Satire Impact Quotes

Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by the Japanese to a very large audience. I could not really care less how I was portrayed.

Every spoof gives more power to the original.

I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.

No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them.

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

The Daily Show' was really a turning point, where people started to realize that comedy can have a true cultural impact and can have something to say that is serious.

Half the time, you go on any one of these news sites, whether it be a Yahoo or a Google, and one of the top headlines is always, "Did a comedian go too far?" or "Comedian offends." It's like, "Really? Comedian?" A person that's supposed to make funny and make silly and historically was the only person who was allowed to make fun of the king? We're the ones that you're taking seriously?