With Portlandia, I don’t think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We’re okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy. less than 1 minute read
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. less than 1 minute read
Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you. less than 1 minute read
Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we’ve done on the show, like it. less than 1 minute read
Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn’t fiction at all. less than 1 minute read
I think that different pleasures work for different readers - a friend of mine won’t read anything that’s not a cardiovascular sort of page-turner. I tend to care less about plot, but I’m a sucker for humor and strangeness. less than 1 minute read
