmahon8982
    @mikemcmahon8982 2 месяца назад +1

    I first saw Ms Kahn in the movie “What’s up Doc?” With Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. I was mesmerized by her in that fiIm. I never had the opportunity to see her perform live which will forever be my loss.

  • @markdavidboberick6676
    @markdavidboberick6676 Год назад +7

    I only discovered this 6 days ago. And in that 6 days, I have watched it at least 12 times a day. It is brilliant. Thank you.

    • @evencharlie
      @evencharlie Год назад +1

      I discovered this a week ago.....Fan tastic ❤❤❤

  • @alwaysnew189
    @alwaysnew189 9 лет назад +21

    A real operatic soprano bestowed upon a great charismatic commedianne personality, with all theatre/ cinema skills!!! #GodblessYou #rip #Diva #MadelineKahn
    She also sang Musetta in San Francisco, and was due to sign contract for #Fledermaus on #Metropolitan opera, alas- illness prevented her. Still , enormous #legacy remained! #JADORE She had/has it all!!!

  • @BadWebDiver
    @BadWebDiver 9 лет назад +20

    I SO love the arrangement of this!!! It's totally awesome, and Madeline sells it as well.
    Frickin' brilliant and hilarious!

  • @groovygirl23
    @groovygirl23 10 лет назад +19

    She was glorious!

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 10 лет назад +13

    what a performance! where are the stars like this today?!?!

  • @oldgypsytap
    @oldgypsytap 3 года назад +9

    She was so wonderfully gifted...and we miss her so. This made me cry.

  • @michael65
    @michael65 7 лет назад +4

    One of the most effortlessly funny actresses of all time! God that voice!!! Wherever she is, she's makin' 'em laugh.

  • @starcrib
    @starcrib 3 месяца назад +2

    No one can handle that musical material anymore.
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  • @darrellwallace4182
    @darrellwallace4182 8 лет назад +16

    I love Madeline Khan. Such a true talent. Love all her movies. She cracks me up. Wow! What a good singer.

  • @NancyBaron1
    @NancyBaron1 8 лет назад +56

    I love this! She was so great at everything she did. I had the good fortune to see her perform with several others in skits when she was first starting out at a club named "The Downstairs at the Upstairs".The ensemble was great but she stood out from the rest with her great voice and hilarious personality. I'm so grateful for the experience. Many great artists came to NYC when they started out. Unfortunately, it is now a shadow of what it once was. Our culture is disappearing and the world is a very different place than it was not long ago. Sad

    • @sorchamccarrey8586
      @sorchamccarrey8586 7 лет назад +8

      what are ya talking about? there are oodles of great artists in New York, and oodles of great young artists too! maybe you're just looking in the wrong places?

    • @no1guy825
      @no1guy825 2 года назад +1

      no place stays the same over the course of a generation. regardless of whatever forces you deem responsible, it's simply impossible as people come and go.. NYC was vastly "different" from when your parents were young...and theirs....and theirs. Has everything been getting progressively worse as time goes on? To you, no doubt, yes...and the next generation may be fascinated with the world as it was through story, but...to each generation, things are what they are now, at their peak. It is the greater changes in the world that we struggle with later in life. But, to a younger person....it's all normal...just, this is how it's always been....and THEY see culture and identity in droves...where you do not, because you're clinging to what YOU define it as, and what YOU perceived as law when YOU were young. And in this way, you're unable to see the truly great artists and works that continue the spirit of artists like Madeline. You're so obsessed with her being irreplaceable, that no one else comes on your radar. In human history....NYC hasn't even been a city that long. Culture? How about when NYC was all like Central Park? Wasn't that long ago. How's that for a change?

  • @wickedcoolname5756
    @wickedcoolname5756 7 лет назад +2

    What a voice! And gorgeous too. What a shame she was taken so young.

  • @ronweaver2660
    @ronweaver2660 9 лет назад +15

    Effortlessly perfect.

  • @decibellone696
    @decibellone696 Год назад +2

    Madeline Kahn brilliant in everything.

  • @kmzoilus2486
    @kmzoilus2486 8 лет назад +12

    perfect! this was awesome! when i was little and in my teenage years i had a massive crush on this woman for so many reasons. BUT i would always get her confused with Bernadette Peters. They look so much alike! Thank you Madeline... gone to soon but your work... and great looks.... will live on forever thanks to all these mediums we now have. I love you.... muuuuah

  • @DivineGurl342
    @DivineGurl342 12 лет назад +7

    i love that she can make little gestures or facial expressions and it still be amazing!

  • @Book7BrokeMyBrain
    @Book7BrokeMyBrain 9 лет назад +13

    Oh, I miss her.

  • @danacoleman4007
    @danacoleman4007 2 года назад +2

    I think it would be all been impossible to watch this and not at least smile! boy oh boy was she fantastic!

  • @tthom2459
    @tthom2459 4 месяца назад +1

    So talented. She has serious musical chops . . . and is perfectly able to interject the comedy when called for at the snap of a finger

  • @anongoingseries13
    @anongoingseries13 2 года назад +5

    Ridiculous! Perfection! Incredible! Madeline Kahn is missed sooo much. We are so fortunate to have youtube. Thanks!

  • @steveradanovich4962
    @steveradanovich4962 8 лет назад +15

    What an amazing talented performer.

  • @19cal88
    @19cal88 13 лет назад +4

    I started singing this at work, and the baby I was holding looked at me and smiled! I know I didn't sing it as fab as Madeline did, but a song that Madeline sang made her smile!
    R.I.P Madeline xx

  • @leprechaunstud582
    @leprechaunstud582 7 лет назад +6

    She's absolutely charming performing this number. Brava!

  • @alneal100
    @alneal100 13 лет назад +2

    I envy anyone who knew her, or met her in person. What a lovely girl.

  • @truthiseverything9511
    @truthiseverything9511 3 года назад +2

    I'm not crying, you're crying.
    Okay, we're both crying. I miss her so much.

  • @dougiedracula
    @dougiedracula 11 лет назад +3

    What a Gem we have lost....

  • @CaliTrisha
    @CaliTrisha 14 лет назад +2

    She is so adorable in this performance!

  • @backtosleep
    @backtosleep 6 лет назад +2

    She was so talented. I miss her.

  • @mikieanthony777
    @mikieanthony777 2 месяца назад +2

    She was so talented ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @leonardnordenstrom7379
    @leonardnordenstrom7379 10 лет назад +5

    madeline kahn was such a wonderful lady of my young time. I loved her so much

  • @slc2466
    @slc2466 3 года назад +2

    Madeline was a performing genius.

  • @TheFiddle101
    @TheFiddle101 4 месяца назад +1

    What a voice! Still missing her after all these years.

  • @OziBlokeTimG
    @OziBlokeTimG 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm in love with this girl. RIP sweetheart 😢

  • @redickdavid79
    @redickdavid79 9 лет назад +19

    What a treasure! Thank you for sharing.

  • @mikeyirish1967
    @mikeyirish1967 11 лет назад +7

    Impossible NOT to love, love, LOVE the genius that was Ms. Madeline Kahn.

  • @ChristopherLeidenfrost
    @ChristopherLeidenfrost 13 лет назад +2

    How can FIVE people not like this??? Inconceivable!

  • @mjgovednik
    @mjgovednik 12 лет назад +3

    she was so awesome!! We miss you!

  • @Ttinytino1
    @Ttinytino1 11 лет назад +9

    what a voice, what timing, exquisite, thrilling mimic!!! The best!!

  • @MsOperababe
    @MsOperababe 5 лет назад +3

    Her nuances were sublime!

  • @jillianhorsley5985
    @jillianhorsley5985 7 лет назад +1

    What a woman, i laughed myself silly watching this...FABULOUS!

  • @maryfay53
    @maryfay53 13 лет назад +4

    Absolutely brilliant. The funniest and most beautiful singer ever.

  • @sjohnvogel
    @sjohnvogel 11 лет назад +3

    Heaven! Madeleine, we miss you!

  • @user-tc7cz3vz5v
    @user-tc7cz3vz5v 5 дней назад +1

    1st time I heard her.
    Per enjoyment.
    Very Missed..

  • @welsh88dutch
    @welsh88dutch 8 лет назад +11

    Too funny Madeline. I miss you!

  • @MrMusicmicky
    @MrMusicmicky 6 лет назад +3

    A brilliant, hilarious, talented and beautiful actress that left us too soon.

  • @bduhe219
    @bduhe219 7 лет назад +1

    one of the best comedic actresses EVER. miss her very much...sorely missed .

    • @IgorSalaj3578
      @IgorSalaj3578 5 лет назад

      You can say that she was the female incarnation of Robin Williams

  • @FireMinstrel
    @FireMinstrel 15 лет назад +1

    I can't believe she's been gone for nearly 10 years. : (

  • @NortonsNestMonthly
    @NortonsNestMonthly 6 лет назад +2

    Amazing Madeline Kahn!

  • @joehellno9097
    @joehellno9097 6 лет назад +10

    Madeleine! What a honey! A true treasure. Perfect timing, and that voice....NOBODY better! Thanks for posting!

  • @JeanEtchepare
    @JeanEtchepare 12 лет назад +1

    Madeline was a great actress and a fantastic commediane.

  • @cubantoro
    @cubantoro 12 лет назад +4

    Madeline Khan... What a jewel she was! God Bless You!

  • @Splurge24
    @Splurge24 6 лет назад +4

    What a legend! Unparalleled talent!! This is an absolute master class.

  • @deannastevens1217
    @deannastevens1217 3 года назад +2

    There needs to be LOVE BUTTON for this!!! Love Madeline Kahn and Love this clip.!!!

  • @Iusedtobetheking
    @Iusedtobetheking 11 лет назад +5

    Gone too soon. RIP Madeline. You are missed

  • @Dmofpa
    @Dmofpa 13 лет назад +5

    She made us laugh. Was a wonderful entertainer. Missed very much.

  • @glgl1472
    @glgl1472 5 лет назад +1

    I always liked her and I always followed her it's too bad that she died way too soon but she was a great talent