Isaac Hanson Quotes

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

The best cartoons work by making fun of sacred cows, in trying to inflict the uncomfortable.

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

Everything can be satirized.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You can make fun of everything.

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

On 'Robot Chicken' we parodied a lot of things but it was done out of love.