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.
ALAN KINGLarry 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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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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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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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I was a high school throw-out.
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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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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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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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