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Buttoneer

(908 posts) Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:25 PM Oct 30

I can barely remember Foster Brooks, but he was pretty

funny. IMHO.

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I can barely remember Foster Brooks, but he was pretty (Original Post) Buttoneer Oct 30 OP

I remember him well. He was a riot. LoisB Oct 30 #1

Brooks was great n Johnny Carson. So was Professor Erwin Corey. Silent Type Oct 30 #2

My parents watched him on Dean Martin I'm sure... I was too young, but I know I've seen video/photos hlthe2b Oct 30 #3

I was just wondering if Foster Brooks really drank, so I looked it up. Haggard Celine Oct 30 #4

I remember watching him on a variety of shows when I was a kid. sdfernando Oct 30 #5

My father loved watching him LogDog75 Oct 31 #6

he was a hoot Skittles Oct 31 #7

We liked him Marthe48 Oct 31 #8

LoisB

(12,041 posts)

1. I remember him well. He was a riot.

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:28 PM

Oct 30

Silent Type

(12,028 posts)

2. Brooks was great n Johnny Carson. So was Professor Erwin Corey.

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:32 PM

Oct 30

hlthe2b

(112,156 posts)

3. My parents watched him on Dean Martin I'm sure... I was too young, but I know I've seen video/photos

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:38 PM

Oct 30

and probably on tv way back when. I do remember he was funny.

Haggard Celine

(17,563 posts)

4. I was just wondering if Foster Brooks really drank, so I looked it up.

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:51 PM

Oct 30

The short answer is yes, but he quit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Brooks

sdfernando

(5,974 posts)

5. I remember watching him on a variety of shows when I was a kid.

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:38 PM

Oct 30

He had the "drunk" thing down pat...probably because he used to be one. I stopped watching him long ago because I felt he was making fun of alcoholics. I don't think I ever saw him promoting Alcoholics Anonymous or any other program. Maybe he did, I just never saw it.

LogDog75

(987 posts)

6. My father loved watching him

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:07 AM

Oct 31

I remember watching him as a teenager and he cracked me up. Watching the clip in the OP is still funny.

Skittles

(168,672 posts)

7. he was a hoot

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 04:59 AM

Oct 31

Marthe48

(22,372 posts)

8. We liked him

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:45 AM

Oct 31

We had a friend who would start laughing uproariously as soon as the bit started. Belly laughs, chuckles, guffaws. It was more fun to watch him than the tv.

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