“Sex is like bridge…” (bridge joke)

The game of bridge has a popular sex joke connected with it: 
 
“Sex is like bridge: if you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.”
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1989, when it was cited in a book about acting.
 
In a 1992 book, the line was credited to female impersonator Charles Pierce (1926-1999). The line is sometimes credited to Brooklyn-born actress Mae West (1893-1980), but this is possibly because of Pierce’s impersonation of her in his act. Bronx-born film director Woody Allen is also sometimes credited with the line, but there’s no evidence that he ever said it. Allen’s character did say in the film Annie Hall (1977), “Hey, don’t knock masturbation. It’s sex with someone I love.”
     
 
Wikipedia: Charles Pierce (female impersonator)
Charles Pierce (July 14, 1926 – May 31, 1999) was one of the 20th century’s foremost female impersonators, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis.
     
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Acting:
Onstage and Off
By Robert Barton
New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
1989
Pg. 182:
“Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.”
 
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The Gay Decades:
From Stonewall to the Present:
The People and Events that Shaped Gay Lives
By Leigh W. Rutledge
New York, NY: Plume
1992
Pg. 36:
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF CHARLES PIERCE
“Sex is like bridge: if you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.”
   
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Furnished for Murder
By Richard Barth
New York, NY: Ballantine Books
1993, ©1991
Pg. 23:
“Why is bridge like sex?”
 
Leo sat down on the queen-size bed and waved his hand to dispel some of the smoke. “Why?”
 
“Because in both you need either a good partner or a good hand.”
 
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You’re Making a Scene:
Scenes from Canadian Plays
By Tony Hamill
Toronto, ON: Playwrights Canada Press
1993
Pg. 98:
PHIL. Hey, at least I’m having it. Of course, you know what they say. Sex is like Bridge. If you don’t have a good partner you’d better have a good hand. Well, you’d know all about that, wouldn’t you? Huh?
 
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Pieces of a Dream
By Sy Makaringe
New York, NY: Penguin
1996
Pg. 150:
Quotable quotes
Sex is like bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.
Bumper sticker.
 
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Single in the City:
The Independent Woman’s Handbook
By Sunny Singh and Tapas Guha
New York, NY: Penguin Books
2000
Pg. 323:
The great Mae West once said that ‘Good sex is like bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.’
 
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Beer, Boxers, Batteries, and Bodily Noises
By Stuart Kantor and Mark King
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse
2004
Pg. 64:
Woody (snicker, snicker) Allen said that “having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.” Masturbatory humor may be crass, but it’s also part of life.
   
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The Biggest Joke Book Ever
By Jack Jacoby
Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing
2008
Pg. ?:
Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand. Woody Allen