American comedian Garry Shandling (1949-2016) told a joke on a comedy special in 1989:
’‘I made love for an hour and 15 minutes. Well, it was on the day you push the clocks ahead.”
The sex joke (clocks are set ahead for Daylight Savings Time on the second Sunday in March) has been frequently cited.
Wikipedia: Garry Shandling
Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. He was best known for his work in It’s Garry Shandling’s Show and The Larry Sanders Show.
25 January 1989, New York (NY) Times, “Review/Television; A Comedy Special Without the Bile” by John O’Connor, pg. C22:
There is something different about a comedy special currently on the schedule of Showtime, the pay-cable service. ‘‘The Comedy and Magic Club’s 10th Anniversary Special’’ is downright affable.
(...)
After Paul Kozak does a number of positively dazzling magic tricks with a decidedly loony glint in his eye, Mr. Shandling comes on, looking as pained and dubious as ever, to assure the audience that ‘‘the club is always decorated this nicely.’’ Proudly announcing that ‘‘I made love for an hour and 15 minutes,’’ he sheepishly adds: ‘‘Well, it was on the day you push the clocks ahead.’‘
Google Books
The fourth—and by Far the Most Recent—637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
By Robert Byrne
New York, NY: Atheneum
1990
Pg. ?:
159
I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
Garry Shandling
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[OT] A quick reminder…
Chuck
10/31/99
(...)
And now, a joke by Gary Shandling.
“I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes. Of course, that was the day we set the clocks ahead.”
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2004
Pg. ?:
I once made love for an hour and 15 minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
GARRY SHANDLING
Twitter
The Joker
@aldapiez
I once made love for one hour and fifteen minutes, it was the day the clocks went forward an hour. RIP #GaryShandling
4:39 PM - 24 Mar 2016
International Business Times (UK)
Garry Shandling: The late comedian’s funniest quotes on sex and life
By Lara Rebello
March 25, 2016 05:56 GMT
(...)
I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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