Quotes by Arthur Gelb

“The girls are trotted out twice during each floor show, do nothing more strenuous than shake an ankle, wriggle a hip or twitch a shoulder-and it has taken choreographer Douglas Coudy weeks to teach them to do that.”

“I dont think there is major entertainer Al has not drawn.”

“You did not truly arrive until Al drew you. Al kind of crowned you,”

“He had this never-flagging satirical wit that was always entertaining -- except when you were in the path of one of his acerbic bullets. But that evening, he was sweet-tempered and somewhat subdued, ... I asked him if he was feeling well. He said he regretted to report that age appeared to be mellowing him and that people would have to stop referring to him as a curmudgeon.”