Richard Lewis died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home at age 76.
During his legendary career, the comedian and actor always made time time to stop by the WGN studios when he was in Chicagoland.
The results, predictably, were hilarious.
In the above clip, Dean Richards remembers Lewis's visit to the Morning News in 2015, in which Lewis said having a dog changed his life.
And here's the time producer Jeff Hoover tried to interview Lewis for a minute-long segment. They didn't make much progress, even after Lewis claimed he "flew in all the way from Wisconsin" just to do the interview:
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