When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I haven't seen comedy as popular as it is now since when I started, in the late 1980s boom. It feels like… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
We each have our own style but yeah, when you boil it down like there are certain things that human beings just… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I think that we all enjoy silliness to varying degrees but I think everyone can enjoy a relatable thing if it is… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
If you pay attention, stand-up can be great improv training ground. But one of the things that helped me the most was… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Comedy Bang! Bang!' has meant so much to me over the years, and has brought me so much and so many new… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
You can make me laugh at a thing that I think is horrific. You can make me laugh at a thing that… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I love bad comedy more than I love good comedy, so I love open mics. Or I used to. But the thing… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
In my late teens, early 20s, when I started stand-up and I was living downtown for the first time, I was deep… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Politics is a thing that is kind of the same over and over and over again. But we have to find new… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
There's something strange about comedy requests. I guess if you enjoy something, why not hear it again? But there's something weird about… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I think you can make jokes about anything. But you have to accept that there will be people who don't like it.… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Cake Boss, I guess, has been made aware of my impression and finds it amusing and recognizes that it's not a completely… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. Here's what cheering is: "Look… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
The difference when I'm writing a story versus writing a joke is that writing a joke is so much more about the… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
You can find nice clothes that suit your style at any number of places - Goodwill, Salvation Army, stores like that. They're all over… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
If you pay attention, stand-up can be great improv training ground. But one of the things that helped me the most was doing warm-up… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else, if you're… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
I love to do the stream-of-consciousness thing, because it's exciting for me, and I like to think it's exciting for the audience, too. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
My favorite movie is Lawrence Of Arabia. But that's a long, long movie. So although I've seen it several times, it's not as fun… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
I came from a big family, with not enough attention. It's classic. I wasn't the baby, but was second to last. It's absolutely the… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
You can make me laugh at a thing that I think is horrific. You can make me laugh at a thing that affects me… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
It's important for us all to elect people not just on blind party loyalty. We've got to really examine what candidates say and do. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
More than just a sobering history lesson, 'Angry Birds' is a beautiful game. It's absolutely lovely. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
I'm sure that like anybody else, I'm probably the sum total of my life experiences. If I'm smart and I've gained any wisdom, I… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
Part of our job is to dig deep and rediscover the joy that we had when we were first starting out. Also, when you… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
There's so much being said about Donald Trump already, all the time, and the more you joke about him, the more you risk making… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share
