Subject: Entertainment (Page 37)

I got wasted last night, and I hit an animal with my car… in the lobby of Caesar's Palace.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

I was never so scared in my life… and I was in the war!

(1908 – 2005) English actor

All my shows are great; some of them are bad, but they are all great.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul

There’s no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Art is anything you can get away with.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

She was a singer who had to take every note above A with her eyebrows.

(1877 – 1934) British-American lawyer & writer

Timing is not so much knowing when to speak, but when to pause.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience

American author

For thirty years my act consisted of one joke; and then she died.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

I don't make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Erin Brockovich
Screwed
My Dog Skip

Jack Benny would end his act by playing a tune on his violin, so naturally he got a big cheer when he finished.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Lloyd Webbers music is everywhere… but so is AIDS.

(1931 – 2003) Australian composer

I liked your opera… I think I will set it to music.

(1770 – 1827) German composer & pianist

If opera is entertainment, then falling off a roof is transportation!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Shakespeare is so tiring; you never get a chance to sit down unless you’re a king.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

(1962 – ) American author & poet

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor