“Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.” ActionFilmMovingEnjoyComedyLimitsMachinesCastsCoffeeChairs Author:Stephen Fry
“Whereas Absurdism in Europe seemed a logical, almost inevitable response to the irrationality of war, the analogous elements that surfaced in American drama seemed more a response to a materialist society run amok. The American-style Absurdism seemed to spring full-blown out of television advertisements and situation comedies, which had become new myth-making machines.” WarRunningSituationComedyStyleTelevisionDramaElementsSpringEuropeMachinesResponseMythInevitableLogicalAdvertisementsIrrationality Author:Arnold Aronson
“I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.” WantHumorFunnyFunComedyFrontsLateMachinesMadGlassesBarsToo LateCandyMagnifyingEyeglassesMagnifying GlassCandy BarVending Machines Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Do you ever leave a message for somebody and the answering machine cuts you off, and you have to decide whether you should not call back, or call back and appear like a stalker? "Hi. It's me again. I forgot to tell you that I'm going to kill you. Because I'm the freak who keeps calling and calling."” ShouldFunnyComedyCuttingCallingMessagesMachinesFreakAnswering Machines Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit in, and raise it to another level if I can. And this [Code Black ] has been another one of those really fun success stories, much like Parks And Recreation, although obviously on the other side of the comedy/drama equation.” IfsWayWellsKindHas BeensI CanStoriesFunSidesBlackLevelsComedyPrideFitDramaFindingsMachinesRaisesCodeParksEquationsRecreationSuccess StoriesParks And RecreationWell Oiled Machines Author:Rob Lowe
“A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.” ThinkingWorldBitsComedyTroubleBabyMachinesViewers Author:Jerry Lewis
“'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.” YearsChildrenWarHomeComedyCoupleFemaleMachinesFeministFinanceAlliesFactoriesAutonomyWwiiWartimeOxymoronChalkRosieGood YearsTaking Charge Book:Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir Source: Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
“When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through the night can seem pretty cheerful compared to the existential comedy/horror of the ozone layer dissolving under the combined assult of a million flurocarbon spray cans of deoderant." - The Mist” PeopleSeemsNightMillionsTechnologyComedyFailingHorrorMachinesLayersConventionalExistentialCheerfulMistSprayDissolvingOzoneOzone Layer Author:Stephen King
“Television is the triumph of machine over people.” PeopleHumorFunnyComedyTelevisionMachinesTriumph Author:Fred Allen
“We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.” KnowsFirstsHas BeensAgeComedyMaterialsJokesFirst TimeMachinesCompetitionHistoricalComedianCompelledOblivionTreadmills Book:Treadmill to Oblivion Source: Treadmill to Oblivion