This is a rerun from long ago — a rare video of comedian Eddie Lawrence performing one of his "Old Philosopher" routines. Back in the sixties and seventies, Eddie may have held the world's record as the performer most often quoted, imitated and plagiarized by people who had no idea who they were doing. He had a series of successful comedy records in the fifties but didn't make a full-time career of that act. He was also a Broadway actor, a playwright, a cartoon voice actor and a painter — and was rather successful in most of those endeavors. I thought he was hilarious and I booked him to do a "cat" version of his act in two episodes of Garfield and Friends just so I could meet him. A lovely, talented man…and he's still working (mostly painting, I hear) at the age of 94.
My pal Kliph Nesteroff interviewed Eddie here. You might want to read it after you enjoy the wit and wisdom of the world's first great motivational speaker, The Old Philosopher…