Shecky Greene, RIP

[GA Russell]

Shecky Greene has died at 97.  RIP.

I felt that he was like the secondary sports leagues (like the WHA and the ABA).  Everybody had heard of him, but very few saw him or heard him, in that he wasn't on television or found in record stores like other comedians were.

Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97 (msn.com)

[JSngry]

Totally gonzo. I was a fan.

RIP

[JSngry]

Pretty compelling story here:

https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/06/the-legend-of-shecky-greene.html

 

[mjzee]

Interesting that there's a jazz connection: "And in 1985, he married Marie Musso, daughter of jazz saxophonist Vido Musso."  (Also a Chicago connection.)

[JSngry]

[Teasing the Korean]

His Sinatra joke is the best.

[Chuck Nessa]

As soon as I saw the notice the "Sinatra story" popped in my head.

[BFrank]

On 12/31/2023 at 9:35 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

As soon as I saw the notice the "Sinatra story" popped in my head.

As soon as I saw the notice, I thought ... he was alive? 😮

[gmonahan]

On 12/31/2023 at 9:35 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

As soon as I saw the notice the "Sinatra story" popped in my head.

Me too.