Ah, Kinky...one of the greatest musical satirists of the past half-century...if you like this - and what's not to like? - then buy the DVD "Proud to Be an Asshole from El Paso" at http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/

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Could this be one of the greatest parodies of all time? Compare the beginning to Harry Belafonte's recording of Hava Nagila and you'll see that Sherman was inspired by the original Belafonte version. Hey, it's BETTER than the original IMO. I did the video myself. No big deal, but I hope you enjoy it.

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This gem of a song comes from one of Shel's early LPs. The screen shots of Shel are from the Playboy After Dark TV show in the late 60s.

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Does anyone have more of this clip? It's great!

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Recorded in England. Unfortunately there are no other Lehrer in concert videos that I know of, besides the ones on YouTube. Enjoy.

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From The Dean Martin Show, Oct. 7, 1965. They sing Pop Hates the Beatles and other parodies by Sherman.

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Dan can put his finger on the absurdities of life possibly better than anyone, but he's been flying under everybody's radar for a long time. Recorded in Germany, Spring 2007, I think.

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The young Jim Carrey does this great impression, from way back in his stand-up days....

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Whoever originally put this video together did a great job, but the audio was out of sync, so I fixed that, and changed a few slides, so I hope y'all like it. It's a modern classic by the great Tom Lehrer.

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One of the very first successful female standup comics, in her heyday.

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Rockpalast Show, Germany, 1979. Great Rock and Roll.

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This must have been shot from the balcony at The Last Waltz and the audio sync'd, but it works for me.

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From NBC Follies, November 1964. Between the song choice, arrangement and interpretation this borders on the bizarre.

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The guitar demon himself, with John Sebastian on harp. Iowa State U. 1-22-85

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This is a classic. I stitched it together from 2 sources. If anyone has the entire video, please post it.

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A sketch from their very first album, (introduced by a familiar face.)

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One of the best of the Borsht Belt comics of the 1960s. He did a lot of 'insult humor', which inspired many imitators such as Don Rickles, but Jack E. Leonard did it better.

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This clip gives us a rare and wonderful look at Spike Jones hilarity, with the added delight of seeing Mickey Katz (the short, bald guy playing clarinet) goofing around with the band and even doing his trademark "glugg-glugg". Mickey went on from there to write his Yiddish parodies and the rest is history,

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An early Dylan classic. The opening song of a live concert on Australian TV, 14 June 1967. Brought to you by the good people at British Petroleum.

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From a live TV concert during their Australian tour. A great early cover (possibly the first) from Bob Dylan's basement tapes treasure trove...

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