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Norm Crosby
American
Comedian
Born:
Sep 15
,
1927
Every
First
People
Same Thing
Think
You
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When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Norm Crosby
You
People
Fate
Smart
Duty
Enough
Out
Putting
Court
Go
Were
Get
Hands
Jury
Jury Duty
Your
Who
Twelve
Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.
Norm Crosby
You
People
Old
Shoes
Compliment
Wearing
Alligator
Any
Your
It was a melting pot in Las Vegas. You got every age level, every ethnic background, every social aura - it was an absolute Americana audience... people who were there to celebrate occasions; people who were there to gamble; people who were there because they were awed by the whole Vegas operation. Tourists.
Norm Crosby
You
Celebrate
Age
People
Every
Background
Melting
Melting Pot
Pot
Absolute
Vegas
Tourists
Occasions
Operation
Because
Audience
Got
Were
Aura
Social
Gamble
Ethnic
Ethnic Background
Who
Whole
Americana
Level
Las Vegas
I would watch 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and borrow a few lines here and there from guests like Red Buttons and Buddy Hackett to create a routine. Then I started getting invited to do political functions like the governor's birthday ball or mayor's dinner.
Norm Crosby
Birthday
Political
Dinner
Few
Sullivan
Guests
Would
Borrow
Red
Buddy
Invited
Like
Ed Sullivan
Ball
Lines
Governor
Getting
Mayor
Then
Create
Show
Functions
Routine
Watch
Buttons
Here
Started
A handicap is only if you let it be a handicap.
Norm Crosby
You
Only
Handicap
Although I had a good job as an advertising manager for a shoe company in Boston, I really liked to fool around with comedy.
Norm Crosby
Good
Fool
Comedy
Good Job
Job
Boston
Had
Liked
Advertising
Although
Around
Shoe
Manager
Really
Company
Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans - these people are giants, legends; their names are household words. Of course, so's Jell-O.
Norm Crosby
People
Words
Giants
Gene
Names
Household
Course
Rogers
Legends
Autry
Roy
I'm a great audience myself. I tried to keep in the background while others were on, but sometimes I'd just get hysterical.
Norm Crosby
Myself
Great
Sometimes
Others
Background
Tried
Hysterical
Audience
Were
Get
Just
While
Keep
My hearing loss was essentially due to noise exposure during my military service. I was on an anti-submarine sub-chaser in WWII, and we had lots of depth charges going off all around us. There were plenty of explosions, and they were loud!
Norm Crosby
Service
Noise
Military
Plenty
Charges
All-Around
Had
Around
WWII
Due
Were
Loss
Hearing
Off
Lots
Loud
Going
Essentially
Depth
Us
Explosions
Exposure
Military Service
When people have hearing loss, I think they often take that burden and pass it on to their friends and family, and we make them scream and yell at us so we can hear! But I think it's better to take responsibility and wear hearing aids!
Norm Crosby
Family
People
Better
Burden
Responsibility
Think
AIDS
Wear
Take
Make
Pass
Hear
Loss
Hearing
Hearing Aids
Yell
Friends
Friends And Family
Often
Scream
Them
Us
I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out - there is hearing help out there, and the technology and options are amazing.
Norm Crosby
Technology
Better
Amazing
First
Out
Tried
Spokesperson
Institute
Message
Hearing
Options
Send
Help
Washington
A young comic, if he's any good, can easily get on 'Carson' or 'Griffin' or 'Dinah Shore,' because they want to say the same thing, that they discovered the new talent.
Norm Crosby
Good
Young
Same Thing
Say
Easily
He
New
Talent
Because
Comic
Discovered
Get
Same
Any
Shore
Want
Griffin
Thing
I think it's the most wonderful thing in the world to have an identity, something the audience can remember you for.
Norm Crosby
You
Wonderful
World
Remember
Think
Something
Most
Identity
Audience
Wonderful Thing
Thing
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