"Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful."

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"Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful."

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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."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Comedy, Social, Public, Humor

"Sometimes Spiro missed the times when a troublesome worker was thrown out of a high window and that was the end of him. These days, if you threw someone out of a window, they'd phone their lawyer on the way down."

Eoin Colfer, Irish Author

Comedy, Humor, Reality, Observation, Irony

"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Comedy, Criticism, Truth, Power, Life

"Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?"

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Comedy, Television

"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Comedy, Energy, Focus

"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Comedy, Humor, Accident, Irony, Reading

"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Comedy, Jokes

"I know the fashion is that everything is fair game [for comedy material] but I don't believe that."

Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian

Comedy, Boundaries, Ethics, Expression

"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Comedy,

"Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. 'How does he always get food stuck to him?' I asked Morelli. 'I don't know,' Morelli said. 'It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure.'-Morelli And Stephanie."

Janet Evanovich, American Novelist

Comedy, Humor, Animals, Chaos, Observation

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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."

"Sometimes Spiro missed the times when a troublesome worker was thrown out of a high window and that was the end of him. These days, if you threw someone out of a window, they'd phone their lawyer on the way down."

"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."

"Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?"

"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."

"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room."

"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."

"I know the fashion is that everything is fair game [for comedy material] but I don't believe that."

"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."

"Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. 'How does he always get food stuck to him?' I asked Morelli. 'I don't know,' Morelli said. 'It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure.'-Morelli And Stephanie."

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