comedian Jay Thomas has passed

[valet]

Yeah, I know your first response is WHO?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/entertainment/jay-thomas-dead/index.html

"Jay Thomas was one of the funniest and kindest men I have had the honor to call both client and friend for 25 years plus. He will be dearly missed by so many," Estey said in a statement to CNN.
In addition to his work on TV, many know Thomas from his annual holiday season appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman," where he'd retell what Letterman once called "the greatest talk show story of all time."
The colorful anecdote involved Thomas giving a ride to a costumed Clayton Moore, star of TV's "The Lone Ranger," and getting involved in a minor car crash that escalated into more.
"I loved Jay," Letterman told CNN in a statement. "His Lone Ranger story was the best I heard in 30 years. Plus, nobody could throw a football like Jay. Maybe Tina Fey, maybe. My heart goes out to his family."
He first told the story in 1998 and returned almost every year to tell it again until Letterman retired. In 2013, John McEnroe filled in for Thomas, who was recovering from surgery.

 

[Devilinurear]

Rip

 

[Optimus Prime]

He had the funniest show on SiriusXM. I learned so much about the business of Hollywood from him. His stories were the best
He used to read his residual check amounts from all his movies and shows live on the air
Dude was on Cheers, Mork & Mindy, Murphy Brown, Mr. Holland's Opus. He was the Easter Bunny in those Tim Allen Santa Claus movies and told a story about when Tim received a syndication check for $95 Million for "Home Improvement"

 

[Maschine_Man]

He had the funniest show on SiriusXM. I learned so much about the business of Hollywood from him. His stories were the best
He used to read his residual check amounts from all his movies and shows live on the air
Dude was on Cheers, Mork & Mindy, Murphy Brown, Mr. Holland's Opus. He was the Easter Bunny in those Tim Allen Santa Claus movies and told a story about when Tim received a syndication check for $95 Million for "Home Improvement"