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1. I was a soft-spoken comic with a self-efacing humor who told stories about my wife (spooky ol' Alice) and about my mid-western background with a certain naivety that was part of my charm. I could match wits with the best of them, with my many stand-up routines on television and my own show. Who was I?
2. A good salesman first sells himself and then his wares. I lived by this creed. I used 'ice breaking' stories to make my sales. I gave up the salesman role and began to tell my stories in a stand-up comedy routine. I was a regular on "The Ed Sullivan Show" with my ethnic Jewish humor. What was my name?
3. I played the finest night clubs in the United States and on top-rated television variety shows. I appeared in several films but am most remembered for my role as Adolf Hitler in "The Producers". What was my name?
4. I came on the stage carrying a violin that I sometimes played, but my act was rapid fire one-liners. "Take my wife--Please!" was my most remembered line. Who was I?
5. I spent a lot of time on the 'road'. I was born in England but grew up in Cleveland. Much of my career was spent entertaining for the USO overseas. I lived to be a hundred. What was my name?
6. In the 1930s I was called "The Fire Chief" on radio. When television came along I hosted the first "Texaco Star Theater". I was lovingly called "The Perfect Fool". What was my name?
7. Some found my wit too biting and satiric, as compared to my contemporaries. I had an on-going feud with Jack Benny. I met my friends in an alley. I relied a lot on Portland. Who am I?
8. Do you know me? I didn't think you did because I get no respect. Who was I?
9. It was hard for some people to believe that I started out as a preacher. My act was counter-culture, sometimes outrageous, controversial, and profane. If you did not get the joke I might scream right in your ear or maybe I would just do a primal scream for therapy. Who was I?
10. I was known as the "Arkansas Traveler" and had a low-key rustic humor, telling stories about my fictional relatives, like Uncle Fud and Aunt Doody. Part of my act was an instrument that I invented during World War One, as leader of a military jazz band. I made it out of old stove pipes and a whiskey funnel. I share my name with a famous poet. Who was I?
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