Robert Orben
Robert Orben was an American professional comedy writer and magician. He wrote multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter, Orben's Current Comedy, and also wrote books for magicians. Later, Orben moved into politics, and in 1973 he became head speechwriter to Vice President Gerald R. Ford.
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Trending topics shown first"Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years."
"Did you ever figure to be living in a time when your check is good, but the bank bounces?"
"A young person today has a nanosecond attention span, so whatever you do in a humor has to be short. Younger people do not wait for anything that takes time to develop. We're going totally to one-line…"
"The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world."
"Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?"
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1928
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Birth2023
Died
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