ad-libber

• “The vaudeville star Eddie Cantor called Linkletter the best ad-libber in radio.”

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• “For a would-be NFL lineman who never made it to the league after injuring his knee in tryouts, Madden might be the NFL's most successful ad-libber.”

  USATODAY.com - Madden will be ready for the call to the Hall

• “He's a brilliant ad-libber -- he spent his early years doing improv theater -- with an encyclopedic mind.”

  Newsweek: The Truthiness Teller

• “Jay Leno is a comic and he's not an ad-libber, you know, as I'm sure he probably knows.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2005

• “To me, the images that came to my mind were what a great ad-libber he was.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2005

• “Above all, Craig Ferguson is the best ad-libber in late night.”

  TV Barn

• “He'd be standing there, leaning over, practically parallel to the ground, eyes flashing, extemporizing as he went, but he was in with another ad-libber.”

  The Sheila Variations

• “At issue: the alleged personality clash between Reese Witherspoon (supposedly the controlling perfectionist who's never late) and Vince Vaughn (purportedly the free-style ad-libber who operates according to different time zones depending on his mood).”

  JAM! Showbiz

• “Not sure if they're trying to make Chavito into a dunce, or if he's just a bad ad-libber.”

  IGN TV

• ““If you think he has real talent — and boy he does, he’s a good ad-libber, he’s good on his feet — you would think that NBC would think twice about building that brand before they mix news with opinion,” said The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta.”

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