Saturday, we lost comedian John Pinnette.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/...z/john-pinette-dead/

Other than his stand-up comedy, I remember he was the referee for G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling).

Buffets are safer now, but the world is much sadder.

I've heard much of his standup, and always mourn when a funny person passes.   The world has less laughter now.

I remember him for his character in the (good) Punisher film (as opposed to the 80's Dolph Lundgren one--which was tolerable, but not that good--or Punisher: War Zone, which I never saw and which failed to incite any enthusiasm on my part to see it...)

I really enjoyed his role in that...he managed to be comic relief without being a clown about it (well, any more of a clown than the character was written to be, anyway).  Another example of comics adapting to 'dramatic' roles more successfully than dramatic actors adapting to comic roles...

Read a little bit about who he was, as a person, as well, from some of the other comics he'd worked with.  The guy was, truly, a class act.

Ah a time when ladies wrestling was popular. And I loved that Punisher role. A bell rings ten times to honor your memory John.

His standup acts were so funny, especially his fat jokes and Japanese jokes about "Free Willy."  Sad loss.

Oh, nay nay!

sigh  Well, at least he can lay down for a while.