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(Much belated props to Greg)
Or
Death of Reilly
The most distinctive laugh in entertainment history has been silenced after a long illness at the age of 76. Once a Broadway actor who won a Tony for creating the role of Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Charles Nelson Reilly entered the lexicon as the campy, cranky, double entendre dropping, spectacularly spectacled, pipe-smoking, ascotted antagonizer of Brett Somers as the top right seat on the many seasons of Match Game while matching The Hollywood Squares’ Paul Lynde’s ahead-of-its time, over-the-top barely closeted gay shtick. Reilly ratcheted by the ribald in almost 100 Tonight Show appearances. Reilly also starred in Lidsville, the brown tab of the Sid and Marty Kroft acid trip of the 1970s, playing Horatio J. Hoodoo, the evil wizard trying to capture Mark, the all-growed up Butch Patrick, in a land populated by walking, talking hats – such as Tex, a cowboy hat doing the worst John Wayne impression ever. While paying the bills trading quips with Richard Dawson and Fannie Flagg, he never gave up his love of theater, as he wrote and directed the 1976 one-woman Broadway play based on the life of Emily Dickinson and won another Tony nod for directing the 1997 revival of The Gin Game. Reilly made several appearances as part of The Drew Carey Show’s nostalgia fest as Lewis’ boss at DrugCo, winning an Emmy nod and earned another nod as cynical paranormal writer Jose Chung on Millennium, reprising his role from The X-Files. He also appeared on SpongeBob SquarePants as the voice of The Dirty Bubble.
James Dinan and Tom Magner’s Knock, Knock, Knocking got the last Hunh-HUNH and move into ties at 14th and 29th, respectively.
Or
Death of Reilly
The most distinctive laugh in entertainment history has been silenced after a long illness at the age of 76. Once a Broadway actor who won a Tony for creating the role of Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Charles Nelson Reilly entered the lexicon as the campy, cranky, double entendre dropping, spectacularly spectacled, pipe-smoking, ascotted antagonizer of Brett Somers as the top right seat on the many seasons of Match Game while matching The Hollywood Squares’ Paul Lynde’s ahead-of-its time, over-the-top barely closeted gay shtick. Reilly ratcheted by the ribald in almost 100 Tonight Show appearances. Reilly also starred in Lidsville, the brown tab of the Sid and Marty Kroft acid trip of the 1970s, playing Horatio J. Hoodoo, the evil wizard trying to capture Mark, the all-growed up Butch Patrick, in a land populated by walking, talking hats – such as Tex, a cowboy hat doing the worst John Wayne impression ever. While paying the bills trading quips with Richard Dawson and Fannie Flagg, he never gave up his love of theater, as he wrote and directed the 1976 one-woman Broadway play based on the life of Emily Dickinson and won another Tony nod for directing the 1997 revival of The Gin Game. Reilly made several appearances as part of The Drew Carey Show’s nostalgia fest as Lewis’ boss at DrugCo, winning an Emmy nod and earned another nod as cynical paranormal writer Jose Chung on Millennium, reprising his role from The X-Files. He also appeared on SpongeBob SquarePants as the voice of The Dirty Bubble.
James Dinan and Tom Magner’s Knock, Knock, Knocking got the last Hunh-HUNH and move into ties at 14th and 29th, respectively.
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