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July 13, 2006 3:28 PM Subscribe
Red Buttons, a comedian perhaps more famous for his dramatic roles and for his famous "Never got a dinner!" line at many Friar's Club roasts. (He finally got his own roast in 1982), died yesterday at the age of 87.
Glad you got your dinner, Red.
Tangential Red Buttons anedote: His son Adam went to my high school, and was the biggest jackass of entire bunch. I made him cry by saying mean things to him, and was sent to the principal's office. Screw you, Adam Buttons, my dad's still alive! Advantage:jonson!
posted by jonson at 3:38 PM on July 13, 2006 [10 favorites]
posted by jonson at 3:38 PM on July 13, 2006 [10 favorites]
jonson = *
posted by crunchland at 3:46 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by crunchland at 3:46 PM on July 13, 2006
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Wow, I just watched Poseidon Adventure for the first time, too.
posted by keswick at 3:50 PM on July 13, 2006
Wow, I just watched Poseidon Adventure for the first time, too.
posted by keswick at 3:50 PM on July 13, 2006
c'mon grouchland, where's your sense of humor? Wait a second... crunchland isn't an alias for Adam Buttons, is it??!?! Wow... this is kinda awkward. Um... sorry about your dad, dude. I've always liked your links...
posted by jonson at 3:51 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by jonson at 3:51 PM on July 13, 2006
Carry grudges much johnson? Anyway, I had no idea that he was still alive. Funny guy.
posted by octothorpe at 3:56 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by octothorpe at 3:56 PM on July 13, 2006
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(Poseidon Adv was the first time i really knew of him too, but he was on tv all the time back then--he was everywhere for a very long time--a great career)
posted by amberglow at 4:23 PM on July 13, 2006
(Poseidon Adv was the first time i really knew of him too, but he was on tv all the time back then--he was everywhere for a very long time--a great career)
posted by amberglow at 4:23 PM on July 13, 2006
Carry grudges much johnson?
You must be new here. Also: it's jonson, there's no "h".
posted by jonson at 4:32 PM on July 13, 2006
You must be new here. Also: it's jonson, there's no "h".
posted by jonson at 4:32 PM on July 13, 2006
Advantage:jonson!
Geoff Tipps: Well, things finally started going my way ladies and gentlemen. In '84 both our mothers got badly sick, mine, thank God, she got better. But yours DIED didn't she Mike? Didn't she?
[Mike, in great pain and sorrow nods]
Geoff Tipps: Yeah, I won that. At least I won the mums!
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 5:22 PM on July 13, 2006
Geoff Tipps: Well, things finally started going my way ladies and gentlemen. In '84 both our mothers got badly sick, mine, thank God, she got better. But yours DIED didn't she Mike? Didn't she?
[Mike, in great pain and sorrow nods]
Geoff Tipps: Yeah, I won that. At least I won the mums!
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 5:22 PM on July 13, 2006
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posted by unrepentanthippie at 6:28 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by unrepentanthippie at 6:28 PM on July 13, 2006
Wasn't he in that original star trek episode about Jack the Ripper? Or was that the Winnie the Pooh guy? I get them mixed up.
posted by Dag Maggot at 9:31 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by Dag Maggot at 9:31 PM on July 13, 2006
dag maggot: That was John Fiedler. He was the voice of Piglet and he died last year.
jonson: 300 plus posts, more than 2700 comments, and a childish joke...never got a dinner.
posted by ?! at 9:39 PM on July 13, 2006
jonson: 300 plus posts, more than 2700 comments, and a childish joke...never got a dinner.
posted by ?! at 9:39 PM on July 13, 2006
If you're only crediting me a single childish joke, you haven't been paying attention.
posted by jonson at 10:17 PM on July 13, 2006
posted by jonson at 10:17 PM on July 13, 2006
Thanks "?!" they look a bit similar.
posted by Dag Maggot at 3:03 AM on July 14, 2006
posted by Dag Maggot at 3:03 AM on July 14, 2006
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posted by LinusMines at 10:39 AM on July 15, 2006
posted by LinusMines at 10:39 AM on July 15, 2006
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BAD GUY
Shit!
RED
No! Piss!
He then clobbers the guy with the pan. Ouch.
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posted by dobbs at 3:37 PM on July 13, 2006