Comedy

Apathy Kills

Meredith: “Apathy kills, Hank.” Hank: “I don’t care.” “Californication” (Season 1, Episode 4)

If Trees Could Scream

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason. – Jack Handey (source)

Professional Comedians

W.C. Fields said a wonderful thing about professional comedians. He said if a man dresses up as an old woman and putters on the street and falls down a manhole, most people laugh. But to make a professional comedian laugh, it really has to be an old woman. – John Cleese (source)

Staging a Revolution

Casey: What is going on here? Big Mike: Store’s being bought. They’re canning everybody except Bartowski and Grimes. Jeff: We’re staging a revolution to take down the man. Casey: I want in. Lester: How do we know that we can trust you, son? That you’re not some kind of spy for the man? Casey: Because the only thing I hate more than hippie neo-liberal fascists and anarchists… are the hypocrite fat-cat suits they eventually grow up to become.