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Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001)
1 posted on 12/14/2011 1:19:30 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
Oh man. What a comedian. I loved watching him. I'd laugh so hard the 'tears' would roll down my leg.

No school like the Old School.

2 posted on 12/14/2011 1:26:53 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
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To: lowbridge

Then there’s this one...complete with the drunk act, of course:

“Some of you may not know it, but I’ve been married more than once. In fact I’ve been married THREE times.

My first wife died from eating poisoned mushrooms...and my second wife died from a fractured skull.

She wouldn’t eat her mushrooms.”


5 posted on 12/14/2011 1:41:26 PM PST by Mich Patriot (I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. Ronald Reagan)
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To: lowbridge

Foster Brooks and Charlie Callas = Two American Classics


6 posted on 12/14/2011 1:46:45 PM PST by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: lowbridge

One of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XjNEOFRp28


7 posted on 12/14/2011 1:46:51 PM PST by Rex Anderson
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To: lowbridge

Foster Brooks, Charlie Callas and Jack Benny... Wow!


10 posted on 12/14/2011 1:47:53 PM PST by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: lowbridge

Self depricating humor is often the toughest because it involves some sense of tragedy but often the funniest because everybody can relate to it. Foster Brooks was a very funny guy.


11 posted on 12/14/2011 1:50:38 PM PST by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: lowbridge

He was very funny, thanks for the trip down memory lane


12 posted on 12/14/2011 1:51:55 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: lowbridge

watch the roast of Rickles..

The only man to put “Mr Hockey puck” in his place...priceless!


13 posted on 12/14/2011 2:01:41 PM PST by OL Hickory (Jesus and the American soldier-1 died for your soul/1 died for your freedom)
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To: lowbridge

Bookmarking, thanks for the laughs!


14 posted on 12/14/2011 2:04:39 PM PST by alicewonders
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To: lowbridge

Every time I drive through Bradford PA, I think of him. There is an exit off the 219 called Foster Brooks Blvd. He was one of a kind.


16 posted on 12/14/2011 2:26:08 PM PST by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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To: lowbridge
well, how about we all have Bananas Foster to mark the anniversary!

And pay no attention to it being named for a different Foster; they were both brothers from another mother.

19 posted on 12/14/2011 3:32:55 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Centralization destroys the blight of monopoly")
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To: lowbridge
He was a serious singer...and quite good.

I remember getting some prime seats at a Los Angeles Rams game where he sat three away from me - and he sang the National Anthem....as it should be sung.

20 posted on 12/14/2011 3:39:39 PM PST by ErnBatavia (Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
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To: lowbridge

I loved Foster Brooks.


22 posted on 12/14/2011 4:04:27 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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