“Well, I knew instantly when I met my wife what a good relationship it was, compared with what I had been doing for the previous 20-odd years. She is my buddy, my partner, my friend. And part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.” WayYearsWellsLooksJobsWifeMetsMy FriendsMy WifePartnersComedianOddAbsurdityBuddyGood Relationship Author:Greg Behrendt
“The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones to them. "This guy is nuts-talking about socks. Where's the wife jokes, where's the fat jokes?"” RealFunnyYoungNightGuyTalkingComedyGraceWifeJokesSingersFatsOpeningComedianItalianNutsThis GuySockOld Time Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.” ProblemPoorWifeDiseaseLowsBlueStrikesComedianMinoritiesProfileCollarsKidneysBlue CollarKidney Disease Author:Virginia Postrel
“I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.” WantYearsSaidWantedGrowsWaterGrowing UpComedyWifeDadMy DadComedianPerformersLaughedBoilingCutestBoiling Water Author:Sandra Bernhard
“Johnny Carson is a comedian who is seen every night in millions of bedrooms all over America...and that's why his last wife left him.” LastsAmericaNightLeftMillionsWifeComedianEvery NightBedroom Author:Dean Martin