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Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

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Steve MartinBorn Standing Up: A Comic's Life

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

I don’t think being a comedian gives you any fucking insight into what makes people laugh.

This is the funniest book I’ve ever held in my hands. --Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize winning humorist ...

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There isn't a thing I can't do now that I didn't do when I was twenty-one...which gives you an idea ...

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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.