The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.
-- Denis Norden
   
Denis Norden   Name:
Denis Norden
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
February 6, 1922
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