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Article: When the master's voice wears thin ...
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 27, 1996
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Who first said: "Doctor, I've got Bright's disease, and he's
got mine"?
Answer: SJ Perelman.
Who, when asked to define the difference between Mel Brooks and
Woody Allen, said: "That's easy. Woody Allen is funny"?
Answer: SJ Perelman.
Who started this description of a train journey to Hollywood
from New York?
"The whistle shrilled and in a moment I was chugging out of
Grand Central's dreaming spires followed by the anguished cries of
relatives who would now have to go to work. I had chugged only a
few feet when I realised that I had left without the train, so I
had to run back and wait for it to start. . . ."
Answer: SJ Perelman, and when I first read that, I thought it
was the funniest kind ...