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Half of the great comedians Ive had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were

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"Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody"

- Florenz Ziegfeld

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This quote is written / told by Florenz Ziegfeld between March 21, 1869 and July 22, 1932. He/she was a famous Producer from USA. The author also have 12 other quotes.

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