A short video showing Boris Karloff and Vincent Price sing ‘The Two of Us’ is doing the rounds 53 years after it first aired. They performed the song on an episode of the Red Skelton Hour, and even today, viewers love it.
The Red Skelton Show was an American television show that aired between 1951 to 1971. It is described as an entertainment staple and an institution to a generation of viewers.
The hugely popular show was nominated for numerous awards. In 1959, Red Skelton won the Golden Globe for Best TV Show. This video is a classic example of the hilarious skits from the show.
In the video, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price are riding on stage with a converted golf cart with the words’ Rest in Peace’ written on the front. The golf cart looks like a strange version of a hearse.
They start talking to each other and then burst into song: ‘The two of us. No Boogey is greater than the two of us.’ At first, viewers are uncertain what this catchy song is about, but then the duo mentions monsters.
Vincent Price starred in the 1959 horror film, The Fly. Boris Karloff, on the other hand, played Frankenstein’s monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein. Both characters scared the wits out of audiences in those days. One excited fan wrote: ‘Karloff doing the Frankenstein roar out of nowhere legitimately made me jump.’
Another happy viewer wrote: ‘Two of the classiest and greatest actors of all time.’ The song is catchy to anybody that listens to it. But to those that knew the actors, their characters, and the movies they appeared in, it is a happy nostalgic adventure filled with smiles.
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