Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGLarry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
More Alan King Quotes
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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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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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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