When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God. - Buddy Hackett
I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.
- Buddy Hackett
There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison; and other people just hate him regular. - Buddy Hackett
There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison; and other people just hate him regular.
I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them. - Buddy Hackett
I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.
At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for … - Buddy Hackett
At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for …
My wife said to me, "I want to be cremated." I said, "How about Tuesday?" - Buddy Hackett
My wife said to me, "I want to be cremated." I said, "How about Tuesday?"
I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing. - Buddy Hackett
I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.
Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much. - Buddy Hackett
Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.
Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a l… - Buddy Hackett
Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a l…
Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line… - Buddy Hackett
Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line…
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