Blondie was one of the few bands to break out of the late 70s CBGB's scene into the Top 40. Their 1976 eponymous debut album was a hit in the U.K. and a hit on American college stations and was re-released in 1977 when Chrysalis bought the small indie label that had put it out. Their choice of singles was "Rip Her to Shreds," which was a fave around KUSF, the San Francisco station I was working then. It's also our song tonight:

Emmy-winning actor Peter Boyle, who played the dancing monster in the movie "Young Frankenstein" and grouchy father Frank Barone in the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died, his publicist said on Wednesday.

The 71-year-old former Christian Brothers monk died on Tuesday after a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease, his publicists said.

[..]Beatle John Lennon was the best man at Boyle's 1977 wedding to journalist Loraine Alterman, then a Rolling Stone reporter.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Amy and Lucy Boyle.

I can't tell you how many times my siblings and I would slur "puhtinondaritz!" to crack each other up.