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"We didn't know anything about comedy duos - Abbot and Costello, Martin and Lewis - we didn't know anything about that. Kim Fields showed us a tape of Martin and Lewis and their old shows and they come through the curtain so we started doing research on them."

"We didn't know anything about comedy duos - Abbot and Costello, Martin and Lewis - we didn't know anything about that. Kim Fields showed us a tape of Martin and Lewis and their old shows and they come through the curtain so we started doing research on them."

Kel Mitchell, American Actor

Comedy, Martin, Old, Research

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"I got everybody on my side through comedy."

"I got everybody on my side through comedy."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

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"Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries."

"Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

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"Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy."

"Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy."

Mo Rocca, American Writer

Comedy, Hypocrisy

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"Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field."

"Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field."

Jerry Stiller, American Comedian

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"My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy."

"My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy."

Jay Roach, American Director

Comedy, Criticism, Favorite, Film

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"Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do."

"Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

Comedy, Favorite, World

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"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

Carl Reiner, American Actor

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"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

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"But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine."

"But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine."

Jerry Zucker, American Director

Comedy, Influence, Satire

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"You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show."

"You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show."

Joe Klein, American Journalist

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"Comedy and drama are both challenging to me."

"Comedy and drama are both challenging to me."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

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"I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy."

"I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

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"Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute."

"Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute."

John Mortimer, English Novelist

Comedy, Tragedy

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"Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy."

"Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy."

John Guare, American Playwright

Comedy, Tragedy

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"I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way."

"I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

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"I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards."

"I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards."

Austin Peck, American Actor

Comedy, Instinct

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"I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy."

"I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

Comedy, Horror, Romantic

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"I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything."

"I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything."

Val Guest, British Director

Comedy, Film, Job

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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."

"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."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Comedy, Humor, Power, Happiness, Today

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"There is a universality to comedy."

"There is a universality to comedy."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

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

"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

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"Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes."

"Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes."

Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

Comedy, Drama, Jokes

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"The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain."

"The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain."

Wendy Wasserstein, American Playwright

Comedy, Pain, Reason

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"Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons."

"Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Comedy, Seasons, Variety

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"Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play."

"Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play."

Peter Shaffer, English Playwright

Comedy, Light, Play

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"I hate comedy... Yo...-yo bitch."

"I hate comedy... Yo...-yo bitch."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Comedy, Hate, Humor, Emotion

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"I get all of my comedy from CNN."

"I get all of my comedy from CNN."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

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"Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof."

"Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Comedy, Film, First, Girls

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

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

Todd Barry, American Comedian

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"She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy."

"She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Comedy, Humor, Appearance, Absurdity, Description

"Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity."

"Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Comedy, Humor, Laughter, Health

"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."

"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Comedy, Sarcastic, Tragedy

"As if I'd had time to drug it in the two milliseconds she'd let me out of her sight."

"As if I'd had time to drug it in the two milliseconds she'd let me out of her sight."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Comedy, Humor, Speed, Action, Chaos

"In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there."

"In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

"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."

"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."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Comedy, Humor, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"You can't always go by the book, even in comedy."

"You can't always go by the book, even in comedy."

Alan Bates, British Actor

"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."

"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Comedy, Consequence, Understanding, Laughter

"I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy."

"I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Comedy, Traveling, World

"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."

"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

"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."

"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Comedy, Humor, Truth, Life, Power

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