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NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

— Leonard Maltin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.

— Adam McKay

I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me.

— Paul Putner

Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics. The club owners would say, 'What are you doing that for? Nobody knows him.'

— Gilbert Gottfried

People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

— John Oliver

Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of uncensored American stand-up is clearly Lenny Bruce.

— Joe Rogan

Steve Howey is probably the funniest man in Hollywood. For real. He is just that person that can make you laugh at all times.

— Shanola Hampton

Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?

— John Kricfalusi

Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.

— Joe Shuster

✗Opposing Perspectives

Jon Stewart is exactly the same guy he's always been, only with money. He knows that the moment he really believes he's important, the funny goes away and he becomes Bill O'Reilly, except shorter and Jewish.

— Denis Leary

Richard Lewis has this incredible ability to look like he's just... you know it's an act that's been honed. What you have to do in standup is create spontaneity, somehow; even though you've done this act a million times, you gotta look like you're almost just thinking of it now, to make it entertainer.

— Artie Lange