Pat Morita relata el cuento de la mosca, en el torneo de
exhibición de espada corta en Japón.
No sabía que el actor era tan gracioso pero en realidad llegó a ganarse la vida
trabajando en bares, contando chistes o haciendo imitaciones, allá por la
década del 50. Era interesante escuchar a Pat
por lo vivido durante los años de campo
de concentración
Para
saber: un poco sobre Redd
Foxx y en vocabulario: raunchy
Foxx later gave
him a role on his sitcom Sanford and Son in the early 1970s…
What did you do
sir, to win your price?
For a time after
the war, Morita´s family operated Ariake Chop Suey, a restaurant in Sacramento, California. Morita would entertain customers with
jokes and serve as master of ceremonies for group dinners.
Morita began working as a stand-up comic after graduating from Armijo High School in Fairfield, California.
He took the stage name "Pat Morita",
in part due to the presence of comedians including Pat Henry and Pat Cooper,
and in part due to memories of the priest he had befriended as a boy. Morita struggled for many years in
comedy. Sally Marr, Lenny
Bruce's
mother, acted as his agent and manager in his early days. Morita sometimes worked as the opening act for singers Vic Damone and Connie Stevens and for his mentor, the comedian Redd Foxx. Foxx later gave him a role on his sitcom Sanford and Son in the early 1970s.
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| Red Foxx, 1977 |
Funniest Joke I Ever Heard: Pat Morita
…The short
sword. They have the long big samurai sword. I was in a tournament, watching a
tournament in Japan recently where these guys who did the short sword
demonstrations were so fascinating, they won the three prices. I went to the guy that won the third price
and said
“Excuse me, sir,
but what did you do to win the third price in the short sword” He said “very
simple. You see fly on the wall. Watch”
And the fly dropped death in two pieces. One
flew over here. One flew over there.”
And I said “Oh,
my goodness. This is something else.”
I went down to
the second guy, the guy who won the second price.
“What did you do,
sir, to win your price?”
He said
“See that fly on
the wall?”
He talked just
like Buddy Hackett.
“Watch”
Four pieces. Two
flew over there. One flew this way. They were all dead.
Oh, boy. What
did the grand price winner have to do to win his award?
I went down to
the guy who won grand price and said
“Please, sir,
what did you do to win grand price short sword demonstration?”
He says
“You see that
fly on the wall over there? Watch”
And the fly
still going around.
I said
“Big deal. The
fly is still flying”
He said
“Yes, But that
fly would never have children again.”
Para saber
John Elroy Sanford, better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American
stand-up comedian and actor best known for his portrayal of Fred G. Sanford on the hit television
show Sanford and Son. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub acts during the
1950s and 1960s. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he
performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime.
Vocabulario
Raunchy: energetically earthy and sexually explicit.
Provocative, crude.
"His raunchy new novel"
… gained success
with his raunchy nightclub
acts.
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