The Fickle Finger Of Fate Goes To Dick Martin Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Dick Martin has met his final Fickle Finger of Fate Award,
He was 86 when he passed today, May 24,
-to have his meeting with the Lord.
I was 13 when I viewed NBC’s Laugh-In,
Long before there was cable,
long before there was;
The Comedy Channel, MadTV,
In Living Color, Saturday Night Live,
There was a phenomenon that gave rise in the ‘60’s,
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In was a pure comedy show,
Not some piddle 3 minutes of one-liners on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin gave America the comic relief it needed.
The turbulent racial tension,
the undeclared war in Vietnam,
The assassination
of key public figures to and through.
They delivered laughter and gave rise to a many of stardom.
I could imagine when actually Dicky enters Heaven.

I bet you Dick Martin will make God laugh His ‘sweet bippy’ off.
After he says to St. Peter,
“Here Comes de Judge, Here Comes de Judge.”
I think Dick will say to God,
“Sock it to me, sock it to me, ”
As he overlooks the world,
especially beautiful downtown Burbank.
As a far as these references are concerned,
forget about Wikipedia,
“Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall’s.”

(5-24-08)