Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Ron Shock

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American comedian Ron Shock.

Last updated on November 23, 2024.

Howard Ronald "Ron" Shock was an American comedian and storyteller who was best known for his reenactments of stories that he extracted from newspapers.

American - Comedian | October 19, 1942 - May 17, 2012

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If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been messing with us. Or the dinosaurs were here, and we never noticed them. Or a lot of people saw them but didn't want to say anything.

Ron Shock

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.

Ron Shock

I'm a storyteller. I'm not like any other comic. I tell detailed stories - not made-up stuff, but true stories.

Ron Shock

Most people are used to the T.V. comedy method of one joke every 18 seconds. And that's why it's not funny... There's no time for anything to develop.

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I have a routine I go through on the days that I work, and I don't want to divert from that.

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I look at things logically. The humor I do is to go from A to B to C to D, and F is the funny.

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I didn't get rich and famous, but I do what I love.

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I only have eight jokes, but I can do 'em over a two-hour period of time.

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It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.

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I'm an orator, a raconteur.

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There's probably been very few people in comedy that have a diversified background as I do.

Ron Shock

Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way with words.

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I can't write a joke. I could never write. I do a lot of stories and I call them stories, but they're just comedy recitals on a given subject.

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Each piece I tell stands on its own, and then it all ties together. It segues from story to story, and then I wrap it up - like three-piece movements in a symphony.

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I came to Vegas because I wanted to, not because I thought it could help my career. I didn't even know they had comedy clubs here.

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