It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.
From Dick Cavett
I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.
I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.
I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.
I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds.
I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
I have a long list of things that make me mad.
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population. But oh, how they try.
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.
Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments.
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