“If you tell a joke and it's not funny, you can put a laugh track over...” – Tom, Man of the Year ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Man of the Year 2006

Tom Robin Williams

If you tell a joke and it's not funny, you can put a laugh track over it...but the joke's still not funny.

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Tom What do I think of gay marriage? Well, I believe that gays have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us. Tom Even in the face of tyranny, there is comedy. Remember the story of those two Jewish commandos who were sent to kill Adolf Hitler at 12:30? They waited for him in an alley with guns, bombs and knives. Only Hitler didn't show up. After half an hour, still no Hitler. Finally, one assassin turns to the other and says, "My God, I hope nothing happened to him." Tom You can't blow $200 million on an election campaign without owing something to somebody. Those who can't afford lobbyists have no advocate. The Statue of Liberty reads, "Give me your tired, your poor"; That's because it's in New York Bay. If she were in the Potomac River, Lady Liberty would read, "Give me your wealthy, your gifted, your privileged".