Bill "The Fox" Foster

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Bill "The Fox" Foster (January 23, 1932 — May 10, 2000) was an emcee on Comedy Central's The Man Show under the show's original hosts, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel. He was known as "The World's Fastest Beer Drinker".

[edit] Brews and tunes

On the show, The Fox chugged beers and sang songs with the audience. The Fox could chug 2 mugs of beer in less than 2 seconds, typically after performing his cheer — "Ziggy sokky, ziggy sokky, Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!" Also, he was a master performer of what he called "songs your mother wouldn't sing." Foster owned The Fox Inn, a bar in Santa Monica, California, where he performed nightly from 1961 to 1989.

After the sale of the Fox Inn, he continued to perform with his wife and son in and around Los Angeles. He played regular engagements at such places as Weber's (Tuesday) in Reseda, Mom's Cantina (Friday) in Brentwood, MVP Sports Bar (Saturday) in Simi Valley, and later American Pie in Santa Monica.

[edit] Death

On May 10, 2000, Foster died at his home in Santa Monica after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 68 years old. Carolla and Kimmel discussed The Fox being in the hospital during an early Season 2 episode. During the episode's epilogue, a message read: "Shortly after taping this episode, our good friend 'The Fox' passed away from Prostate Cancer. His family asks that we honor his memory by urging our male viewers to get their prostates checked regularly. With early detection his death could have been prevented. We will miss him a lot..." The hosts continued The Fox's cheer 'n' chug at the end of every episode.