# Kevin Meaney dead at 60 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308 "2016-10-22T03:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/1 "2016-10-22T03:59:36Z")
One of the comedians who was all over Comedy Central and it’s early days. There are parts of his routines that are permanently imprinted in my memory, including the “you’re like a crazy person” routine. Dead today at age 60. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/2 "2016-10-22T04:11:57Z")
[We’re big pant people!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FhBuHi0N8o) RIP, Kevin ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/3 "2016-10-22T04:15:01Z")
"that’s not right! " RIP ya were funny in the old style that seems to be lost ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/4 "2016-10-22T05:16:07Z")
Really 2016? Even the most innocuous of celebrities? RIP dude. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/5 "2016-10-22T08:07:19Z")
Good comedian back in the day; no idea what he had been up to for years and years tho. RIP Eenie Meaney. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/6 "2016-10-22T09:06:21Z")
About six years ago he was in a hilarious [commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYTyQzF-tgo) for NeighborWorks foreclosure help. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/7 "2016-10-22T14:33:13Z")
First time I saw him was in an HBO Special (IIRC), and my friends had taped it and told me I’d love it. For the first 15 minutes he bombed. The audience was practically ready to storm the stage we was dying so hard. Then he bumped his nose into the mike, and from then on it was Comedy Gold. I’ve never seen a comic actively try to get his audience to dislike him and then successfully flip like that. He was a semi-genius. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/8 "2016-10-22T14:43:50Z")
Now I’m bummed. Bye, Kev. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/9 "2016-10-22T15:26:12Z")
That’s not right! People will think he’s a crazy person! Only saw one act, on cable back in the '80s. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/10 "2016-10-22T16:32:09Z")
Wasn’t he the title character in the TV version of\* Uncle Buck\*? That show was awesome, even though it barely lasted. Harry Caray was in one episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/11 "2016-10-22T17:21:31Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Wasn’t he the title character in the TV version of\* Uncle Buck\*? That show was awesome, even though it barely lasted. Harry Caray was in one episode. Yes, he was, but I think his stand-up comedy will be what most folks remember. He’s also in the movie Big, as one of the board members who loves Tom Hanks’ ideas. [Here is some of that comedy.](https://youtu.be/4FhBuHi0N8o?t=25) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/12 "2016-10-22T18:32:25Z")
The obits I saw said he was in the Broadway production of _Hairspray_ for 7 years. Which would be an amazing accomplishment. But … The show started in 2002 and he [joined](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kevin-meaney-75320) the cast in 2005. It ran until 2009. So no 7 years and probably even less than 4. But it does correspond with a 6 year gap in his [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0575162/) listings. He played a variety of roles including Mr. Pinky. Still, a pretty good thing to have on your resume. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/13 "2016-10-22T18:52:12Z")
Does anyone have a link to his stand-up bit where he buys his girlfriend a fur coat, and then takes her out into the woods during hunting season? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-meaney-dead-at-60/769308/14 "2016-10-24T04:42:03Z")
He was in 2 scuffles at airports, once in 2002 and another time in 2014. [Charges dropped against comedian Kevin Meaney](http://nypost.com/2014/06/04/comedian-arrested-for-elbowing-woman-in-chest/)