And David Frye has since died.
Zeldar
December 5, 2011, 4:58am
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Zeldar:
Isn’t it great! Just to keep the thread alive, I’ll mention again a comic from that period whose main bit was to stand at a lectern, as if delivering an important speech, stick his finger in the air, look directly into the camera, and say, “Why not!” He wore thick-lensed glasses and spoke with a bit of a lisp. The few responses to the “who was he?” OP in that thread (may have been more than one) ranged from Pat Paulsen to Percy Dovetonsils with Erwin Corey among the options.
I was able to find his name later in a list of performers who had been on the Dean Martin show or maybe the Steve Allen Sunday night show. But I can’t call it offhand.
Of course, my favorite who seems to have faded with the Johnny Carson era was Charlie Callas, but Corbett Monica and Shecky Greene were also lots of fun. Remember Fred Foster?
This was a fun thread! I’m reminded by this post of mine that I eventually identified the “Why Not” guy as Dayton Allen. There’s even a 0-reply thread somewhere on the man.
See? Zombies can be fun. Sometimes.