Many years ago, I was privileged to know Bill Foster, aka "The Fox," in Santa Monica, California.
Some of you may remember him from "Oddball Olympics," "The Man Show," or other TV appearances. He was the guy with the conductor's hat and ill-tuned piano, whose repertoire included off-color rugby songs, questionable one-liner parodies, and occasionally an actual tune.
However, he was most famous for his ability to drink beer *fast* -- including challenges where he'd stand on his head and best standing opponents.
He was pure magic, and could work a room just to the point of explosion and then collapse them into laughter with some or other goofball antic.
We lost a lot of local color when we lost The Fox to cancer a few years back.
But just once more, shout it out with me:
"Ziggy-socky, ziggy-socky, hoy, hoy, hoy!"