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Mose Allison

"There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere."

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"There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere."

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"Our show was - it remained - you know, kids could watch it and laugh at it. And they wouldn't know - they wouldn't get the jokes. But they would laugh at it. So they tell me now they have grown up and they're watching it. Now they get the jokes. But we didn't say anything blatant."

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Asa Don Brown

"I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes."

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"I'm not a standup. I don't really have jokes. I don't have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this."

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"I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry."

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Asa Don Brown

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one."

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"This is our lance. See, you're making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they'd be a great toy. So... just batteries aren't included."

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Asa Don Brown

"My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe."

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"I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show."

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Asa Don Brown

"I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once."

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