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 Buttons. (www.dougmilesmedia.com)
What do you call a fly without wings? A walk! What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? "Aye, matey!"
Jada Pinkett, who told Will when he complained about the month of July being too slow, honey trust me, August will come before you know it, never had a dinner.
Came to Red late. Menasha Schoolnick, Shekkie and the headliners Berle and Caesar first. The "non" headliners Benny and Geo Burns were all style, incomparable.
Red Buttons, who never told a joke he couldn't top...neva gotta dinna. Cary Grant, who never met a man he didn't like better than Grace Kelly...got a dinna.
I don't know if Charlie was at this roast. There is video of Charlie as Jessel roasting Jerry Lewis on RU-vid. It was a Kraft Music Hall roast from 1970.
