When I look at the world today I'm reminded of the look on Uncle Jed's face when Jethro was doing something stupid. Buddy Ebsen was one of a kind and a treasure.
He was a bean pole with fluid of motion, he could sing, dance & act, this man was a legend.. One of these days I'm going to have a long talk with that boy..
The answer is simple. The talent is still available but the people who run / own the Big Time Entertainment and Music Biz and the mainstream media are corrupt banksters and gangsters, therefore they have no Class, nor good taste in Music or Entertainment. So, the most genuinely talented people never get to be famous anymore. It's ALWAYS been that way, but it gets worse with every passing year in the USA.
As I look back on my childhood, I remember I used to watch the Buddy Ebson detective show, Barnaby Jones. I reckon the show was fair. But, looking back, it was great because i loved watching Buddy. Such a wonderful guy. As well, is there any doubt he had the ability to do a mean moonwalk. The motion at :34 was a sign of the ability. Such a classy guy.
As I posted on other threads we Boomers first knew him as Uncle Jed and then Barnaby Jones. Then of course we heard about Tin Men accident on Wizard of Oz . As a kid I recognized him as one of the witch’s guard in Oz which is what he had to settle for after he recovered . Yes Buddy Ebsen had an impressive resume and was every bit as good a Song And Dance man as such greats as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire with his own distinctive style .
Older boomers like me knew him earlier as Fess Parker's sidekick in the 1954-55 Disney "Davy Crockett" miniseries and also in the 1958-59 TV series "Northwest Passage."
I'm around your age and the entertainment back then was OFF THE RICHTER SCALE. At lease we have channels on RUclips that post these clips that we can see and think of all those years ago when we were kids.
@@noam65 Dino was 6 foot one, so Buddy had to be 6 foot 5....actually, people's eating habits now are MUCH worse than 50 years ago, so younger people now are probably shorter than 50 years ago.....much less prepared foods back then
@@essessessesq , I just looked it up. He was 6 foot, three inches. You're right. Had me fooled. I guess they had most of the cameras up high, so they didn't look like giants.
A lot of these performers had spent decades on the road and in vaudeville. Then the studio system would invest in training and comportment activities. They were talented, trained, and hard working. U.S. mythologized about them, when the big reveal is practice and training.
Love both these guys, so talented. Buddy would have made a great Tin Man (in Wizard of Oz) if he hadn't been allergic to the makeup. He was so loose-jointed and even his spine was flexible - and the long arms and legs!!!
@@4redniwediS I truly see your point... who the fluck cares anyhoo,,, we are all humanly cursed with the acknowledgement and awareness of the inevitability of our own pending death.
There is a point in "Broadway Melody of 1936" where a woman says to Buddy Ebsen that she still has a little pride left. Buddy responds, "So's Gandhi, but he's getting awful thin." My mouth went agape.
Ah, the variety show. So corny, but so wonderfully entertaining. The people on those shows could do EVERYTHING, and do everything very well. Sing, dance, act, do comedy and dramatic roles. Nowadays, people fawn over one trick freaks like Bieber, Miley, and the Kardashians. Puke!
Totally right Agent..... they could dance/sing/act ---- a great experience for any who can enjoy them from living "in" their time, or enjoying them on RUclips "after" their time. :)
I was a young child in the '70s and when I slept over my paternal grandparents' house I could watch as much T.V. as I wanted. The catch was that they had to be all of "Papa's shows", LOL!!!You know, "Lawrence Welk", "Sonny and Cher", "Hollywood Palace", etc.
Yeah, corny is right. We didn't think about it then, but looking back now it's obvious. Nobody today could relate to it. I still love it though. Makes me laugh and smile. It's like a language you had to be there to speak.
They were true entertainers. They weren’t the prima donnas we have today who won’t do anything without being paid millions. These wonderful entertainers didn’t need 50 background dancers either. Today’s ‘performers’ need 50 dancers to distract from their pathetic performances. And singers today use auto tune to correct their voices. Anyone can be a ‘star’ today by just being promoted. The decline in talent is awful.
I totally agree with what you say. The entertainers back then walked on to any stage be it TV, Theatre or a Club with a 'swagger' and the entertainment value was always off the 'RICHTER' scale. All of them like Dean and Buddy and Frank and might i say Sir Tom Jones gave it some welly. They were not perfect humans -who is? but they all had something about them. They all had a musical director and a top class orchestra and no backing tracks or the HORRIBLE AUTOTUNE. The entertainment industry is so fickle and the music industry in question is all based around STUIDO albums where all the tech in the world can make you sound wonderful but its all false I'm from England and shows like THE X FACTOR run by Simon Cowell makes these young people STARS but they never last very long
Buddy Ebsen was one of the most successful Hollywood performers of all time. He was smart as a whip. Didn’t drink, fool around or do any type of drugs. Invested very well and died a very wealthy man at age 95. We should all have the tough breaks that Buddy Ebsen had. Lol
Ebsen was still acting on the Beverly Hillbillies when this was filmed in 1970. The Beverly Hillbillies ran 9 seasons from 1962 - 1971. Barnaby Jones ran from 1974 - 1980. Ebsen then retired from show biz at age 75 and lived another 20 years till passing away at age 95. Ebsen was very shrewd with his money and died extremely wealthy.
I didn't realise Buddy ebsen was so tall.. Saw him in Hillbillies and since Jethro was also tall it didn't make much difference till other male actors stood next to him
Sorry to all the rose colored glasses set posting here, Dean Martin's lazy, faux inebriated charm always rather eluded and eludes me. He was notorious for not rehearsing, and it shows. No question SOME of his singing, SOME of his acting, and his timing/comic sympathy in the Martin and Lewis films was very good,. But by this time his manifestly lazy approach to it all, wedded as he was to cue cards, is underwhelming at best. Thank heaven, like Bob Hope in later years, they had laugh tracks...
When I look at the world today I'm reminded of the look on Uncle Jed's face when Jethro was doing something stupid. Buddy Ebsen was one of a kind and a treasure.
If you're a fan of white supremacy then I guess he was a treasure.
Miss Hathaway didn't think so.
The good days are not gone forever, because we have them forever on film and as long as they're on our mind they are still alive!
What a time. What a time. Timeless. Thanks immeasurably to the souls who recorded all these beautiful moments. 🙏✊🙏
it is really sad how many great films and videos of even the biggest stars were lost forever
The good days gone forever. Thank all of you for good shows and great memories.
He was a bean pole with fluid of motion, he could sing, dance & act, this man was a legend.. One of these days I'm going to have a long talk with that boy..
Dean or Buddy?! :)
The Beverly Hillbillies -- referencing Buddy of course. :)
Referencing jethro
Lol 😂 🕺🕴
The originally-cast Scarecrow of Oz.
This is so great. 😊 when entertainment was entertainment!!!😊 thank you for posting this. Brings back great memories.
Two greats. I'm glad I grew up when entertainment was still decent. ♥️
Love dean and buddy and miss them both
America you had so MUCH Talent. What ever went wrong?
Divorce, abortion, Cell phones...
When these talented people all died, so did everything they stood for. I'm glad we can see them on RUclips. That was real entertainment.
We started living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land!!!!!!
The answer is simple. The talent is still available but the people who run / own the Big Time Entertainment and Music Biz and the mainstream media are corrupt banksters and gangsters, therefore they have no Class, nor good taste in Music or Entertainment. So, the most genuinely talented people never get to be famous anymore. It's ALWAYS been that way, but it gets worse with every passing year in the USA.
@@ignorecorporatenews We know what the okay hand sign means! 👌👌👌( 666) Lol 😂
He was a great dancer.
Thank you so much for posting this! What a joy!
2 of the greats
Buddy Ebsen was very multi talented.
Sure was....
👍
They all sing 🗣🎙🎶 & dance!🕴🕺🕴🕺🕴 in Hollywood 🇺🇸🎭🎪🗿🗿🗿🗿
Wonderful !!
What a treat, thanks...
As I look back on my childhood, I remember I used to watch the Buddy Ebson detective show, Barnaby Jones. I reckon the show was fair. But, looking back, it was great because i loved watching Buddy. Such a wonderful guy. As well, is there any doubt he had the ability to do a mean moonwalk. The motion at :34 was a sign of the ability. Such a classy guy.
I just started watching Barnaby Jones on MeTV and am hooked! Great show!
You mean he could do the Buddy walk which others copied like little michael J. A fabulous entertainer as well.
Totally agreed 👍
It was a GREAT show!
As I posted on other threads we Boomers first knew him as Uncle Jed and then Barnaby Jones. Then of course we heard about Tin Men accident on Wizard of Oz . As a kid I recognized him as one of the witch’s guard in Oz which is what he had to settle for after he recovered . Yes Buddy Ebsen had an impressive resume and was every bit as good a Song And Dance man as such greats as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire with his own distinctive style .
Older boomers like me knew him earlier as Fess Parker's sidekick in the 1954-55 Disney "Davy Crockett" miniseries and also in the 1958-59 TV series "Northwest Passage."
I miss the entertainers I used to watch in the 60s and 70s. I was a kid in the 60s and a teenager in the 70s.
I'm around your age and the entertainment back then was OFF THE RICHTER SCALE. At lease we have channels on RUclips that post these clips that we can see and think of all those years ago when we were kids.
Love to Dean and Buddy dancing together. Sam Song.
LOVED Buddy Ebsen!!!
Oh my gosh Buddy dwarfed Dino!! LOVE both these men.
Buddy Ebsen was 6’4”. Dean Martin was 6’ even.
Enjoyed watching them on TV , don't bother to watch anything anymore.
Class I tell you. Class
Best Buddy Ebsen? Joining Shirley Temple in Captain January. On the barrels along the boardwalk. The sound was iconic.
Yes, it was!
Can't believe I haven't seen that. Can you tell me the name of the movie, please?
@@americanartist6485 movie is Captain January
@@yminic55 Thank you so much.
I had no idea Buddy was such a good dancer!
Go to TCM and catch those Eleanor Powell pictures or dial her up on RUclips... or him.
or so TALL!
@@essessessesq more likely the folks back then were way shorter than today. I think he wouldn't be tall by our standards.
@@noam65 Dino was 6 foot one, so Buddy had to be 6 foot 5....actually, people's eating habits now are MUCH worse than 50 years ago, so younger people now are probably shorter than 50 years ago.....much less prepared foods back then
@@essessessesq , I just looked it up. He was 6 foot, three inches. You're right. Had me fooled.
I guess they had most of the cameras up high, so they didn't look like giants.
Wow Buddy had so much talent
A lot of these performers had spent decades on the road and in vaudeville. Then the studio system would invest in training and comportment activities. They were talented, trained, and hard working. U.S. mythologized about them, when the big reveal is practice and training.
Love both these guys, so talented. Buddy would have made a great Tin Man (in Wizard of Oz) if he hadn't been allergic to the makeup. He was so loose-jointed and even his spine was flexible - and the long arms and legs!!!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SMILE TIME ! 😅 😊
When men were MEN!! ❤️ 💙
Buddy stayed in a hotel not far from where I live in Co.Down - I met a number of people who met him - all said what a gentleman he was
America ain't over until we stop caring about the past, and worrying about the future.
Worrying about the future does nothing but cause ulsers!
@@4redniwediS I truly see your point... who the fluck cares anyhoo,,, we are all humanly cursed with the acknowledgement and awareness of the inevitability of our own pending death.
@@4redniwediS love it....
And it weigh's on us.
Sorry to say its over
Uncle Jed cleans up real good.
For a very tall fellow, he was a real good hoofer. He was also great in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Audrey Hepburn.
There is a point in "Broadway Melody of 1936" where a woman says to Buddy Ebsen that she still has a little pride left. Buddy responds, "So's Gandhi, but he's getting awful thin." My mouth went agape.
I have always wondered if Buddy Ebsen and Jimmy Slide ever dance on stage together... that would have been something!
We have a freand that can dance like that it's the coolest thing ever
Ah, the variety show. So corny, but so wonderfully entertaining. The people on those shows could do EVERYTHING, and do everything very well. Sing, dance, act, do comedy and dramatic roles.
Nowadays, people fawn over one trick freaks like Bieber, Miley, and the Kardashians. Puke!
Totally right Agent..... they could dance/sing/act ---- a great experience for any who can enjoy them from living "in" their time, or enjoying them on RUclips "after" their time. :)
Dave Brown : Yep, love RUclips!
I was a young child in the '70s and when I slept over my paternal grandparents' house I could watch as much T.V. as I wanted. The catch was that they had to be all of "Papa's shows", LOL!!!You know, "Lawrence Welk", "Sonny and Cher", "Hollywood Palace", etc.
Yeah, corny is right. We didn't think about it then, but looking back now it's obvious. Nobody today could relate to it. I still love it though. Makes me laugh and smile. It's like a language you had to be there to speak.
They were true entertainers. They weren’t the prima donnas we have today who won’t do anything without being paid millions. These wonderful entertainers didn’t need 50 background dancers either. Today’s ‘performers’ need 50 dancers to distract from their pathetic performances. And singers today use auto tune to correct their voices. Anyone can be a ‘star’ today by just being promoted. The decline in talent is awful.
I totally agree with what you say. The entertainers back then walked on to any stage be it TV, Theatre or a Club with a 'swagger' and the entertainment value was always off the 'RICHTER' scale. All of them like Dean and Buddy and Frank and might i say Sir Tom Jones gave it some welly. They were not perfect humans -who is? but they all had something about them.
They all had a musical director and a top class orchestra and no backing tracks or the HORRIBLE AUTOTUNE.
The entertainment industry is so fickle and the music industry in question is all based around STUIDO albums where all the tech in the world can make you sound wonderful but its all false
I'm from England and shows like THE X FACTOR run by Simon Cowell makes these young people STARS but they never last very long
ebsen was "moonwalking"
Gentlemen...
Many actors - even today - can sing & dance pretty well - but they rarely get a chance playing cops doctors & lawyers.
I don't see ANY current creatures out of Hollywood that has any talent that isn't enhanced by machines.
Whatever it is that they can do doesn’t even come close to Golden Hollywood.
Buddy Ebsen was 6 ft. 4 inches tall.
Good entertainment! Buddy Ebsen is an unknown dance talent
A bet Buddy was around 60 years old then. Whew! I couldn't do that in my 30s.
Buddy was actually 65. Born in 1905. This was filmed in 1970.
@@royceskepagny6182
Born in 1908
Buddy Ebsen was also in a Shirley Temple movie.
Dean was good to Buddy. He had some tough breaks.
Tough breaks??? What?
Beverly Hillbillies for how many years $$$ Barnaby Jones $$$ Residuals ?$$$ sindication $$$$$$$$???? Waaaaaah
Buddy Ebsen was one of the most successful Hollywood performers of all time. He was smart as a whip. Didn’t drink, fool around or do any type of drugs. Invested very well and died a very wealthy man at age 95. We should all have the tough breaks that Buddy Ebsen had. Lol
Was Ebsen still doing Beverly Hillbillies by that point?
Ebsen was still acting on the Beverly Hillbillies when this was filmed in 1970. The Beverly Hillbillies ran 9 seasons from 1962 - 1971. Barnaby Jones ran from 1974 - 1980. Ebsen then retired from show biz at age 75 and lived another 20 years till passing away at age 95. Ebsen was very shrewd with his money and died extremely wealthy.
Is there anything Buddy Ebsen couldnt do?
I didn't realise Buddy ebsen was so tall.. Saw him in Hillbillies and since Jethro was also tall it didn't make much difference till other male actors stood next to him
Thought Buddy was sexy there!
He was almost the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz but got sick from the silver make up. It affected his lings his whole life.
Had no idea, Jed Clampet was a dancer.
Wrong format 4:3 instead of 16:9
i just love Jed sorry the make up from the wizard in 1939 almost killed him
SAMSUNG?
Sam soooooooong
Uncle Jed😄
Dean and Buddy singing Sam's Song.
Who else was surprised that Dean Martin could not dance at all?
Who else is surprised that you couldn't see he was faking?
Curso acelerado de boludez
Sorry to all the rose colored glasses set posting here, Dean Martin's lazy, faux inebriated charm always rather eluded and eludes me. He was notorious for not rehearsing, and it shows. No question SOME of his singing, SOME of his acting, and his timing/comic sympathy in the Martin and Lewis films was very good,. But by this time his manifestly lazy approach to it all, wedded as he was to cue cards, is underwhelming at best. Thank heaven, like Bob Hope in later years, they had laugh tracks...
You are a minority of one, happy to say.