"I've known all the comedians right on down through the years from the time I started in the early twenties, and I watched them in vaudeville. Jack Benny was very popular, so I tried to sort of emulate him. Then I found a fast thing, like doing jokes like Walter Winchell talked. I talked very fast, and the audience had to catch up with me. It sort of flattered their intelligence. This speed style, it really worked. And they're doing it today quite a bit now, running away from the punch line." - Bob Hope
