i remember watching the Old Philosopher, Eddie Lawrence, on tv in the early or mid-sixties. on Carson, maybe. here's the wikipedia bio.

"Hello, there, my friend.
"You say your old man dressed up as Santa Claus and can't get his belly through the fireplace?
"And you hang up a purple bulb on the tree and three thousand volts go
through ya?
"And your brother made an animal cage out of your Erector set, and Grandma can't get out?
"And someone opened a window while you're sortin' stamps and all your triangles are flying around the house?
"And one of your gifts, a strange little shiny box, suddenly takes off and is now circling the earth at twelve-hundred miles-an-hour?

"Is that what's troublin' you, bunky?!?

[cue music]

"WELL, PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN LOW AND TAKE A RUN FOR IT!! YOU'LL NEVER GIVE UP...NEVER GIVE UP...NEVER GIVE UP.....THAT SHIP!!!"