Wizard of Id Classics by Parker and Hart for September 29, 2022

Divorce granted.

Henny Youngman basically asked for a divorce every single show.

“Take my wife…..please!”

“The secret of a successful marriage remains a secret.” – Henny Youngman

Better than Groucho Marx. He was big in movies and on tv when I was a kid. Never understood why or how he and his family made more than one movie or, for that matter, how he was able to con the network into a tv series for 13 years, even after his ‘guests’ turned out to be then unknown actors, hired to play the part. Recently viewed about 5 minutes of one of his films. Still don’t see it.

I never quite took to Henny! I can’t blame her

Henny Youngman: Take my wife, please!

Henny explained the origin of his classic line “Take my wife, please” as a misinterpretation: in the mid-1930s he took his wife to a show and asked the usher to escort his wife to a seat. But his request was taken as a joke, and Youngman used the line countless times ever after. – https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/107329/is-the-phrase-take-my-wife-please-a-paraprosdokian

“I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.” – R.I.P., Henny Youngman.

Doing George Carlin or just about any idiot around today with an HBO special would be much worse.

ba dum tss

Henny Youngman-“While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.”