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
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
The ideas that you find funny and the things that you are offering to an audience are tied up with who you… — 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
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
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
When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
The first thing you start with when you're trying to write something funny is it has to - it really has to… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
More than just a sobering history lesson, 'Angry Birds' is a beautiful game. It's absolutely lovely. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
