Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman
Allan Shermanwas an American comedy writer and television producer who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer, became the fastest-selling record album up to that time. His biggest hit single was "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh," a comic novelty in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the tune of Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours. He is not to be confused with the songwriter Al Sherman who, coincidentally,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth30 November 1924
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
At first I only used the Scotch to flavor the seltzer. Then I left out the seltzer altogether and only retained the ice cubes with the Scotch. Today, I am proud to say, I have emancipated myself from all such crutches. I drink my Scotch straight.
After the Lincoln Hotel people showed their colors by demanding payment, we turned our back on them. We moved out.
Nothing fazes Nancy. She's always laughing and singing and happy. She's popular and well adjusted and gets straight A's in school. Where did we go wrong? Why isn't she crazy like the rest of the family?
The whole city (Los Angeles) gives you the impression of impermanence. You have the feeling that one day someone is going to yell. "Cut! Strike it!" and then the stagehands will scurry out and remove the mountains, the movie-star homes, the Hollywood Bowl - everything.
Four times I looked for psychiatric help, and each time I arrived at the inescapable conclusion that the psychiatrist was crazier than I was.
They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.
Even if Scrabble had been invented then, I wouldn't have wanted to play Scrabble, because the highest triple word score in the world would not have expressed how much I liked the game Natalie and I played every afternoon.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, Way up tall, There's a land where they've never heard of cholesterol.
When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents.
I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either.
It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!
Our act started at the bottom and went downhill.
Well, you might as well imitate your own program because if you don't, someone else will.
I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.