Scott McKenzie quote

I couldn't do 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' Ed said I was a flash in the pan, and he was right.
Scott McKenzie
Scott McKenzie
Born: Jan 10, 1939
Died: Aug 18, 2012

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The label 'liberal' or 'conservative,' any - every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from 'Iolanthe.' It goes, 'Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.' What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Time Great Song Conservative Every Think Every Time Else Liberal Sullivan Those Alive Gilbert Born Boy Hear Label Labels Goes Any Ox Depends Being Either Gal Little Mean Whose
The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green? Karen DeCrow
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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
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. Al Sharpton
Black Sullivan Would Almost Ed Sullivan Go Up Grew Holiday Act
I had done about 60 television shows, from 'Ed Sullivan' to 'The Hollywood Palace,' before I ever went to 'Johnny Carson.' At the time, that was the showcase for comics. And I couldn't believe it. Albert Brooks
Time Before Believe Sullivan Television Television Shows About Johnny Johnny Carson Had Ed Sullivan Comics Done Hollywood Showcase Shows Palace Ever
I lost an apartment. l became homeless for 11 months and squatted in a building on Sullivan Street in lower Manhattan. Andrew Zimmern
Building Lost Sullivan Months Became Manhattan Apartment Lower Homeless Street
My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano and sang as well, so there was all this music in my childhood. Colm Wilkinson
Music Mom Sullivan Gilbert Piano Like Involved Well Sort Amateur Banjo Childhood Sang Dad Played Violin
When I didn't do 'Runaround Sue' on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' for example, I didn't listen to my inner voice. I should have. Dion DiMucci
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I love to cook, my husband and I collect wine, and in my head, I am always on Sullivan's Island, walking the beach listening to the song of the ocean. Dorothea Benton Frank
Love Song Listening Husband Wine Ocean Sullivan Collect Beach Head Island Always Am Walking Cook
I did those two TV matches in WCW against Kevin Sullivan and Meng, and within five minutes of walking into that locker room, I was like, 'I don't want to be here.' I could tell this is not the place for me. And the dream was still WWF and getting there. Edge
Me Sullivan Those Locker Locker Room Tell TV Dream Minutes Could Like Within WWF Matches Still Five Walking Did Getting Want Place Against Room Here Two Kevin

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