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Most Recent Role: Himself [1973 footage] on Lost Treasures of NFL Films
Alias Name(s): The King Of The One-Liners
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Whitechapel, London, UK
Birthday: 3-16-1906
Birth Name: Henry Youngman
Date of Death: 2-24-1998
Cause of Death: Place of death, New York, NY (pneumonia)

Most Recent Appearance

 
Lost Treasures of NFL Films
Network Stars of the 70's
Friday 29 December 2000 on ESPN Classic

NFL Films developed stars in the field of covering football as the 1970s progressed. This program documents the development of personalities who became famous with The NFL Today on CBS. Features interviews with Phyllis George and Jayne Kennedy.

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Henny was 6 feet 3 inches tall. (edit)
The New York Telephone Company used Henny's voice for it's Dial-A-Joke service in 1974, drawing 3 million calls a month. (edit)
Henny wrote a number of comedy books, including: Henny Youngman's 400 Travelling Salesmen's Jokes (1967),
Take My Wife...Please! (1973), Bar bets, bar jokes, bar tricks (1974), Don't Put My Name On This Book (1975), Henny Youngman's Big Blue Bamboozle (1978), The Best Of Henny Youngman (1979), Henny Youngman's Giant Book Of Jokes (1983),
Take My Jokes, Please (1983), Take This Book Please (1987),
The World's Worst Jokes (1987),
Five Hundred All-Time Greatest One-Liners (1988), Henny Youngman's 10,000 One-Liners: An Encyclopedia of One-Liners (1989), Henny Youngman's Book Of Jokes (1992), The Best Little Book of One-Liners (1992),
Henny Youngman's 999 Greatest One-Liners (1994), and Henny Youngman's Big Book of Insults: More Than 300 Slights, Snubs, and Offensive Remarks from the King of the One-Liners (1995). (edit)
Henny printed a series of joke cards sold in gift shops before becoming a star. Milton Berle noticed them and asked him to come write for him. (edit)
Henny's 1991 autobiography is entitled "Take My Life, Please!" (edit)

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Henny Youngman: You can't buy love but you can pay heavily for it. (edit)
Henny Youngman: I was so ugly when I was born that the doctor slapped my mother. (edit)
Henny Youngman: My best friend ran away with my wife, and let me tell you, I miss him. (edit)
Henny Youngman: When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. (edit)
Henny Youngman: I miss my wife's cooking. As often as I can. (edit)
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