“Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.” YearsFirstsSaidEnoughGuyThreeComedyWeekFeetShotsYeahMaking MoneyRanGatesThree YearsHad EnoughMisled Author:Al Franken
“When I was three, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to his friends. They would laugh and laugh. I realize now the laugh was pure shock value, but it felt really good, and I've been chasing it ever since.” Would BeValuesThreeFeltRealizingTeachLaughingComedyDadPureMy DadShockSwearChasingSwear WordShock Value Author:Sarah Silverman
“First of all, the first cut of the movie was like three and a half hours and I walked away going, 'Wow, I know there's like twenty minutes that I can cut - ' when I first saw it 'But I don't know after that.' The first time I put up then in front of people I was like, 'Oh, my God, I can take that out and that out and that out.'” PeopleKnowsFirstsI CanThreeHoursHalfSawsComedyCuttingMinutesFrontsFirst TimeTwentiesWowHalf Hours Author:Ben Stiller
“I’ve come in and out of America for… well, I’ve lived here for 15 years. And I’ve played here for nearly 30 years. On and off. But I’ve always played to my fan base. And I can come and do two or three nights in New York or two or three nights in L.A., and all that. But when I go away, nobody knows I’ve been gone. You know, I don’t get reviewed or anything like that. So that’s why I’ve come back and done a longer time in a smaller place, in New York. It’s always the people who live here that get a chance to know me.” PeopleKnowsYearsWellsI CanTwoDoneAmericaNightThreeChanceGoneComedyFansNew YorkGoing AwayKnow MeNobody KnowsAnd Off Author:Billy Connolly
“I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.” MenGivingWritingYearsKindTwoShowsGuyThreePoorRecordsComedyHappenedMonthsSixDecidedSticksRadioAlbumsTwo YearsCopiesRaysAdsThree YearsBobSix MonthsGave UpOther GuysAccountingPoor Man Author:Bob Newhart
“It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.” IfsEndsHardDoneShowsThreeHoursComedyMinutesSixSevenInterviewsThe End Of The DayTonightConcerts Author:Howie Mandel
“Recognition is one of the three big elements of comedy.” BigsThreeComedyElementsRecognition Author:Bill Maher
“One of my favorite comedies is Three Amigos! Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.” ThreeComedyBrotherMy FavoriteMy BrotherOh My Gosh Author:Jason Dolley
“In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted he has three sexist bones and his spine is homophobic.” DoeSaidBodyThreePoliticsComedyHuman NatureEqualEthicsHuman RightsVicesBonesIdeologyFormerPresidentialCandidatesInterviewsRacistEqual RightsCivilitySpineSexistPresidential CandidatePartisanshipHomophobic Author:Conan O'Brien