Mike Judge Quotes

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

If you're into a leather-jacketed crime fighter and his artificially intelligent robotic supercar, tune into 'The Good Wife.' If, on the other hand, you prefer the misadventures of a freelance itinerant trucker and his simian sidekick, check out 'The Walking Dead.' Or DVR them both and go talk to your family.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

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

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

TV - a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium - we call it a medium because nothing's well done.

There are too many fawning entertainment shows out there and not one of them is making fun of it all.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.

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

I lean toward anything with a dark sense of humor. And since I've been out of school, the majority of my books have been contemporary; basically, I like my characters to have electricity - even better, a TV.

I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often it's poking fun at the people who would be its audience.

There is something fantastically post-modern about David Frost.

On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show.

You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

The scariest thing about reality TV is having all new characters that you have to be introduced to.

If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the 'New York Times.'

'Black Mirror' is definitely my favorite show.

Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.

Certainly, shows like 'Black Mirror' helped me. I should send them a fruit basket.

I just don't like reality TV.