Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 15. September 1889 |
Geburtsort | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Todesort | New_York_City |
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Beschreibung | Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from his peers at the Algonquin Round Table in New York City to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry. |
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.
You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
