“Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot.” LooksGuyKnownComedyNewsMusicalIdiotGood NewsNew Zealand Author:Bret McKenzie
“The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you're not just stuck in plot.” LittlesTwoRealCharacterBitsTermHoursComedyMinutesLittle BitNewsStuckExtrasPlotEndearmentReal CharacterTerms Of EndearmentFast Times Author:Judd Apatow
“We sought a tribal society, to be close to each other, not to sit behind a television with our families and not see our families, not just to watch the evening news and the inane comedies designed to pacify the multitudes, but rather to explore ourselves.” BehindsWatchesComedyTelevisionNewsEveningOur FamilyMultitudesRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.” MenSaidLightCertainHouseLinesComedyFansFootballNewsAreasPoliceWestWittyHearingLondonSavingSoccerAnalysisOperaFrankPenaltiesStolenLiverpoolTuesdayGoalkeepersPorscheWhereaboutsAnfield Author:Declan Lynch
“Jeff Ross has a new show on Comedy Central where he roasts the news. It'll be perfect for people who find Jon Stewart too handsome and funny.” PeopleShowsPerfectComedyNewsHandsome Author:Seth Green
“I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It's better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.” WantComedyMaterialsBabyBasketballNewsBoringChampionBeesSpellingHorrific Author:Tina Fey
“Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was born in Kenya.” FacesPoliticsBornGoneComedyMissingNewsHarderClintonIdeologyConvinceFoxesKenyaFox NewsPartisanshipMiss Me Author:Barack Obama
“But the way they phrase those things when you get to the voting booth, you don't know which way you're voting, cause it's like, "Should we not eat unbabies not on this not day?" .... So you vote no on it, and then it's on the news the next day. "Well, 74% of Americans have decided it's time to eat babies."” KnowsWayShouldWellsFunnyNextCausesComedyBabyNewsDecidedVotePhrasesVotingNext Day Author:Kyle Cease
“How come they don't think you can handle a new story out of the blue on the TV news? They gotta make a little lame segue. "Hey, that's a big lotto jackpot! Speaking of lotto, there was a lot o' crime in the city today."” ThinkingLittlesStoriesBigsTodayFunnyCitiesComedyCrimeTvsNewsBlueHandleHeyLameJackpotTv News Author:Brian Regan
“The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.” JesusComedyNewsGood NewsComing BackBad NewsPissed OffGreat NewsGood News And Bad News Author:Bob Hope
“Comedy makes everything accessible. Watching the news is kind of like being fed your evening pill. What's fun about it? Nothing. And so if you can get news and information about things going on in the world through a comic platform, everything's going to connect.” IfsWorldKindFunComedyInformationNewsEveningComicFedsPlatformsPills Author:Dan Aykroyd
“George Lopez has to get a physical comedy checkup every year to make sure his bulging eyes don't get out of control... Good news George... you are humor free! There's no sign of comedy anywhere in your blood stream.” YearsEyeComedyBloodNewsStreamsGood NewsPhysical Comedy Author:Andy Kindler
“The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went in the middle of late-night news, and then through all of their career, it was always the "Ed Sullivan Show," it was a variety act, my dad was on the "Jimmy Dean Show" for a few years.” YearsFirstsShowsTogetherFormNightCareersComedyMiddleMomDadLateNewsSeriesMy DadMy MomVarietyJimmyDeanLate NightEd Sullivan Author:Brian Henson
“As a news person, you can't spend all your time responding to a Comedy Central star. It's not what we do.” PersonsStarsComedyNewsResponding Author:Megyn Kelly
“We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.” ComedyNewsIraqDefeatedSaddamGood NewsHusseinBad News Author:David Letterman