You know, I received an invitation that said "Please come to Ellis Island July 4th for the hundredth birthday celebration of an American institution". Somebody goofed. My birthday is not until February.

A self-deprecating joke about his age

As quoted in American Experience

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You know, I received an invitation that said Please come to Ellis Island July 4th for the hundredth birthday celebration of an American institution....

You know, I received an invitation that said Please come to Ellis Island July 4th for the hundredth birthday celebration of an American institution....

You know, I received an invitation that said Please come to Ellis Island July 4th for the hundredth birthday celebration of an American institution....

You know, I received an invitation that said Please come to Ellis Island July 4th for the hundredth birthday celebration of an American institution....