Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Irwin Corey described himself as the world's foremost authority. The famously eccentric comedian was kidding of course, but it took a special sort of person to accept a national book award on behalf of the reclusive author Thomas Pynchon and then appear in the movie "Car Wash" two years later. Irwin Corey died at his Manhattan home yesterday at the age of 102. Neda Ulaby has this remembrance. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: His shtick was dressing up like a dotty professor and answering questions on late-night TV talk shows in the 1950s and '60s, questions like, why is the sky blue, and, why did the chicken cross the road? (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) IRWIN COREY: Well, actually, it's not a chicken. It's a rooster that's looking for a chicken. (LAUGHTER) COREY: That's what it is. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: That explains it. COREY: The chicken stays where he is. The rooster comes to him. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I see. Why is it that women don't have
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