LeBron James

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

American Basketball Player

Judy Gold

The more life experience you have, the more comedy you can write.

American Comedian

Judd Apatow

People like the comedy more when they care about the characters.

American Director

Gary Owens

My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.

American Entertainer

Joe Lycett

Since doing comedy, I'm less of a show-off in real life.

British Comedian

Glenne Headly

Rhythm and timing are so important in comedic acting.

American Actress

Khandi Alexander

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

Jackie Coogan

People respect drama. They don't respect comedy.

Kate Herron

Good comedy writing is always coming from truth.

Gilbert Gottfried

Comedy usually involves situations that resolve in a positive or humorous way.

Happy Endings

Comedies are intended to be fun and not taken too seriously.

Light-hearted

Character actions and situations can be exaggerated for comedic effect.

Exaggeration

The humor in a comedy can depend on the cultural and social context it's from.

Context Matters

Comedies often include subtle humor that may be missed on the first watch or read.

Subtle Jokes

Effective comedy relies on good timing to deliver jokes and punchlines.

Timing is Key

Comedy as a profession requires a range of skills, including writing, acting, and timing.

Versatile Skills

A comedian must be skilled at engaging and reacting to their audience.

Audience Engagement

Successful comedians adapt their material based on the audience's response.

Read the Room

 or too obvious, or just plain dumb, try jotting it down, anyway. What's obvious to you may not be to the next person. And the opposite of the dumbest idea might just turn out to be the smartest. What about all that dumb stuff that happens in real life? Have you ever noticed how much comedy revolves around things

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 love puppets right so I don't know what to say but this wasn't even the life changing things for me I got to stick around and watch the puppeteers work and it was a day where we shoot these sketches these comedy inserts they called inserts and it was like four of them and I watched it first of all the

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 We would film that and air it, and then I could work with the local amateurs and write new comedy. I excitedly presented this to the big boss, and his reaction was, "Um, I don't get it." So I retreated back to my cave and continued to support and produce comedy

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 I did not have an answer, but I had an idea. I had an idea to tell my truth, all of it, not to share laughs but to share the literal, visceral pain of my trauma. And I thought the best way to do that would be through a comedy show. And that is what I did.

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 Hailed by some scholars as the father of comedy, his fingerprints are visible upon comic techniques everywhere, from slapstick to double acts to impersonations to political satire. Through the praise of free speech and the celebration of ordinary heroes,

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 You feel tremendous tension and the suspense of knowing that someone will jump out and be scary, but you just don't know when. That tension is dramatic you know something more than the characters in the film. Now, take the typical comedy.

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 After the death of his best friend, a lonely king travels to the end of the world in search for answers and walks into a bar. It may seem counterintuitive, but comedy is often key to a serious story.

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 is brutal violence taken to comedic extremes. And that's exactly the point, violence as an artistic expression, Isaac believes, is not only his creative passion but also his country's salvation.

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 walls and into cities this video shows the water rushing over an 18-foot seawall in the comedy city the seawall here was the world's deepest and largest but not enough for the magnitude of the

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