George S. Kaufman Quote

American lyricist Ira Gershwin on noticing two older men entering the theater:

Gershwin: That must be Gilbert and Sullivan coming to fix the show.
Kaufman: Why don't you put jokes like that into your lyrics?


George S. Kaufman (1973), Howard Teichmann


Gershwin: That must be Gilbert and Sullivan coming to fix the show. Kaufman: Why don't you put jokes like that into your lyrics?

Gershwin: That must be Gilbert and Sullivan coming to fix the show. Kaufman: Why don't you put jokes like that into your lyrics?

Gershwin: That must be Gilbert and Sullivan coming to fix the show. Kaufman: Why don't you put jokes like that into your lyrics?

Gershwin: That must be Gilbert and Sullivan coming to fix the show. Kaufman: Why don't you put jokes like that into your lyrics?