Unconventional Jokes Quotes

Sometimes 'Portlandia' can be pretty traditional. But the stuff I've always loved on 'SNL' has always been the weirdest stuff I've done. The stuff that went on at 10 to 1 in the morning.

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.

At its best, alt comedy can be challenging, surprising, and innovative. And at its worst, alt comics think that being awkward.com/FAQS is a substitution for punchlines.

As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.

I was certainly not a class clown; I confused and angered a lot of people with my sense of humor.

My joke used to be about my father and Peter Boyle: that anything you see Peter Boyle do on TV, my father has done in real life without pants on.

A lot of the 'Portlandia' characters and a lot of the moments aren't really TV-worthy, but that's what is so refreshing about seeing them.

The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else.

Some of those more out-there jokes were written in the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, they remained funny the next day.

It's never a matter ever, ever - are - we're never trying to gross anybody out, or ever are we trying to shock people. We're just trying to make it funny in a way that makes the audience go, 'You know, that was the first joke they thought of, and they weren't afraid to do it.'