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A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander.

As far as what makes a viral video, then it's gotta be something that you've either never seen before, a fresh piece of comedy, or something that relates to something topical.

My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.

'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends, then people start drinking and get hammered, and say stupid stuff, and that's pretty much it.

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.

It's Will Ferrell, he does Will Ferrell movies. But if you really look at it, he tries to do something different with each one, whether it's an action cop movie like 'The Other Guys' or doing 'Talladega Nights' going into red state America or 'Casa de Mi Padre' or 'Stranger Than Fiction,' which is more of a drama.

I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.

First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.

I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.

The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.

If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?

Obama is the new kid with the weird name who people just sense is a little classier than his surroundings. He moved from a private school where he was class president and is now at the giant public high school with the metal detectors and the smoking lounge.

'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.

I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.

Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.

Word of mouth and the Internet are the only press we have left.

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.