# ID this PBS show about Vaudeville?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265 "2018-12-17T12:56:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265/1 "2018-12-17T12:56:12Z")

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Dimly remembered from 20-some years ago, a PBS documentary about Vaudeville. I thought Ken Burns might have done it, it was certainly in his style. They interviewed a bunch of octogenerian Borscht Belt comics, but also one of the Wayans brothers. SNL did a parody of it, featuring Nathan Lane. Does anybody else remember this?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265/2 "2018-12-17T13:13:22Z")

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Perhaps this one from “American Masters” : [Vaudeville | About Vaudeville | American Masters | PBS](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/vaudeville-about-vaudeville/721/)

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265/3 "2018-12-17T14:16:14Z")

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Funny you should mention it, as I watched it the other day: [VAUDEVILLE - YouTube](https://youtu.be/vNTbJi8rc1Q)

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265/4 "2018-12-18T13:52:50Z")

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That’s it, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-pbs-show-about-vaudeville/826265/5 "2018-12-18T13:55:36Z")

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> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
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> That’s it, thanks!

Great. Glad to help