“I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.” MenYearsTwoEnoughSongTelevisionCriticsDenyLimitationComedianCandidatesTwo YearsDrawbacksSong And Dance Author:Pat Paulsen
“I'm a comedian, and I like to work on my live show, and if I'm doing television, I don't have time to work on my live show, and I can become a lame comic, and that sucks.” IfsI CanShowsTelevisionComicComedianLame Author:Ron White
“The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian. I'd need to be able to be a creator. That's what I enjoy - I enjoy coming up with comedy, so it'd be very difficult for me to be sitting in a room and have somebody come in and say, "Here's your script! Learn these lines!" That's not fun. At least not for me.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsWould BeAbleFunEnjoyDifficultLinesRoomsComedyTelevisionSittingScriptsCreatorComedian Author:Brian Regan
“I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens.” StillsAgeGuyTelevisionRadioGoldenComedianTeensGolden AgeFunny Guy Author:George Carlin
“For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television show is still there but if it doesn't offer a level of creative fulfillment, it's oddly unappealing.” IfsWritingStillsShowsLevelsCreativeTelevisionOffersDirectComedianFulfillmentTelevision ShowsAllureStand Up Comedian Author:Jim Gaffigan
“One of the problems I see with these comics on television, particularly cable television, is, since you can say anything in terms of sex and scatological references and so on, therefore, you should do it. So they all limit themselves to these subjects and this vocabulary. My objection is that it is a lack of articulateness. Irreverence is easy, but what is hard is wit. Wit is what these comedians lack.” ShouldHardProblemSexEasyTermSubjectsTelevisionLimitsWitComedianSay AnythingVocabularyCablesObjectionsIrreverence Author:Tom Lehrer
“Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.” KnowsStillsActorsTelevisionTypeTraditionalComedianBeing Funny Author:Busy Philipps
“A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main reason he got into it is to do what he is doing now: film and television work.” ReasonFilmGuyComedyExampleTelevisionHugeStonesCooksComedianStepping StonesFilm And Television Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from the last days of radio and the first days of television. And Spike Jones. And the Marx Brothers. They represented anarchy. They took things that were nice and decent and proper, and they tore them to shreds. That attracted me.” FirstsLastsFormNiceChildhoodTelevisionBrotherPeriodsRadioComicComedianDecentAnarchyLast DayMarx Brothers Author:George Carlin