Dictum on television scripts: We don't want it good - we want it Tuesday.
I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.
I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.
Then after that came word processors and it's hard to make those laugh.
There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.
The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.