Foster Brooks roasts Don Rickles (on right) as Dean Martin looks on, from the roast that aired on NBC in February 1974. While guest-hosting a TV variety show in 1964, Dean Martin ridiculed a hot ...

2001-12-22 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Comedian Foster Brooks, a onetime television newscaster who became an "overnight success" at the age of 59 after creating a comic drunk act that made him a ...

Los Angeles Comedian Foster Brooks, a one-time television newscaster who became an “overnight success” at the age of 59 after creating a comic drunk act that made him a favorite in Las Vegas ...