Wonder Showzen was one of the first shows that realized each sketch, each segment is essentially one joke, and, once you know what the joke is, it's time to move on.

Do you think we're going to hit a tipping point and the world's going to end?

[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. They knew how to execute absurd jokes.

I feel like we put all the weight on the president, rather than distributing the weight to all of the elected officials.

I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the back of the auditorium, to the back of the auditorium' and the liquid "u." 'The payment is duuue on Tuuuesday.' I also learned how to fence. If anything, when I moved to Los Angeles, I didn't fit in, in any way. I had to do comedy, because I was talking so pretentiously.

When I'm watching South Park I don't think it's written by neo-Nazis. They know exactly what they're doing.

They [ The Simpsons] are just like the Bible to me as far as what the high-water mark of comedy.