Captain Weird
The amazing Charlie Callas in a classic bit of tomfoolery. Charlie reminds me of a live Don Martin character. He cured an early stuttering problem by practicing Shakespeare and started out as a drummer. His fellow musicians talked him into becoming a comic, and he became a hit on “Laugh-In” and “The Flip Wilson Show” in the 60s and 70s. You can still catch Charlie’s nightclub act in Vegas and he’s a fixture on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. And yes, that’s Jerry Lewis cracking up in the background of the main clip. They were both in “The Big Mouth” (1967) together.
September 5, 2007 at 05:10 pm
They sure don’t do it like this anymore, do they? Great find, good stuff.