Bill Rafferty Is His Name

Back in about nineteen seventy nine
I saw Bill Rafferty's act so fine.
It was at the Punchline comedy club
That was soon to be a San Francisco laughter hub.

It was here I became a Bill Rafferty fan
As his delivery was smoother than anyone else can
Among my neighbors I began to boast
He would make one hell of a TV host.

Not knowing of course he was already with "Real People"
That showed a man running up a wall as high as a steeple
Bill Rafferty was a host among others
who worked together like sisters and brothers.

Earlier Bill Rafferty was in the new "Laugh In"
With Robin Williams and Jim Giovanni, SF's comedy kin
For many other popular shows he was hired.
One of the last being host of "Retired and Wired".

Now he is riding in on a cloud
through skies and oh so proud
Bill has entered Heaven's stage
As St. Pete sends him a final page:

"Your host in the light tonight is Bill Rafferty"!