Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You…

“I read once that explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog," Mark said. "You find out how it works, but the frog dies…

— Cassandra Clare

If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise…

— Adrian Forsyth

“In the split second where you understand a joke you experience a moment of “enlightenment.” This cannot be achieved by “explaining” the joke, i.e.…

— Oliver Benjamin

“Your ass is flapping in the breeze,” Maddox warned with what felt like his first real laugh since this whole thing started. “Shut up.”…

— Annabeth Albert

A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.

— Bob Saget

People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time is it?'…

— Teller

We always joke now like, you know, the more experienced we get making stuff, we're like, "Never leave set without a shot of each…

— Mark Duplass

Analysing humour is like dissecting a frog few people are interested, and the frog dies.

— Alan Ford

Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it.

— Mark Twain

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it, and the frog generally dies as a result.

— Mark Twain

My cousin is gay, in school while other kids were dissecting frog, he was opening flies.

— Rodney Dangerfield

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

— E. B. White

Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.

— Barry Cryer

Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it,…

— George Carlin

I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were…

— Wanda Sykes