imagine uncle miltie in his prime without the censorsip of the 50's? The guy was raunchy before raunchy was popular.

you gotta recognize the original building block guys. berle was not only a block, but a cornerstone.an entire generation found him hysterical.that says volumes

the only reason he's not in the top 20 is because he's so old and the young generations aren't exposed to him. dave attell is higher? please.

I never found him hugely amusing. But apparently he has a huge tool. If that's what it takes maybe one day Peter North will be a big stand up comic.

makeup!!!!

An innovator. Most modern comics owe him a lot.

Okay, Uncle Milty was even before MY time and I admit that I found it hard to lock into his style of humor – I’m a firm believer that your sense of humor develops throughout your lifetime but solidifies when you hit your early to mid 20’s. I also think it is influenced greatly by what is going on in your world as it develops. Milton Berle was silly, sappy, and dealt with lots of visual humor. Retrospectively, there was a lot of innocence involved in his style when you compare him to later comedians. He was more about the hope and prosperity people felt following the victory of WWII rather than the cynicism that would be the spawn of the Viet Nam era. You have to give him credit – he was definitely an early television pioneer and over a career that spanned many decades he managed to become a kind of comedic institution. Though he had a long successful run I still feel a little melancholy when one of the old guys waves goodbye for the last time.