Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life