I came across this on YouTube today. A very young Joel Grey on Eddie Cantor's TV show from 1954. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBh5P1p3ak&feature=related
I thought I would love that but, yikes, I didn't.
He looks so..attractive.
I liked it. It was interesting to hear the voice before it had matured. He became a much better singer in time. But boy could that guy dance!
I'm with PJ. I love Eddie Cantor, I love Joel Grey, but this is mouldy shtick at its most painful.
"It's the comedy I found cloying."
It was pretty common on TV shows at the time. I can't believe some of the old shows I used to watch when I see the clips now. They never looked that nerdish in 1954!
Some early-television comedy is still funny today. George Burns and Gracie Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJqfD-tw_pc
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