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Quotes by Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart

“Todays audience knows more about whats on television than whats in life.”

“Most jokes state a bitter truth”

“One doesnt have a sense of humor. It has you.”

“It was like electronic euthanasia.”

“Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.”

“If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.”

“was among the best.”

“A lot of people credit him with being terribly influential in their careers,”

“In a world that operates at least 50 percent on fear, he was very confident,”

“Talk about fulfilling a campaign promise, ... M*A*S*H.”

“Never risk a joke with someone who is unable to comprehend it”

One does not have humor. It has you.

One doesnt have a sense of humor. It has you.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.