Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackettwas an American comedian and actor. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man, Benjy Benjamin in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug, and Scuttle in The Little Mermaid...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 August 1924
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
night half hours
When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
golf balls swamps
Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a little golfer on it.
laughing people trying
At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for comics. The people want to idealize a singer. They want to feel superior to a comic. You're trying to make them laugh. They can't laugh at someone they're looking up to.
fall good-day golf
I've had a good day when I don't fall out of the cart.
cocky ninety-nine voice
Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.
dancing people argument
I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.
funny family mothers-day
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
above favorite
A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.
I'm an actor. I want to do drama.
death looking
You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.
I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.
cocky maybe people pound punch realize telling
If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.