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I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out - there is hearing help out there, and the technology and options are amazing.
- Norm Crosby
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#Better
#First
#Help
#Technology
I think it is - the biggest plus the performer can have is to be a little unique.
- Norm Crosby
#Little
#Performer
#Plus
#Think
#Unique
I don't ever remember overcoming adversities.
- Norm Crosby
#Adversities
#Ever
#Overcoming
#Remember
That, to me, is what comedy is all about: keeping fresh and keeping current and changing with the times.
- Norm Crosby
#About
#Comedy
#Current
#Fresh
#Me
Every city you go to has television and radio talk shows that are dying to give young comics a showcase. They all want to be able to say that so-and-so started here, got his first break on this show.
- Norm Crosby
#City
#Dying
#Radio
#Television
#Young
Hearing aids didn't cause any problem with my social life, my career, no problem at all, and I've been wearing them for a long time. As a matter of fact, once I became an entertainer and started working on television, I was probably the first performer to talk about hearing problems on the air.
- Norm Crosby
#Life
#Long
#Problems
#Television
#Time
A handicap is only if you let it be a handicap.
- Norm Crosby
#Handicap
#Only
#You
Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.
- Norm Crosby
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#Old
#People
#Shoes
#Your
I've been on the 'Tonight Show' a million times, and I'd be embarrassed to do the same thing more than once.
- Norm Crosby
#Embarrassed
#More
#Same Thing
#Same
My hearing loss was essentially due to noise exposure during my military service. I was on an anti-submarine sub-chaser in WWII, and we had lots of depth charges going off all around us. There were plenty of explosions, and they were loud!
- Norm Crosby
#Depth
#Loss
#Noise
#Service
#Us
Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans - these people are giants, legends; their names are household words. Of course, so's Jell-O.
- Norm Crosby
#Course
#Giants
#Legends
#People
#Words
It was a melting pot in Las Vegas. You got every age level, every ethnic background, every social aura - it was an absolute Americana audience... people who were there to celebrate occasions; people who were there to gamble; people who were there because they were awed by the whole Vegas operation. Tourists.
- Norm Crosby
#Age
#Audience
#Aura
#Celebrate
#People
#Social
'USA Today' once did a big article called, 'Who said it? Was it Norm or George Bush?' They had quotes of mine and quotes of his, and they went to some congressmen and senators and said, 'Who said it?' It was hysterical.
- Norm Crosby
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#Mine
#Today
#Who
I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello.
- Norm Crosby
#Backstage
#First
#Hello
#Room
#Say
I would watch 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and borrow a few lines here and there from guests like Red Buttons and Buddy Hackett to create a routine. Then I started getting invited to do political functions like the governor's birthday ball or mayor's dinner.
- Norm Crosby
#Birthday
#Dinner
#Political
#Routine
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
- Norm Crosby
#Duty
#Fate
#Hands
#People
#Smart
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