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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.

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: ultimessence

Length: 02:09
Rating: 4.55
Views: 353134

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JoshPowersProduction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's my response to profnasty... and a bad excuse for a joke (apparently).
DESTROYEVERYTHING444 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What The Fuck Is That?
xxdirtbikeryderxx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well it was the 80's lol
MalubaySyecado (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He became bitter when he lost The Tonight Show to Jay Leno. He still has a brick on his shoulder regarding it. That I think is the root of it all. When his ratings eventually fell to Leno, and the Oscar hosting failure, the only thing that brought him any sort of sense of achievement was getting the Hollywood crowd on his side politically (hence the Emmy wins). It happened a little to Jay to due to his wife being involved in a lot of Hollywood committees and trying to fit in.
JoshPowersProduction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Introducing The Unstoppable JaggerKnotts.
JoshPowersProduction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
PLUCKY! That's how I first found about him. His Don Knotts was an octave too high but everything else was spot on.
profnasty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Mick Jagger IS Don Knotts.
peacefuljeffrey (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's too bad that David Letterman turned into a putz with a political ax to grind. Why do they always eventually turn political and become assholes?
loveeAllee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
he used to do the voice over for lou pickles on rugrats
johnbourbon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol so true!

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