I must have been 14 years old when I saw Progress on TV. He was wearing 2 inch thick glasses, but he could actually play pretty good. Funniest skit by Sid.
He was making fun of Parker and Dizzy when they lost a lot of people from the swing Era that didn't get bebop. Then along came Horace Silver and Lee Morgan, who simplified it a little, into hard bop. Also Miles and before that Tad Dameron. Tad's Mating Call lp with Coltrane, On a Misty Night, was a classic.
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“Progress, can we get on with our discussion of Jazz?”
“I would be hydraulically lifted to do so, sir.”
Progress; so hip he’s hep.
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This is my all time favorite character!!!
Me, too!
The strains of humor running through jazz are multifarious and hilarious.
Yes!
"We must be warned in case we approach the melody." 🤣 NOW i know what jazz is! 🏆
Thank you,Bret 🌹🌹🌹🌹
I love documentaries
Good!
Birdland was the 49th state!
The cool thing was that the audience got the joke.
I must have been 14 years old when I saw Progress on TV. He was wearing 2 inch thick glasses, but he could actually play pretty good. Funniest skit by Sid.
That was actually an earlier jazz-inspired character, Kool Cees. He was replaced by Progress a few years later.
"Nikto Barada on radar" - the name is from the alien phrase used in "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Klaatu barada nikto."
Good catch!!
Sid Caesar was great 😍 loved his comedy....we sure don't have comedians like him today 😣🤔
Different world.
😍
Sid was a genius and looked like a nice guy to know
Nice, but sadly troubed. Huge, one of a kind success came too soon for him.
Bret, you're a miracle worker!
I try
Jokes on him. Jazz became one of the most successful music genres the we have today.
On which planet would that be?
@@ironcloudz52 Not the planet your mother is on
Guy please, can't we all just get along. Try and be nice, will ya?
Oh yes! I still use some Cool Cees´ one line stuff when I am talking to the people. Sid was one the best things when I grew up.
you're that old, Bob? Gosh, I though you were like 20
You know, I think DeNero got some ideas from Sid for Tommy Doyle.
He was making fun of Parker and Dizzy when they lost a lot of people from the swing Era that didn't get bebop. Then along came Horace Silver and Lee Morgan, who simplified it a little, into hard bop. Also Miles and before that Tad Dameron. Tad's Mating Call lp with Coltrane, On a Misty Night, was a classic.
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Cool Cees?
Absolutely Tom!!!! Bob R in Copenhagen.