Henny Youngman
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Henry "Henny" Youngman was an American comedian and musician famous for his mastery of the "one-liner", his best known being "Take my wife... please".
Youngman, photographed in 1957
Walter Winchell
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Walter Winchell was an American syndicated newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic
Henny Youngman
…eliminating lengthy build-ups and going straight to the punch line. Youngman was known as "the King of the One-Liners", a title conferred by columnist Walter Winchell. His typical stage performance lasted only 15 to 20 minutes but contained dozens of jokes in rapid succession. Henry Youngman was born to Russian Jews…
Winchell in 1960
"The Bard of Broadway" with Walter Winchell ad in The Film Daily, 1932
Grave site of Walter Winchell in Greenwood Memory Lawn