The clout of Jerry Williams

[Dan.Strassberg]

Jerry freely admitted that he stole the "I never had a dinner" line. I 
recently heard the name of the person from whom he stole it (a 
comedian, I believe), but now I've forgotten. Was it Red Buttons, 
maybe? I don't think it was Don Rickles.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billohno@gmail.com>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Dan.Strassberg" 
<dan.strassberg@att.net>; "Don A" <donald_astelle@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: The clout of Jerry Williams


> Kevin Vahey wrote:
>> I think what killed him more than anything was he never became a
>> player in New York.
>
> Perhaps, but one thing is for sure, Jerry 'never had a dinner!'
> Bill O'Neill