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Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
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Alan Alda
American
Actor
Born:
Jan 28
,
1936
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Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
Ellen DeGeneres
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Be Kind
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Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Peter Ustinov
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Way
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Serious
I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.
Justin Timberlake
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Music
Time
You
Humble
Comedy
Be Humble
My Life
Tough
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Able
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Blessings
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For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
Robin Williams
Me
You
Anger
Yourself
Comedy
Hypocrisy
Starts
Side
Everywhere
Out
Kind
Darker
See
Outraged
Cruel
Absurd
Because
Within
Exists
Maybe
Where
Then
Sculpt
Explosion
Even
Deeper
Hardest
Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
Mel Brooks
Good
You
People
Comedy
Down
Mussolini
No Chance
Because
Does
Get
Just
Rhetoric
Anywhere
Stand
Bring
Chance
Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your people, and comedy is almost like a medicine to your soul in a way.
Hiam Abbass
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Daily
You
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People
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Medicine
Way
Out
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Almost
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Letting
The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
Bill Hicks
Best
Me
You
People
Light
Comedy
Corners
Minds
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Laughed
Kind
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Never
Also
Make
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Exposing
Things
Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
Cameron Boyce
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Relate
Incredible
Hart
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It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked.
Jonah Hill
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Underdog
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Anymore
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Film
Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
Will Durst
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Anxiety
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