I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy (idea) by Professor Pi

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Famous quote by Tom Waits during an interview on the talk show America2night (May 25, 1978). This show was a continuation of the Fernwood2night talkshows starring Martin Mull and Fred Willard as hosts.

Most likely, the quote is originally by the comedian W. C. Fields. The America2night broadcast was a talkshow with scripted questions and answers, and Tom Waits has never used the quote on any other registered occasion.

http://users.castel.nl/~hartp01/Answers/A-Lobotomy.htm

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Lobotomy	Tom Waits	Picking your nose	Lisa's Last Laugh
Dr. Demento	brain surgery	Barely Legal	Dr. Rock
The banality of the newspaper comics page	Self-referential nostalgia of questionable historical value	full bottle in front of me	In-N-Out Burger
Your Own Worst Enemy	X2	free land	The song sparrow
Cingulotomy	Because it is bitter and because it is my heart	Full Frontal