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All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.
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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
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A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
May 31, 1894
Died:
March 17, 1956
(aged 61)
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