# Bill Jackson (BJ and Dirty Dragon Show) R.I.P **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058 "2022-01-19T14:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/1 "2022-01-19T14:27:10Z")
Well this blows. Two of my TV crushes have died within a one month span. First Nicholas Georgiade, and now Bill Jackson, known to Chicagoans as BJ. Back in the Seventies and beyond, Bill Jackson was the host of _The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show_. He also did _Gigglesnort Hotel_ and some other programs. He had all sorts of puppet characters besides Dirty Dragon. The main one I remember is Weird, a short wild-haired teller of bad puns. There was also Blob, a lump of modeling clay that BJ would sculpt into various caricatures. Blob spoke in unintelligible grumbles and growls. BJ would interpret Blob’s comments as he shaped the clay. Bill was hospitalized with Covid, but had been discharged. I’m guessing Covid had to do with his death. Bill Jackson was 86. Sigh. My adolescent love life, dying away. OMG, if this sort of thing comes in threes, I wonder who’s next??? (pleasenotTomBaker, pleasenotTomBaker…) So as Dirty Dragon would say, “FIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/2 "2022-01-19T16:57:22Z")
BJ was a huge part of my childhood. My brothers and I never missed “Cartoon Town.” We had the “Blast Off To Mars” book and a set of Weird and Wally puppets. Mom even took us to a live BJ and Dirty Dragon show at (I think) the Chicago Theater. 86 is a pretty good run, but this news still makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/3 "2022-01-19T17:00:24Z")
I loved the “B.J. and Dirty Dragon Show” when I was a kid. Bill was funny and imaginative, and a big part of my childhood. Very sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/4 "2022-01-19T17:55:27Z")
My favorite was “The Blob”. Blabla bla blah blah. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/5 "2022-01-19T18:18:51Z")
Halloween episode on YouTube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WhvPCrj-oqo/hqdefault.jpg "Gigglesnort Hotel - "Following Directions" - WLS Channel 7 (Complete Broadcast, 10/31/1982) 📺") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhvPCrj-oqo) Dirty had a _girlfriend?!_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058/6 "2022-01-20T00:40:25Z")
He lived around the corner from my junior high and I’d see him washing his Model A.