We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
ALAN KINGWe watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
More Alan King Quotes
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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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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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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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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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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