Beverly hills Quote by Chris Gethard

I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.

— Harland Williams

I'm a big fan of Katt Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Louie CK, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Rich Vas, Joey Vega and Matt Claybrooks.

— Chris Rock

Sure, I came up under Mike White, and Miguel Arteta; I was Mike White's assistant on 'Dawson's Creek.'

— Ruben Fleischer

I like to say that I was raised by sitcoms, and that my personality is comprised of different characters. Darlene from Roseanne, Denise from…

— Thao Nguyen

I'm getting to know the 'Modern Family' cast, and they are very sweet. They are very nice and supportive and game for things.

— Megan Ganz

Roy Acuff's from Maynardville, and that's where a lot of my family's from. So he's, I've been told, a distant cousin, as well.

— Ashley Monroe

My TV comedy idols are the Charles brothers, who did 'Cheers;' Larry Gelbart, who did 'MASH;' and Larry David, who did 'Seinfeld.' When I…

— Dan Schneider

Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One of my biggest influences growing up was Jamie O'Brien. He was like an older brother to me.

— John John Florence

I'm a huge fan of Beverly Cleary.

— Hasan Minhaj

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

— Leigh Steinberg

Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was…

— Paul Mooney