Al Jolson used to tell the story about his father. He’d say, “I bought my dad a coat last week. It cost $200. A lovely coat. But I knew what my dad would say about that, so I persuaded the clerk to change the label for one that had a $12 price tag. Yesterday, I asked him how he liked the coat.” “Fine,” he said. “It was wonderful coat for $12. So wonderful that I sold it to Uncle Moshe for $20. You didn’t know your father was a businessman, did you?”
-Al Jolson, cited by Michael Friedland
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