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'"Professor" Irwin Corey' (born 29 July, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comic and film actor whose slogan is "The World's Foremost Authority". He is credited with inventing his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at Enrico Banducci's San Francisco club the hungry i.
He was a frequent guest comic on variety shows and a guest panelist on game shows during the 1960s and 1970s.
He accepted the National Book Award Fiction Citation on behalf of Thomas Pynchon for ''Gravity's Rainbow'' in 1974.
He is also briefly mentioned in Chapter 22 of the Robert A. Heinlein novel ''Friday'', but as "the World's Greatest Authority"
★ Official web page
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★ National Book Awards speech
★ New York Press: Who Am the World’s Foremost Authority?
He was a frequent guest comic on variety shows and a guest panelist on game shows during the 1960s and 1970s.
He accepted the National Book Award Fiction Citation on behalf of Thomas Pynchon for ''Gravity's Rainbow'' in 1974.
He is also briefly mentioned in Chapter 22 of the Robert A. Heinlein novel ''Friday'', but as "the World's Greatest Authority"
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External links
★ Official web page
★
★ National Book Awards speech
★ New York Press: Who Am the World’s Foremost Authority?
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