“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.”
Steven Wright 1955-
Although born in New York, comedian, actor and writer Steven Wright is a rabid Sox fan. Known for his lethargic voice and deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes and one-liners, Wright grew up in Burlington, (as did Amy Poehler). He attended Emerson College, (with Dennis Leary) and began his stand up career around Harvard Square.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Just four more Steven Wrights:
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up.
I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
So I said, “Got any shoes you’re not using?”
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.
If you write the word “monkey” a million times, do you start to think you’re
Shakespeare?
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And Tina Fey grew up in Burlington, too. And their friend/cohort Rachel Dratch (also SNL) grew up in Lexington….as did Ethan Zohn from Survivor. We could do this all day. 🙂
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