Subject: Entertainment (Page 30)

Dance: The action of moving rhythmically to music with a partner, a skill which a woman possesses naturally, but which a man acquires only for the short time in his young adulthood when he wishes to meet and impress young women, and abandons thereafter due to mysterious knee injuries.

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

(1877 – 1934) British-American lawyer & writer

The people voting for the Oscars are so old…. I haven’t seen one Academy Award voter with a tampon in her purse.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

I went to a karaoke bar last night that didn't play any 70's music…
at first I was afraid, oh I was petrified.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

In the city, a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Acting is all about big hair and funny props… all the great actors knew it.

(1944 – 2014) American actor, director & writer

Those who make a distinction between education and entertainment don't know the first thing about either.

(1911 – 1980) Canadian educator, philosopher & scholar

Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Isn't it possible for them to get a real fascist instead of this guy who plays one on TV?

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

He sang like a hinge.

(1908 – 1984) American actress & singer

I wanted to make it really special on Valentine's Day, so I tied my boyfriend up… and for three solid hours I watched whatever I wanted on TV.

American comedian

For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell.

(1931 – 2014) German-born American director, producer, actor & comedian

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

After seeing the opera Tosca, Yogi remarked, “I really liked it, even the music was nice”

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I just did a show at a country and western bar, and – this is true – I had been onstage, like, a minute and a half when I heard: 'Never come here again!' … and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, did I just say that out loud?'

stand-up comedian

The prize on that show: another contestant.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian

Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman

I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

(1926 – 1984) English comedian