Robert Ben Garant Quotes

My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.

I'm a huge sketch comedy fan, and I think my love of sketch is reflected in my stand-up in that I do a lot of vignettes and voices and characters.

I want to put some effort into a bunch of different types of videos. I don't think I'm gonna do 'Man On The Street' messing with people, I don't think I'm gonna do over-the-top wacky comedy.

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.

That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else.

I like dark comedies. That's why I like the Wayans Brothers.

I love mockumentaries. When they're done right, they're really good.

I think people are purists about what sketch comedy should be, and I think sometimes having too much fun can be a little annoying to some people.

Most sketch aficionados have an enormous amount of respect for 'Mr. Show.' I didn't have HBO back then, so I was always trying to find episodes. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross became celebrities, and Jay Johnston - who's lesser known, but brilliant - deserves a lot of credit, too.

I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.

Royal Canadian Air Farce, and I was in three sketches there. And they wrote some really great stuff for me.

I'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.

As far as my sketches, I've always loved 'What's Up With That.' It's just a whole lot of fun, and I love 'Black Jeopardy,' too. Any kind of host capacity, I'm usually pretty good at.

Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

My experience - and it might be just the kind of comedy that I do, which is usually sketch comedy - is that there's a lot more texture and subplot in drama than in comedy.

All of my favorite comedy has always been of the grounded variety. Even 'MacGruber.' I think that MacGruber is a really grounded character.

I gravitate to ensemble comedy.

'Reno' was originally going to be a sketch show, with the cops as a transitional element.

I did a lot of standup from ages 19 to 24 but then stopped to focus on sketch with Broken Lizard.

When you see the American chat shows, they've got so many ideas about what they could with the guests. I did stand-up on 'Jimmy Fallon' and they had loads of sketches and ideas, we don't tend to do that here.

They are cheaper to make and easier to do; you can just cram in loads of talent into a format that works and works. But if you look back, a lot of people we love today like French and Saunders, Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan, all started in sketch shows.

When certain people hear "'SNL' comedy," rightfully so, you expect it to be a certain kind of goofiness.

As a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do.