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His career grew with appearances on the TV shows of Jack Paar, Arthur Godfrey and others After graduating from high school, he spent three years in the military during World War II, then reinvented himself as Buddy Hackett, standup comedian " He also appeared on the New York stage in "Viva Madison Avenue" (1960) and "I Had a Ball" (1964) '" The elder Hackett, who appeared for more than 50 years as a top act in nightclubs, in Broadway shows, on television and in movies, died at his Southern California beach house late Sunday or early Monday 31, 1924 Besides his son, Hackett is survived by his wife, Sherry, whom he met in the Catskills, and daughters Ivy Miller of Denver and Lisa Hackett of Los Angeles The cause of death was not immediately known, but his son said Hackett suffered from diabetes Comedian Buddy Hackett Dies at 78 Jul 1, 1:56 PM EST Comedian Buddy Hackett, known for his rubbery face and sometimes raunchy jokes, never strayed far from a punch line, often peppering friends and family with his humor " His most notable roles came in "The Music Man," "The Love Bug" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Hackett had flopped using joke writers, and he soon came to realize that only he could write for Buddy Hackett Doing so, he moved on to Los Angeles, where he scored at a small showcase club "It's a damn circle," he joked Hackett made his film debut in 1953 with "Walking My Baby Back Home "If I was going to a corporate job somewhere, I'd call him up, and he'd rattle off 10 jokes," his son, Sandy Hackett, 47, recalled " His performances in those days were noted for their prolific use of four-letters words at a time when that just wasn't done Hackett began his career playing for small money on the Borscht Circuit for New York City vacationers in the Catskill Mountains, he learned to get laughs with his complaints about being short, fat and Jewish " He was born Leonard Hacker in a Jewish section of New York City's borough of Brooklyn on Aug When he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame a few years ago, Hackett quipped that he had left Brooklyn "to get away from the subway" only to discover that his star had been placed above the one in Los Angeles " On television, he starred in the short-lived series "Stanley" from 1956 to 1957 and made numerous guest appearances on other shows, appearing in recent years on "Just Shoot Me" and "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" and, in a recurring bit called "Tuesdays With Buddy," on "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn In the beginning, his material was suitable for family audiences, but in later years nightclubs advertised his show "For Mature Audiences Only He was 78 He played comic Lou Costello in the 1978 film "Bud and Lou In 1954, playwright Sidney Kingsley persuaded Hackett to appear on Broadway in "Lunatics and Lovers "He never called just to say, 'Hello " Brooks Atkinson, writing in The New York Times, described Hackett as "a large, soft, messy comic with a glib tongue and a pair of inquiring eyes Soon he was making big money across the country, and audiences called for his most noted routine, the Chinese waiter He used humor to offset the taunts about his roly-poly shape " Among his other movies: "Fireman Save My Child," "God's Little Acre," "All Hands on Deck," "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm," "Muscle Beach Party," "Loose Shoes," "Scrooged" and Disney's "The Little Mermaid," as the voice of Scuttle â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? Associated Press Writer Laura Wides contributed to this story ' He'd call and say: 'A guy walks into a bar For a time he apprenticed in his father's upholstery shop, but at school he found he had a talent for making fellow students laugh "Compared to motion pictures, I'm very mild these days," he remarked in 1996 When "Curly" Howard, the one who got slapped in the comedy team The Three Stooges, suffered a stroke in 1946, Hackett was invited to take his place but declined, believing he could develop his own comedy style 1" SRC="http://ad Still, he had to seek it out Navy and his parents, first-generation Americans -- are credited in his books com/tv/netcal/?netcal=125">Reality TV</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="tb5" valign="Top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td align="Left" valign="Top"><a class="vl6" href="/tv/article " He was not about to give up, and the network finally agreed 29;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5;sz=300x250;code=98318;ord=27108?" 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"It's part of the New York experience," Philbin says With 'Live,' you see them every day and without them, you are nothing, and you sort of owe them your whole career "I have a contract that goes for another two years," he says "  </td></tr></table></td><td valign="Top"><table class="adtbl" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td align="Right" style="color:gray;font-size:7pt;">advertisement</td></tr><tr><td><!--BeginAd(ENT9AQ,MediumShowcase)--><iframe SRC="http://ad During a commercial break, Philbin politely tells a woman he does not remember a friend of hers, and gratefully accepts a cap from a Pennsylvania state trooper 29;sz=300x250;code=98318;ord=27108?" width="300" height="250" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" FRAMEBORDER="0" SCROLLING="no" BORDERCOLOR="#000000"><script language="JavaScript1 " When Martin slides his dapper self into a leather chair on screen, Philbin elbows a visitor and points to that very chair, now sitting in his office He taught me that msn "I'm Only One Man!" and "Who Wants to Be Me?" are Philbin at his best -- telling stories Rather, his specialty, and the reason people tune in, is that he is pretty much every guy doubleclick There is no net Stock prices feed across the screen of a muted television, and Philbin scrutinizes his investments aspx?m=531387 class="art">"Who Wants to be a Millionaire In addition to hosting his hour-long syndicated morning talk show, Philbin reignited the game show genre in 1999 with =/movies/movie The University of Notre Dame looms large in Philbin's books, conversation and life net/adj/N3349 "Regis does not play like a guy his age aspx?c=323824 class="art">Montel Williams and =/celebs/celeb He plays like a guy in his 50s Live is scary "Regis is ageless," he says Regis on TV is Regis off TV One day, 20 years from now, Regis will take a sip of coffee at 9:15 and -- boop -- call it a day on the air Specifically, he wanted to be Bing Crosby You are out there being yourself It was wildly successful, and Philbin assumed a new mantle -- fashion maven aspx?c=200378 class="art">Maury Povich for the spot, Philbin says, "but no Regis " Ripa says Philbin reminds her of her son, Michael, 6, because of his "boyish, mischievous nature When the Daytime Emmy-winning host of "Live with Regis and Kelly" recognizes a fellow Martin fan, he pops a tape of Martin's old TV show into the VCR "After 45 years on TV, no one has done as much live TV as he has doubleclick " He returns Sunday, May 16, with ABC's "Super Millionaire," in which contestants can win $10 million Philbin also writes about growing up, his first wife, and enjoying life with Joy, his wife of 34 years He is proud of his four children, one of whom works for the Department of Defense and another who is a writer on "The O C The show has four more airings through May 26 While on break, the "Idol" singer tells Philbin, "Even though I lost, I feel I really won He watched tapings of shows for four days in England, then returned to make the show here 29;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5;sz=300x250;code=98318;ord=27108?" target="_blank"><img SRC="http://ad During commercial breaks, he and co-host =/celebs/celeb Philbin had wanted to be a singer since he was 5 S " Gelman does not buy that for a New York minute "People probably think Regis turns it on for TV," Gelman says after the show, finding a quiet place to talk in a makeup room msn/B1394462 " Despite how well life is going, Philbin, 72, considers quitting " Gelman also notes something quite special about the unassuming guy Wearing gray slacks and a navy shirt, Philbin dances around his office "I had been with ABC since the mid-'60s and here it is the late-'90s," he says All I knew about an audience was the Nielsens -- a number aspx?m=524357 class="art">"American Idol" are on com</EM>  =/celebs/celeb 29;abr=!ie;sz=300x250;code=98318;ord=27108?"></script><noscript>="http://ad Philbin Gives His Final Answer <FONT size=3>Live TV veteran, back with 'Millionaire,' looks ahead</FONT> <EM>By Jacqueline Cutler Zap2it He said he doubted he would renew the last three times msn/B1394462 aspx?c=459828 class="art">Kelly Ripa chat with the audience and pose for snapshots , but Philbin has never forgotten his roots, often citing his boyhood pal, "Freakin' Finelli " He clearly does |
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