Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Comedy Down Memory Lane: Shelley Berman on the Telephone


Comedian Shelley Berman is celebrating his 90th birthday this month. To mark the occasion, we're sharing one of his classic improvisational telephone routines where he carries on a conversation with an invisible adversary.

Berman has had a long career as an actor and comedian. Most recently he  appeared as Larry David's aged father on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a role for which he received a 2008 Emmy Award nomination.

In this clip, Berman is on the phone with a clerk at the hotel he has just checked into. He voices his dissatisfaction with the lack of certain amenities that he expected to find in his hotel room, such as a window and a door.

 Enjoy!

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousSunday, October 29, 2023 at 7:35:00 PM EDT

    I was a sophomore in drama class and we had to act out a small skit. I did Shelly Berman he was talking to the front desk about a woman hanging out of a window. I wasn't very good at all but my drama teacher Mr. Barino, I believe, he loved and I received a B+ lol for me that was a good grade. We don't have comedians of that caliber today, so sad but true.

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