Cold Quote by Robin Ince

In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio…

— Christopher Lloyd

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

— Paul Merton

It's hard to program a computer to make jokes. The brain needs to do something here; the brain needs to come up with something…

— Brian Regan

I very rarely laugh. I remember I used to have a joy at comedy. I remember going to see Sean Lock for the first…

— Stephen Merchant

Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian.

— George Carlin

The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized,…

— Alan Alda

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either…

— Steve Martin

I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor…

— John Lurie

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been…

— Russell Baker

When you're a comedic actor and you're used to just getting laughs, it's kind of scary to go serious, even for a second.

— Megyn Price

I have seen and heard comedians who had really funny 'stuff' but yet could not make the people laugh; then, again - I have…

— Al Jolson

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able…

— Jane Krakowski