All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
RON WHITEThere are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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I write these shows one joke at a time. There’s no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there’s not continuity.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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There’s no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn’t been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you’ll look cool, I don’t get that. But I don’t watch standup anyway, so I don’t know what they’re doing.
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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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