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"Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field."
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"Have a chocolate-covered raisin, he said."They look like rat droppings, said the Chair.The Dean peered at them in the gloom."So that's it, he said. "The bag fell on the floor a minute ago, and I thought there seemed rather a lot."
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"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."
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"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."
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"One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes."
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"I hate comedy... Yo...-yo bitch."
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"Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs."
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"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."
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"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."
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"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."
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"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."
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"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."
Mother
"Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field."
Comedy
"It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures."
Youth
"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."
Funny
"Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances."
Money
"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."
Idea
"I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years."
Years
"We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together."
People
"Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie."
War
"I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it."
Age
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