thanks to a cavalier attitude toward the IRS, coupled with a generous nature; debts were frequently forgiven for friends who had fallen on hard times, and drinks and meals were comped on a regular basis. Although indigent at the time of death, Shor expressed no regrets, stating that he started out broke and figured it was OK to go out that way as well. Bob Broderick, long time friend and Manager of Toots Shor's, was quoted in the 4/20/1968 The Record: "Having Toots Shor for a friend and Margaret for a wife is about all a man can ask for out of this life." Shor was an occasional guest on television programs, including What's My Line?, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and The Red Skelton Show. In Popular Culture In 1950, Shor was the subject of a three-part biography published in The New Yorker entitled "Toots's World", written by John Bainbridge, who later combined the series into a book. Twenty years later another biography, Toots, was written by Bob Considine. In 2006, the biographical documentary Toots, in which his granddaughter Kristi Jacobson profiled his life, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. It took "Best Film" at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's first annual film festival on November 12, 2006. Toots was released to theaters in the fall of 2007. Shor was portrayed by Vlasta Vrána in Gleason, a 2002 television biopic about Jackie Gleason. The J. Peterman Company sells the "Toots Shor Blouse" and "Toot's Shore Dress". References External links Toots Documentary website 1903 births 1977 deaths Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery Nightlife in New York City People from Manhattan American restaurateurs 20th-century American Jews Saloonkeepers 20th-century American businesspeople