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“Britney is one of our great comedians. She has been hilarious,”
Andy Borowitz
“It's a really complicated lesson; it's counterintuitive for a comedian. I basically started taking the jokes out, and the show got funnier.”
Dave Gorman
“Brandon is a comedian. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on TV someday.”
John Gordon
“Adam was looking for a comedian to do a 7 o'clock show. Two years ago, I was up for a 10 o'clock show at another hotel, but I didn't want a 10 o'clock show. It isn't my crowd and I didn't think it would work.”
Louie Anderson
“Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian.”
George Carlin
“Comedians haven't improved. Nothing has improved but taxes.”
Will Rogers
“We live in a society where increasingly our eco-socio-politico education is presented by 'court jesters' such as Bill Maher, Howard Stern, Al Franken, et al. Just how low have we sunk when people require a punch line in order to examine any serious topic? It won't be long before the only requirements to become a school teacher will be a great stand-up routine and a colorful clown's wig.”
Catman Cohen
“It's simply delightful. The comedians are outstanding.”
Theresa McManaman
“I worked with Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn - one of the greatest comedians and actors that ever lived - and Jimmy Durante. You can't ask for better than that. And it was great format. We had three and a half weeks to work on a show. It was a family-style thing. We used to walk on when someone was doing a handstand, crazy; we'd break them up. And it was great because it was live. They couldn't cut out the mistakes. And that's what audiences love.”
Donald O'Connor
“There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.”
Tom Leykis
