Helloooooooooooooooooooo!

A great loss has been foisted upon us! We wuz robbed of a great uncle, our Uncle Leo!

My baby sister MaryAnn, who does a lot of flying around, with or without a plane, asked the question: “Who’s Uncle Leo?”

Who’s Uncle Leo?! Indeed!

If I may quote Uncle Leo: “Helloooooooooooooooooooo!”

Yes, that is who Uncle Leo, dear sweet Uncle Leo was. He was seedy, disgusting, and a crook, I loved him! His presence even reminded me to wash behind the ears, and then shave them. Can anyone else’s Uncle Leo do that?

When Uncle Leo showed up, he was everyone’s favorite curmudgeon; everyone sat up and waited to laugh. No one would ever want to eat with him, sleep with him, or try to reason with him, but we all loved him.

And so the world has lost an icon, another symbol of what good acting and comedy really is, Uncle Leo, we hardly knew you, we miss you, and we will look for you in reruns.

Len Lesser was a fine comedic actor, and #1 son once met him out in Hollywood, and told him I was a big fan of his.