The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.
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With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.
What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.
I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.
The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible.
What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.
That's the easiest job you can have in TV comedy, being the guy who just delivers the funny.
Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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