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

Quote by Larry Gelbart

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Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.

Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Most jokes state a bitter truth

Most jokes state a bitter truth

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press...

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press...

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice....

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice....

Television executives are afraid to advertise condoms that could save lives, but do not blush...

Television executives are afraid to advertise condoms that could save lives, but do not blush...

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other...

Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to...

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to...

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest

People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually...

People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually...

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

We call them Twinkies. You've seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing...

$We call them Twinkies. You've seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing...$