The Algonquin Wits: Herman J. Mankiewicz on Table Conversation

Posted on April 20, 2021 | Leave a comment

“Mankiewicz once explained to a round table audience: ‘You know it’s hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can’t speak above a whisker.’”

Excerpted from: Drennan, Robert E., ed. The Algonquin Wits. New York: Kensington, 1985.

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