Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of laughter and humor in life.
Carol Burnett suggests that while being edgy or provocative is acceptable, it is equally important to engage in simple, wholesome humor that brings joy and laughter. She expresses a nostalgia for the lightheartedness that a good laugh can provide, indicating its value in contrast to more serious or edgy content.
In practice
Sharing this quote at a comedy show to emphasize the importance of humor.
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.
My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and he has the improvisational skills, too. I've never seen anybody better.
On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we'd sit around the kitchen table - it was a cardboard table with a linoleum top - and sing.
Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.
The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say, 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?'
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.
Comedy is a group activity, a verbal orgy.
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