RIP Milton Berle

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First Dudley Moore, now Milton Berle. Not familiar with most of his work, but I always meant to see some of his stuff as he seemed like the kind of comedian I would like.

Vinnie, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

he was 93 and quite hateful to people like rupaul.

anthony, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I get a kick out of him hating RuPaul specifically on his deathbed. "Any last words?" "RuPaul sucks...."

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Tell... RuPaul... he's a FUCKIN' SKANK!" *gasp, rattle*

Dan Perry, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did he really say something like that?

Samantha, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It was probably something much less amusing and much more hurtful.

Dan Perry, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

he called her a faggot

anthony, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

twenty-one years pass...

Idle thought on a Friday afternoon: thanks to old showbiz podcasts, Berle's dick is probably more famous than ever.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:33 (two years ago)

Inspired by yesterday's WTF w/Michael Rowe.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:38 (two years ago)

Wasn't he the first guy on TV?

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 21 July 2023 20:40 (two years ago)

It certainly came up on nearly every episode of Gilbert Gottfrieds Amazing Colossal Podcast

Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:40 (two years ago)

What, his dick?

John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:43 (two years ago)

Yes, GG would always ask the old timers if they had seen it and had a story. They usually did.

Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 21 July 2023 21:00 (two years ago)

Only rivaled by the Pat McCormick helicopter story and Cesar Romero's Orange Wedges for frequency of discussion

Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 21 July 2023 21:02 (two years ago)

In her autobiography, Debbie Harry tells a memorable story of David Bowie hoovering up a pile of cocaine and then whipping out his dick for her to admire. Apparently, this was a thing with him.

I can't listen to Bowie anymore without thinking of that story.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 July 2023 21:04 (two years ago)

oooohhh, he would be SO cancelled today

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 21 July 2023 21:14 (two years ago)

Along with--of course--Phil Spector, from whose house she and the band fled after the guns came out (not a euphemism).

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 July 2023 22:22 (two years ago)

Well, Phil was cancelled

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 21 July 2023 22:26 (two years ago)

For literal murder

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 July 2023 22:29 (two years ago)

I think there was a related Milton Berle reference in Better Call Saul.

clemenza, Friday, 21 July 2023 22:32 (two years ago)

two months pass...

From:
https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13976/NOT-raining-on-florencehonest?#400785

Oh, and Dizzy? The "Robert" thing was because I had lost my nametag at the HOB so I just grabbed up a discarded one in the office that said "Bob." For about a year, I was known as Bob by the customers there... one time a regular saw me on the street & called out "Bob!" and I ACTUALLY TURNED AROUND. Anyhow, Milton Berle was there to see Steve Allen (yes, at the House of Blues. Don't ask me!) and he looked at my nametag up close and then looked at my face, put his hands in the air & exclaimed "ROBERT!" as though I was his long lost son. About ten minutes later he got lost on the way to the bathroom and I had to search the entire building for him.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:20 (two years ago)

one year passes...

What.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irRCVibNdGQ

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 September 2025 23:44 (nine months ago)


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