THE HAT SQUAD: CHARLIE CALLAS

From the New York Times:
Charlie Callas, a rubber-faced comedian who cavorted on television and the nightclub circuit in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, often punctuating punch lines with sound effects emanating from his motor-mouth, died on Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 86.

A string bean of a man with a Cyrano-sized nose, Mr. Callas appeared on virtually every television variety and talk show in the days of Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson. He was a regular on “The Andy Williams Show” and “The ABC Comedy Hour,” a semiregular on “The Flip Wilson Show” and a co-host of “The Joey Bishop Show.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/television/29callas.html?_r=1&src=twrhp

Here are three videos in which Charlie Callas showed off his specialties:

Charlie tells a joke, with all of those weird sound effects he could make:

And here he is playing two different characters on 'The Dean Martin Roasts':

You brought a lot of joy to the small screen, Mr. Callas. Thank you. Good night and may God bless.

BCnU.....