tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post1266024610306986856..comments2024-03-20T19:06:59.758-07:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: The Ed Sullivan Show with guest Eddie Schaeffer (1966)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-62638683710524141892013-07-17T23:04:51.668-07:002013-07-17T23:04:51.668-07:00wow -- not a chuckle in sight! Stupefying! wow -- not a chuckle in sight! Stupefying! Tom Rueggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509448730816934205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-74907913362179097472013-07-17T08:52:06.726-07:002013-07-17T08:52:06.726-07:00worked with him in 1980 at the Diplomat Hotel in s...worked with him in 1980 at the Diplomat Hotel in south Florida -- the hotel's attempt at cashing in on the comedy club craze.<br />They called it the Comedy Corner and teamed Eddie with two young comics.<br />The Miami audiences loved his patented nostalgia-for-the-old-days shtick.<br />Indeed, I still remember his killer hunk, the "brown soap" and Boraxo gag he does in the Sullivan clip.<br />I remember thinking "That's not even a joke."<br />Eddie and the audience didn't pay much attention to the young comics.<br />We were forced on him and and I remember him not being very cordial.<br />Wasn't just generational, but clearly a stylistic shift in material.<br />He did know his audience, though.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com