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.
ALAN KINGComedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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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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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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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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 first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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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When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
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