I'll never forget the time that Tommy came to our show at the San Fransico Fairmont Hotel with Henney Youngman. I was so honored that they complimented me on one of my jokes in the show. And it was one of my own invention, not a stolen one. Something about everyone's hair in the band - I can't remember how it went, but the punch line was "I'm just hangin' out waiting to see if I turn grey or go bald." Not as funny without the set-up - I'll have to think about that. But to have Tommy Smothers and Henney Youngman laugh at my joke was definitely a highlight of my career.
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