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HENNY ON EDDIE

Apropos of yesterday’s post featuring Henny Youngman, here’s another Henny TV appearance, this time on Ed Sullivan. (We see the terrifying looking Sullivan briefly at the top of the clip). I continue to question why Henny is funny, given the staleness of the jokes and the charm-free nature of the

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January 11, 2024 No Comments

HENNY YOUNGMAN; JOKES SO OLD THAT THEY NEVER GET OLD

Was Henny Youngman ever really funny? Of course not. Which is why he’s so frigging funny. It’s the staleness of the jokes, the completely tossed-off manner of his delivery (as if he were pre-bored on the audiences behalf) and constant lack of invention and relentless recylcling of material that somehow

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January 10, 2024 1 Comment

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