Subject: Entertainment (Page 32)

Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

(1962 – ) American author & poet

Jane Fonda coming back to the screen after a decade-and-a-half absence in Monster-in-Law is like Brando returning from the dead to star in a Police Academy movie.

(1952 – ) American film critic & columnist

I got wasted last night, and I hit an animal with my car… in the lobby of Caesar's Palace.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

[Walking Tall] stars The Rock, but The Wood might be a better description of his performance.

film reviewer & critic

I got kicked out of Riverdance for using my arms.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

He has the best possible actors; if you have a disagreement with them, you can always use them to wash your car.

(1915 – 1977) American actor of stage and screen

Let’s be honest: Isn’t a lot what we call tap dancing really just nerves?

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments – the very lower bowel of music.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

I can’t watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

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

Paranoia is a bad personality trait for a comedian; what are you laughing at?

(1974 – ) Scottish comedian

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

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

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

I’m disappointed with every movie about sharks that closes with “The End” instead of “Fin.”

Berlioz composes by splashing his pen over the manuscript and leaving the issue to chance.

(1810 – 1849) Polish composer & virtuoso pianist