“I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.” YoungNightComedySupposed To BeFridayFriday Night Author:Alan Sugar
“I’ve come in and out of America for… well, I’ve lived here for 15 years. And I’ve played here for nearly 30 years. On and off. But I’ve always played to my fan base. And I can come and do two or three nights in New York or two or three nights in L.A., and all that. But when I go away, nobody knows I’ve been gone. You know, I don’t get reviewed or anything like that. So that’s why I’ve come back and done a longer time in a smaller place, in New York. It’s always the people who live here that get a chance to know me.” PeopleKnowsYearsWellsI CanTwoDoneAmericaNightThreeChanceGoneComedyFansNew YorkGoing AwayKnow MeNobody KnowsAnd Off Author:Billy Connolly
“I love horror comedies, and I love horror movies. In particular, I love horror movies from the '80s that have practical monsters in them. They're not just slasher movies with people going to kill people in people's houses. I do like these ridiculous monster movies. They're scary, but they're absurd. I had a lot of fun in my 20's, watching a lot of these movies late at night.” PeopleNightHouseFunComedyParticularHorrorLateScaryRidiculousMonstersPracticalsAbsurd80sMonster Movie Author:Ken Marino
“I used to go to the Improvisation Comedy Club every night in Times Square. How I didn't get killed in that area either means that 1) God is watching over me or 2) I am so insignificant to God that he didn't bother having me killed.” MeanUsedNightComedyAreasClubsBotherSquaresEvery NightInsignificantImprovisationTimes SquareComedy Clubs Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“There is no late-night comedy. You watch comedy, you watch whenever you want to tune on. You can it in the middle of the night. You can it in the morning. It's all comedy. They just label it late-night comedy so they don't have to pay as much.” WantNightPayWatchesMorningComedyMiddleLateLabelsTunesMiddle Of The NightLate Night Author:George Schlatter
“I started doing stand-up at the age of 20. This was back in 1976, around the time (coincidence?) that the first comedy clubs were starting. The young comedians of today gasp when I tell them how many shows I did that first year: 500. Five nights a week.” YearsFirstsShowsAgeTodayYoungNightFiveComedyWeekStartingClubsComedianCoincidenceComedy ClubsAge Of 20 Author:Emo Philips
“Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.” WayNightDarkViewsComedyPoint Of ViewInstanceSaturdaySentimentalNihilismSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveDark Comedy Author:Matt Groening
“The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.” LittlesWantedNightGirlInterestCommonLaughingComedyGrewGrew UpMy FriendsBallsMalesSaturdaySaturday NightOther GirlMatchedSaturday Night Live Author:Amy Schumer
“Saturday Night Live was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting.” ShowsNightActingComedySummerCampsSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSummer CampOntario Author:Howard Shore
“I was voted Most Humorous in my senior class in high school, and I was a fan of comedy, my whole life. I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched Saturday Night Live religiously. I've just been a fan of comedy, my whole life.” WholeHandsActionSchoolNightClassComedyFansFineHorrorHumorousHigh SchoolWhole LifeGenreSeniorSaturdaySaturday NightHorror GenreSaturday Night LiveSenior Class Author:Rob Riggle
“Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.” PeopleKnowsShowsHumorFunnyLastsNightComedyPleaseLast NightNight Time Author:Mitch Hedberg
“It never seemed like that much of a mystery why shows I was acted in failed. When you're doing a show called Freaks And Geeks about young people in high school, and it's on Saturday nights at 8 and there's no promotion for it, it's not really hard to guess why no one's watching it. And when you're doing a college goofball comedy that premières three weeks after Sept. 11, it's not that hard to piece together why that's not the most important thing on the radar.” PeopleImportantHardShowsSchoolTogetherYoungNightThreeComedyPiecesMysteryWeekCollegeHigh SchoolImportant ThingsFreakSaturdayGeekPromotionSaturday NightRadarSept 11 Author:Seth Rogen
“I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid. When I was eleven Saturday Night Live came on and I thought, "Oh God, I'd love to do that." I saw the Pink Panther movies and thought, "God, I'd love to have a comedy series; I'd love to have a character I'd created that becomes a series." I've now pretty-much done everything I've wanted to do since I was eight years old and it's a wonderful feeling, I've got to say.” YearsDoneCharacterFeelingsKidsWantedNightActorsSawsComedyWonderfulTvsSeriesEightSaturdayElevenSaturday NightSaturday Night LivePanthersTv CommercialPink Panther Author:Mike Myers
“It is amazing how much more amazing sleep is in the morning. You wake up and you're like, "I stayed up to do what?! Watch Growing Pains? What was I thinking!?" But at night you're like, "La La La La La, Hey! Growing Pains, awesome! And I've seen this episode. That Kirk Cameron's always in trouble."” ThinkingFunnyPainNightSleepWatchesMorningComedyGrowingTroubleWake UpHeyEpisodesCameronGrowing PainsKirk Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones to them. "This guy is nuts-talking about socks. Where's the wife jokes, where's the fat jokes?"” RealFunnyYoungNightGuyTalkingComedyGraceWifeJokesSingersFatsOpeningComedianItalianNutsThis GuySockOld Time Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“I don't do sketch anymore and sometimes I miss it. But I think what I really miss is that time in my life, it was kind of like college. No kids, no real responsibilities, just comedy, food and late nights.” ThinkingKindRealSometimesKidsNightResponsibilityComedyMissingCollegeLateLate Night Author:Alex Borstein
“Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I didn't do impressions. I was a stand-up.” ShowsWould BeNightComedyImpressionSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSketch Comedy Author:Kevin Nealon
“I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts.” YearsWellsUsedArtistNightNextIndividualComedyGreaterGroupsTelevisionGrewDramaCreatingGrew UpTheaterContributionOne NightGood RelationshipCreating Something Author:Howard Shore
“I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.” PeopleFeelsAbleNightAudienceComedyRocksFrontsLike YouBandHundredGet UpEvery NightCircuitsRock Bands Author:Sandra Bernhard
“It's depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material.” NightWaitingFiveComedyMinutesMaterialsTenSittingClubsDepressingAll NightComedy Clubs Author:Sandra Bernhard
“When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'” IfsWellsKindDifferentCharacterShowsNightOpportunityComedyWrittenMiddleDramaHarderNurseDifferent KindsSuckerGood NightWell Written Author:Bryan Cranston
“To create a comedy major, I ended up starting a comedy night in the basement of my dorm, and I promoted and produced my final project, which meant I faxed press releases from an old Apple IIC, or whatever it was, to newspapers, not knowing if that would work or if that's how you do things.” IfsNightKnowingComedyProjectsMajorsPressesFinalsStartingNewspapersReleaseApplesNot KnowingBasementsDormsPress Release Author:Eugene Mirman
“The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it, and Monty Python used to be on PBS at weird hours, so I used to try to watch that. And I loved George Carlin on SNL, that was the first stand-up I ever really remember seeing on TV. And then Steve Martin. I guess I was in fifth or sixth grade when Steve Martin showed up, and he was instantly my idol. And Richard Pryor around the same time too, I sort of became aware of him, though I don't remember the first time I saw him.” TryingFirstsRememberUsedNightHoursWatchesSawsComedySeeingTvsFirst TimeBillsUsed To BeGradesIdolsSaturdayFifthSaturday NightStand Up ComedySaturday Night LivePythonSnlSixth GradeMontyPbs Author:Louis C. K.