Humor Judgment Quotes

Real progress will have been made when people don't care or even notice the color of a comedian when they'll just be concerned with whether he's funny.

Thomas, my 15-year-old, is effectively my editor, I've always trusted his voice, more than anybody, on the strip for years. He has one of those ears that's just tuned to the rhythm of humor, so if he says something's not funny, my stomach just hurts because I know he's right, and it's already been drawn.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

When I tell a joke, I immediately know whether it's funny or not.

Sometimes we have to actually say, I think you're really funny, but none of your jokes are going to make it on the air. So just answer my questions. Seriously.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy.

I don't like people whose job it isn't to be funny, to tell me what is and isn't funny.

I have no line. If I think it's funny, it's funny.

If a comedian tells a joke that you find funny, you laugh. If he tells a joke you do not find funny, don't laugh. Or you could possibly go as far as groaning or rolling your eyes. Then you wait for his next joke; if that's funny, then you laugh. If it's not, you don't laugh - or at very worst, you can leave quietly.

The decision as to what's funny and what is not funny shall rest solely with Mr. Freberg.

Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?