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I'll tell you the truth; I wanted to leave me for Sid Caesar.
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I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping.
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
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When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary.
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Then, there was Cary Grant. He spent three hours a week in hospitals teaching nervous people how to eat jello.
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There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.
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If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!
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George Washington, who said to his father, Dad, if I never tell I lie, how am I ever gonna become President? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Dad
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Goliath's mother, who said to Goliath, Stop running around with David! You're always coming home stoned! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Mother
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Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Night
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Moses, who said to the children of Israel, Wear your galoshes; I never did this trick before. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Children
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Sure, I've gotten old. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees... I've fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia, poor circulation, hardly feel my hands or feet anymore, can't remember if I'm 85 or 92, but... thank God, I still have my Florida driver's license!
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Collection: Cancer
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Orville Wright said to his brother, "Wilbur, you were only in the air for 12 seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?"
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Collection: Funny
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Jack the Ripper's mother, who said to Jack, How come I never see you with the same girl twice? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Girl
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King Solomon, who said to his thousand wives, Who doesn't have a headache tonight? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Kings
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Aladdin, who said to his wife, I know it's not a lamp, keep rubbing! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Wife
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Adam, who said to Eve, What do you mean you have nothing to wear? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Mean
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King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Kings
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Eve said to the serpent, “You know I could go for a bite to eat, but I don't know you from Adam.”
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Collection: Adam
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Noah's wife, who said to him after 40 days and 40 nights, It's your turn to spread the papers on the floor! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Night
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Donald Trump's mother, who said, Donnie! Stop playing Monopoly and get in that barber's chair! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Mother
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Queen Elizabeth, who said, Not now, I'm on the throne. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Queens
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Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Want
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George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year to support a kid in India. So he sent his kids there.
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Collection: Kids
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Amelia Earhart, who said, Stop looking for me; see if you can find my luggage! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Dinner
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Maid Marion, who said to Robin Hood, I will not live in a house with a Little John. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: House
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George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Giving
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The captain of the Titanic, who said to room service, Who sent for all this ice? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Ice
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Vincent Van Gogh, who said to the hat salesman, I like it, but it keeps sliding over my ear. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Ears
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Venus de Milo's mother, who once said to Venus, You never call me. Can't you pick up a phone? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Mother
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Abraham Lincoln, who said, A house divided... is a condominium. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: House
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E.T., who said to Phyllis Diller, You look weird. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Looks
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Elizabeth Taylor has a big heart. She recently built a halfway house for girls who don't want to go all the way.
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Collection: Girl
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Where else but in America can a poor black man like Michael Jackson grow up to be a rich white woman?
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Collection: Growing Up
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Rip Van Winkle, who said, Don't make the bed; I'm just going to the bathroom. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Rip
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Michelangelo's girlfriend, who said to Angelo, Forget the paint - let's put a mirror on the ceiling. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Girlfriend
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Dracula, who said while they drove a wooden stake into his heart, Boy, I sure hope this is heartburn. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Heart
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Bluebeard, who said to Scottland Yard, How do I know how many wives I've killed? I'm not an accountant! Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Wife
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Nostradamus, who predicted that Billy Bailey would not come home. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Home
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Sonny Von Bulow, who said to her husband Claus on their honeymoon, Stop needling me. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Husband
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Sophia Loren, whose new baby asked her, Is all that for me? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Baby
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Ponce de Leon, who said when he discovered the Fountain of Youth, Where the hell are the paper cups? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Paper
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John Wilkes Booth, who said, Sorry, I thought he was a critic. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Sorry
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, the only woman ever to apply for group alimony. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Groups
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Dean Martin's great-great-uncle, Ebenezer Martin, who said to Eli Whitney, I see the cotton, but where's the gin? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Uncles
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Lee Iacocca, who said to Dolly Parton, Why do you need an airbag? Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Needs
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Gandhi, who went to Wendy's and asked, "Where's the belief?" Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Dinner
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Helen of Troy, a hooker from Upstate New York. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: New York
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Orson Welles, who said to Anita Bryant, Stop picketing me. What I said was I was a thespian. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Dinner
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Jacques Cousteau, the last man to see Jimmy Hoffa. Never got a dinner!
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Collection: Men