Four years ago (as reported here), I saw an extremely-limited run of the Neil Simon play, The Sunshine Boys, starring Jerry Van Dyke and Dick Van Dyke. (Well, at least they did most of the play. There were a few changes.)
I thought they were both oddly cast as old, washed-up Jewish comedians, especially since neither looks or acts anywhere near his actual age and it's hard to think of these guys as forgotten performers. But hey, it was the Van Dyke Brothers — two real pros who can't not make something interesting and funny. I'd go see either one of them play the title role in Mame and a lot of you would, too. When I wrote about it back then, quite a few of you sent me messages to say, "Gosh, I wish I could see that." Well, you can see most of it in this video.
The first twenty minutes or so are missing but if you know the play, which is the same as the movie, you can follow the story. If you want to skip ahead to when Dick makes his entrance, that occurs a little more than ten minutes in. And don't go looking for The Doctor and the Tax Collector sketch. It was replaced by a musical number…
