Who said death is easy comedy is hard

George Seaton directed and wrote the screenplay of Miracle on 34th Street and developed a strong friendship with Gwenn afterwards.

At the end, Teddy was very sick, and the staff called George, who went to him. At age 93 actor Donald Crisp, who played a patriarch in so many movies he became a second father for a few generations of filmgoers, lay near death at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, Cal. An old friend was visiting him. The story may be apocryphal, but it verges on truth. Crisp spent many of his declining years at the home. And most important, the punch line is the kind of irreverent wit relished by those in show biz.

Also in a biography of Jack Lemmon by Don Widener was published. There is no feeling of peace, no feeling of anticipation. Gwenn thought about it for a moment and then looked at Seaton. But there is a more salient reason. The phrase is so well-known that it inspires parodies. In conclusion, this anecdote is based on the testimony of George Seaton.

If Seaton is reliable then Edmund Gwenn did express something similar to the saying under investigation on his deathbed. QI thanks you for your question and hopes you have a long and enjoyable life.

Also, if you are unable to obtain immortality, QI hopes you have an easy death. Google Books snippet; Verified on paper link. Google snippet; Verified on paper. Verified no paper. Verified on paper. Online archive of Time magazine link. As an upcoming romantic comedy screenwriter I do believe I will say the same similar thing on my deathbed — and in struggling in writing at this moment, wilst death come upon me soon enough? The time is October The place is the fictional Markhoff Theatre, a Midwestern vaudeville house.

The first act ends in a thunderclap — the stock market crash leaves the theater without an audience. Oh, yes. Could it have been funnier? Oh, yes, because in comedy and death, timing is everything. That film is monument to the art of comedy. It also gets my vote as funniest film of all time. It would be a rare company indeed who could look polished in comparison. But if there is to be an effective fightback, there has to be a cool analysis of what is happening, why and what can be done The politics of the progressive center has not died, but it needs reinventing and re-energizing.

For liberal democracy to survive and thrive, we must build a new coalition that is popular, not populist. Parking is hard.

Thus, he said, to awaken each morning to a new day is a victory. Marine Col. Donald G. Cook , who died in a Viet Cong prison camp in If you get stuck in it for a long period of time you may end up going back to square one, when life after a catastrophe has no meaning It's always given from a position of power But when you have empathy, you empathize with the person. You put yourself on equal footing.