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   Robert Orben (March 4, 1927 – February 2, 2023) was an American professional comedy writer and magician. He wrote multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter, Orben's Current Comedy, and also wrote books for magicians.

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3. www.azquotes.com › author › 11122-Robert_OrbenTOP 25 QUOTES BY ROBERT ORBEN (of 114) | A-Z Quotes

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   • If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success. Robert Orben. Motivational, Success, Failure.
   • Do your kids a favor - don't have any. Robert Orben. Funny, Children, Kids.
   • Sociologists say that going to the movies is a bonding experience. It probably has to do with the way you feet stick to the floor. Robert Orben. Feet, Way, Sticks.
   • Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. Robert Orben. Inspirational, Funny, Good Morning.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2023/02/08 › usBob Orben, One-Man Gag Factory and Speechwriter, Dies at 95

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   Feb 8, 2023 · Bob Orben, who after writing jokes for Dick Gregory, Jack Paar, Red Skelton and others in the 1960s found a new avenue for his wit when he became a speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford in...

5. www.washingtonpost.com › bob-orben-jokes-ford-diesBob Orben, gag writer who became Gerald Ford speechwriter ...

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   Feb 9, 2023 · Bob Orben, comedy writer who crafted Gerald Ford’s speeches, dies at 95. By Brian Murphy. February 9, 2023 at 5:24 p.m. EST. Bob Orben, left, with President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office on...

6. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › Robert_OrbenRobert Orben - Wikiquote

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   President Ford used humor a great deal.

   It's mandatory in this day and age to be considered to have a sense of humor and to demonstrate it. You're not paying me for a joke, You're paying me for the right joke.

   A young person today has a nanosecond attention span, so whatever you do in a humor has to be short. Younger people do not wait for anything that takes time to develop. We're going totally to one-l...

   Dick Cheney has to be the kindliest attack dog ever.

   It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a jo...

   I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

   If somebody accuses you in a story of being a crook, you can demand that they prove it. But if a comic says it and you protest, people say, 'What's the matter, you can't take a joke?'

   If you can get someone to laugh with you, they will be more willing to identify with you, listen to you. It parts the waters.

   George Bush has turned into the playboy of the Western world. He shows up at Chinese restaurants, at movies, at the Kennedy Center. He seems to be a totally relaxed, enjoy-the-moment kind of indivi...

   Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure.

   Humor is a marvelous communications tool, as Reagan has demonstrated so well. He has weathered many a storm that others might not have. With Reagan, people just say, 'There he goes again.' A sense...

   Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.

   Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.

   As much as we admire all the characteristics of a Ronald Reagan, as soon as something goes wrong, people will hate those same characteristics.

   The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.

   Humor gives presidents the chance to be seen as warm, relaxed persons. Humor reaches out and puts its arm around the listener and says, 'I am one of you, I understand,' and implicitly it promises,...

   Nowadays, you cannot be a very Effective political figure without Having a demonstrable sense of humor. People take to it.

   I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature.

   Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.

   The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.

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   Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?

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   Speechwriter Robert Orben Remembers Ford, National Public Radio

   Humor in The White House: An Interview with Presidential Speechwriter Robert Orben, Communication Quarterly

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8. geraldrfordfoundation.org › oralhistory › bob-orbenBob Orben - Gerald R. Ford Foundation

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   Bob Orben was a speechwriter and director of the White House Speechwriting Department for President Gerald R. Ford. He shares stories about Ford's campaign, humor, and cursing in this interview.

9. blogs.loc.gov › manuscripts › 2023Lots of Laughs: Comedy Writer Robert Orben’s Stockpile of ...

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   Dec 28, 2023 · Robert Orben was a comedy writer, humor consultant, and speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford. In 2019, Orben donated a stockpile of thousands of jokes, one-liners, and witty patter that he generated over more than fifty years.

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    How old was Orben when he died?

    • Orben died at a nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 2, 2023, at the age of 95. ^ Wickberg, Daniel (1998).

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