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

Quote by Larry Gelbart

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Most jokes state a bitter truth.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

Most jokes state a bitter truth

Most jokes state a bitter truth

Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.

Television is a weapon of mass distractrion.

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.

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

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

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

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

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will...

It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

He was both [television's] first celebrity and its most persistent conscience.

He was both [television's] first celebrity and its most persistent conscience.

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your...

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your...

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better...

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better...

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then thered be peace.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then thered be peace.

Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?