Quotes About Comedy

The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them.

There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold.

Particularly fine is the top-heavy comedienne, Loni Anderson, as the receptionist whose movements turn men to stone...she keeps her head while all the men around her are losing theirs.

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living.

In black comedic culture, there's always been a thing about "Man, I ain't gotta wear a dress to be funny!" But I've done it.

There is a video out now on how to please men. Here's tip number 1: Just show up!

If you were an actor, anybody could go on Broadway and take a George Carlin hour and do it on stage as a one man show. They're all stand alone essays.

If men have a smell it's usually an accident.

You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men.

My mother told me 'man on top, woman underneath.' For years my husband & I slept in bunk beds.

I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her.

American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age, When no man dies for love, but on the stage.

Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell.

You know Moms has been accused of liking young men, and I'm guilty.

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.

Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

Nana glanced at Ben. "I think your mom has catepillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.

My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the two of them is my comedy. But, I am definitely the first comedian in my family.

moms aren't the best audience for medication humor.

(She grabbed him for a bear hug.) Stop sexually harassing me, Mom. (Nick)