If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

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Adams was born in Brooklyn New York as Joseph Abramowitz. New York Facts on File: 1992; pgs.

Joey Adams (January 6 1911 – December 2 1999) born Joseph Abramowitz was an American comedian who was inducted into the New York Friars' Club in 1977 and wrote the book Borscht Belt in 1973.