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Youngman, Henny (1906-1998) Summary
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Perhaps no comedian better understood the great truism among comedians that, regardless of the time devoted to working on an act and the energy put into a stage performance, a comic's material is the key to success or failure, than the...
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Henry "Henny" Youngman (March 16, 1906 – February 24, 1998) was a British-born American comedian and violinist famous for "one-liners," short, simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire. His best known (and oft misattributed) one-liner was "Take my...


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Henry "Henny" Youngman ( 16 March 1906 – 24 February 1998 ) was a comedian and violinist famous for " one-liners ", short simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire. Contents 1 Unsourced 1.1 The wife and marriage 1.2 Spite, venom, and gleeful...


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Variety
Henny Youngman.(Obituary)
03/02/1998: 744 words, approx. 3 pages
Comic Henny Youngman had a reputation as an expert on one-liners. One of his trademark was his series of uncontroversial jokes utilizing a rapid-fire approach. Youngman's venues included nightclubs, sales meetings and trade shows. He died on Feb 23, 1998 at the age of...
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Dayton Daily News
Recalling the genius of Henny Youngman
09/23/2005: 534 words, approx. 2 pages
Henny Youngman tucked his violin under his arm and started machine- gunning one-liners at Dayton's Beth Abraham Synagogue. "I told my doctor, 'I broke my leg in two places. What do I do?' " the comedian said, perfectly deadpan. "He told me, 'Don't...
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The New York Observer
Week in DVR: Lost and That Loving Feeling
1/28/2008: 635 words, approx. 2 pages
MONDAY It’s George Bush’s final State of the Union (All Networks, 9 p.m.). Incidentally, the one year when the networks are scrambling for programming and therefore probably welcome the intrusion is the one year where no one could care less. The failing economy, Iraq, and...
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The New York Observer
February 16 \'d0 February 23, 2005
2/20/2005: 1,923 words, approx. 6 pages
Wednesday 16thIt's still February …. On the positive side of things, the fashion fascist brigade has finally cleared out of town, replaced by the equally-lovely-to-look-at-but- higher-IQ-bearing saffron gates in Central Park. If today you happen to find yourself at the Time Warner mall, do...
 


 

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