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Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102
Washington Post ^ | 2/7/2017 | T. Rees Shapiro

Posted on 02/07/2017 6:41:57 AM PST by Borges

Irwin Corey, the comic maestro who endeared himself to generations of audiences as the World’s Foremost Authority, whose nonsensical monologues aped blowhard pundits, pompous academics and other know-it-alls, died Feb. 6 at his home in Manhattan. He was 102.

His son, painter, songwriter, singer and comedian Richard Corey, quipped that his father died “peacefully, at home, surrounded by his son.”

Under the moniker Professor Corey, the self-described rebel comedian spent eight decades perfecting a mock-intellectual routine laced with malapropisms and non sequiturs.

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KEYWORDS: comedy; corey; cuba; hollywood; irwincorey; obituary
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To: Borges

When I was a child, he taught me more about politics than most politicians or pundits at the time.

I didn’t agree with his beliefs, but he was a funny, funny man.

RIP, professor.


21 posted on 02/07/2017 7:01:02 AM PST by FatherFig1o155 ("Most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Borges

Professor Corey videos

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Professor+Corey


22 posted on 02/07/2017 7:06:44 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Borges

His classic shtick was when he would answer questions, like “Why is the sky blue?” and his answer was “That’s a two part question, first is WHY which is the ultimate question” and he would drivel on for several minutes about the word WHY and then he would say, “the second part of the question IS THE SKY BLUE? and the answer is yes!”


23 posted on 02/07/2017 7:06:53 AM PST by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: BBB333

I believe he was a proud, unabashed communist.


24 posted on 02/07/2017 7:07:42 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

You don’t have to convince me.

I know it.


25 posted on 02/07/2017 7:11:24 AM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: BBB333
See #12. He was a full blown commie.

A photograph of Irwin Corey, far left, with Fidel Castro hangs at Corey's home.
A photograph of Mr. Corey, far left,
with Fidel Castro hangs in Mr. Corey’s
home.

26 posted on 02/07/2017 7:16:07 AM PST by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: BlueLancer

Has to be...

The evening headline read
Richard Corey went home last night
And put a bullet in his head.


27 posted on 02/07/2017 7:16:39 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: ETL

You don’t have to convince me.

I know it.


28 posted on 02/07/2017 7:18:04 AM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: BlueLancer

That song immediately popped into my head also.


29 posted on 02/07/2017 7:24:25 AM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Borges

He was a riot. Great comedy that you don’t see anymore anywhere.


30 posted on 02/07/2017 7:25:36 AM PST by laweeks
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To: BBB333

I wasn’t trying to convince you. I was supporting what you and others said on the thread about him (being a communist).


31 posted on 02/07/2017 7:29:44 AM PST by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: Borges

https://youtu.be/PJIvBeVKoQA


32 posted on 02/07/2017 7:30:41 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: laweeks

Rip Taylor.


33 posted on 02/07/2017 7:31:43 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Borges

Now who is going to be Maxine Water’s mentor ?


34 posted on 02/07/2017 7:34:51 AM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

***Rip Taylor***

Absolutely frantic and overly hyper . . . hilarious


35 posted on 02/07/2017 7:41:43 AM PST by laweeks
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To: BlueLancer

I remember that poem, then the song, also. Eighth grade English.


36 posted on 02/07/2017 7:48:45 AM PST by doberville
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To: nikos1121

The guy writing forward and backward at the same time, and who had a system of mnemonic devices to help children to remember facts, was none other than basketball great, Jerry Lucas.


37 posted on 02/07/2017 7:50:32 AM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Borges

My dad has a photo of him, I think it dates to the early ‘60s. He’s campaigning with the slogan “Throw the bum in.”


38 posted on 02/07/2017 7:50:58 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: Borges
Irwin Corey, the comic maestro who endeared himself to generations of audiences as the World’s Foremost Authority, whose nonsensical monologues aped blowhard pundits, pompous academics and other know-it-alls...

A little known fact the good Professor had a full time job, the last 30 years, trying to keep up with the "climate change" criminal imbeciles.

39 posted on 02/07/2017 7:59:40 AM PST by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT!!!)
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To: Borges

Corey, Phillis Diller, Bill Dana “My name...Jose Jimenez”, Bob Newhart and the Smothers Brothers got their start at the Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco. Improv comedy got a big push from The committee who played at the old indoor bocce ball courts on Broadway St. in North Beach. Yah, they were all commies. That’s when conservatives started giving the farm away to leftists across the entertainment spectrum. Up to that point lefties fought for their gains. We abdicated our role in culture and are now paying the price.


40 posted on 02/07/2017 8:11:06 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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