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> [Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/improv-seemed-to-replace-stand-up-which-was-very-big-before-that/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

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## More by Joe Flaherty

> [To think that someone we loved, trusted, opened our home to could do this to our daughter and granddaughter is beyond belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/to-think-that-someone-we-loved-trusted-opened-our-home-to-could-do/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [They miss Rachel and Lillian Rose every minute of every day. It doesn't bring them any comfort to see him standing there and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/they-miss-rachel-and-lillian-rose-every-minute-of-every-day-it-doesn/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/i-haven-t-watched-mad-tv-a-lot-but-i-have-seen-some-stuff-on-there/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/that-was-sort-of-the-second-city-approach-which-was-try-to-be/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> ['SCTV' was the concept of a group ensemble doing satirical things. 'Saturday Night Live's sketches were broader than ours, more universal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/sctv-was-the-concept-of-a-group-ensemble-doing-satirical-things/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [If you don't hop aboard the change train, you're gonna get derailed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/if-you-don-t-hop-aboard-the-change-train-you-re-gonna-get-derailed/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> ['The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/the-count-wasn-t-a-real-stretch-i-was-doing-pretty-generic-bela/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/improv-seemed-to-replace-stand-up-which-was-very-big-before-that/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [There's just something about youth and comedy that go together. Maybe it's that foolishness, that silliness that you can get away with when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/there-s-just-something-about-youth-and-comedy-that-go-together-maybe/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [When the Dodgers left, it was not only a loss of a team, it was the disruption of a social pattern. A total destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/when-the-dodgers-left-it-was-not-only-a-loss-of-a-team-it-was-the/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd give your tickets and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/my-god-it-was-like-the-emerald-city-and-as-you-got-closer-you-d-pick/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [Steve Carell is good. I like him. Who else? Here's another depressing thing: animation has kind of taken over, too. You know, 'Family Guy?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/steve-carell-is-good-i-like-him-who-else-here-s-another-depressing/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [Seeing Neil Entwistle accused of this awful crime gives us little comfort and, in fact, only adds to our enormous pain and suffering. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/seeing-neil-entwistle-accused-of-this-awful-crime-gives-us-little/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [Farrell's Bar in Brooklyn had urinals so large they looked like shower stalls for Toulouse-Lautrec.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/farrell-s-bar-in-brooklyn-had-urinals-so-large-they-looked-like/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

> [It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-flaherty/it-was-a-terrible-psychic-blow-ebbets-field-was-replaced-by-a-housing/)

[Joe Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-flaherty/)

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