Henry Gibson, the strange little poet from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” has died at the age of 73.
Gibson had a long, 40-year career on both the big and small screens. His most memorable roles included an Illinois Neo-Nazi, a closeted gay judge, and a country music promoter.
Today’s audiences know him from his work on “Boston Legal,” where his quirky demeanor played perfectly off the over-acting zealousness of William Shatner and the political activism of James Spader.
Audiences of the 1970’s know him for his small roles in films like Nashville and The Blues Brothers.
But most over the age of 40 remember him from “Laugh-In,” where he played off the flower generation’s penchant for bad poetry. His funny poems had no point, other than to make us laugh and forget about the rages of the war and civil unrest outside our windows.
Roses are red, violets are blue; Henry is dead; Heaven bee bops to a new tune.
Henry Gibson: 1935 – 2009.
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Mary Travers died too. Bye bye Sixties.