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I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery.

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I did the first HBO special ever in 1975 at Haverford College. Cable was new then: HBO was a Time-Life entity, with maybe 400,000 or 500,000 subscribers and maybe 50 employees.

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There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because no one is ever going to seem as funny in a normal conversation as compared to when they're up there onstage in the spotlight making a huge audience keel over with laughter.

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I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth, I will have left a mark. They'll say, 'He did it well.' I like being funny; it opens people up.

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Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.

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I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.

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In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate.

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Comedy has lost its eloquence.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: February 8th, 1942

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