I was blacklisted and overnight my TV appearances dried up. Ed Sullivan called to cancel my appearance and said he'd help me when he could, and a year later he did. Only a few wackos wanted the blacklist. It was… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Back in the fifties I was the hot, young comic on CBS and a regular on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I was also starring in shows on Broadway and acting in dramatic programs on television. Those were the glory days… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
One night in a club in Boston, I tried the name Roger Duck. No laughs. The next night, I tried Orson Bean, putting together… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along who thought… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I'm not a pessimist. I do believe that in some way we don't understand, God has a hand in things and it will all… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
What I learned at home was despair and hopelessness. What I learned at the pictures was don't give up the ship, we have only… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent almost three… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Left-wingers and right-wingers come together when they become extreme enough. The Nazi Party was called National Socialism, very similar to Stalin's Communism, with the… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm proudest of, one year on my refrigerator, I taped a Christmas card from the Republican National Committee and season's… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
