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Shelley Berman Biography

Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, lecturer and poet.

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I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

Dramatic, Humor, Professional, Program, Teaching, Writing

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

Comedy, Love, Perform, Standup

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

Album, Albums, Audience, Comedian, Performance

A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business.

Business, Funny, Humor, Keeps, Manufacturers

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

Carnegie, Firsts, Hall, Memorable, Performance

I heard the other day of a man who paid a psychologist $50 to cure him of an inferiority complex - and later was fined $25 and costs for talking back to a traffic cop.

Complex, Cost, Men, Paid, Psychologist, Talking

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.

Math, Reading, Students, Writing

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.

Culture, Deprived, Lacking, Loud, Privacy, Sex

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.

Break Up, Fun, Having, Know, Smile

My whole act is confession.

Act, Confession, Whole

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.

Etc, Love Of Money, Old, Please, Problems Love

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

Attain, Awareness, Comedian, Experience, Important

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

Actor, Actors, Becoming, Comedian

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.

California, Graduate, Southern, Teaching, Years

The most unusual salesman I ever met is a fellow who made a modest fortune purveying lightning rods. But he suddenly lost interest in his work. He got caught in a storm with a bunch of samples in his arms.

Arms, Caught, Interest, Lightning, Rods, Storm

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.

Believe, Came, Comedian, Comedians, Important

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

Marijuana, Quit, Smoking, Twenty, Years