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Quotes & Jokes by Red Buttons. 123 quotes. Uncle Remus, who said to Uncle Ben, "You're a credit to your rice." Never got a dinner! 864. – Red Buttons profile quotes. Ben Hur, who said to his sister Ben Him, "We'd better swap names before they start calling me Ben Gay!" Never got a dinner! 859. – Red Buttons profile quotes. #sisters.
Comedian Red Buttons does his famous "Never Got a Dinner" and "I Was There" routines honoring Cary Grant at the Friars Club. Frank Sinatra introduces Red But...
Feb 5, 2018 · Here are some of my favorite Red Buttons Lines: Abraham Lincoln, who said, “A house divided … is a condominium.” Never got a dinner! George Washington, who said to his father, “Dad, if I never tell I lie, how am I ever gonna become President?” Never got a dinner! Cain, whose wife divorced him because he wasn’t Able. Never got a dinner!
His best-known catchphrase, "Never got a dinner!" formed the basis for elaborately eccentric lists of famous people (and their mothers) who had not been honored with celebrity dinner roasts. Another of his catchphrases was "I did not come here to be made sport of," which was later taken up by radio talk-show host Howie Carr.
Red Buttons became a nationally recognizable comedian, and his "Never Got A Dinner" routine was a standard of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts for many years. Red Buttons was number 71 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time .
Jul 14, 2006 · Out went the ho-ho's and in came a routine based on the recurring line, "Never got a dinner." It was a surefire routine that Buttons did at -- where else? -- testimonial dinners,...
Jul 14, 2006 · “He made a whole career out of one routine: ‘I never had a dinner.’. It was just brilliant,” Crosby said. “He kept coming up with new lines all the time. That, to me, is what comedy is all...
