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The Best of Spike Jones: The Craziest Show on Earth!

Celebrate the Iconic Comedic Bandleader's Biggest Hits & Most Hilarious Performances

Featuring Over 60 Songs, Including Grammy Hall of Fame Hits, 'Cocktails for Two' and 'All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth'

"Spike Jones was a hilarious innovator. With a starter's pistol, assorted screams and a band of crazy musicians, Spike was the Mozart of Mayhem." - Billy Crystal

Before there were crazy parody videos on YouTube, there was the uniquely hilarious classic television created by iconic comedic bandleader Spike Jones and the City Slickers, the original "Bad Boys of Music," comes to DVD in The Best of Spike Jones, trumpeting onto DVD December 12th from Infinity Entertainment Group.

Dubbed the "Master of Musical Mayhem" by Rolling Stone magazine, comedic bandleader Spike Jones and the City Slickers were hugely popular in the '40s, '50s and early '60s.

Spike was a true innovator whose comedic genius was light years ahead of his time, directly influencing such iconoclasts as Frank Zappa, Ernie Kovacs, Weird Al Yancovic, George Carlin and Billy Crystal.

From 1954-61 Spike came into living rooms across the nation with The Spike Jones Show (NBC & CBS). His hilarious brand of music featured America's most popular songs, punctuated by sneezes, hiccups, gun shots, explosives, belches, cowbells, fog horns, milk bottles and, of course, knockwurst.

Now experience this classic television show on DVD for the first time, digitally re-mastered and featuring over 60 songs (including Spike's biggest hits), in a special-edition, three-disc collector's set produced under the personal supervision of Spike Jones, Jr.

The Best of Spike Jones is presented in full frame with an aspect ratio of 4 x 3 and mono sound. Bonus material includes two never-before-aired pilots, marking the band's television debut.

You haven't heard funny until you've seen Spike!