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Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

~ Steve Allen

Best Experience Found Frequently Human Human Experience Humor Much Reality Tragic

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Pretend you're a southern sheriff. Or Mae West. Or Donald Duck. Buy a western hat and walk around the house like a cowboy. The point of all this, of course, is to draw yourself out of your accustomed groove.

~ Steve Allen

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There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer is simple. We no longer have manners to speak of.

~ Steve Allen

Answer Art Art Form Comedies Comedy Country Form Longer Made Manners Now Simple Speak Used Why

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To the extent that there is anything properly identifiable as dignity in our society today, our present writers of comedy would be inclined to treat it as a proper object of ridicule.

~ Steve Allen

Anything Comedy Dignity Extent Inclined Object Our Present Proper Properly Ridicule Society Today Treat Would Would-Be Writers

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We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor.

~ Steve Allen

Almost Any Criticism Except Humor Kind No Sense Observation Sense Sense Of Humor Take Will

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What people will - or will not - laugh at is mainly determined by their social conditioning.

~ Steve Allen

Conditioning Determined Laugh Mainly People Social Will

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