Comedy Quote by E.B. White

“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

“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process”

— Peter McGraw

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

— E.B. White

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

You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.

— E. B. White

“ If you have to explain a joke, it hasn't worked.”

— Susanna Flister

Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.

— E. B. White

Humor is like a frog; if you dissect it, it dies.

— Mark Twain

“Us frogs understand this.”

— Deb Caletti

“Things stop being funny if you have to explain them to people, especially if they need excellent attention spans.”

— Santosh Kalwar

Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the…

— E. B. White

“How do jokes work? The beginning of each good one challenges you to think.”

— Kurt Vonnegut