Nobody could ever tell a joke as well as Buddy could. I have two VHS tapes of his material and they always crack me up. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Buddy Hackett, the squat, round, rubbery-faced funnyman who appeared for more than 50 years as a top act in nightclubs, Broadway shows, on television and in such movies as "The Music Man,'' "The Love Bug'' and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,'' has died, his son confirmed Monday night. He was 79. (Full text here (http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=030701004319163631))My favorite memory of Buddy is where he played Pluto Swint in God's Little Acre with Robert Ryan, Jack Lord, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray, Fay Spain, and (believe it or not) one of Michael Landon's first pre-Bonanza roles.

:m: Jema jai yong, Buddy.