There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.

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• Lorne Michaels:

  I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people l

• Lorne Michaels:

  If a culture doesn't allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell yo

• Lorne Michaels:

  We make fun of our leaders.

• Lorne Michaels:

  When Sinead O'Connor tore up the picture of the Pope, you could hear a pin drop. I didn't know it w

• Lorne Michaels:

  You can't be perfect for 90 minutes.

• Lorne Michaels:

  I'm incredibly proud of the show 'Portlandia' that I do, but it's designed for an audience that jus

• Armand Deutsch:

  Crimes of the century differ from the garden variety of murders. They involve wealth, celebrity and

• Armand Deutsch:

  I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that t

• Norman Lear:

  When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.

• Norman Lear:

  I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For y