1928-2021
Catskill kvetcher
Hit Broadway in the Borscht Belt
Gave Ed “The Finger”
Observational
Comedy at it’s apex
Of obnoxiousness
Didn’t flip off Ed
Wished he had, ultimately
No Fall, no comeback
—Yur Namhir
Someone famous dies
We post haiku about them
It's just that simple
HISTORIC
HAIKU:
1928-2021
Catskill kvetcher
Hit Broadway in the Borscht Belt
Gave Ed “The Finger”
Observational
Comedy at it’s apex
Of obnoxiousness
Didn’t flip off Ed
Wished he had, ultimately
No Fall, no comeback
—Yur Namhir
Posted by Lairbo on 07/25/2021 at 12:00 AM in Comedy, Performers, Television | Permalink | Comments (3)
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1927-2020
Ascots to Ascots
Dismembered beyond his dearth
RPM boyo
—Tom Morrow
Posted by Lairbo on 11/09/2020 at 12:22 AM in Comedy, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Norm Crosby
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1940-2020
Did anyone not
Like this guy? Answer
With a question, please
—Abbie Rhodes
Posted by Lairbo on 11/08/2020 at 02:03 PM in Boomer Icons, Current Affairs, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Alex Trebek, Jeapordy
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1928-2020
The skeptic’s skeptic
Called out paranormal fraud
We need more like him
—Abbey Rhodes
Wowed us by pointing
Out bullshit we should have seen
Coming a mile off
—Phil Valens
Just for exposing
Uri Geller, we owe him
Tons of gratitude
—Tom Morrow
Posted by Lairbo on 10/22/2020 at 11:31 AM in Miscellaneous, Notorious, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: James Randi, The Amazing Randi, Uri Geller
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1923-2020
Technicolor queen
Hot red hair and cool green eyes
Kept us all spellbound
—Laurel Cannon
Posted by Lairbo on 10/17/2020 at 12:16 AM in 20th Century, Film, Music, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Queen of Technicolor, Rhonda Flerming
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1941-2020
One hit wonder spawns
B-List celebrity life
All downhill from there
--Rhonda Helpern
Posted by Lairbo on 10/01/2020 at 05:06 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Historic, Music, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Helen Reddy, I Am Woman
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1938-2020
Jump-started many
A young boy’s adolescence
Cat suit and Jag helped
—Abbie Rhodes
Role model for girls
Cautionary tale for boys
Kick-ass sex symbol
—Olivia Cromwell
Saw her in that play
Abelard and Heloise
Totally naked
—Roger Rabid
Posted by Lairbo on 09/10/2020 at 02:07 PM in Boomer Icons, Fashion, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Diana Rigg
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1926-2020
Quiz show braniac
Took a dive on TV then
Blew whistle on it
--Rose Gardner
Posted by Lairbo on 05/31/2020 at 03:41 PM in 20th Century, Historic, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: 21, Herbert Stempel, Quiz Show scandal
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1943-2020
Didn't die in 'Nam
Like Wally and the Beaver
Or become porn star
--Rose Gardner
Posted by Lairbo on 05/18/2020 at 04:57 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Eddie Haskell, Leave it to Beaver
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1939-2020
Perfect deadpan dolt
Foil and fodder for improv
Guest star favorite
--Meyer Lehman
Posted by Lairbo on 05/16/2020 at 05:03 PM in Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Ace Trucking Co., Best in Show, Christopher Guest, Fernwood 2-Nite, Fred Willard
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1927-2020
Serenity now
For a comic actor who
Always seemed ticked off
--Abby Rhodes
Posted by Lairbo on 05/11/2020 at 04:57 PM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Festivus , Jerry Stiller
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1938-2020
Know when to hold on,
You gotta know when to die.
His timing was right.
--James M Maloney
Posted by Lairbo on 03/21/2020 at 07:54 PM in Boomer Icons, Music, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Gambler, Kenny Rogers
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1926-2020
If heaven exists
He’s making it hell asking
His ten questions
--Tom Erick
After he interviews
God, what’s he gonna do for
All eternity?
--Kim Ono
Posted by Lairbo on 03/03/2020 at 09:52 PM in Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: 10 Questions, Actors Studio, James Lipton
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1935-2020
Short guy with short fuse
Got wild in the Wild Wild West
Eyed Hawaiians
--Thomas Hudson
That a battery
On your shoulder or you
Just happy to see me?
--O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 02/08/2020 at 06:26 PM in Boomer Icons, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Robert Conrad
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1942-2020
Farewell, Terry J
Naked came the organist
Life is wafer-thin
-O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 01/22/2020 at 10:19 AM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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1933-2020
Slickest hair of all
77 Sunset's
Epic pompadours
--O'Cyrus
Hairstyle that launched a
Million tubes of Brylcreem and
his cool-guy career
--Kim Ono
Godfather to Fonz
First DA on network show
Lent no one his comb
--Christian Marder
Posted by Lairbo on 01/09/2020 at 06:33 PM in Fashion, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
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1930-2020
Got Smart, met Nichols
Graduated to movies,
Samurai target
--Lairbo
Posted by Lairbo on 01/09/2020 at 06:21 PM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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1931-2019
R.I.P. Rip Torn
Now dressed in the last suit
He will ever wear
--Romona Clift
* * *
Men in Black wasn’t, but
The Maidstone brawl was real, and
that bank stick-up too
--Michael Dominowski
Posted by Lairbo on 07/10/2019 at 08:04 AM in Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Rip Torn
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1929-2019
Kraut behind bushes,
Lech on a bench; he was veh-
ry in-te-resting
--Kim Ono
Posted by Lairbo on 07/03/2019 at 11:29 PM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Arte Johnson, Laugh-In
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1950-2019
Sorry Leon but,
We are gonna talk about
You, now that you're gone
--Abby Rhodes
Tuba voiced crooner
Who brought new life to old tunes
Too good to forget
--O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 05/30/2019 at 04:10 PM in Music, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Leon Redbone, ragtime
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1933-2019
Adlib master heals
America’s funnybone
After instant flop
---Michael Dominowski
Posted by Lairbo on 05/15/2019 at 10:06 AM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Tim Conway
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1942-2019
A real musician
Also played one on TV
Monkee-wrenched career
--O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 02/21/2019 at 06:19 PM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Music, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Monkees, Peter Tork
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1943-2018
Bottle-capper finds
Her humorous, poignant voice.
She was who she was.
--Michael Dominowski
Posted by Lairbo on 12/20/2018 at 08:15 AM in Film, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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1936-2018
Outrunning Smokey
Made cinema turkeys pay.
But that Tiparillo!
--Michael Dominowski
Bidding Burt adieu.
Too fancy for the Bandit?
Yeah. Later, gator!
Posted by Lairbo on 09/08/2018 at 10:50 AM in Boomer Icons, Comedy, Film, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Burt Reynolds
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1937-2018
A sci-fi bad boy
Has some unfinished business,
Treks off to Forever
--Michael Dominowski
Posted by Lairbo on 06/28/2018 at 10:38 PM in Film, Literature, Notorious, Pop Culture, Science, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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