Pat McCormick, dies at 78

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http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3661363

In 1974, he made "Tonight Show" history by streaking naked across the stage during Johnny Carson's monologue.

McCormick often joked about giving up booze, saying he did so when his "liver started showing up on airport metal detectors."

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From www.newsfromme.com

You had to admire the speed. One day in 1992, I was driving over to a meeting with an agent. On the phone, I heard the sad news that singer-dancer Ben Vereen was in serious condition after having been struck by a car on a beachfront road just north of Los Angeles.
When I walked into the agent's office, Pat was in the waiting room. He walked up to me and said, "Mark, do you know how to get to Malibu?"
It sounded like a straight line so I said, "No, how?"
Pat said, "You go north on Pacific Coast Highway 'til you hit Ben Vereen..."

Love his little "bit" in History of the World - "Plumbing, get your plumbing. Pump the **** right out of your house. Get on the bandwagon. Plumbing!"

RIP -