Matt Walsh (UCB)

If the premise is clear, the jokes will come.

Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.

The first beat explains it, the second beat explores it, the third beat breaks it.

Sketch comedy is about taking one idea and heightening it relentlessly.

A comedian is simply an actor who refuses to take himself seriously

The job of the comedian is to know which line to cross.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

If the premise is clear, the jokes will come.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.