Subject: Entertainment (Page 22)

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) humorist

Once he was introduced as "The man who always steals the show – one joke at a time."

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

The first Presidential debate was down in Florida and residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Brass bands are all very well in their place – outdoors and several miles away.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

No great artist ever sees things as they really are; if he did, he would cease to be an artist.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I saw a poster for Mission Impossible III the other day. I thought: It’s not impossible if he’s already done it twice.

(1980 – ) English comedian & novelist

Opera has made me consider suicide.

(1939 – American actor, comedian & writer

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

This might have been good for a picture… except it has too many characters in it.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

You leave white people alone in constant isolation for thousands of years, you know what their musical contribution is going to be?… Riverdance.

(1959 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & television host

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood – Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

(1945 – ) American actress, film director & producer

We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.

(1907 – 1989) English actor, director & producer

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

It's not music, it's a disease.

(1911 – 2010) American bandleader

The only new show worth watching will be cancelled.

Milton's act was every bit as good as Jessel's or Cantor's; in fact, it wasn't only just as good, it was the same.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

The vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I don’t enjoy playing video golf because there’s nothing to throw.

American professional golfer

In his bodybuilding days Arnold Schwarzenegger was known as the Austrian Oak; then he started acting and was know as… the Austrian Oak.

(1961 – ) English standup comedian, actor & writer