“If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldTwoHappensComedyImagineListeningFoolConversationDialogueAbsurdImagine ThatRemarksIrritated Book:The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated) Source: The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)
“When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.” BookReadingComedyGenerationsHumourListeningNineMy TimeReading BooksPrevious GenerationsGoons Author:Paul Merton
“For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes about cake for twenty minutes, I have to make sure my audience is interested and following where I'm going.” HumorFunnyAudienceComedyMinutesListeningConversationJokesTwentiesFollowingCakeStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“My neighbor's not even listening to me. He's all excited about some garden hose he bought at Brookstone. He's convinced it was designed by NASA. "Actually, it's got two nozzles, one for the hot and one for the..." Really? Is it long enough to go around both our necks and the chimney so we can tandem jump off of this? That's all I really care about you and your little garden hose.” LittlesLongTwoEnoughCareFunnyComedyListeningGardenHotExcitedConvincedNeighborNecksNasaChimneysTandem Author:Bill Burr
“I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.” KnowsMatterPhilosophyBigsTalkingComedyListeningThings That MatterGood Place Author:Ted Alexandro
“I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he or she is sitting at the back of a theater listening to the audience laugh. That sound of laughter is so sweet to a comedy director and that's exactly how a horror film feels when you hear the audience scream.” FeelsMadeFilmJoySoundAudienceLaughingComedyImagineSweetListeningHorrorDirectorsLaughterSittingTheaterScreamHorror Film Author:Leigh Whannell
“I don't want comedy to be Bridesmaids 2. I'm not denigrating Bridesmaids but, enough already, let's stop pretending women are incalculably different to us. Seeking out podcasts, listening on headphones, it's like an intimate, specific conversation. People respond if it feels from the heart. I'm as neurotic a human being as lives, and I have my faults. I'm a drunk. But people really like that.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsHumansHeartDifferentEnoughHuman BeingsComedyListeningConversationFaultsSeekingDrunkIntimatePretendingNeuroticHeadphonesBridesmaidsEnough Already Author:Greg Proops
“When I look at comedy, it's all self-expression. I apply that same method to my music. I came up listening to N.W.A and Snoop. Like them, it's in me to express how I feel. You might like it or you might not, but I take that stand.” ComedyListening Author:Kendrick Lamar
“I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.” ThinkingChildrenRealRememberComedyListeningRiotComedicQuestionable Author:Zach Woods
“I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can't say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.” YearsComedyListeningUnderstoodDiedBillsComedianHicks Author:Ron White