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But humor is too delicate and evanescent a thing to be extracted f

But humor is too delicate and evanescent a thing to be extracted from a book like plums from a pudding. – Beatrix, “What to Read,” The Household, supplement to Michigan Farmer and State

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I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire. – David Zucker

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They dont make you pay for the humor. Its up and down, but theyre trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever. – Mike Judge

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I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and when I watched Shrek I really laughed out loud. – Cheryl Hines

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