“A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a quarter to buy a ticket, but the mother refused, telling her son that if he went to that show he would see something awful. Well, the boy sneaked in the show and the first thing he saw was something awful - his own dad sitting on the front row.” IfsFirstsWellsCountryShowsMotherBoysSawsFrontsSonDadSittingTownsMotherhoodAwfulQuartersTickets Author:Art Linkletter
“The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason: they say the first thing that comes to their mind. The children don't know what they're saying and the old folks don't care.” PeopleKnowsMindFirstsChildrenTwoReasonCareSubjectsFolksDon't CareInterviews Author:Art Linkletter
“A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he was coming out of the anesthetic a fire broke out in the building next door. As the flames began to show through the hospital windows the nurse pulled the shades down. She didn't want the preacher to think his operation had been a failure.” ThinkingWorldWantFirstsWarShowsTimeNextGivenFireDoorsBuildingFailureWindowBrokeOperationsFlamesWar Of The WorldsHospitalsShadeComing OutNursePreacherFirst World WarAnestheticsHernias Author:Art Linkletter
“Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child-with-bloody-nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child-with-bloody-nose was told to go to the yard immediately and stop bleeding on the carpet.” WayFirstsChildrenHas BeensDifferentFunnyRoomsGenerationsParentingNosesDifferent WaysBloodyYardsEmergenciesFifthCarpetBleedingEmergency Room Author:Art Linkletter
