The other day I happened to think of the confrontational talk show host from the 1960's, Joe Pyne. He was perhaps the original angry white guy. A little search revealed that chainsmoker Pyne died in 1970, at age 44, of lung cancer.
He once said to Frank Zappa, "I see you have long hair. You must be a girl." Zappa: "I see you have a wooden leg. You must be a table."
Addendum: David Gordon e-mails: " I used to enjoy Joe Pyne too. Two favorite phrases of his that come to mind are 'Go shinny up a tree' and 'Go gargle with razor blades.' "
And now I recall a segment he did on marijuana. He insisted that one drank alcohol to relax, but smoked weed to get stoned. My 16 year-old self thought that a bogus distinction: you can relax with either and get stoned with either.