"The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance"
- Shelley Berman
About this Quote
This quote by Shelley Berman is describing his sneak preview on the Steve Allen Sunday night show. He is indicating that the show offered him two choices after his performance. This might indicate that the show either wished to keep him on as a regular entertainer or they wished to give him a one-time look. It is likely that the program was impressed with his performance and wanted to keep him on as a routine entertainer. This quote is a testimony to Shelley Berman's talent and the impact he had on the program. It is also a suggestion of the value of making an excellent first impression. It is clear that Shelley Berman made a long lasting impression on the Steve Allen Sunday night show and was provided two options as a result.
This quote is written / told by Shelley Berman somewhere between February 3, 1926 and today. He/she was a famous Comedian from USA.
The author also have 20 other quotes.
"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"
"He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in the night Associated Press report. He knew me from the Bull Run campaign as a correspondent of the press"
"I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots"
"On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses"