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That was a necessity to offset the taunts about his roly-poly shape Doing so, he moved on to Los Angeles, where he scored at a small showcase club His career grew with appearances on the TV shows of Jack Paar, Arthur Godfrey and others Hackett was invited to join the Three Stooges when "Curly" Howard, the bald-headed member of the comedy team, suffered a stroke in 1946 In 1954, playwright Sidney Kingsley persuaded Hackett to appear on Broadway in "Lunatics and Lovers He was 78 "He was born funny," his son said Monday He prepared me very well for this day, but no matter how much you prepare it still hurts," Sandy Hackett said as he arrived at his mother's house in Los Angeles He'd call and say: 'A guy walks into a bar After graduating from New York's New Utrecht High School, where he had played on the football team, Hacker spent three years in the military during World War II, then reinvented himself as Buddy Hackett, standup comedian " He was also willing to share his material with others When he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame a few years ago, he 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 He was a terrific father "He was one of the greatest ever In the beginning his material was suitable for family audiences, but in later years nightclubs advertised his show "For Mature Audiences Only He didn't know how not to be funny "It's a damn circle," he joked Hackett was married to the former Sherry Dubois, whom he met at the Concord Hotel in the Catskills " 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 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 "He never called just to say hello "That ends the meeting," he once said of network officials telling him how to structure a comedy show Soon he was earning top money in Las Vegas, Florida and Las Vegas 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 The younger Hackett, who is also a comedian, said he had driven to Los Angeles from his Las Vegas home as soon as he got the word of his father's death " He also appeared on the New York stage in "Viva Madison Avenue" (1960) and "I Had a Ball" (1964) In addition to his wife and son Sandy, Hackett's survivors include daughters Ivy Miller of Denver and Lisa Hackett of Los Angeles â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? EDITOR'S NOTE: Bob Thomas has been covering Hollywood for The Associated Press since 1943 " The comedian appeared on television from the medium's beginnings and starred in the short-lived series "Stanley" from 1956 to 1957 Hackett died at his Southern California beach house either late Sunday or early Monday, Sandy Hackett told The Associated Press on Monday night " 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 animated "The Little Mermaid," as the voice of Scuttle He was my best friend " His performances in those days were noted for their prolific use of four-letters words at a time when that just wasn't done He was born Leonard Hacker in a Jewish section of New York City's borough of Brooklyn on Aug "It was in his bones The cause of his death was not immediately known; his son said Hackett had diabetes Hackett made his film debut in 1953 with "Walking My Baby Back Home '" Hackett had flopped using joke writers, and he soon came to realize that only he could write for Buddy Hackett For a time he apprenticed in his father's upholstery shop, but at school he found he had a talent for making his fellow students laugh 31, 1924 But Hackett declined, believing he could develop his own comedy style He played legendary comic Lou Costello in the 1978 film "Bud and Lou Funnyman Buddy Hackett Dies at 78 Jul 1, 6:56 AM EST Buddy Hackett, the squat, round, rubbery-faced funnyman who appeared for more than 50 years as a top act in nightclubs, Broadway shows, on television and in such movies as "The Music Man," "The Love Bug" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died, his son said "If I was going to a corporate job somewhere, I'd call him up, and he'd rattle off 10 jokes," his son recalled "Compared to motion pictures, I'm very mild these days," he remarked in 1996 " He turned down many offers to star in another TV series, complaining that he could rarely get along with network executives The FCC also changed rules to allow individual companies to own more TV stations in some cities and largely ended a ban on one company owning a newspaper and a broadcast station in a community To address that, he said he would push for legislation that spells out that the FCC can strengthen as well as relax ownership restrictions if that serves the public interest , and Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill They should not be rules conferred to a regulatory body with three to five unelected officials A 1996 law requires the FCC to study the rules every two years and repeal or modify regulations determined to be no longer in the public interest â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Federal Communications Commission: http://www "But the business of media ownership, which can have such an immense effect on the nature and quality of our democracy, is too important to be dealt with so categorically McCain said that no matter what the FCC decided, "we're not really satisfied with the process News Corp , said the FCC's changes were needed to protect the rules from court challenges It's not a toaster with pictures," he said Powell said that if Congress is displeased with the decision, it should reconsider the responsibility it has given his agency " But Sens That party-line decision on Monday allowed individual companies to own television stations reaching nearly half the nation's viewers , said he opposes proposed legislation to counter that change, but his committee still will consider it this month The changed national ownership limit allows a company to own TV stations reaching 45 percent of U " Many media companies said the changes were needed because the old restrictions hindered their ability to grow and compete in a market changed by cable TV, satellite broadcasts and the Internet "We may not like the product, but without some action by the FCC there would be no ownership restrictions at all," Breaux said , which owns CBS and UPN, stand to benefit from the higher national TV ownership cap because mergers have left them above the 35 percent level The major networks wanted the cap eliminated, while smaller broadcasters said a higher cap would allow the networks to gobble up stations and take away local control of programming " He blamed uncertainties caused by the 1996 law and court rulings Legal challenges are expected from consumer groups seeking stiffer restrictions and media companies wanting even more deregulation Ernest Hollings, the committee's ranking Democrat, is among those who want to push back the national ownership limit FCC Chairman Michael Powell defended his agency's work, saying the new rules will improve competition and diversity in the media industry "If there are rules that should be inviolate, that are so important to our sense of democracy, then it is my strong belief that they should be statutory rules "The free flow of diverse and antagonistic views cannot be guarded if a few large businesses control all the information across every medium Powell said that schedule strains his agency's resources and causes harmful uncertainty in the industry gov fcc The committee questioned the five members of the Republican-controlle d Federal Communications Commission with senators from both parties criticizing the agency's 3-2 vote to relax regulations "Broadcast media is not just another appliance McCain, R-Ariz Most committee members criticized the FCC's decisions, with some threatening congressional action to roll back many of the changes Panel to Examine Media Rule Changes Jun 4, 10:02 PM EST Lawmakers will consider partly reversing a decision that eased media ownership restrictions, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain said Wednesday Congress "is the people's institution much more dramatically than the FCC is," Powell said South Carolina Sen Sen He accused Powell of using "spin and fraud" to defend deregulation S households instead of 35 percent , owner of Fox, and Viacom Inc "I have a long voting record in support of deregulation," McCain said He said a five-year review period would be better " The government adopted the ownership rules between 1941 and 1975 to encourage competition and prevent monopoly control of the media John Breaux, D-La Critics say the new rules will lead to mergers that could ultimately put a few giant companies in control of what most people see, hear and read |
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