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Buddy Hackett tells a Merv Griffin joke about Donald Trump. (Original Post) nolabear Sep 2019 OP
Very funny. Thanks pwb Sep 2019 #1
Brilliant! PJMcK Sep 2019 #2
NOW THAT'S FUNNY!! OregonBlue Sep 2019 #3
OMG that's frigging brilliant!! pnwest Sep 2019 #4
Hackett! Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #5
Like you, I stayed up to catch Carson when Buddy Hackett was on. Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #25
Oh, I remember Buddy Rich well. Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #27
You can find his work on CDs now. Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #28
Truly... WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2019 #31
Buddy Rich took a delight in pissing off country-western fans. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #34
That made me literally snort through my nose! lunatica Sep 2019 #6
Merv got the last laugh, too. He sold his Jersey Casino Resort to Trump and Trump lost his shirt. marble falls Sep 2019 #7
Hackett once hit on my future sister in law. nolabear Sep 2019 #8
My favorite Buddy Hackett movie ffr Sep 2019 #9
I saw Buddy Hackett in 1967 in Las Vegas. Mr.Bill Sep 2019 #10
The king of blue humor sandensea Sep 2019 #11
There was a great story someone told about golfing with him. nolabear Sep 2019 #14
Ha! sandensea Sep 2019 #29
Ha! NurseJackie Sep 2019 #12
That's good!!!!!❤ Karadeniz Sep 2019 #13
Funniest thing I've heard in a LONG time, THANKS! Of course he was a Brooklyn boy. George II Sep 2019 #15
sooooo funny. LMBO. nt iluvtennis Sep 2019 #16
😂😂 Duppers Sep 2019 #17
I remember when rump KT2000 Sep 2019 #18
Haha mountain grammy Sep 2019 #19
LOL OldManTarHeel Sep 2019 #20
Thanks! Best joke I've heard in awhile. Different Drummer Sep 2019 #21
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2019 #22
Never heard that joke b4. Brilliant. Nt BootinUp Sep 2019 #23
Very good! I laughed out loud. And I never do that! gristy Sep 2019 #24
Probably the best DT joke I have ever heard! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #26
LMAO orangecrush Sep 2019 #30
"He has a way." SunSeeker Sep 2019 #32
LOL!! Nitram Sep 2019 #33
BOOM! calimary Sep 2019 #35
Hacket was a vulgar genius. n/t MrModerate Sep 2019 #36
I well remember the feud between Merv Griffin and Donald Trump. LisaM Sep 2019 #37

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
5. Hackett!
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 03:44 PM
Sep 2019

My sister and I used to stay up late and watch the Johnny Carson show and Hackett would make us laugh so hard we'd cry.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
25. Like you, I stayed up to catch Carson when Buddy Hackett was on.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 09:26 PM
Sep 2019

But also to catch another Buddy: Buddy Rich, the greatest jazz drummer to ever live. Carson would always give Rich the stage to play anything he wanted. Carson was a frustrated drummer, and actually quite good. He had a full kit at home, set up by Rich himself, that duplicated his complete set-up.

Buddy Rich was also quite funny, himself. He had a wicked, dry sense of humor. After he had had one of his many heart-attacks, his first performance was on Carson. He told this story - that while he was being wheeled into the ER, there was a nurse, rushing along-side the gurney asking him questions. She asked if he had any allergies, to which Rich replied, "Yeah. Country-western."

He died waaaay too soon. His drumming was just . . . inspired.

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
8. Hackett once hit on my future sister in law.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 03:52 PM
Sep 2019

Duke U. once had a famous diet program that many famous people went to, and it involved a whole lot of walking. She and I were both employed at Duke at the time. We were at Sam’s, a well known convenience store, and ran into Mr. Hackett there.

To say my friend was well endowed would not do her justice. I was pretty sure he was going to do the eyeball-popping a-OOOOO-gah thing. She was also a sweet, gracious woman who could bless your heart without making it sound like an insult. And she did. But we laughed about it for years. 😄

sandensea

(21,600 posts)
11. The king of blue humor
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 04:11 PM
Sep 2019

I remember once, in the '80s, he told another little chestnut about (of course) his dick.

"I don't mind telling you I have a small penis - everybody knows that. So recently, I got a penile implant."

"I looks like an elephant trunk - and what the doctor didn't tell me, is that it has a mind of its own!"

"Why, the other night I was at one of these fancy charity dinners the Upper East Side ladies like to host. Ten waiters were going around giving everyone a hot potato as an appetizer."

"But before I knew it, the elephant trunk snatched the potato!"

"So the lady beside me says, 'oh, I see you've already finished your potato - delicious , weren't they?' And before I could answer, it snatched her potato!"

"Five seconds later, a waiter walks up to me and asks: 'sir, would you like another potato?' "

"I would," I says, "but I don't think there's room for another potato in my ass!"

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
14. There was a great story someone told about golfing with him.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 04:36 PM
Sep 2019

I’m not sure who. One of the typical Carson crew back then. Apparently he shot way into a little stand of shrubbery and went off looking for the ball. He was in there a long time, and just when they were going to play on he came running out of the bushes, stark naked, screaming “Locusts! Locusts!”

KT2000

(20,568 posts)
18. I remember when rump
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 05:29 PM
Sep 2019

went on all the shows that would have him to brag about taking Merv Griffin to the cleaners on that sale. Thought at the time it was a horrible way to behave. This is Buddy Hackett getting back at him for that. Good for him.

LisaM

(27,794 posts)
37. I well remember the feud between Merv Griffin and Donald Trump.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 03:15 PM
Sep 2019

Merv always got the best of him, and it drove Trump crazy. I only wish Merv Griffin had lived longer, if only to keep needling Trump.

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