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Buttoneer

(993 posts) Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:25 PM Oct 2025

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 2025 OP

I remember him well. He was a riot. LoisB Oct 2025 #1

Brooks was great n Johnny Carson. So was Professor Erwin Corey. Silent Type Oct 2025 #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 2025 #3

I was just wondering if Foster Brooks really drank, so I looked it up. Haggard Celine Oct 2025 #4

I remember watching him on a variety of shows when I was a kid. sdfernando Oct 2025 #5

My father loved watching him LogDog75 Oct 2025 #6

he was a hoot Skittles Oct 2025 #7

We liked him Marthe48 Oct 2025 #8

LoisB

(13,465 posts)

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

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:28 PM

Oct 2025

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)

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

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:32 PM

Oct 2025

hlthe2b

(114,671 posts)

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

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:38 PM

Oct 2025

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

Haggard Celine

(17,911 posts)

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

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Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:51 PM

Oct 2025

The short answer is yes, but he quit.

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

sdfernando

(6,108 posts)

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

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:38 PM

Oct 2025

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

(1,372 posts)

6. My father loved watching him

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 02:07 AM

Oct 2025

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

Skittles

(172,841 posts)

7. he was a hoot

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:59 AM

Oct 2025

Marthe48

(23,436 posts)

8. We liked him

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:45 AM

Oct 2025

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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