A TUMMLER'S TUMMLER: Legendary stand-up comic Alan King, whom I've had the pleasure of seeing live several times, passed away today at the age of 76.
Longtime abbot of the legendary Friars Club, King, #55 on the Comedy Central Gratist Standups Evir list, was old school comedy personified. He didn't reveal his personal neuroses; he didn't attack; he didn't brag about being smarter or hipper than his audience.
He just told jokes, and he told them well, and there's something to be admired about that.
Also, how many comics do you know who have endowed chairs at major universities, as King did for Brandeis? (Okay, other than Cosby, who has given so much money and support to Temple University that I fully expect them to rename the undergrad school for him before he dies.)
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