Blunt Quote by Norm MacDonald

I tried to make the punchline as close to the setup as I could. And I thought that was the perfect thing. If I…

— Norm MacDonald

Sometimes there is simply no need to be either clever or original.

— Ivan Chermayeff

In general, the straight line of a joke sets up a premise, an expectation. Then the funny ending - the punch line - in…

— Steve Allen

I can't get through a joke without making a mistake, or giving away the punchline.

— Rebecca Front

Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way

— Jerry Stiller

I'm not original, but I strive toward it as much as possible. I tried really hard on Weekend Update to do something that I…

— Norm MacDonald

From being on a panel show, they always need the blonde airhead sat in a corner they can make fun of, and I'm here…

— Emily Atack

“...if you think the worst you'll get the worst, but if you think the best..." "and then everything will blow up in your face…

— Brad Meltzer

If you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.

— Bill Burr

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

— Norm MacDonald

I think as a blonde person with make-up on, you're automatically the punchline to the joke.

— Emily Atack

It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.

— Maureen Johnson