You want to know what makes me tick, I’ll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called ‘The Hawk’s Nest.’ Nobody entered that nest that didn’t leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, ‘Isn’t that a wonderful thing.’ And that’s all there is to it.
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As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
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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.
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Birth: | 31st August, 1924 |
Death: | 30th June, 2003 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor, Comedian |
Buddy Hackett was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was 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 and Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug. Hackett's movie career began in 1950 with a 10-minute "World of Sports" reel for Columbia Pictures called King of the Pins. He starred in the 1980 film Hey Babe!. That same year, he hosted a syndicated revival of the quiz show You Bet Your Life which lasted for one year.
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