Television Humor Quotes

I'm a big fan of '30 Rock,' which I think is the most genius show on television.

I think multicamera comedy is a much-maligned American art form.

I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh.

I watch the comedy shows like 'Married With Children,' 'Friends,' 'Family Guy,' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

Every script I've read for 'Black Jesus' has been hilarious.

The one [The Beverly Hillbillies] flaw in this is that you can't hear the people laughing.

30 Rock is a little different from other current sitcoms, in that it's fast-paced, but the pace comes from the actors, not the editing.

A lot of comedy on television has a reserve to it, and it's a little too cool for school.

Basically, we used to have a rule at 'Saturday Night Live' that you're not allowed to bring up 'The Simpsons' at the rewrite table, because 'The Simpsons' has done every joke there is. Every week there would be guys going, 'The Simpsons did that.' I go, 'C'mon.' And 'South Park,' too.

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job.

Channel 4 always do really great stuff; they do great comedies.

I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home.

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I love 'Arrested Development' and 'Veep' and I love Louis C.K. - I love the 'Louie' show, it's great.

Sitcoms are bad in so many ways it's hard to say why. They can hype things as much as they want, but it's all crap, no matter how many TV Guide cover stories there are.

There were plenty of times some writers would make some kind of stupid joke to each other and then it was on TV that night or that week.

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.

I've just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn't know them, I wouldn't know they were funny from the television. I don't know what it does, it just sucks it away.

For me, 'Arrested Development' is the cornerstone of recent television comedy. It's so incredibly flawless and perfect.

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television.

I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story.

I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing.