Ben Vereen Quotes

O'Connor Flood Give it to me! Bye bye life, Bye bye happiness, hello loneliness, I think he's gonna die. Bye bye life, Bye bye ], Hello emptiness, I think he's gonna die. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Goodbye your life, goodbye.

O'Connor Flood Folks! What can I tell you about my next guest? This cat allowed himself to be adored, but not loved. And his success in show business was matched by failure in his personal relationship bag, now — that's where he really bombed. And he came to believe that work, show business, love, his whole life, even himself and all that jazz, was bullshit. He became numero uno game player — uh, to the point where he didn't know where the games ended and the reality began. Like, for this cat, the only ] — is ], man. Ladies and gentlemen, let me lay on you a so-so entertainer, not much of a humanitarian, and this cat was never nobody's ]. In his final appearance on the great stage of ] — uh, you can applaud if you wanna — Mr. Joe Gideon!

Joe Gideon A great entertainer...

O'Connor Flood A great entertainer!

Joe Gideon A great humanitarian...

O'Connor Flood A great humanitarian!

Joe Gideon And my dear friend for 25 years...

O'Connor Flood And my dearest friend for 20 years!

Katie Jagger You missed by five years, Joe.

Joe Gideon Oh boy, do I hate show business!

Katie Jagger Joe, you love show business.

Joe Gideon Oh, that's right. I love show business. I'll go either way.