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Fred Willard, Master of Comic Cluelessness, Dies at 86
Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 16, 2020 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 05/16/2020 1:28:53 PM PDT by billorites

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I'm shocked to learn he was that old.
1 posted on 05/16/2020 1:28:53 PM PDT by billorites
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RIP Jerry Hubbard.

I agree, I didn’t know he was that old. He looked younger.


2 posted on 05/16/2020 1:30:52 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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3 posted on 05/16/2020 1:32:11 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: billorites

Willard died Friday night in Los Angeles of natural causes,


and not cornovirus,


4 posted on 05/16/2020 1:32:48 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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My favorite bit that he played in was Fernwood Tonight.

He and Martin Mull were hilarious in that spoof.

Comedy just isn’t the same these days. The current crop of
comedians wouldn’t know funny if it bit them on the ass.

Sad to see Fred go...


5 posted on 05/16/2020 1:33:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: billorites

Another Hollywood perv?


6 posted on 05/16/2020 1:33:30 PM PDT by ecomcon
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Ron Albertson : I had to have penis reduction surgery.
Dr. Allan Pearl : Penis *reduction*?
Sheila : I said to him, "Ron, you've gotta do something!"
And he says to me, "Well, why don't you get one of those vagina enlargements?"

7 posted on 05/16/2020 1:34:58 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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He did have a Pee Wee Herman episode a few years back. Probably not the right day to discuss that though.


8 posted on 05/16/2020 1:35:04 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: billorites

RIP!


9 posted on 05/16/2020 1:38:33 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: DoughtyOne

Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight....

“I live at the corner of Bedlam & Squalor”

“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ScWtP2IxU


10 posted on 05/16/2020 1:39:22 PM PDT by newfreep
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I still double over at his color commentary in “Best of Show”.

RIP Fred!


11 posted on 05/16/2020 1:44:22 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal)
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He totally killed it in that performance.

Bless his soul.


12 posted on 05/16/2020 1:46:16 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

It will be listed as Corona.


13 posted on 05/16/2020 1:52:31 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: llevrok

Me too! That was the funniest stuff - made even funnier for me as I had watched Fernwood 2 Night when in HS and was laughing my a$$ off at the outlandish things said and done on that show.

RIP Fred!


14 posted on 05/16/2020 1:53:52 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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He’s one of those guys who was on TV for years. For me, his most memorable stuff was on “Real People” and Johnny Carson’s show.


15 posted on 05/16/2020 2:01:00 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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Bummer, Fred was a funny guy. RIP


16 posted on 05/16/2020 2:01:39 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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I remember him in the Ace Trucking Company along with Patty Deutsch. Best of Show he was a standout. Think I’ll watch it and Mighty Wind tonight.


17 posted on 05/16/2020 2:06:32 PM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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Jerry, Fred, and then who’s the third ?


18 posted on 05/16/2020 2:08:02 PM PDT by onona (I'm sure there's more)
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"Another Hollywood perv?"

A misunderstanding.

The lighting's terrible in those theaters.

19 posted on 05/16/2020 2:08:18 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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I always get this guy mixed up with Willard Scott for some reason. The guy who does the Ronald McDonald clown and wished people happy birthday on their 100th.


20 posted on 05/16/2020 2:11:22 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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