When guys like this can still make you smile decades later, I guess I have to call that success. David Lander just died. May he rest in peace. He did his job.
Im 54 years old and these guys totally crack me up to this day. I remember seeing this when it first came out. Thank you guys for a good laugh my entire life.
You too? Not joking, the chorus still pops up in my head now and then after all these years, completely randomly. The stuff we remember from those formative years...!
Wow David St. Hubbins has the American accent down like he's lived here all his life. Glad to see he had a gig before becoming a rock and roll god with Nigel. Love the Les Paul Jr he's holding...TV Yellow.
This is classic stuff I remember seeing this as a kid. The song is going along quite well and then that clarinet just kills it. I cracked up when he pulled that out.
Yeah, McKean is a very decent rhythm player. He’s using a beautiful Gibson Les Paul Jr. On black & white TV broadcasts of the 1950’s, that color was known as “TV Yellow”. It was designed to be picked up by those early cameras as off-white, without looking too glaringly bright. Leslie West of Mountain used one at Woodstock, and he recorded “Mississippi Queen” with it.
@@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514 yes i did. very good acting. too bad they killed him off so early. i thought that BCS was interesting . but after saul and the other female lawyer got intimate, i lost interest. NETFLIX IS TRASH. REALLY!
Forgot about this. Great stuff! I remember they sang "Night after night" , which I liked even better. Though you can't beat the clarinet solo at the end of this one.;)
"Night After Night" was a better song, but this was a funnier scene. I guess it evens out. [and hello from 14 years in the future, Zan Z!! I hope you're still well].
Man when I was in gradeschool. For a while these two were my idols!!!! I loved Leonard Kowsnowsky and Andrew Squigman aka Lenny and Squiggy!!! There was nothing cooler than the Fonz , Shanana and Lenny and Squiggy!!!!!
Fun fact: An actual album was released "Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones", by the Casablanca label in 1979. This was the precursor to McKean & Rob Reiner getting the idea for Spinal Tap.
When Lenny & the Squigtones appeared on American Bandstand in 1979, they added Nigel Tufnel (aka Christopher Guest). Later Nigel (Christopher Guest) and Sqiggy (Michael McKean, aka David St Hubbins) plus Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) formed Spinal Tap - and the rest became rock & movie history.
I taped a Honda commercial and id play it over and over trying to get my Dad to buy me a motorcycle. It went "you're ahead, you're ahead on a Honda". Took til i was 16 to get that bike ! He got me an old one called Hodaka Ace 100. Before Honda.
Im almost 70 but our Hood where i grew up had them one Saturday Night they performed at our street Dance..the Street was very Crowded but enjoyed having the Guys there with us..they must have played 8-10 songs..they danced even with our Girl Friends..but that was Cool..Westside Anderson Indiana Jackson Park Belmont.....in the 1980s.
The album that they came out with in the 70s was great...I have it in storage somewhere and other than a couple of other albums I will keep for the sake of nostalgia, Lenny and the Squigtones is the one I want to listen to. P.S. I saw them in concert back in 1979...they played at The Riverside in Milwaukee.
Don't cry because of David. We all have to go eventually. It's nice to have had him as long as we did especially battling a serious diesease (sorry for the misspelling) one the took my grandpa. And he did and still will make us smile and laugh decades later. He's definitely did his job. RIPr. Lander.
McKean and Lander also appeared together in the feature film "Used Cars", starfing Kurt Russell. They played a couple of electronics "hackers" who helped Russell with obtaining free TV advertising....
Memories of watching Lenny when I was a kid, and loving him so much. I could have never envisioned Chuck McGill so many ears later, but I love him just as much.
They started out as writers. They would act out the scenes, and were hysterical! It takes a genius to play a fool so convincingly. Just as it takes a good musician to sound so bad!🤣 These guys were great!
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When guys like this can still make you smile decades later, I guess I have to call that success. David Lander just died. May he rest in peace. He did his job.
he'll likely rest in pieces, according to his band credit(s)
RIP great show
It was the writer’s script and dialogue
Michael McKean-hard to hide real musical talent here. Spinal tap. LOL
No, it came through :)
See also “A Mighty Wind” btw.
@@LetsGoMetsGo33what do you mean, No? He's saying it came through!
@@johnlafever3162 i misread it as “he HAD to hide”, which I interpreted MM was playing bad on purpose,
"It's dedicated to Joanne and she knows who I am" LOL
Im 54 years old and these guys totally crack me up to this day. I remember seeing this when it first came out. Thank you guys for a good laugh my entire life.
You too? Not joking, the chorus still pops up in my head now and then after all these years, completely randomly. The stuff we remember from those formative years...!
50 here, agreed!!
You too?! 😅🤣😂🥰😍❤️
🙋 56 years old and I've adored these guys for 45 years!
48 never heard it before. Getting my guitar I need to learn this NOW!
Lennie and Squiggy. Two of the most memorable characters in TV history!
😂🤪
HELLO!
Play warm and mellow Squiggy
There will never be a better comic duo in sitcom history.
They sound better than what's on the radio today
Absolutely
Lenny and Squiggy, you were pure genius. Funny then and still wonderful today. You are gone but never forgotten ♥️
Pure fucking gold. No other way to describe it.
Oh Yes Best Description is Comic Solid Gold 🏆
My Childhood
R.I.P.
David "Squiggy" Lander
Rest easy Squiggy. Thanks for always putting a 😊 on my face.
Wow David St. Hubbins has the American accent down like he's lived here all his life. Glad to see he had a gig before becoming a rock and roll god with Nigel. Love the Les Paul Jr he's holding...TV Yellow.
He gets a lot outta that single pickup Paulie
I always love the fist-pumps Squiggy does inbetween Lenny's verses.
RIP David Lander
Me too! Lmao I can still envision it years later after watching it for the first time. RIP "Squiggy", Penny and now Cindy. 😪
Classic!!! Thank you for the laughs!!
I wish they had done a lot more of "Lenny and the Squigtones."
there is a bunch they did, I had the album as a kid....lol.
They made a few albums. Maybe they're available for download somewhere?
I agree! I luv it!
i have the record of quite a few of their songs!:)
For anyone who's never heard it, I do have the full Lenny and the Squigtones album up here: ruclips.net/video/mycw1jeDKw8/видео.html
“We’re like lollipops.. and caviar
...so we’ll drive up.. to the reservoir”.
Gold.
"And throw each other in."
At 78 yrs old, I STILL call that talent.
Even though it's a sin, we'll throw each other in..
"Her mudda's a DRUNK. Her Fadda's a PUNK...." HaHa!!!! LOVE, LOVE, Lenny and Squiggy!!!!
LOLOLOLOLOL
I’ll tell you where we’re gonna park it 😂
I'm heartbroken by the loss of David. Still made me laugh even though I'm sad as hell💔
Then my friend..he has done what he was born to do.
Make us laugh 😂 and 😭 cry.
I look at it as he survived 35 years with a deadly desceise. That's inspiring to me
Will miss you David Squiggy Landers! Lenny and Squiggy pure comical talent!
I actually saw him in a Quiznos in SoCal about 20 years ago. 😊
Miss him too! 😞😞😂😂😂😂
Still love kicking a door open, sauntering in and saying "...Hello!".
After the usual question concerning something dirty, stupid, or morally lacking....
"HELLO!!!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love it!! “Star Crossed….we’re like lollipops and caviar….Star Crossed…”
2020 sucking more. Thank for the laughs David.
"We're like lollipops and caviar"...hahaha!
This is classic stuff I remember seeing this as a kid. The song is going along quite well and then that clarinet just kills it. I cracked up when he pulled that out.
Lyrics being hilarious aside, the sound is quite beautiful. RIP Mr. Lander.
"We kiss in a phone booth or under a car"... LOL
lol
"Drive up to the reservoir.... and throw each other in..." (!!!)
Back then one actually had to have this new thing called talent..
G Mason could. Not. Agree more
They'd be a hit now.😃 wouldn't even have to sing or play real instruments.🎺
And one was Squiggy.
And a 60s LPJ
lol 3:11
That friggin' clarinet at the end!! Lmao!!! Sounds like some kinda sick mutant elk, lolol!
michael mckean is very talented...
jessie james Sure is . Ever see him as Jimmy Magill's brother on Better Call Saul?
Yeah, McKean is a very decent rhythm player. He’s using a beautiful Gibson Les Paul Jr. On black & white TV broadcasts of the 1950’s, that color was known as “TV Yellow”. It was designed to be picked up by those early cameras as off-white, without looking too glaringly bright. Leslie West of Mountain used one at Woodstock, and he recorded “Mississippi Queen” with it.
I love him. They should have made him and laveren get together.
@@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514 yes i did. very good acting. too bad they killed him off so early. i thought that BCS was interesting . but after saul
and the other female lawyer got intimate, i lost interest. NETFLIX IS TRASH. REALLY!
@@Paul-vc8on what happened to him? never saw him in much after laverne and shirley.
Squiggy using his arms to punctuate the snare hits kills me.
Forgot about this. Great stuff! I remember they sang "Night after night" , which I liked even better. Though you can't beat the clarinet solo at the end of this one.;)
It's a song about two nights in a row.
"Night After Night" was a better song, but this was a funnier scene. I guess it evens out. [and hello from 14 years in the future, Zan Z!! I hope you're still well].
These guys would have made going to school fun.
Yeah, but spending 7 years with them in the second grade might have gotten old.
Man when I was in gradeschool. For a while these two were my idols!!!! I loved Leonard Kowsnowsky and Andrew Squigman aka Lenny and Squiggy!!! There was nothing cooler than the Fonz , Shanana and Lenny and Squiggy!!!!!
My favorite bit from the L&S series. Funny every time I watch it.
RIP David Lander "Squiggy"
I still have the Lenny and the Squigtones album, live in concert. One of my all-time favorites!
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Collector's item.
Lenny and Squiggy should still be on tour. Think of how many fans they still have out here in classic television land.
I have the biggest crush on Squiggy. Him and Lenny are the best part of the show.
I "heart" Michael McKean
This is too good. There was a lot of talent at Shotz brewery. Cheers!
I remember I actually liked this when I saw it 1000 years ago. It still hangs.
Michael McKean turned this into a movie and an entire career.
Still holds up in it's ridiculousness to hilarity , always trying to make it, and they have. The lyrics of all their songs are , unique.
What a duo. RIP Squiggy
3:07 and this one time at band camp! he he he! I love this song! I've known it my entire life!!!! ♫ ♫ Her mothers a drunk her fathers a punk! ♫ ♫
I love Michael McKean's Les Paul Jr, I'd kill for an awesome guitar like that
A Jacksonville Florida love song. Stay away from the westside.
I loved Happy Days, and Lavern & Shirley as a kid, no effing controversies, just good ole' silly fun...!!!
I can't get enough LENNY and SQUIGGY.there so HALARIOUS!!
Classic... with Youtibe you can play this over and over and see the genius of this song
And we're be free aahhhooo!!! awesome memories!😭🤟
I miss these days
I actually like this song😂😂👏
Always enjoyed Lenny and Squiggy
RIP Squiggy 😢😢😢
Omg!!! Lol!!! These guys are too funny 😂😂😂😂😂
This was funny as hell 😂
2:44
LOL!
"We're like loli-pops and caviar".
That's some funny shit.
I just purchased the box set of the ENTIRE SERIES 3 WEEKS AGO!! IM SO GLAD I DID When I Did MY HEART IS BROKEN!!😫😭💔💔
How can you not love Lenny and the Squigtones
Fun fact: An actual album was released "Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones", by the Casablanca label in 1979. This was the precursor to McKean & Rob Reiner getting the idea for Spinal Tap.
Christopher Guest (aka "Nigel") also played on that same album. Truly it was the birth of Spinal Tap.
I had the record
I had the record
They were always the best part of the show.
I LOVE Squiggy's attitude! ;-)
LOVE it! Lenny and Squiggy rock!!!
That's a beauty Junior Lenny is playing :)
When Lenny & the Squigtones appeared on American Bandstand in 1979, they added Nigel Tufnel (aka Christopher Guest). Later Nigel (Christopher Guest) and Sqiggy (Michael McKean, aka David St Hubbins) plus Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) formed Spinal Tap - and the rest became rock & movie history.
Michael really playing the guitar there. Les Paul Jr.
When that was first aired I tape recorded that part and kept playing over and over, laughing my ass off.
+Cintia I did the same thing!
+Cintia Good god, I recorded it also.. and here I thought I was the only 70's dorkazoid.
I taped a Honda commercial and id play it over and over trying to get my Dad to buy me a motorcycle. It went "you're ahead, you're ahead on a Honda". Took til i was 16 to get that bike ! He got me an old one called Hodaka Ace 100. Before Honda.
Lenny and Squiggy made Laverne and Shirley! RIP Squiggy.
Lenny and Squiggy Yeah!!!!!!!!!! love them soooooo much : ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes it doesn't get better than Lenny and Squiggy. No wonder Spinal Tap was inevitable.
this tune gets in your head in the most wonderful way.
Im almost 70 but our Hood where i grew up had them one Saturday Night they performed at our street Dance..the Street was very Crowded but enjoyed having the Guys there with us..they must have played 8-10 songs..they danced even with our Girl Friends..but that was Cool..Westside Anderson Indiana Jackson Park Belmont.....in the 1980s.
RIP David Lander, and, as always, many thanks to Michael McKean.
* Great parody of those 1950's/early 1960's doo wop groups! ☺
The album that they came out with in the 70s was great...I have it in storage somewhere and other than a couple of other albums I will keep for the sake of nostalgia, Lenny and the Squigtones is the one I want to listen to. P.S. I saw them in concert back in 1979...they played at The Riverside in Milwaukee.
MeMe DaVinci when you fart, does dust come out?
That's so cool!
Two of the best
comedic genius.
I checked on the cast maybe about 3 days before Squiggy passing? I didn't get to his bio yet. Now this.💐😪💖
YEAH!
That's where the idea from Spinal Tap came from being on tour with the Squigtones. ..and a British band.
RIP Squiggy...thanks for the laughs...
This song is awesome! YES IT HURTS!!!!
😄
“Lollipops & Caviar “ hella great!
Don't cry because of David. We all have to go eventually. It's nice to have had him as long as we did especially battling a serious diesease (sorry for the misspelling) one the took my grandpa. And he did and still will make us smile and laugh decades later. He's definitely did his job. RIPr. Lander.
David Lander also did a guest appearance on Barney Miller.
They are two of the best crazy neighbors in sitcom history.
McKean and Lander also appeared together in the feature film "Used Cars", starfing Kurt Russell. They played a couple of electronics "hackers" who helped Russell with obtaining free TV advertising....
Legends.
Night After Night is my favorite!!!
Memories of watching Lenny when I was a kid, and loving him so much. I could have never envisioned Chuck McGill so many ears later, but I love him just as much.
Squigy arm pumps were over the top!
Forever R I P David Lander with Penny Marshall & Gary in Heaven
And Mr. Defozio
That was great!!! Squiggy’s clarinet solo was hilarious!
"Play it warm and mellow Squiggy."
OMG I remember watching this when it was first broadcast...I really liked this song--and still do :P
Fun Fact: The Lenny and Squiggy characters were a real comedy duo who did stand up together before being cast on Laverne and Shirley.
They started out as writers. They would act out the scenes, and were hysterical! It takes a genius to play a fool so convincingly. Just as it takes a good musician to sound so bad!🤣 These guys were great!
And a very nice clarinet solo by Squiggy.
Nice clarinet work. Now we know what a "squigtone" is.
You have to wonder if the Squidward character development in SpongeBob SquarePants was influenced by Squiggy's solo, even if subconsciously.
@@sulsapj That's where I was placing that! I knew the SpongeBob character came from somewhere.
Lenny was also in a band by the name of “ Spinal Tap “
Love Spinal Tap!!
There’s a reason he wasn’t in the movie...
@@bryanhigdon8882 what ?
Formed a band and broken up the first day. What a life.