blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:43:32 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2 wrote:
>
> > On Apr 21, 3:41 pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> >> On Apr 20, 9:45 pm, Damsel in dis Dress >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>http://i39.tinypic.com/2yulnut.jpg
> >>
> >>> --
> >>> Change "invalid" to James Bond's agent number to reply.
> >>
> >> I love sprit pea soop, as whats-his-name (Buddy ____) used to
> >> say....but I like it smoother - I use my stick blender in it. Do you
> >> use a hambone in it?
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> > Hackett, that would be Buddy Hackett - probably so un-PC nowadays that
> > nobody would admit to remembering him, but he was funny at the
> > time. ;-)
> >
> > N.
>
> i always thought he was funny. he was great in 'it's a mad, mad, mad, mad
> world,' along with every other comedian in the world.


He was on a bunch of early 60's game shows like _What's My Line?_,
_Password_, etc., always hilarious. One of my fave _What's My Line?_
episodes c. 1965 is when he guesses Mystery Guest Bette Davis...around that
time IIRC he had a B'way show entitled _Life Is A Ball_...


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Greg

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