This Tonight Show clip completely slays me. Watch the way Fred keeps ad-libbing Jack Benny references to crack Jay up. What a brilliant comedic mind he was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nxrStMcQYQ -Tim On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 4:20:13 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > So many Willard memories. On Leno’s Tonight Show, Willard was often > brought in to salvage a really badly written comedy sketch. I recall one in > particular where he played Christopher Columbus in Heaven, and during > rehearsal nobody... not even the writers... were laughing. Leno finally > turn to Willard and suggested they start ad-libbing. The results were > hilarious. The finished sketch was entirely from Willard’s creativity and > wit. He was always warm and genial backstage to everyone. > > Of course he will always be remembered for his performances in Spinal Tap > and Best In Show. I have two ACE Trucking Company vinyl records, and > bootlegs of Fernwood Tonight (if they released it on DVD I’d buy it). So > lots of his art to cherish. > > On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 12:17 PM Joe Hass <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Natural causes, 86. >> >> >> https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/fred-willard-best-in-show-actor-dead-obit-1000942/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BfJtutGwJhPpz1j%3DWJYNp-0LqMtTo1GOpX0z0-%3DXbbmvw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BfJtutGwJhPpz1j%3DWJYNp-0LqMtTo1GOpX0z0-%3DXbbmvw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b6e82eb0-e17d-458f-b730-e9df2842ad79%40googlegroups.com.
