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Robert Orben

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I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.


— Robert Orben


#around #call #gentle #go #humor

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.


— Robert Orben


#god #new #obsolescence #people #planned

The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.


— Robert Orben


#good #guy #miss #opportunity #politician

The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.


— Robert Orben


#comedy #get #going #know #secret

What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.


— Robert Orben


#bothers #me #minds #off #our

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!


— Robert Orben


#corporal #ever #general #general motors #i

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.


— Robert Orben


#caps #ceremony #commencement #dressed #event

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.


— Robert Orben


#america #day #every #every day #forbes

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.


— Robert Orben


#children #hand #leaves #never #raise

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.


— Robert Orben


#cards #credit #credit cards #father #honored






About Robert Orben






Did you know about Robert Orben?

C. 's (stage manager for Florenz Ziegfeld) conjuror's shop in New York. Orben has said he nearly sued Lenny Bruce once as Bruce advertised his show with the tag line "No Joe Miller no corn no Orben".

He has written multiple books on comedy mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter Orben's Current Comedy and he has also written books for magicians. Orben has said he nearly sued Lenny Bruce once as Bruce advertised his show with the tag line "No Joe Miller no corn no Orben". Robert Orben (born March 4 1927) is best known as an American professional comedy writer though he also worked as a speechwriter for Gerald R.

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