Les was a great guy...and Danny Ackroyd had his laugh and delivery down so accuratley, Less invited him to dinner parties to show the guests...
 
bob


--- On Mon, 8/11/08, Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Here we go again
To: audities@smoe.org
Received: Monday, August 11, 2008, 12:27 AM

> Robert Hazard - Tuesday
> Bernie Mac - Saturday
> Issac Hayes - Sunday

Les Crane, of "Desiderata" fame, although said he preferred
the National Lampoon version. He passed away last month but I
just found out via Ben Fong-Torres weekly radio column in
today's SF Chronicle.

original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqsJJ08-uQ

NL parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NAwlepnSs
NL lyrics: http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/deterior.html

Crane also helped pioneer modern talk radio @KGO 810 in San
Fransisco in 1961-62. Anyone who put Prof Irwin Corey on the
radio in 1962 gets my praise. Not only that, but one of his
many wives was Ginger aka Tina Louise.

  - Michael