Lee Evans plays a one man jazz trio - with no instruments.

January 19, 2006 4:11 AM

Lee Evans plays a one man jazz trio - with no instruments. [video with sound]
posted by Lotto (14 comments total)

Lee Evans wants to change his name to Norman Wisdom and just get it over with.
posted by bouncebounce at 4:15 AM on January 19, 2006

This show was brought to you by the letters "A", "D" and "D"
posted by NinjaPirate at 4:23 AM on January 19, 2006

I enjoyed it. I dont usually enjoy Lee Evans. Maybe because he didnt open his mouth this time.
posted by lemonfridge at 4:41 AM on January 19, 2006

Enjoyable, to be sure, but I can't believe this hasn't been posted on the blue before. I saw him do this at Just For Laughs YEARS ago.
posted by antifuse at 5:12 AM on January 19, 2006

Reminscent of his superb 'tuning radio' performance in the (otherwise average) film Funny Bones. An occasional comic genius.
posted by Shave at 5:43 AM on January 19, 2006

I didnt hate this either. Which slightly freaks me out.

I think I just like the concept and associate with it (most nights in Jillies Rockworld you see people air guitaring, air bassing and air drumming - usually all at once..)
posted by 13twelve at 6:57 AM on January 19, 2006

I can't get sound. Any idea how I can? Some kind of codec?
posted by Acey at 7:19 AM on January 19, 2006

God damn mimes.
posted by furtive at 7:59 AM on January 19, 2006

Acey: It's not that good anyway, but: DivX. It's supposed to create standard MPEG-4 files but invariably something doesn't work if you don't download the codec.
posted by abcde at 1:44 PM on January 19, 2006

Rowan Atkinson does a remarkably similar routine (drums only) on this VHS. Who was first, I wonder? Or is there a third or fourth practicioner we should know about? (Nice post, incidentally)
posted by IndigoJones at 2:26 PM on January 19, 2006

I was impressed until I realized that the instruments were all recorded.
posted by kindall at 2:40 PM on January 19, 2006

Yeah, like Madonna, he had a backing track...
posted by dash_slot- at 2:47 PM on January 19, 2006

Well, I thought he was great in FunnyBones.
posted by Deathalicious at 3:44 AM on January 20, 2006

I stand corrected. It was the Rowan Atkinson one that I saw, not the Lee Evans one. The Rowan Atkinson one is better... even though I didn't remember it until IndigoJones pointed it out.
posted by antifuse at 4:45 AM on January 20, 2006