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Can you match these hilarious jokes to the right comedians?
Do you know these catchphrases, one-liners and classic gags?
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As stand-up comedy developed in the 1950s and '60s, variety shows became the main outlet for new comedians to reach a large audience. While Ed Sullivan is known for the music acts he had on his show, he welcomed plenty of comedians as well.
Here are famous one-liners and funny bits from the best classic comedians. Can you match each joke to the right performer?
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Which famous duo asked, “Who's on first?”
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“I get no respect at all… When I was a kid, I lost my parents at the beach. I asked a lifeguard to help me find them. He said ‘I don't know kid, there are so many places they could hide.’”
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“In America, you can always find a party. In Russia, the Party always finds you!”
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This comedian had a famous bit centered around the phrase “The devil made me do it!”
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[About Abraham Lincoln] “Any man who would walk five miles through the snow, barefoot, just to return a library book so he could save three cents — that's my kind of guy.”
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“I don’t know friends, to this day, what it was that they was a-doin’ down there, but I have studied about it. And I think that it was some kindly of a contest where they see which bunch full of them men can take that funny lookin’ pumpkin and run from one end of that cow pasture to the other, without either gettin’ knocked down or steppin’ in something.”
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“Ain’t nothing an old man can bring me but a message from a young one.”
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“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’”
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“Because I am a student of ancient hysteria, Mr. Sullivan has asked me to come on the show and circumvent some of the rudiments and explain the basic condiments of what traditionary things involve.”
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“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?”
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"The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it."
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“Bob Newhart made the claim I am his closest friend. I have never met Bob Newhart.”
Can you match these hilarious jokes to the right comedians?
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8/12.
7/12 thought I would do better
12/12. About time
10/12
7/12
10/12
11/12.
No respect at all.8/12
Only got half the right answers. Some of the ones I missed I could have guessed better. Just your average girl.....sigh....
I got no respect 8 / 12 🤨
10 out of 12. Some of them you had to picture them telling the joke.
12/12
11/12
You got 12 out of 12
Why did you get such a great quiz score? The devil made you do it!
I'm old enough to remember ALL of them
Why did you get such a great quiz score? The devil made you do it!
I'm old enough to remember ALL of them
Same here 12/12, I listened to Moms Mabley on an album my parents had. All the other I saw on tv.
I missed number 7. who is Moms Mabley?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_Mabley
11/12 Missed #8 -- it just didn't "sound" like him.
Same here! I guessed Steve Martin, who could get pretty snarky in his standup days.
I didn't think so at first either but then when I read it in his voice it kind of did sound like him. He was so quiet but he had a bit of bite to some of his stuff.
9/12. Loved watching all those comedians on Ed Sullivan.
11/12 some guesses
11/12.