“What does Sullivan do? He points at people. Rub meat on actors and dogs will do the same thing.”

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968)

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comedian 1894–1956

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“What does Sullivan do? He points at people. Rub meat on actors and dogs will do the same thing.”

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