{"id":30962,"date":"2017-02-09T05:04:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=30962"},"modified":"2017-02-09T05:04:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T10:04:21","slug":"irwin-corey-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=30962","title":{"rendered":"Irwin Corey, R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irwin_Corey\" target=\"_blank\">Irwin Corey<\/a>, the world's foremost authority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/07\/arts\/irwin-corey-comedian-and-foremost-authority-dies-at-102.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">died at the age of 102<\/a>. A characteristic clip from his later years:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anchorman can&#039;t stop laughing! - World&#039;s funniest live news interview @VideoScrapbookOfOurTimes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJIvBeVKoQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Interviewer:<\/strong> Could I introduce you?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> The world's foremost authority,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Professor Irwin Corey. Welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Irwin Corey:<\/strong> Well I feel not only honored,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> but I feel the confrontation on which we have set our sights can no longer endure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> at the propensity of a developing prognosis.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Now you say what- it doesn't matter that we- what was the question?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Interviewer:<\/strong> What's your name, sir?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Irwin Corey:<\/strong> Oh, Professor Irwin Corey, the world's foremost authority.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Not only has my<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> information<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> uh deterred those<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> who have contributed financially to this<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> uh tremendous establishment realize that we can<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> have another diphthong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> or a telethong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> in order to raise money for some<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> needy dictators that are outside,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> and we have to have the phone calls<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> otherwise we cannot cooperate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> with those<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> who intended<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> to sublimate their- their curiosity,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> bringing about as these once said<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> uh uh the various president uh what's his name?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> mayor uh no George<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> George Bush,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> memories of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> read my lips and kiss my-<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">But he didn't know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> the- the- the- the result<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> that uh could uh proglemate a source<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> from that innuendo.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Irwin Corey, the world's foremost authority, died at the age of 102. 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