Wonderful. Many people did Sinatra, but to imitate him doing something the man never did shows an understanding of phrasing and timing and personal style, as well as having a decent voice.
Yup. He's a national treasure, and still doing pretty well into his nineties. Dang, he's lost his wife, his friends Marty Feldman, Richie Pryor, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Carl Reiner, ... but Mel is still here.
OMG! I used to sneak out after my parents went to bed and watch Dick Cavett with the sound barely on. I was in grade school but already knew he was such a class act. I'd watch Johnny for the jokes and Dick for the interviews. The way he just let the guest open up was so cool. It's how I always treat people, like what they have to say is genuinely important.
Wonderful Mel Brooks. When I see this great impression I get reminded that the world actually had performers and humans like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and so on. All gone. How the world is an empty place nowadays when you think about it.
Bless Mel Brooks! The stuff in "Blazing Saddles" might be considered "politically incorrect", but it was definitely daring, not meant to be hurtful, and, not meaning to be funny, but it will come out that way, not whitewashed. A good man, Mel Brooks. One of those exceptions to the saying "Only the Good die young." Long Live the King!!!
I was lucky enough to see Blazing Saddles completely cold, having heard nothing about it. I picked it out from an ad in the paper and wondered why Mel Brooks was doing a Western. I saw it with my Yiddish-speaking father. The impact of that movie is great enough if you know what you’re about to see, but getting hit by Blazing Saddles when you don’t see it coming is, uh, memorable.
WW2 veteran, combat engineer. He sang to the Germans and they applauded him according to one of his stories. I almost can't believe he's a real person.
The reality wasn't so great, though. My first memories are of cigarette smoke. Daddy used to smoke all around the house, especially round the kids. So I grew up to learn that smoke meant "home". So of course I became a smoker myself. Smoked like a chimney for 20 years, and then stopped cold turkey because it was screwing with my blood circulation. But I still love the smell of it.
@@VivKittie32 Well, Hollywood made smoking cigarettes look cool. I don't think very many people have ever decided to start smoking because it tastes good. And it does look cool. Even nerds look c....well, coolER when smoking. Or at least they did before the PC police took over the world.
Mel was always a good singer. Watch High Anxiety again where sings the song's title. I always sang that as a kid in grade school and all the girls would look at me weird. LOL
You won’t see his type or caliber of comedy around very much or if at all. Comedians today don’t have to sell the performance to the audience. The technical tools today are way more sophisticated than when the older comedians were comping up and learning their trade. The older guys were and are so much better!
@@maximusextreme3725 really? Did you read King Rat? It was a thing back in the year 1962 (which is the year the book came out) or even forties (in which takes part the story of the book .)
@@Davej82 Really? That book was about WW2, not about a man identifying as a woman. And I don't think one book suddenly shows that there was a trend of people, especially teenagers, identifying as the opposite sex as frequently as it is today.
@@maximusextreme3725 yeah, there Is a male character, who Is identifying himself as a woman: gvarts.blogspot.com/2009/05/king-rat.html?m=1 I wasn"t saying it was trend then. only that it wasn't impossible in 70's, as you pointed out. It was always there.
I've noticed, after watching a bunch of comics doing impersonations, that they all seem to have amazing singing voices as well . . . I guess that goes along with the territory of having so much mastery over the vocal chords . . . .
I love Mel Brooks. Part of America’s golden age of comedy. I’d like to have seen him do more straight acting in roles where some levity is called for. I think he’s a great actor who was always enjoyable to watch.
@@linusp9316 People know they take that risk. And if no-one minds, it's OK. After all, if you're a racing driver, you know you risk crashing your car and shattering yourself to kingdom come.
@@CathyKitson Hey, you've got a 5 in 6 chance of surviving playing Russian Roulette too! Who am I to judge? It's your life, your risk to take. Show us how civilized you are. :)
An absolute legend. If you've never laughed at something Mel Brooks has done then you either never saw his work or you don't have a sense of humour. Singer, impressionist, writer, comedian, actor, producer, director... hey Mel, give someone else a chance. NO, don't. We'll take whatever your dishing out for as long as your cooking and your always cooking baby.
I think a lot of the folks who would sing on talk shows and variety shows would adlib like that just to keep it interesting after singing the same songs so many times. Mr. Brooks' impression of Mr. Sinatra's style of adlib here was spot-on, and kudos to Mr. Cavett's pianist for his ad hoc accompaniment. Who knows if the band even knew this was coming?
Of course he can sing! He composed many of the songs in his movies like "Springtime For Hitler" in The Producers and wrote music, lyrics and sang "The Inquisition" in History of the World and the title song in "High Anxiety".
Spot-on impersonations - Especially Sinatra! 🤣🤣 BTW - He did a suave (but funny!) imitation of Sinatra in High Anxiety. I've been a Mel Brooks fan since the 1967 movie, The Producers.
94 and still got it. I particularly like one of Mel's many great quotes which is particularly relevant today. "If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."
I was always put off by that obligatory _desk_ that almost all American TV talk shows have for some inexplicable reason, it's good that Dick Cavett used it very rarely (like this video).
Now I'm thinking he was doing Frank when he sang "High Anxiety" in the movie! He should have a medal, he's one in the greatest Americans of the century!
0:27 in case anybody is wondering, that's Rex Reed to Mel's right. Mel Brooks has always been such a personable guy. No wonder he won over the stunning Anne Bancroft. Great couple. I really admire their terrific, smart son, Max.
This American treasure also fought in WW2 Battle of Bastogne. One of the greatest Americans. Thanks Mel , for everything.
Respect
“I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering”.
One of the last celebs that were in WWII combat.
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) Blaring on the loudspeaker...
...A propaganda countermeasure hilariously used by Corporal Kaminsky.
Amen to that
He's 93 now and still sharp and funny. Treasure him America. He's a dying breed.
94, but I agree ;-)
June 28, 1926, so yeah, what Lindi said. Cloris Leachman, also 94. And Dick van Dyke.
my thoughts exactly.
Mel Brooks, national treasure.
Meir, DON’T SAY “DYING BREED!”
Instead of a dying breed, say he’s a living legend. A little more positive attitude.🤔
I got sentimental tears in my eyes. I saw this live when I was a kid.
And I.
Wow!!!
Nice!!!
Absolute classic! Mel Brooks is a gem!
You had good parents. 🍻
Wonderful. Many people did Sinatra, but to imitate him doing something the man never did shows an understanding of phrasing and timing and personal style, as well as having a decent voice.
@IsItJustMe? I remember the song but I will look again. Thank you
Mel Brooks, insane talent. Thank you for the making my life a bit more enjoyable.
J B Yeah, but I’m *still* waiting to see Hitler on ice!
he was 26 on this recording.
@@axe-z8316 no he wasn’t, are you high? 😳
There’ll never ever be another Mel Brooks. A rare unique comedic genius! Thanks for the laughs!
Brilliant move that Cavett saved and preserved all these shows. They're still fantastic.
Never mind the impressions, that piano player is on point, ON POINT.
He followed Mel like they'd been playing together for years.
This was 50 years ago and he was middle aged back then. Let that sink in.
Right before Sean Connery died youtube keeps recommending his videos out of no where. Now youtube is doing the same for Mel Brooks.
Smoking...
Yup. He's a national treasure, and still doing pretty well into his nineties. Dang, he's lost his wife, his friends Marty Feldman, Richie Pryor, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Carl Reiner, ... but Mel is still here.
Cavett too is still around.
@@Bertiesghost Even crazier, the oldest living person is Kane Tanaka, and she was 67 when this aired!
Mel Brooks is a real genius!
And he's a good singer, too.
Geniuses don't support traitors who attempt to steal elections.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Mel Brooks did NOT support Trump!
@@coldwinter5710 He's a traitor. It's ok Trump doesn't need him. 4 More Years on the way!
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Oh WOW! You think Mel Brooks is the TRAITOR in this scenario w/Rump?! LOL...Good luck with that.
@@coldwinter5710 Yep. Trump will win. Biden will concede. America Wins.
93 and still going keep going you legend 💚
Cavett was born on November 19, 1936. He's 84 as of this date, November 26, 2020.
VMI alum, what do you expect?
@@GradyPhilpott He means Mel Brooks.
@@JosephVisaggi Thanks!
"Tutti-frutti planes. Big fat gang of brotherhood....." Thats actually better than the real lyrics! Lol!
Plains, not aircraft.
Searching on this dark dismal morning for something to lift my spirit in these dark times & found this. Oh my Lord, this is wonderful
God please let us have Mel Brooks for at least another 20 more years.
Amen.
He's 97
@@gregbowden714 93
As much as I love him, that sounds something like a curse.
Mel brooks and queen Elizabeth will be the only people to play GTA6
He has a good singing voice, he should have done a musical album.
He did it all in his life...what a lad.
@@SeveredLegs and a beautiful wife as well. He really did have it all. Truly a blessed life. What an amazing man. Right up there with Groucho
Um...Severed Legs, Grunthos -- he's still with us. 94 and still making people laugh.
I absolutely love his lounge serenade to Madeline Kahn in 'High Anxiety'.....very mellifluous singing voice on Mel!
OMG! I used to sneak out after my parents went to bed and watch Dick Cavett with the sound barely on. I was in grade school but already knew he was such a class act. I'd watch Johnny for the jokes and Dick for the interviews. The way he just let the guest open up was so cool. It's how I always treat people, like what they have to say is genuinely important.
Wonderful Mel Brooks. When I see this great impression I get reminded that the world actually had performers and humans like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and so on. All gone.
How the world is an empty place nowadays when you think about it.
Mel is still around!
Will always love Mel Brooks. A comic genius and a helluva nice guy.
The impressions of relatives of the celebrities....brilliant.
I can only say ...he is very talent & can pulled out all kind of voiced so easily I considered him superior unique & solid .
That was the best Mel Torme impression I ever heard.
His movie "Blazing Saddles" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Could never be made today...........
@B Brunson I take it you've never heard of South Park? Or more recently, Jojo Rabbit?
Bless Mel Brooks! The stuff in "Blazing Saddles" might be considered "politically incorrect", but it was definitely daring, not meant to be hurtful, and, not meaning to be funny, but it will come out that way, not whitewashed. A good man, Mel Brooks. One of those exceptions to the saying "Only the Good die young." Long Live the King!!!
@B Brunson dude your senility is showing....i hope you have no car......
I was lucky enough to see Blazing Saddles completely cold, having heard nothing about it. I picked it out from an ad in the paper and wondered why Mel Brooks was doing a Western. I saw it with my Yiddish-speaking father. The impact of that movie is great enough if you know what you’re about to see, but getting hit by Blazing Saddles when you don’t see it coming is, uh, memorable.
That's because of Leftist Democrats... who Mel supports.
Never knew he had such a beautiful singing voice 😳👏👍
He does a great lounge singer scene in High Anxiety...
Crowd banter and all.
dude..if you think he has a beautiful singing voice...you must be deaf
forgot how talented Mr Brooks was. his intelligence and wit abides
Joseph Greenberg......WAS ???
Barry richman meant he doesn’t perform anymore
Check out his IMDB page. He's still working. www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
He's great,and he's still with us.The axiom of ol' King Sol is true,"a merry heart maketh like a medicine."
Of course, Brooks' Sinatra led to him writing and performing the title song to High Anxiety.
A half-forgotten but terrifically funny film.
God I LOVE that movie
Wow. You know it's right
WW2 veteran, combat engineer. He sang to the Germans and they applauded him according to one of his stories. I almost can't believe he's a real person.
This interview makes me nostalgic for when I was small and everyone smoked. 😂
The reality wasn't so great, though. My first memories are of cigarette smoke. Daddy used to smoke all around the house, especially round the kids.
So I grew up to learn that smoke meant "home". So of course I became a smoker myself. Smoked like a chimney for 20 years, and then stopped cold turkey
because it was screwing with my blood circulation. But I still love the smell of it.
teppolundgren
You are very correct. I tried smoking on and off in my 20’s.. never stuck.. and yet this nostalgia remains. 🙌🏻
@@VivKittie32 Well, Hollywood made smoking cigarettes look cool. I don't think very many people have ever decided to start smoking because it tastes good.
And it does look cool. Even nerds look c....well, coolER when smoking.
Or at least they did before the PC police took over the world.
Oddly I miss the smell of cigarettes from the bleachers during my little league games
That's probably the ONE thing I prefer about the present over the way things were in the 60s. No damnable smoking everywhere like there was then.
'...from sea, scooby doo...' Brilliant Sinatra impression.
Truly an entertainer without equal. 93 years old. And his best friend and wife, Anne Bancroft, RIP.
Respect.
Anne Bancroft in "To Be or Not to Be", vamping the Gestapo chief! The movie was a remake of the version with I think Jack Benny, but so much fun!
I was really suprised to hear that smooth voice come out of that growl he usually communicates with!
uncletigger - What do you mean “was”?? Mel is still very much with us!! (JUL 2019) - Thanks for the video though.
I have to say I am shocked too. Its really really good
No one can ever replace Mel Brooks. I'm so glad we got to enjoy him all these years.
We 'get' to .......
how could you not love Mel Brooks
Smoking during an interview. Fkn awesome
@Walt Coyle. I see he's still alive at 93. Probably no regrets.
and during singing
@@nickdryad I would bet he also quit smoking 30 years ago too!
@@nickdryad He quit smoking around the time they were filming Young Frankenstein which was a few years after this interview.
@@Leo-sd3jt Im pleased to hear that. As a reformed smoker, it’s the best think you can do.
My God Mel Brooks just radiates confidence here!
a belief in self-confidence, is only required, when you dont KNOW yer good...He did..thank you Mel
What an amazing talent the world is blessed to have a treasure of a man.
cigarette smoking and quality talk show interviews; two things you no longer see today on television.
Yes I did... look up conan o'Brien interview andrew dice clay .It was s cool interview
Amen!
Some of them still chap me when he's with the O.G. rockstars but I know it's a show.
Paulafan5 ikr. I thought I was the only one who thought this way!
I wasn’t a smoker, but I think they went too far banning smoking in bars. Restaurants yes, but not bars.
Thank you for giving us the date taped 😀!!
"The Shwartz is strong in this one"..
Roger Moore lol
And, it's as big as mine!
Is that your name, or a boast?
@@chaplainmattsanders4884 Roger Moore? Is that a double entendre from one of his movies?
Not the force... The shwartz!
Mel was always a good singer. Watch High Anxiety again where sings the song's title. I always sang that as a kid in grade school and all the girls would look at me weird. LOL
This was years before Piscapo or Hartman doing the Same schtick on SNL.
Some people are just born to be entertainers, Mel Brooks genius writer and performer
Mel's movies are the comic standards by which all comedies exist
nonsense....the creep has never made a funny movie
@@jadezee6316 I hope that is a reference I’m missing, otherwise that’s an awful take.
@@jadezee6316 you are an idiot
Young Frankenstein blazing saddles
@@keithgreenan1850 History of the World
I can see some many of the early Simpsons faces and characters in his own
Damn good voice. Impressed
such an awesome and gifted talent! can make me laugh no matter what he does... and the sinatra impression...i can totally see that happening that way.
If I had a time machine I would never leave the 70s!!!
And his wife was the luminous Anne Bancroft. Lucky stiff.
Look how RELAXED people were on TV back then, not a worry in the world just smutting on that cig.
You won’t see his type or caliber of comedy around very much or if at all.
Comedians today don’t have to sell the performance to the audience. The technical tools today are way more sophisticated than when the older comedians were comping up and learning their trade. The older guys were and are so much better!
Humphrey Bogart's sister sounds a lot like Columbo.
Iol
Maybe Columbo married Bogart's sister...
@@LosrandirOr maybe Columbo was actually identifying as a woman. Oh wait, that wasn't a thing in the 70's.
@@maximusextreme3725 really? Did you read King Rat? It was a thing back in the year 1962 (which is the year the book came out) or even forties (in which takes part the story of the book .)
@@Davej82 Really? That book was about WW2, not about a man identifying as a woman. And I don't think one book suddenly shows that there was a trend of people, especially teenagers, identifying as the opposite sex as frequently as it is today.
@@maximusextreme3725 yeah, there Is a male character, who Is identifying himself as a woman: gvarts.blogspot.com/2009/05/king-rat.html?m=1
I wasn"t saying it was trend then. only that it wasn't impossible in 70's, as you pointed out. It was always there.
Mel Brooks is one of the most talented individuals that ever walked the face of the earth
I've noticed, after watching a bunch of comics doing impersonations, that they all seem to have amazing singing voices as well . . . I guess that goes along with the territory of having so much mastery over the vocal chords . . . .
This was 54 years ago. Dick and Mel could sit down tonight and do this all again!
Cavett always brought out the best of his guests.
I love Mel Brooks. Part of America’s golden age of comedy. I’d like to have seen him do more straight acting in roles where some levity is called for. I think he’s a great actor who was always enjoyable to watch.
Mel in every sense of the word is a Brilliant Mind
Though I don't smoke cigarettes, I love that he's smoking a cig. Those were the days.
When he started scatting, I almost fell on the floor laughing. That's classic Sinatra.
this is 50 years old?! Amazing, where did the time go?
He’s 44 here
@@frankirodriguez1485 he's saying the film record is 50 years old.
Mel is a comedic genius.
Mel survived that whole "cigarette craze" and is still here in 2021, in his 94th year. Hope he breaks the century mark!
Ain't that the truth! Mel's the MAN!!!
Didn’t realize that, when he sang High Anxiety, he was doing Sinatra. Perfect movie just got better!!!
"I have a cigarette. It's easy." When it was still civilised.
Lung cancer is the most civilized cancer. Fact.
@@linusp9316 People know they take that risk. And if no-one minds, it's OK. After all, if you're a racing driver, you know you risk crashing your car and shattering yourself to kingdom come.
@@CathyKitson Hey, you've got a 5 in 6 chance of surviving playing Russian Roulette too! Who am I to judge? It's your life, your risk to take. Show us how civilized you are. :)
@@linusp9316 Mel Brooks is 94. Ask him about that pesky lung cancer all you want.
@@hamandcheese73 Statistical literacy isn't your thing, is it?
The Nutt house should not have been cancelled. It was hilarious. I was watching it again yesterday.
Perfect. The man wrote the laugh track to my life. 😂
An absolute legend. If you've never laughed at something Mel Brooks has done then you either never saw his work or you don't have a sense of humour. Singer, impressionist, writer, comedian, actor, producer, director... hey Mel, give someone else a chance. NO, don't. We'll take whatever your dishing out for as long as your cooking and your always cooking baby.
I think a lot of the folks who would sing on talk shows and variety shows would adlib like that just to keep it interesting after singing the same songs so many times. Mr. Brooks' impression of Mr. Sinatra's style of adlib here was spot-on, and kudos to Mr. Cavett's pianist for his ad hoc accompaniment. Who knows if the band even knew this was coming?
wow
back when people had talent
amazin
So- Woah. How did I go all this time and not know Mel did impressions- or could sing?!
Of course he can sing! He composed many of the songs in his movies like "Springtime For Hitler" in The Producers and wrote music, lyrics and sang "The Inquisition" in History of the World and the title song in "High Anxiety".
He does his Sinatra impression in the movie HIGH ANXIETY.
And, he took drum lessons from Buddy Rich.
Spot-on impersonations - Especially Sinatra! 🤣🤣 BTW - He did a suave (but funny!) imitation of Sinatra in High Anxiety. I've been a Mel Brooks fan since the 1967 movie, The Producers.
He's a national treasure.
I never thought Mel Brooks was funny. I still don't.
international please, discreet global greets
All three on that clip are still with us.
94 and still got it. I particularly like one of Mel's many great quotes which is particularly relevant today.
"If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."
Last of the greats. Thanks Mel for everything you`ve created for the benifit of everyone.
Get Smart is still one of the funniest TV shows of all time. Followed by When things were rotten with the amazing Bernie Kopell and Dick Gautier
Mel Brooks is king.
And as we all know, it's good to be the king.
One of the greatest entertainers of all times!
Happy 97th Birthday!!! Thank you for all the INSANE laughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dick himself was a really cool dude!!! I SURE MISS OLD HOLLYWOOD!!!
He really was. He was a great interviewer.
Mel Brooks! What a wonderful man, talent, entertainer.
I was always put off by that obligatory _desk_ that almost all American TV talk shows have for some inexplicable reason, it's good that Dick Cavett used it very rarely (like this video).
His Sinatra had me laughing.
Sinatra would have been impressed.
Without doubt the greatest Chairman of The Board impersonation...ever. Now I need to catch me a copy of High (or rather Ooooh) Anxiety.
Al pacino has the same voice as mel brooks lol
Mel never mentioned he did impressions in his outstanding book, “It’s Good to be King.”
One of the Great Ones.
Loved every bit of this video. Humphrey Bogart's wife just killed me. What a classic!
Sister. Wife was Lauren Bacall.
He was 44 in this video. Who woulda think he had another 50 after this.
Blazing saddles a classic one of the funniest films ever made and melts many snowflakes.
There is no way I can like this enough!
Brilliant, a side of Mel I had never seen. Wonderful...
Fantastically funny guy, love Mel Brooks.
Now I'm thinking he was doing Frank when he sang "High Anxiety" in the movie!
He should have a medal, he's one in the greatest Americans of the century!
That was exactly what Brooks intended.
Wish we could go back to those times. Love Mel Brooks,never laughed SO much in all my life at Blazing Saddles. "But NO Irish" Lol.
Now Ireland is taking the blscks browns and yellows, sure its great craic altogether so it is.........
Except we were never asked.
Really excellent. Very great impressions. Mel Brooks is awesome. !
Do we still have people who can skillfully emulate the truly Golden era of entertainers?
0:27 in case anybody is wondering, that's Rex Reed to Mel's right. Mel Brooks has always been such a personable guy. No wonder he won over the stunning Anne Bancroft. Great couple. I really admire their terrific, smart son, Max.
One of the greatest entertainers of all time!!!
Mel Brooks such a funny funny man, I love his Sinatra.
Love this man. One of the greatest.
my favorite Mel brooks movie is the Silent Movie very Funny you're great mel we your fans know how Brilliant you are
I know and you remember the only speaking role in that film? It was genius. I laughed like a mental patient. No one makes em like that any more