Subject: Entertainment » Television (Page 3)

Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.

(1912 – 1992) American news journalist

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

Television opened up a whole new field of unemployment for him.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Television: A watching machine.

Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

This is good because up until now, the only channel to find 24-hour coverage of the NFL players was Court TV.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

I bought a portable cable TV.

comedian

I would like to be able to watch the evening news with my family and not have to explain what oral sex means to my wife.

American comedian & writer

The Three Ages of Marriage: Twenty is when you watch the TV after; Forty is when you watch the TV during; Sixty is when you watch the TV instead.

I can’t watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Nowadays, the perfect crime is getting caught and then selling your story to TV.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Nowadays, the perfect crime is getting caught and selling your story to T.V.!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

The one function that TV news performs very well is that, when there is no news, we give it you with the same emphasis as if there were.

(1920 – 2003) American television newscaster

On the TV screen, pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.

When they list the great things of the 20th Century, they’ll say, penicillin, Sophia Loren, jet travel and ESPN.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.

(1939 – ) British journalist, comedian, writer & media personality

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

(1946 – ) American comedian

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

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer