Home / Quotes / Quote by Russell Baker

Quote by Russell Baker

“Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.”

Quote by Russell Baker

Book:All Things Considered

Work

All Things Considered

This book offers a series of thoughtful essays that delve into various aspects of modern life, exploring themes such as social issues, personal experiences, and cultural trends. more

Author

Russell Baker is an American writer renowned for his humor and insightful observations. His works cover a range of topics including politics, society, and culture, with his most famous books being 'The Good Government Guide' and 'America: The Growth of a Nation'. more

You May Also Like

“"Just leave me alone, I want to be alone," she said when Jack tried to open the car door. She hit the lock, and wound the window up. Since the roof was down, it was a fairly pointless exercise.”

Want Said Comedy Doors Car Exercise Window Wounds Roof Locks Leaving Me Pointless Me Alone Leave Me Alone Wants To Be Alone Just Leave Me Alone

Author:Sarah Mayberry

“I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics try to make that transition too fast, and it can be detrimental. And I don't think I've had as much success as I need in the comedy genre to open up those opportunities.”

Thinking Needs Trying Opportunity Comedy Ready Drama Genre Not Sure Transition Detrimental

Author:Sean William Scott

“A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.”

“And the back of his anorak was leaping up and down, and people were chucking money to him. I said 'Do you earn a living doing that?' He said 'Yes, this my livelihood.'”

People Said Humor Funny Comedy Down And Up And Down Livelihood

Author:Tommy Cooper

“He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library. I thought, "That's a turn-up for the books".”

Said Book Humor Funny Turns Comedy Bottom Library Legs Vines

Author:Tommy Cooper

“Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at.”

Ends Laughing Comedy Mankind Weakness Folly Ridicule Exposing

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.”

Laughing Comedy Grieving

Author:William Shakespeare

“As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.”

World Saws Wonderful This World Understood Planning Wonderful Things Explosions

Author:Boris Pasternak

“Off-the-rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anymore.”

Fit Solutions Dresses Planning Bargains Basements Racks

Author:Francoise Giroud

“Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.”

Social Planning Hopeful Strategic Indication Future Plans Strategic Planning Social Intelligence

Author:William H. Hastie