1970s Quote by Grace Dent

You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men.

— Jo Brand

Growing up, there weren't many people on TV who looked like me - apart from the odd shopkeeper and the odd dodgy, racist joke…

— Asim Chaudhry

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

— Al Franken

What they call 'alt-comedy' now is basically what comedy was like in the '80s. People tried different things, and everybody went to the clubs;…

— Jen Kirkman

You can't tell how experienced a comedian is by how light they travel. An established comic who I love, Lucy Pearman, wheeled up to…

— Lou Sanders

You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of them were…

— Patton Oswalt

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

— Leigh Steinberg

When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould.…

— Jasper Carrott

I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'

— Bobcat Goldthwait

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in…

— Bruno Mars

Every male comedian of note who is over the age of 45 has a kid, and they talk about it and don't get grouped…

— Ali Wong

There are some extremely acceptable male comedians out there: Joel Osteen, Abraham Lincoln, the man who played Phil Spector in HBO's 'Phil Spector.' But…

— Ellie Kemper