Jim Backus

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Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.
- Jim Backus
Collection: Success
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Magoo's appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation. But he's not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it.
- Jim Backus
Collection: Humor
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I decided to try radio as a source of livelihood because I like to eat regularly.
- Jim Backus
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Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
- Jim Backus
Collection: Marriage