“I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.” TryingGoalChangeJusticeComedyUnconsciousCollectivesCollective Unconscious Author:David Letterman
“At the same time, we can't blame comedians for taking time to learn. Any critic of comedy who believes that he has always, universally, been on the right side of justice is engaging in a hypocrisy that is itself a joke.” BelieveSidesJusticeComedyJokesBlameCriticsComedianHypocrisyTake TimeEngaging Author:Guy Branum
“Real comedy can't be learned; it comes from a need for justice. The best who stand up, stand up for something.” NeedsRealJusticeComedy Author:Elayne Boosler
“In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked for comment, killer whales said, 'Hey, you know what's a larger habitat?' THE OCEAN.” KnowsWorldSaidRealityScienceNatureCommunityJusticeComedySeaPolicyHealthOceanEthicsCapitalismCriticismStrategyPropertyResponseIdeologyHeyTreatmentCommentKillersFree MarketDisobedienceWhalesCivil DisobedienceHabitatHey YouKiller Whales Author:Conan O'Brien
“I love the HRC. The initials are great.” PoliticsJusticeComedyEqualHuman RightsIdeologyInitialsEqual Rights Author:William J. Clinton
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right, the guy who runs Facebook got mad at the NSA for spying on people. Talk about the pot unfriending the kettle!” PeopleRunningGuyPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeComedyPolicyOrdinaryEthicsConstitutionMarkMadHuman RightsSocial MediaTerrorismComplainingIdeologyPotPresident ObamaFree SpeechFoundersSpyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceNsaKettlesZuckerberg Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.” IfsRealityFilmWorkJusticeCommonFamilyClassComedyEqualOccupationRoyaltyEqual RightsGigs Author:Geena Davis
“America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f__k'. And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f__k'? It's like when they bleeped 'molly' at the VMAs. Look what I'm doing up here right now, and you're going to bleep out 'molly'?” ThinkingLooksShowsWisdomBodyRealityAmericaGuyPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyComedyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyRight NowEthicsCookingStrategyHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologyCooksFree SpeechCivilityAcidPartisanship Author:Miley Cyrus
“Both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake are inexhaustible. They are celebrations of the ordinary, compelling reactions to philosophical elitism about "the good life". I hope to examine both of them further, doing more justice to Joycean comedy than I did in my "invitation" to the Wake, and trying to understand how the extraordinary stylistic innovations, particularly the proliferation of narrative forms, enable Joyce to "see life foully" from a vast number of sides.” TryingFormSidesJusticeNumbersComedyOrdinaryInnovationPhilosophicalExtraordinaryReactionsNarrativeGood LifeCelebrationCompellingInvitationsProliferationElitismJoyceUlyssesFinnegans Wake Author:Philip Kitcher