The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?
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One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.
What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and do what has to be done to enjoy, stay alive, take pleasure in this place.
Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
New York seems to be absolutely filled with brilliant people.
Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.
In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around.
New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.
I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.
The people really are what make New York City great.
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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