# Henry Hill has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 13, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987 "2012-06-13T04:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/21 "2012-06-13T21:45:05Z")

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> [@Shakes](#):
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> Ha, ha, You’re funny.

Funny like a clown?

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/22 "2012-06-13T21:51:35Z")

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Recently SI made a joke about getting your shine box, I wonder how many people got the joke.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/23 "2012-06-13T22:31:48Z")

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> [@joebuck20](#):
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> Funny like a clown?

It’s funny, the way you tell the story and everything.

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**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/24 "2012-06-14T01:21:43Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> There will be a parade featuring 76 trombones and 110 coronets.

I’m glad someone else starting immediately hearing that music in their head. I’ve never heard of this other guy.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/25 "2012-06-14T03:27:56Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Does this mean that God is a made guy now?

That’s what He was expecting when He showed up for the ceremony. Oh, what a tragedy.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/26 "2012-06-14T06:03:31Z")

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> [@limegreen](#):
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> I’m glad someone else starting immediately hearing that music in their head. I’ve never heard of this other guy.

That’s Professor Harold Hill, Harold Hill.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/27 "2012-06-14T17:34:07Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> There will be a parade featuring 76 trombones and 110 coronets.

How, exactly, will you persuade all those barons to donate their crowns?

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/28 "2012-06-14T18:11:54Z")

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> [@panamajack](#):
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> That’s Professor Harold Hill, Harold Hill.

What’s the fellow’s line? What’s his line?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/29 "2012-06-14T18:43:05Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> How, exactly, will you persuade all those barons to donate their crowns?

I suspect the 76 trombones will play into it somehow.

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**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-hill-has-died/624987/30 "2012-06-14T19:06:01Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> There will be a parade featuring 76 trombones and 110 coronets.

Meh, I’d prefer the piano number at the end of “Layla.”

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