“I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.” KnowsShowsSoundComedyMy FriendsShow BusinessCheesy Author:Nick Kroll
“I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks.” SoundComedyChecksStand Up Comedy Author:Madonna Ciccone
“People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.” PeopleShowsSoundComedyCamerasPhonesClubsConcertsBitesSound BitesComedy Shows Author:Tracy Morgan
“I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.” MenHelpingShowsYoungSoundComedyWork OutOne ManRegimesCollapseClicheExhaustingManiacsStand Up Comedy Author:Robert Klein
“I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on. I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.” IfsThinkingWantStillsBodyWantedFilmTurnsSoundGoalSpaceTalkingWatchesComedyBrotherRaisedCinemaVisualsCompositionCartoonChuckAlways ThinkingFramingOrchestrationWarner Brothers Author:Alexander Payne
“Director Ken Burns revealed that his next documentary is about Franklin Roosevelt, and it's fourteen hours long...which sounds like too much, until you realize there's been over thirty hours of TV dedicated to Honey Boo Boo.” LongRealityNextPoliticsSoundRealizingCommunityHoursHistoryComedyToo MuchTvsDirectorsThirtyHoneyDedicatedDocumentariesFranklinFourteenBoo BooHoney Boo Boo Author:Jimmy Fallon
“"Ladies and Gentlemen, we're about to begin boarding. If we could ask for your cooperation, please stay seated until you row has been called." ... That's what they say - but somehow, by the time it comes out of the speaker, it sounds like, "Everybody up and rush the door! Everybody up and try to squeeze your big fat butts in the small gate door area! Immediately! ... Do whatever you have to do to get on board. This is the last helicopter out of Vietnam!"” IfsTryingHas BeensBigsFunnyLastsAsksSoundComedyDoorsPleaseAreasFatsBoardsGentlemanGatesCooperationVietnamSpeakersHelicoptersLadies And GentlemenPlease Stay Author:Brian Regan
“She, uh, came out of the closet recently, my niece. Um... She announced to the family that she's a lesbian and... She's seven, did I mention that? And, uh, I don't even know if she knows what a lesbian is, but I support her completely. And, uh... I'll tell you what's heartbreaking. My sister punished her for it. Can you believe that? No pussy for a week. Which to us may not sound like... But when you're seven, you know, a week is a long time.” IfsKnowsBelieveMayLongFunnySoundSupportComedyWeekLong TimeSevenMy SisterClosetsHeartbreakingPussyNieceMy Niece Author:Sarah Silverman