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Right when I started in show... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.'

Right when I started in show... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.'


Alan King  Alan King
Tags: Funny  Me  Way  Never  Holocaust  Jokes 

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Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays. In later years, he helped many philanthropic causes.

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When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books.

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 Tags: Back Kid Used Away Books Comic
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I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb chops 26 nights in a row. Then I took over. I used to mind her not caring about food, but no more - as long as I can eat what I want.

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 Tags: Marriage Food Caring Wife Mind Long
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.

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 Tags: Sports Saturday Eating Bed Way Out
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There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.

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 Tags: Trust Believe Nobody Anymore
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My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

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 Tags: Failure Hero Father Smart Me End
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Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.

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 Tags: Performance Doing Edge More Context
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As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.

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 Tags: Yourself You Feel More Become Jokes
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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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 Tags: Funny Me Way Never Holocaust Jokes
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