LEFTY: (Entering a prison cell) Well, I've got company. What's your name, punk?(From the May 20th, 1953 episode of the Bob Hope Show, with Richard Widmark)
BLACKY: Blacky.
LEFTY: Yeah?
BLACKY: Yeah.
LEFTY: Why do they call you "Blacky?"
BLACKY: I never take a bath.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Quaint Humour For a Rainy Day
On a cold, rainy day, a little backwards-looking vaudeville-style humour from the '50s is just what you need:
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Cute.
I think my favorite bit from that era is a robber asking Jack Benny, "Your money or your life!"
After a pause, Benny says, "I'm thinking, I'm thinking!"
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