Jack Gould
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability . . . For the ear he is an unutterable bore, not nearly so talented as Frank Sinatra back in the latter's rather hysterical days at the Paramount Theater.Collection: Singing
Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.Collection: Sex
There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.Collection: Television
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability.Collection: Singing
It's like being called up in the draft. The peculiar joy of hemorrhaging without bleeding starts when the evil little red light glows on the monstrous camera.Collection: Light
One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.Collection: Depth
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability. His specialty is rhythm songs which he renders in an undistinguished whine; his phrasing, if it can be called that, consists of the stereotyped variations that go with a beginner's aria in a bathroom. For the ear, he is an unutterable bore.Collection: Song