Thanks, I didn't realize that was him!

Me, neither, until I went to youtube to find out! Christ, he was amazing. Great find, thanks for it!

This and the Tchaikovsky Medley I posted are almost definitely my favorite bits of Spike Jones footage I've seen.

True enough

Why all the sudden Spike Jones videos? Is it an anniversary or something?

From the "Holiday for strings" vid a little further down the front page atm:



Old_Zircon
I was just thinking about Spike Jones the other day, I am all for Spike Jones Week if there's enough footage to make it work.


OZ has front-page privileges. Grandfather clause. :)

GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN

No. Spike Jones is the annoyingest. Along with Lucy and the Three Stooges. I'll never understand the appeal of any of them.

You can't see the appeal of a man who conducts his orchestra with a pistol?