"We fire the jokes at you like an automatic weapon of comedy. We throw a curve ball joke at you, hit you right in the head. You go "Wow, what happened?" We take you on a little trolley ride down story lane. You're havin' a good time, enjoying out little tale, think you know what's coming. BOOM! Left turn! You don't know how it happened. You don't know where you are, but you like it."
— Peter Griffin, Family Guy
Waldorf: The show's speeding along very quickly this evening.
Statler: Oh yes, someone must have told them it's harder to hit a moving target!
Statler: Oh yes, someone must have told them it's harder to hit a moving target!
"Well, I've still got the pocket. Anything I retain now is velvet, except the coat, that's Prince Albert." (To audience.) "Well, all the jokes can't be good. You've got to expect that once in a while."
— Cpt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Animal Crackers
"No pauses in my punchlines, no commas in my comedy!"
