Subject: Entertainment (Page 33)

A movie so good they named a country after it.

(1940 – ) American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator & actor (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)

After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: “Dear Sir, I wish to inform you that the man who played the long thing you pull in and out only did so during the brief periods you were looking at him.”

(1867 – 1957) Italian conductor

The real reason I decided on show business was to avoid a day job.

(1963 – ) American actor, comedian, screenwriter & director

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over?… movie day

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Generally, he had a good ear; he didn't know the notes that well, but he played in their general vicinity.

(1934 – ) daughter of Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone

Shakespeare is so tiring; you never get a chance to sit down unless you’re a king.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

(1916 – 1994) American singer

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

English Channel: The BBC.

I don’t like this reality television, I have to be honest… I think real people should not be on television; it’s for special people like us, people who have trained and studied to appear to be real.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

If Botticelli were alive today, he’d be working for Vogue.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

You might be a redneck if… you bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

(1907 – 1989) English actor, director & producer

I always thought I'd go to the Oscars, but only as a stalker.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Quartet: Four men, all of whom think that the other three can’t sing.

[Caddyshack] was a six-million-dollar scholarship to film school.

(1944 – 2014) American actor, director & writer

When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz.

(1902 – 1979) American actor

For thirty years my act consisted of one joke; and then she died.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I bought a portable cable TV.

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