You want to know what makes me tick, I’ll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called ‘The Hawk’s Nest.’ Nobody entered that nest that didn’t leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, ‘Isn’t that a wonderful thing.’ And that’s all there is to it.
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Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.
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| Birth: | 31st August, 1924 |
| Death: | 30th June, 2003 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actor, Comedian |
About
Buddy Hackett was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was an American comedian and actor. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man, Benjy Benjamin in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug. Hackett's movie career began in 1950 with a 10-minute "World of Sports" reel for Columbia Pictures called King of the Pins. He starred in the 1980 film Hey Babe!. That same year, he hosted a syndicated revival of the quiz show You Bet Your Life which lasted for one year.
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