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from an interview with one of my favorite comedians,, George Wallace
I just pay attention to all of the current events and watch what’s happening in the news and to political situations. If you can’t laugh by just living, driving down the street, and just paying attention to what people say… (Trails off) You can watch TV. Over the weekend, Michelle Obama was with the Queen…well, they were both with the Queen…at the Palace, right? I just notice little things like the fact that the Queen was at home in the Palace, ‘cause that’s her house, but she had her purse with her. What the hell…? What women walk around in their own house with their purse at their side? You just notice little things like that, and you think she was thinking, “I might like him, but I don’t trust him.” (Laughs) You watch the news, you go to CNN, and you see Nancy Grace, and you go, “What the hell is wrong with this lady? She’s been on the same story for five months now.” Come on, we miss the little girl, Kaylee Anthony, but it gets to you after awhile. She’s not satisfied unless someone’s been kidnapped or killed, and I…I personally think that Nancy Grace is killing these people. (Laughs) So you just take amusing situations and you go like that. I never mention race, and I never do racial jokes, but I’ll tell you what: I was in Washington, DC, on Inauguration Day, and I never mention race, but I did notice that the white people…all you white people…were laughing at Aretha Franklin’s hat. PH: (Laughs) Well… GW: Oh, you’re still laughing, huh? PH: Um… GW: Black people didn’t even notice that hat. You’ve never been to a black church. We see hats twice that size every Sunday. Sometimes, you think they’ve installed a new chandelier. You just never know. (Laughs) So that’s how I come up with new material. Observations and people saying stupid things. I’m at the airport this morning, in Detroit, and a kid runs up to me and says, “Mr. Wallace, what you doing out here at the airport? You going somewhere?” I just looked at him and said, “What the hell…? Nah, I come up here and do my laundry in Detroit every day.” Y’see? I just pay attention to what’s happening. I read the newspaper. It could be sports, or anything stupid that happens. I LOVE his approach to life,,,gotta find the humor and keep moving on,,, |
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The mundane events in everyone's daily life can be funny if they allow it to be. I try to find the humour in just about every situation except the stuff other people think should be taken seriously but it's difficult to hold a straight face sometimes.
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