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Lord Buckley (April 5, 1906, Tuolumne, California – November 12, 1960, New York City), born Richard Myrle Buckley, was an American monologist and comedian.
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- It is the duty of the humor of any given nation in time of high crisis to attack the catastrophe that faces it in such a manner as to cause the people to laugh at it in such a way that they cannot die before they are killed.
- Lord Buckley, "H-Bomb" (comic monologue), 1960. Reported in Stephen Holden, It's Comedy! From Skit To Song To Satire (October 27, 1989) The New York Times.
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- LordBuckley.com includes biographical material, discography and an extensive archive of writings by and about Buckley.
- Transcriptions of monlogues by Lord Buckley
- Harvey Pekar Reflects on Lord Buckley and the roots of modern comedy
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