# Old comedy routine with stupid "magic" tricks - **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948 "2016-08-25T21:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/1 "2016-08-25T21:39:04Z")
Does anyone remember the old comedy magic trick routine from the sixties or seventies where the guy would sing his own background music and do stupid things like form two circles with his thumbs and index fingers, put his hands behind his head them bring them out interlocked, or hold up one finger, smack his hands together and move the finger to the other hand? It was very stupid and very funny. Does anyone remember this guy? I tried searching youtube but could not find him. This is a long-shot, I know, but you guys have never failed me yet! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/2 "2016-08-25T22:03:15Z")
The comic was Art Metrano. The tune he hummed was โ€œFine and Dandy.โ€ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/3 "2016-08-25T22:07:30Z")
Viola! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-SNrvHdZJE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLUUWVebSWYjhmR-cg9CQHxY27Kb03_Jd6 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/4 "2016-08-25T22:34:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Viola! Orsino! ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/5 "2016-08-25T22:47:26Z")
Great searching, guys! I was showing these to my little grand nephew and he was cracking up. Muchas gracias! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/6 "2016-08-25T22:54:08Z")
Glad you enjoyed it. Iโ€™dโ€™ve answered sooner, but I was AFK. ๐Ÿ™‚ Metrano was a frequent guest on _ **The Tonight Show** _ because Johnny Carson loved his act. I wouldnโ€™t have known the name of the tune if I hadnโ€™t read an article on Metrano in _ **TV Guide** _ or someplace back around 1972 or '73. Art was one of the stars in a short-lived gangster comedy series called _ **The Chicago Teddy Bears** _ back in the early '70s: > **[The Chicago Teddy Bears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Teddy_Bears)** > > The Chicago Teddy Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the network's 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 1971. > Unlike other shows set in Prohibition-era Chicago, The Chicago Teddy Bears was a sitcom. Any threats of violence were inferential rather than overt. > The main characters were Linc McCray (Dean Jones) and his Uncle Latzi (John Banner), partners in a speakeasy. A small-time gangster named "Big" Nick Marr (Art Metrano) wants to take it over. Marr ... Just look at that great cast! ๐Ÿ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/7 "2016-08-25T23:19:50Z")
Art Metrano totally fucking rocks! I still do parts of this bit, complete with the background music. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/8 "2016-08-26T00:02:04Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Viola! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_-SNrvHdZJE&list=PLUUWVebSWYjhmR-cg9CQHxY27Kb03\_Jd6&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SNrvHdZJE&list=PLUUWVebSWYjhmR-cg9CQHxY27Kb03_Jd6&index=1) [QUOTE=The Great Unwashed] Orsino! [/QUOTE] Sebastian? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comedy-routine-with-stupid-magic-tricks/763948/9 "2016-08-26T00:31:20Z")
My brother used to do this. I thought it was great!