| Joe Alaskey- the Greatest Vocal Impressionist |
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Long forgotten, the great comic actor Joe
Alaskey was one of the greatest
impressionists of the last 25 years. Mostly
doing voice over work for animated cartoons
these days, Joe was pursuing a Stand Up
Comedy career in the 1980's and made it onto
some noteworthy talk shows.
Like Frank Caliendo, his Girth made his
superb imitations absurd, because he looked
nothing like, Don Knotts, Walter Brennen, Art
Carney, William Shatner, etc... With the
exception of-- The Great One himself, the
inimitable, Jackie Gleason!
I defy anyone to find a better impersonation
of Ralph Kramden. He looks exactly like him
and has all the mannerisms down to a T.
Nothing against Big Brad Garrett, But Joe
should have done the role of Gleason in that
TV movie a few years ago.
Interestingly, Jackie Gleason was still alive
when this was taped in early 1987... One
likes to imagine this classic homage was
actually SEEN by the Great One himself!
Maybe we'll get to see Alaskey in some
more Character roles as he gets older. At
almost 60 he could do the Buford T. Justice
character Jackie played in "Smokey and the
Bandit".
Like his hero, Mel Blanc, he has been
persuing that career, doing modern versions
of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and
Sylvester the cat, in Warner Bros "Tiny
Toons", showing the iconic charaters as
babies.
If anyone has anymore clips of Joe's stand up
act I encourage you to share.
Tags : Joe Alaskey Blanc Caliendo Frank Gorshin Rich Little Piotr Walczuk Fred Travalena Kopykats David Frye Will Jordan Klemke |
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Durée : 129 s |
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