I am too young to know Uncle Milty, but I can appreciate his early television career. I watched PBS documentary Pioneers of Primetime. It is great to see him still sharp as an older man. The documentary also features Bob Hope, Steve Allen and Red Skelton. I miss them.
To further celebrate Milton Berle’s birth I watched It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. A man, Jimmy Durante, has a car accident and literally kicks the bucket. The people who go to help him, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Jonathan Winters, are told about money in a part hidden under a big W. Thus begins the race to get to the park to get the money. Milton plays a man traveling with his wife and mother-in-law (Ethel Merman). He convinces his family to go on the treasure hunt.
My favorite part with Milton Berle is when Ethel takes the keys from Terry Thomas’ car. Milton and Terry argue with her about the character of Milton’s brother-in-law Dick Shawn. Ethel then puts the keys down her top. If her son isn’t good enough to be involved then none of them are to get the money. The men chase her around. Once they catch her they lift her upside down and shake her until the keys fall out. The men go off leaving Ethel and her daughter by the side of the road.
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