# Clyde Bruckman finally reposes... (Peter Boyle's death) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975 "2006-12-13T17:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/21 "2006-12-14T03:29:37Z")
Nice link, **BG**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/22 "2006-12-14T03:57:49Z")
Requiescat. ☚ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/23 "2006-12-14T04:11:30Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Nice link, **BG**. 😉 [/QUOTE] [urk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_%28film%29) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/24 "2006-12-14T08:11:14Z")
Just got in from seeing a friend’s band play in Los Angeles. There was a great songwriter who I had never heard before who played just before my friend went on. As a closing number he performed “Puttin’ on the Ritz” as a tribute to Peter Boyle. The song wasn’t a regular part of his set, he just learned it earlier in the afternoon, after he had heard of Peter Boyle’s death. Before playing the song, he announced that it was dedicated to Peter and he encouraged the crowd to sing along at the appropriate spot (though he did not tell us what song he was about to play). When he got to the end of the first verse, he stepped back from the mic, snapped his fingers twice in time, and the entire audience sang back in their best “Boyle as Frankenstein’s Monster” impersonation: _Poo’in onuh Riiiiiith!_ The crowd never missed their cue throughout the rest of the song (although, I and only a few others remembered to sing “Super Duper!”). Everybody sang with such heart. It truly was a touching tribute. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/25 "2006-12-14T08:46:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] One of the articles I read said that he was close friends with John Lennon, and Lennon was his best man at his wedding. Isn’t that fascinating? The things you would never guess about a person! [/QUOTE] Damn! The man _couldn’t_ have been any cooler than if he cured cancer or something. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/26 "2006-12-14T13:24:18Z")
Odd that Yoko Ono should be in the news the same time that his death is reported. The universe works in very strange ways. I’ll always remember him from Young Frankensteinl ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/27 "2006-12-14T15:25:26Z")
Since there are so many fans, I’ll mention the role/movie I’ll always remember him from: Eagle in “Steelyard Blues”. If you haven’t seen it, I’d highly recommend it. Hilarious. I also remember the “Dueling Brandos” skit with John Belushi on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/28 "2006-12-14T16:44:26Z")
And Lazlo from [“Where the Buffalo Roam”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/) > [@](#): > > You couldn’t invent someone like Carl Lazlo. He was a… he was one of a kind. He was a mutant. A real heavyweight water buffalo type… who could chew his way through a concrete wall and spit out the other side covered with lime and chalk and look good in doing it. Sounds like a eulogy for Boyle. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/29 "2006-12-14T18:20:07Z")
Long live the Eagle ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/30 "2006-12-14T18:32:05Z")
**Duke of Rat** , my thoughts exactly. Thanks for saving me the time of having to look up that quote. RIP, big guy. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/31 "2006-12-14T18:45:43Z")
Damn! I was just thinking about that Clyde Bruckman episode yesterday… I dont know why, but I basically played the whole thing out in my head. A real shame. He will be missed. Even if I did always get him and Jeffrey Tambour mixed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975.md?page=1)