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Alan Sues Dec. 1 Sues, who brought his flamboyant and over-the-top comic persona to the hit television show 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In' in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 85. Sues's wild characters included 'Big Al,' an effeminate sportscaster, and 'Uncle Al the Kiddies Pal,' a hung-over children's show host, on 'Laugh-In,' the TV phenomenon that both reflected and mocked the era's counterculture. Read more
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Alan Sues

Dec. 1

Sues, who brought his flamboyant and over-the-top comic persona to the hit television show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 85.

Sues's wild characters included "Big Al," an effeminate sportscaster, and "Uncle Al the Kiddies Pal," a hung-over children's show host, on "Laugh-In," the TV phenomenon that both reflected and mocked the era's counterculture.

Read more