Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
ALAN KINGThere’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
More Alan King Quotes
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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