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...however, was not Petey. And he knew it. He could talk fast, all right, but he was at heart a free-associating yarn spinner, a man who had to establish his own rhythms, not live by those of other people. He was never going to be Richard Pryor. Or Nipsey Russell...
...DIED. NIPSEY RUSSELL, 80, comic known as the "poet laureate of television" for his signature, often political, impromptu verse; in New York City. One of the first blacks to co-star in a sitcom (Car 54, Where Are You?), he was best known for reciting his topical poetry ("The opposite of pro is con/ That fact is clearly seen/ If progress means move forward/ Then what does Congress mean?") on variety and game shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and To Tell the Truth...
...DIED. NIPSEY RUSSELL, 80, comic known as the "poet laureate of television" for his signature, often political, impromptu verse; in New York City. One of the first blacks to co-star in a sitcom (Car 54, Where Are You?), Russell was best known for reciting his topical poetry ("The opposite of pro is con/ That fact is clearly seen/ If progress means move forward/ Then what does Congress mean?") on variety and game shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and To Tell the Truth...
...entertainers from Henny Youngman to Sally Jessy Raphael, sits just blocks from my office in Manhattan, taunting me. As a young Jewish male, my lifelong dream was to date a tall blond. But my other dream was to join the Friars Club. I pictured Shecky insulting Slappy, Slappy mocking Nipsey, Nipsey taunting Soupy, and Soupy choking on his own phlegm. There would be a whoopee cushion on every bar stool, pie fights over stolen punch lines and a lot of catcalling at the mere mention...
...determines who knows a husband best, his wife or his secretary." Match Game is always packed with bawdy jokes ("I said 'buns'!") and the best of those '70s stars who seemed to exist solely on game shows. Where have you gone Charles Nelson Reilly, Jo Anne Worley, Brett Somers, Nipsey Russell, Arte Johnson and Jamie Farr...