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The Hillcrest Round Table, or "Comedian's Round Table", was a group of Jewish comedians who met daily at a particular round table at the Men's Grill of the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. The group included (from oldest to youngest):

Arthur Marx wrote,

In the heyday of the Round Table, in the '40s, '50s and '60s, it was probably the most amusing place to lunch in all the world. Imagine sitting at a table with that group, each one trying to out-funny the other, and all but Harpo, Chico and Danny Kaye puffing on long, fragrant Havanas. If you didn't die laughing, you could have choked on the smoke."[1]

Each comedian had to have an actual membership in the country club. George Burns, the penultimate surviving member, was also one of the first in the group to join. His original membership fee was $300.[2]

With Milton Berle's death in 2002, all members had died.

References

  1. ^ Marx, Arthur (December 1, 1994). "Ninety-eight-year-old George Burns shares memories of his life". Cigar Aficionado.
  2. ^ Burns, George (November 1989). All My Best Friends. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 208. ISBN 978-0399134838.