At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn’t have something to say on a nightly basis.
BILLY CRYSTALI have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
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That’s why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.
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Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps and beautifully decorated eggs. I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child.
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When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.
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I don’t like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.
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Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, ‘This is the best I’m ever going to look, the best I’m ever going to feel, the best I’m ever going to do,’ and it ain’t that great?
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I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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Change is such hard work.
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Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don’t think you can make your kids’ dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
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There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.
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At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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