RIP Shecky Greene

*triplexxx* · 12-31-2023, 07:54 PM

Performing comedian Shecky Greene has passed at 97. He performed award-winning nightclub comedy routines in Las Vegas throughout the 1950s & 1960s, before that did routines in Miami, Chicago, and New Orleans. He made many appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Joey Bishop Show, History of The World: Part I, Match Game, Tattletales, The Love Boat, Splash, and The Fall Guy. He helped give Arnold Schwarzeneggar & Luciano Pavarotti their debuts on television. In TMNT (1987), Raphael (Rob Paulsen) referenced his name a few times. Rest well Shecky Greene.

12-31-2023, 07:54 PM	#1
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,819	RIP Shecky Greene Performing comedian Shecky Greene has passed at 97. He performed award-winning nightclub comedy routines in Las Vegas throughout the 1950s & 1960s, before that did routines in Miami, Chicago, and New Orleans. He made many appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Joey Bishop Show, History of The World: Part I, Match Game, Tattletales, The Love Boat, Splash, and The Fall Guy. He helped give Arnold Schwarzeneggar & Luciano Pavarotti their debuts on television. In TMNT (1987), Raphael (Rob Paulsen) referenced his name a few times. Rest well Shecky Greene. __________________ Please don't shoot me Mr. Big Mike. I'm too young and good-looking to die, well too young. I got a father, I got a mother, I got a grandmother, I got a little sister...and a little brother this high (raises hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand) and then I got a great big brother this high (slaps gun and runs). "Fright Night" - Three Stooges