Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP

Subject: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Fiolar
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 08:26 AM

Sadly another of the Hollywood family has gone. Buddy Hacket, actor and comedian passed away this week. Born in August 1924, he became one of the great stand-up comedians. He also had roles in such films as "Walking My Baby Back Home" (1953); "God's Little Acre" (1958) as well as portraying Lou Costello in the 1978 TV movie "Bud and Lou." The world is a bit sadder for his loss.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 12:11 PM

I think he was talented and I liked a lot of his work but I always felt sorry for the man. I realize that it was his shtick but nevertheless one could feel the little kid that most people never quite accepted.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 12:44 PM

I always thought if you gave the same joke to a hundred comedians and had them all tell it, Hackett's version would have been the best. Always. He was the best flat-out joke-teller I've ever come across. I think Johnny Carson said something to that effect, too.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: catspaw49
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 01:08 PM

So the guy goes into a brothel and tells the Madam he wants something different, something unusual. She says that he might want to give the "Japanese Whore" a try. He asks what she does but can't get a straight answer. However, the Madam assures him it is different.

He goes into the room and the girl is gorgeous to say the least and dressed in traditional Japanese garb, a beautiful kimono. He asks her what she can do for him but soon realizes that her English is very poor and every time she says something he tends to answer, "Uh....What?" Finally she says in her very broken English, "Sir me think you want Woks Job. Well he can't figure what cooking has to do with sex exactly, but this is progress and he agrees that he wants a Woks Job.

Slowly she removes his clothing and bathes him from head to foot and he really digs it! Then she brings out another tray from behind the Oriental screen and again prepares a small bowl of scented water and lovingly begins to wash his genitals again. She takes a fan and with slow strokes allows the light breeze to dry them. The guy had never experienced anything like this before and was really getting into it!!!

She then had him stand next to the table while she took some fine, soft, and lovely silk and wrapped his cock and balls. She brought out a Teak board, put it on the table, and placed his "wrapped package" on it, tying it gently in place.   She stroked the silk until his dick was as hard as a diamond and he was about to have a huge orgasm. At this point she quickly placed another Teak board on top of the other with his genitalia in between and then grabbed a 10 pound sledge from behind the screen. Before the guy could even think about jumping away, she gave a mighty swing and smashed his dick and nuts between the two boards.......and the wax shot out of his ears.

Thank you Buddy for all the great laughs and for all the many kindnesses you did but often kept most secret. I will miss you.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 01:21 PM

absolutely! He was a master at timing and 'constructing' a joke for maximum impact. He never shortened or hurried a joke.....I have used him as an example for years when I treid to show people why their jokes sometimes seemed lame or flat.

He was the first one I ever heard tell the joke about the man with the new hearing aid bragging to a friend (he told this on the Tonight Show years ago)

A man meets a friend who has always been hard of hearing, and the guy is beaming!

"Joe," he says, "I have the greatest news! You know how my deafness has always been such a problem? Well, no more! I finally got a GREAT new hearing aid! It cost me a fortune, but it is fantastic. It has opened up a whole new world for me. I am a new man!"

"Wow!", says Joe,"That's great Mike! What kind is it?"

Mike glances at his watch.."Oh, about 3:30...why?"

...and watching Buddy Hackett DO this made it twice as funny.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 01:37 PM

I thought he died years ago...

No... wait... that was just his career...

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Tam the Bam (Nutter)
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 02:17 PM

I've only seen Buddy Hackett in pictures, it's a shame that he's dead.
Tom

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: RangerSteve
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 09:07 AM

Every year at this time I get out my copy of "The Music Man", the perfect 4th of July movie musical. I just watched it last night. Mr. Hackett should have done more movies. He was one great character actor. Rest in Peace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 05:33 AM

Absolutely the finest joke teller ever. I've never seen anyone so foul-mouthed who could make everyone laugh in spite of it, even those truly offended by the language and the subject matter. The voice, the mannerisms... the man was a show all alone. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: Mickey191
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 11:32 PM

The beautiful blonde with the biggest breasts sidles up to a fellow sitting at a bar. She rubs her body against his as she sits down. He looks at her and orders her a drink, she tells him she'll spend the night with him, and would do Anything he wants if he can put it into 3 words. He says, "Anything?" she says anything! He says, "Paint my House."

He was a joy! Always remember his telling (on Carson's Show) about helping his Dad upholster a lot of furniture for a big Catskill hotel. When the job was finished, the hotel reneged on the agreed on price. They needed the money badly-but it was not forthcoming. He was about 15 at the time. He shed tears as he told the story to Johnny. He vowed to his Dad that one day he would make the hotel owners sorry. He became successful, and was asked to play that hotel. Same people still owned it. He held them up for double his normal fee. "That was for my Dad."

The Chinese waiter bit-that was hilarious.Bye Buddy.

Subject: RE: Obit: Buddy Hackett - RIP
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Jul 03 - 12:36 AM

Sure been a run on the great ones, lately, hasn't there?

Thanks, Buddy and RIP...