Every time I hear the word "claw" in real life, I yell "Not the craw, the craw!". No one else has a clue what I am talking about, but it makes me laugh!
Leonard Strong an American actor specializing in Asian roles playing the part of "The Craw" is very good at his craft. He seamlessly moves from being goofily annoyed with Don to being just the right amount of menacing.
Don Adams was perfectly cast for this show. I remember him voicing the cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo before Get Smart. Something about his voice, look, and mannerisms was absolutely perfect for this kind of humor. Loved the show as a kid and I still love it. Side note: I wish there was a blooper reel for all the times they couldn't hold it together while performing their hilarious lines.
Get Smart, Maxwell Smart and Don Adams. Still, respectively, my favorite tv show, secret agent and actor. Watching scenes from this show never get old, no matter how many times I see them. Siegfried and The Craw have to be two of the most unique villains of all time as well.
And right after that hilarious line "we may be diabolical but we aren't perfect" this line made my head spin. Implying that diabolical is somehow connected with being perfect.
@@scootergeorge9576 Considering the CIA's history, I'd be ashamed to admit to being a member(if I was one, that is). The CIA has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to be proud of.
I don't know, it sounds like you either forgot it, or you didn't hear it right to begin with, because he actually DID say it differently the 2 times. Listen closely. His r actually is distinct from his l. It's not a very good l, but it's not quite the same as his r.
My best friend and I would cut our evening shenanigans short so we could get home and watch Get Smart,the Honeymooners and Get Smart again.The best hour and a half..ever!!!
At 15, during the summer,, I would have my bike all set up in the garage to watch all but the last bit of each show on reruns. At 10:23, the 2nd-to-last segment was over, and I would dash off and get to Summer School, two towns away, by 11am. I loved it.
"No, no. Not craw. CRAW!" Best gag from my early teens. Never ever forgot it. They just don't make them like that anymore. Oh well, we were lucky to have it, I guess. Best music too.
Diplomat's Daughter is a GET SMART Classic. Just in this particular segment, lots and lots of classic lines. "I suppose you can guess what they call me?.... Lefty?" so funny!!
It was hilarious and the perfect comedic response as to why KAOS kidnapped so many women. Also the line by Mr.Claw/Craw right after that; "we might be evil but we're not perfect" made me laugh. It makes no sense. lol
I miss great comedies like this. Love the reversal of all Americans looking alike to a chinese person. Un PC, but ever so funny. Some of those jokes stick with you like "The craw" or a Would you believe routine.
All though times have changed I am so happy we had a time when we could enjoy the humor of the likes of Mel Brooks, Buck Henry, and Norman Lear. Could not happen today.
I will never have enough time today catch up on what's already made. I've looked for this clip since before YT, and now it makes me want to find my parents old comedy records online. Isn't Brooks still putting out good stuff?
The actor playing the Claw was Leonard Strong, who frequently played Oriental characters in movies going back to the early '40s. He was also the hitch-hiker in the Twilight Zone episode of that name.
This is about the funniest 4 minutes in television history. I could watch this every day and would still laugh every time. Every so often I just blurt it out for no reason, "not the craw, the claw."
One of the funniest TV scenes ever! It is amazing how the humor of Get Smart is still relevant. I felt they should have used this scene in the movie, it would have made it better.
"He's bruffing!" Notice, when comparing to the shite Steve Carrel movie, how this clip has some serious spy movie tension to it amid the fondly-remembered gags. The old-time rapport of the Bond villains with our hero is all here too, the idea that what we've got is a disagreement between gentlemen...
I only have to see Max's face , or hear his voice and I'm laughing........I have been in love with Agent 86 since the first episode way way back in the good old days.......not the craw , the CRAW !! Still using that line wherever applicable today
I agree. His evil character took the biggest hit when he pleaded with Don to give him the secret information without him having to resort to torture because he didn't like to torture people.
Whenever the Claw appeared I would crack up, thats one of the best episodes ever I think. I also loved that the one with the Lazer Blazer, or as the Craw says Razor Brazer, lol. That had the Craw in it also! I'm so easily amused, thanks for the post!
*"The Craw" was played by actor Leonard Strong - perhaps even more famous for playing the eerie role of the hitchhiker in The Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitchhiker" - starring Inger Stevens - as the lone man wearing a shabby suit, with his thumb out, trying to hitch a ride along the road.*
I'm asian and I thought it was pretty funny. Everyone needs to lighten up and laugh once in a while. Its nowhere near as bad as the other asian stereotypes presented in tv even today.
met and fell in love with the most beautiful girl I've ever seen with this line. killed a scorpion in her camping tent .when its claw kept twitching we both used the craw line and it was fate absolutely wonderfull
This is the same old story. It amazes me that people are focusing on the Asian man in this skit. Some people say it’s racist because of the way he talks. Well that’s comedy. Stop and think about Max. He plays a blundering idiot white man. But you don’t here me complaining. I am white. I think he is hilarious. All races have great people and bad people. Funny people and sad people. There is nothing wrong with having fun with each others cultures and speech.
Idiots think it's racist because they can't grasp the point of the dialogue. It's an accent issue, and the butt of the joke is Max. The Claw isn't being put down at all, except for being part of an international organization of evil.
@Brian The fuck you on about? You can call a black man or a japanese man an idiot and not be called a racist. It's when you call him a nigger or a chink (which is the wrong fucking derogatory term to begin with making it a double whammy) that you're called a racist. And rightfully so.
@@WalkerRileyMC Clearly you haven't read the new definition of racism. Or seen the numerous trivialities for which people are decried as racist. The definition is now so broad and assumptive that virtually anything can be racist. People are called racist to shut them up and discredit. And it's similar for sexism, transphobia, etc.
@@nomoturtle1788 True...but you must acknowledge the levers that can be pulled. Especially the one that says, 'Yes, Max is a buffoon, he is white, but it was white people who had a choice about it, created it, controlled it, paraded it' . The white creators also chose to recruit a ready made-for-the-masses, by-the-masses stereo-type - the Asian stereotype. Overly serious and articulate but in capable of seeing his own shortcomings and crippled and stigmatized by his pronunciation. 'poor' pronunciation is a easy money - you can bank on it, for giving laughs at the expense of the pronuoncer. Sometimes it is graceful and nice, but the choice is with the 'laugher' not the 'laughed-at'. It's about having choices. But I agree with what you say.
Love it! Can't help but wonder, with attitudes on race being what they are today (PC and such) if a show like this could ever be made today. Little surprise that Mel Brooks- the guy who brought us "Blazing Saddles"- was one of the writers on this show.
If anything, it's a commentary on American's limited knowledge of foreign cultures, and language issues that is the source of much of the humor in these scenes.
Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and it still makes me laugh when I watch it. The show was a satire about racism. Showing how stupid it is. Cheers
The thing is, the minorities aren’t the butt of the joke here, it’s Max, he’s just dumb, he’s not trying to make fun of his accent he just can’t figure it out, it’s much more tasteful than a lot of the jokes around these topics, and actually funny compared to a lot of the unoriginal uninspired recycled jokes related to race we’ve had in our media over the years
Yep, big fan of that cartoon here. Most cartoon character voices are played by actors who have done movies or sitcoms beforehand. In Don's case he broke that mold and did the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo before Get Smart.
Wow, I was remembering this completely wrong. The way I remembered it, Maxwell said "The Craw?" and then the Claw said "No, not the craw, the craw!" and then Maxwell said "Oh, yes, the Craw". But in actuality, the Claw actually DID say it differently the 2 times. It was actually Maxwell who failed to hear the difference, because the Claw's "l" sounds a little closer to an r than a western one, but is still distinct from his "r".
You are correct. I checked carefully after reading your comment and heard the difference.I guess the joke is on most of us viewers for not noticing that (even though it is subtle).
I have a friend who insists it was exactly the same, but his hearing's bad. He didn't believe me when I explained that it was being pronounced 2 different ways, "craw" and "c£aw".
I agree and noticed that right away the first time I watched this episode. It's forgivable that so many think he said craw imo because of the reason you give. And Leonard Strong is not even Asian, he's from the U.S. and American making it all the more impressive that he pulled that subtle pronunciation off.
@@BladeRunner-td8be That's not hard, I can pull it off easily. People seem to be most impressed by some of the easier parts of acting. But then, I have a little practice from languages with trilled "r", which this sound resembles. This "£" is like shaking out a rug once or cracking a whip once, with your tongue. The trick is to stop it quickly enough to avoid sounding like a Spanish or even the shorter French "r". The really impressive voice actor there is Don Adams, who did his whole part in an unnatural voice. Of course, he'd been using it for most of his comedy career. He delivers all those lines in a kind of grimace, cheeks and lips pulled wide. It's a kind of falsetto produced by the mouth rather than the vocal cords. Like, try to talk while smiling very hard; keep that up a while and see how it feels! I think I remember his having said his agent, early in Adams 's standup comedy career, encouraged him to use it more. However, there's also cheating. My friend John Chodes wrote and produced a play, "Frederick Two", about Friederich II von Hohenstaufern, and afterward introduced me to his lady friend who played a Levantine harem girl. I complimented her on her accent, only to find out it was her natural speaking voice; she was Greek! I told John, "That's not acting, that's cheating!"
@@goodmaro Some people have the gift of talking in different accents this is true. In my youth I had a friend, Jim Black, who met up a group of people in our favorite tavern and they were from across the pond as they say, speaking with an English accent. He spent the whole night with them talking with their accent and they didn't have a clue that he was from the U.S. It's a gift in my opinion.
It was un-PC but Don's attitude never had bad intentions while doing his lines. He made us believe he was genuinely trying to understand the diabolical Asian actor Leonard Strong. A big part of Don's shtick in that show was getting everything wrong and not understanding what was actually going on making The Craw scene work well even though it was un-PC. Leonard Strong gets a payback line which was also un-PC when he said, "you all look alike to us" which was not only funny but at least partially made up for what went on with "The Craw".
I used the CRAW to terrorize my children. Both loved the bedtime ritual of the CRAW coming for them 😂. There was no place to hide from the CRAW !!❤❤. NO blanket forcefield could withstand its POWER ! 😮
Ilove the idea of an evil henchman named "Bobo". That's also my cat's nickname. Bobo was played by Lee Kolima who occasionally appeared on Lonathan Winters' show. Still love that bit and think of it everytime I hear the word "claw"!
This was always one of my favorites of Maxy. The 'Craw' is one of the best of Kaos, second only to Sigfried. I love the beginning where Max and 99 meet the princess. He describes her as a sweet freckled faced girl. She comes out as a beautiful twenty year old who starts making out with him. "isn't she sweet? She hasn't changed a bit." 99 with jealously-"She must've been was quite a 15 year old."
I was in China and was told this by a Chinese woman, as a matter of fact. "All you westerners look the same to us". I told her, "that's funny...we say the same thing about you!" She didn't think it was funny, but it is a small world!
A classic episode. 😄 I can't help cracking up when I see this episode. I remember watching the original broadcast in my late Parent's bedroom on the Big Color TV way back in 1966. I laughed my head off.when I was 15. Now, at 68.......I appreciate it MORE !! The Laser Blazer" episode was Epic with the funny Mel Brooks and Buck Henry humor. Also, I believe in this episode The Craw's muscle guy without a younger ?? The Craw says something to Max like: "This is Bruno. Unfortunately, he has lost the power of speech". Then Bruno makes a noise saying something as if he's trying to speak but it's inaudible. Max asks The Craw : " What did he say ?"... and The Craw says : " He said unfortunately, I have lost the power of speech ". That totally Brooks. Nice distraction during this historic time. BAP
Me too! Mr Claw/Craw actually never says "craw" in that sketch except for when he corrects Don. He says "claw" with a heavy Asian accent while correcting Don. Don pretends not to hear the difference between craw and claw. It was Don's ability to play dumb combined with how pissed off The Claw was about his "inability" to hear it correctly which made that part of the scene funny to me.
Every time I hear the word "claw" in real life, I yell "Not the craw, the craw!". No one else has a clue what I am talking about, but it makes me laugh!
LOL
Me too....
I know. Me too. But it's surprising the number of people who *do* get it.
I used to be in the USAF, when in training had an instructor pilot named Lt Col Craw. I had a ball going back-and-forth with him like this!
Me too! One of my favourite memories from this show. Along with Seigfried.
Mel Brooks and Buck Henry were comic geniuses.
I'm asian and this was always one of my favorite episodes.
Back when we could laugh with each other!
50+ years later, and this STILL runs through my brain.
Blain...not brain.
Not the brain! The BLAIN!
"Lefty" I love that line.
The "Craw" and "Harry Hoo".......so hilarious it never gets old.
A-MAY-sing!
Trury a Crassic!!!
Bwahaha 😂
My fellow third generation Chinese-American friend and I laugh our heads off every time we talk about "not the craw, the CRAW!"
Leonard Strong an American actor specializing in Asian roles playing the part of "The Craw" is very good at his craft. He seamlessly moves from being goofily annoyed with Don to being just the right amount of menacing.
It was all real!
It’s claw lol
not craw - CRAW!
He was also the hitchhiker in The Twilight Zone series.
He looks so sweet and nice and forgiving at the start …. Then yep, ‘we’ve found this to more effective’.the snake comes out
Still hilarious after all these years.
Don Adams was perfectly cast for this show. I remember him voicing the cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo before Get Smart. Something about his voice, look, and mannerisms was absolutely perfect for this kind of humor. Loved the show as a kid and I still love it. Side note: I wish there was a blooper reel for all the times they couldn't hold it together while performing their hilarious lines.
The DVD set has bloopers from every season and some can be found on RUclips as well.
Tennessee Tuxedo, now there's a great classic cartoon !
Tennessee Tuxedo 🤩 WOW ❤️❤️
Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!
I've come to play Wisconsin Slim
"He's bruffing...Bobo, get him!"
"Wrong pill. I think I've just poisoned the room."
BOBO says " but the real money is in the laundry ".
My favorite has always been Bobo the Henchman. "The spy network is just a front. The real money is in the laundry."
I love this.
I've seen this a hundred times and it's still funny every time.
Funniest damned show in TV history....Don Adams was absolutely perfect as Maxwell Smart.....kudos to the legendary Mel Brooks!
+Will Drucker AGREE!!
Adams was also the voice of Inspector Gadget.
And Tennessee Tuxedo !
Don’t forget Buck Henry.
Mel Brooks was (is) a genius.
"Not The Craw, THE CRAW!"
My favorite scene from the Get Smart series. Brilliant writing and acting. Also loved Harry Hoo and Ziegfried.
Harry Hoo was the BEST , LOL !! A- MA- ZINK !!!
And what about Hymie the Robot, played by Dick Guatier. Now to look up Harry Hoo.
Siegfried. It's a German name, from Sieg (victory) and Fried (peace).
Ziegfried pretty much made this series.
I always loved when Zuegfried said we don't shush here!
Get Smart, Maxwell Smart and Don Adams. Still, respectively, my favorite tv show, secret agent and actor.
Watching scenes from this show never get old, no matter how many times I see them. Siegfried and The Craw have to be two of the most unique villains of all time as well.
haha "all americans look alike to us" had to laugh :)
Arr Amellicans rook arike to us!! Lol
That line alone shows that this is anti-racist, ridiculing the "all Asians look alike" mentality.
@@ghenulo but they do all rook arike
And right after that hilarious line "we may be diabolical but we aren't perfect" this line made my head spin. Implying that diabolical is somehow connected with being perfect.
Psychologists studied that, and it turns out to be a trait common not just to *all* humans, but also dogs and probably other animals too.
" You'll never get your craws on me." Ahahahaha!
My father worked for the CIA for years. This segment had him rolling on the floor. I NEVER saw him laugh so hard.
+Tom C The same with my Dad , he loved this show too !!
my dad would watch with me,,i was about 7yrs old...he thought it was so funny!...RIP Dad...thanks for the good times.
Tom C: Working for the CIA? Not something to be proud of.
@@neilforbes416 - I would disagree with you.
@@scootergeorge9576 Considering the CIA's history, I'd be ashamed to admit to being a member(if I was one, that is). The CIA has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to be proud of.
One of those Get Smart moments you never forget. Not the Craw, It's The Craw!
I don't know, it sounds like you either forgot it, or you didn't hear it right to begin with, because he actually DID say it differently the 2 times. Listen closely. His r actually is distinct from his l. It's not a very good l, but it's not quite the same as his r.
"That must be under the overpass."
No, no! OVER the UNDER-pass!"
The Annihilator No idea.
Its a Left on Crova
lol
LOLOL great comedy writing there.
I just realized they mean the same thing - just took me 45 years.
My best friend and I would cut our evening shenanigans short so we could get home and watch Get Smart,the Honeymooners and Get Smart again.The best hour and a half..ever!!!
At 15, during the summer,, I would have my bike all set up in the garage to watch all but the last bit of each show on reruns. At 10:23, the 2nd-to-last segment was over, and I would dash off and get to Summer School, two towns away, by 11am. I loved it.
"No, no. Not craw. CRAW!" Best gag from my early teens. Never ever forgot it. They just don't make them like that anymore. Oh well, we were lucky to have it, I guess. Best music too.
" Leftie?" is a heck of a one liner too. Perfect comic timing.
Don Adams delivery & physical comedy is so perfect he ranks up there with Lucille Ball!! Thanks for all the laughs!!
Can you imagine the outcry if this were made today? Hilarious!!
YEAH! The woke Snowflakes would run to their safe place corner and cry 😢.
Diplomat's Daughter is a GET SMART Classic. Just in this particular segment, lots and lots of classic lines. "I suppose you can guess what they call me?.... Lefty?" so funny!!
I loved that show as a kid! Actually...I still love it!
The best fir me when Mr Claw says you Americans are look alike to us. That is hilarious.
It was hilarious and the perfect comedic response as to why KAOS kidnapped so many women. Also the line by Mr.Claw/Craw right after that; "we might be evil but we're not perfect" made me laugh. It makes no sense. lol
I miss great comedies like this. Love the reversal of all Americans looking alike to a chinese person. Un PC, but ever so funny. Some of those jokes stick with you like "The craw" or a Would you believe routine.
Agree. No one can do the "would you believe" lines like Don Adams. I've actually tried it for years even. It's beyond my ken.
I always digged the music in Get Smart..peace man
The music was done by Irving Szathmary, who was actually the older brother of comedian Bill Dana and helped him get his start.
All though times have changed I am so happy we had a time when we could enjoy the humor of the likes of Mel Brooks, Buck Henry, and Norman Lear. Could not happen today.
I will never have enough time today catch up on what's already made. I've looked for this clip since before YT, and now it makes me want to find my parents old comedy records online. Isn't Brooks still putting out good stuff?
"He's bruffing" ....lol
I wish there were more episodes with the “Craw”.
They planned them, but when they crawed back his pay, he said no.
Only 2
Best tv show ever, period :)
"Unfortunately Mr Smart, all Americans look alike to us" ROTFL
Absolutely !!
Favorite line:
The Craw: "Mr Smart doesn't realize he is heading into deadly danger. "
Bobo: "Yes Master, I never fly if I can avoid it".
I love Seinfeld but have to say this is the funniest show ever
mel brooks and buck henry but you can certainly see the influence more of mel brooks.love this show. i even read the books that came out later.
The actor playing the Claw was Leonard Strong, who frequently played Oriental characters in movies going back to the early '40s. He was also the hitch-hiker in the Twilight Zone episode of that name.
This is about the funniest 4 minutes in television history. I could watch this every day and would still laugh every time. Every so often I just blurt it out for no reason, "not the craw, the claw."
"Not the craw, the craw" I mean. Classic.
One of the funniest TV scenes ever! It is amazing how the humor of Get Smart is still relevant. I felt they should have used this scene in the movie, it would have made it better.
Saw all these as a kid. Now I'm LMAO even more! Thank you!
"NOT Craw, it's CLAW!" LOL
"He's bruffing!" Notice, when comparing to the shite Steve Carrel movie, how this clip has some serious spy movie tension to it amid the fondly-remembered gags. The old-time rapport of the Bond villains with our hero is all here too, the idea that what we've got is a disagreement between gentlemen...
Absolutely Love Get Smart💙😇😁😁
This has Mel Brooks written all over it.
don adams was perfect in this role---too funny
I only have to see Max's face , or hear his voice and I'm laughing........I have been in love with Agent 86 since the first episode way way back in the good old days.......not the craw , the CRAW !! Still using that line wherever applicable today
“ The Craw” is an obvious twin of SPECTRE’s “ Dr. No.” lol
So was Dr. Yes in another episode.
I dunno, I kind of like The Craw... he's not so evil
@MichaelKingsfordGray oh you're quite the buzzkill.
I agree. His evil character took the biggest hit when he pleaded with Don to give him the secret information without him having to resort to torture because he didn't like to torture people.
Not The Craw... The Craw!
"Mr. Smart, one rast appeal to reason..."
Get Smart has the best Psychodalic group names. The Groovy Gurus, with their song, 'Sacred Cows'. Like, wow man.
Actually the group was the Sacred Cows...
The evil dj was the Groovy Guru played by Larry Storch....
Whenever the Claw appeared I would crack up, thats one of the best episodes ever I think. I also loved that the one with the Lazer Blazer, or as the Craw says Razor Brazer, lol. That had the Craw in it also! I'm so easily amused, thanks for the post!
*"The Craw" was played by actor Leonard Strong - perhaps even more famous for playing the eerie role of the hitchhiker in The Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitchhiker" - starring Inger Stevens - as the lone man wearing a shabby suit, with his thumb out, trying to hitch a ride along the road.*
I'm asian and I thought it was pretty funny. Everyone needs to lighten up and laugh once in a while. Its nowhere near as bad as the other asian stereotypes presented in tv even today.
I liked that they used a real thing -- difficulties pronouncing unfamiliar sounds -- as a source of humour.
its summer of 2020 - i laughed at this as well. after a painful moment of soul searching i want to apologize for offending anyone
Nice to hear, Hansol--no way you could get this on TV today--it would be called too politically incorrect.
I love that line, all you Americans look alike. That is classic.
@@timarnold5510 I agree with you.
Thank you RUclips for doing something right by putting these on my recommended
met and fell in love with the most beautiful girl I've ever seen with this line. killed a scorpion in her camping tent .when its claw kept twitching we both used the craw line and it was fate absolutely wonderfull
Wow. That is a beautiful story.
Steve Mccart How did the story end? We need an update! ☺️
@@RobBiagi they got married and lived happily ever after !
That's a fantastic story!! :-)
That is a wonderful story. Congratulations and may you and the girl you met have many happy years together.
As a kid I remember how halarious it was. I was fucking dying. The jokes here still stand the test of time.
They cut off the best bit at the end, where Max looks at the Go-go dances and says "poor devils"
Yeah that was a very funny part of it! And I like rock n roll.
The Craw!! Love it.
Lefty ??? Hahahaha......
LOL that gets overlooked in this sketch quite a bit by those who watch it. I found it hilarious. Totally disrespects the "evil" Mr. Craw.
One of the best bits in TV comedy.
I have a hunch that The Claw's name may have been the inspiration for Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget.
also the inspiration for Mr. Han from enter the dragon
Even as a kid I found this hilarous, just like now
looking back we didn't know good we really had it. Get Smart was brilliant art.
This is the same old story. It amazes me that people are focusing on the Asian man in this skit. Some people say it’s racist because of the way he talks. Well that’s comedy. Stop and think about Max. He plays a blundering idiot white man. But you don’t here me complaining. I am white. I think he is hilarious. All races have great people and bad people. Funny people and sad people. There is nothing wrong with having fun with each others cultures and speech.
Idiots think it's racist because they can't grasp the point of the dialogue. It's an accent issue, and the butt of the joke is Max. The Claw isn't being put down at all, except for being part of an international organization of evil.
Agreed. L
@Brian The fuck you on about? You can call a black man or a japanese man an idiot and not be called a racist. It's when you call him a nigger or a chink (which is the wrong fucking derogatory term to begin with making it a double whammy) that you're called a racist. And rightfully so.
@@WalkerRileyMC Clearly you haven't read the new definition of racism. Or seen the numerous trivialities for which people are decried as racist.
The definition is now so broad and assumptive that virtually anything can be racist. People are called racist to shut them up and discredit. And it's similar for sexism, transphobia, etc.
@@nomoturtle1788 True...but you must acknowledge the levers that can be pulled. Especially the one that says, 'Yes, Max is a buffoon, he is white, but it was white people who had a choice about it, created it, controlled it, paraded it' . The white creators also chose to recruit a ready made-for-the-masses, by-the-masses stereo-type - the Asian stereotype. Overly serious and articulate but in capable of seeing his own shortcomings and crippled and stigmatized by his pronunciation. 'poor' pronunciation is a easy money - you can bank on it, for giving laughs at the expense of the pronuoncer. Sometimes it is graceful and nice, but the choice is with the 'laugher' not the 'laughed-at'. It's about having choices. But I agree with what you say.
Someone call 911...
I’ve laughed myself into a heart attack!!!
Love it! Can't help but wonder, with attitudes on race being what they are today (PC and such) if a show like this could ever be made today. Little surprise that Mel Brooks- the guy who brought us "Blazing Saddles"- was one of the writers on this show.
If anything, it's a commentary on American's limited knowledge of foreign cultures, and language issues that is the source of much of the humor in these scenes.
Mel Brooks only helped to develop the show. He was too busy to be one of the writers.
Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and it still makes me laugh when I watch it. The show was a satire about racism. Showing how stupid it is. Cheers
The thing is, the minorities aren’t the butt of the joke here, it’s Max, he’s just dumb, he’s not trying to make fun of his accent he just can’t figure it out, it’s much more tasteful than a lot of the jokes around these topics, and actually funny compared to a lot of the unoriginal uninspired recycled jokes related to race we’ve had in our media over the years
My call sign in the military was 86!
"Not Craw! CRAW!" Leonard Strong ("The Craw") playing Joseph Wiseman ("Dr. No").
Don Adams was also the voice for the cartoon character Tennessee Tuxedo. Just ask Mr. Whoopee!!!
Yep, big fan of that cartoon here. Most cartoon character voices are played by actors who have done movies or sitcoms beforehand. In Don's case he broke that mold and did the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo before Get Smart.
The most memorable of all skits.
I ruv this comedy bit!
and Mr. Whoopee was Larry Storch, who played Corporal Agarn on F-Troop.
and the Groovy Guru on Get Smart. Keep it going Cows.
And high school chum of adams🤗
Wow, I was remembering this completely wrong. The way I remembered it, Maxwell said "The Craw?" and then the Claw said "No, not the craw, the craw!" and then Maxwell said "Oh, yes, the Craw". But in actuality, the Claw actually DID say it differently the 2 times. It was actually Maxwell who failed to hear the difference, because the Claw's "l" sounds a little closer to an r than a western one, but is still distinct from his "r".
You are correct. I checked carefully after reading your comment and heard the difference.I guess the joke is on most of us viewers for not noticing that (even though it is subtle).
I have a friend who insists it was exactly the same, but his hearing's bad. He didn't believe me when I explained that it was being pronounced 2 different ways, "craw" and "c£aw".
I agree and noticed that right away the first time I watched this episode. It's forgivable that so many think he said craw imo because of the reason you give. And Leonard Strong is not even Asian, he's from the U.S. and American making it all the more impressive that he pulled that subtle pronunciation off.
@@BladeRunner-td8be That's not hard, I can pull it off easily. People seem to be most impressed by some of the easier parts of acting. But then, I have a little practice from languages with trilled "r", which this sound resembles. This "£" is like shaking out a rug once or cracking a whip once, with your tongue. The trick is to stop it quickly enough to avoid sounding like a Spanish or even the shorter French "r".
The really impressive voice actor there is Don Adams, who did his whole part in an unnatural voice. Of course, he'd been using it for most of his comedy career. He delivers all those lines in a kind of grimace, cheeks and lips pulled wide. It's a kind of falsetto produced by the mouth rather than the vocal cords. Like, try to talk while smiling very hard; keep that up a while and see how it feels! I think I remember his having said his agent, early in Adams
's standup comedy career, encouraged him to use it more.
However, there's also cheating. My friend John Chodes wrote and produced a play, "Frederick Two", about Friederich II von Hohenstaufern, and afterward introduced me to his lady friend who played a Levantine harem girl. I complimented her on her accent, only to find out it was her natural speaking voice; she was Greek! I told John, "That's not acting, that's cheating!"
@@goodmaro Some people have the gift of talking in different accents this is true. In my youth I had a friend, Jim Black, who met up a group of people in our favorite tavern and they were from across the pond as they say, speaking with an English accent. He spent the whole night with them talking with their accent and they didn't have a clue that he was from the U.S. It's a gift in my opinion.
" LEFTY ?" So Funny. My absolute favorite episode.
Virtually every line of this is politically incorrect!
And, loving every minute of it!
AND loving it!
"We may be diabolical, but we are not perfect."
That is so true.
Love this show back in the day.
Its Craw, not Craw.
that raucous sound will smother your cries for help
Stop being so lacist you evir white mare!
Mel Brooks
So un-PC
Love it.
Always been a huge fan
ABLAZ X (Armaniblast) YEP. It’s right up there with, “HEY THE SHERIFF IS A NI-(DONG!!!)”
It was un-PC but Don's attitude never had bad intentions while doing his lines. He made us believe he was genuinely trying to understand the diabolical Asian actor Leonard Strong. A big part of Don's shtick in that show was getting everything wrong and not understanding what was actually going on making The Craw scene work well even though it was un-PC. Leonard Strong gets a payback line which was also un-PC when he said, "you all look alike to us" which was not only funny but at least partially made up for what went on with "The Craw".
Over the underpass! NO! UNDER the OVERPASS!
So un-PC. Thank god.
I used the CRAW to terrorize my children. Both loved the bedtime ritual of the CRAW coming for them 😂. There was no place to hide from the CRAW !!❤❤. NO blanket forcefield could withstand its POWER ! 😮
Why would he tell them to stand back? Enjoy this more now than when it aired. Rest In Peace,Tennessee Tuxedo.
My all time favorite comedy series. One of my favorite episodes was when KAOS and CONTROL were kidnapping each other .
Ilove the idea of an evil henchman named "Bobo". That's also my cat's nickname. Bobo was played by Lee Kolima who occasionally appeared on Lonathan Winters' show. Still love that bit and think of it everytime I hear the word "claw"!
This was always one of my favorites of Maxy. The 'Craw' is one of the best of Kaos, second only to Sigfried.
I love the beginning where Max and 99 meet the princess. He describes her as a sweet freckled faced girl. She comes out as a beautiful twenty year old who starts making out with him.
"isn't she sweet? She hasn't changed a bit."
99 with jealously-"She must've been was quite a 15 year old."
I was in China and was told this by a Chinese woman, as a matter of fact. "All you westerners look the same to us". I told her, "that's funny...we say the same thing about you!" She didn't think it was funny, but it is a small world!
A classic episode. 😄 I can't help cracking up when I see this episode. I remember watching the original broadcast in my late Parent's bedroom on the Big Color TV way back in 1966. I laughed my head off.when I was 15. Now, at 68.......I appreciate it MORE !! The Laser Blazer" episode was Epic with the funny Mel Brooks and Buck Henry humor. Also, I believe in this episode The Craw's muscle guy without a younger ?? The Craw says something to Max like: "This is Bruno. Unfortunately, he has lost the power of speech".
Then Bruno makes a noise saying something as if he's trying to speak but it's inaudible. Max asks The Craw : " What did he say ?"...
and The Craw says : " He said unfortunately, I have lost the power of speech ". That totally Brooks. Nice distraction during this historic time. BAP
The directions are absolutely hilarious.
My brother and I nearly died we were laughing so hard. Must have been 15 at the time. Long before all the politically correct stuff.
Inspector Gadget had fought Dr.Cra-
I mean Dr. Claw before Inspector Gadget was even a thing.
Not The Craw...The Craw! Too funny! Classic.
This was the best TV show. Thanks Man.
Ah my old nemisis, the Craw...
Not Craw..CRAW!!!
Heheheh..I love that gag
Me too! Mr Claw/Craw actually never says "craw" in that sketch except for when he corrects Don. He says "claw" with a heavy Asian accent while correcting Don. Don pretends not to hear the difference between craw and claw. It was Don's ability to play dumb combined with how pissed off The Claw was about his "inability" to hear it correctly which made that part of the scene funny to me.
"Why did you steal all the other blonds?"
"Well, all you Americans look the same to us." :D :D :D
In the PC world of today, this would not be acceptable. It is hilarious.