Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGEd Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
ALAN KINGI didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
ALAN KINGThe world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
ALAN KINGThere’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGOne thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
ALAN KINGWhen 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.
ALAN KINGI was a high school throw-out.
ALAN KINGThere’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
ALAN KINGIf you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
ALAN KINGMilton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
ALAN KINGI don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
ALAN KINGYou want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
ALAN KINGSome 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 KINGAnd humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
ALAN KINGWe get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGIf you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
ALAN KING