“I've never done anything simply because I thought I could get away wit...” — Soupy Sales Quote

I've never done anything simply because I thought I could get away with it. I've just wanted to do the funniest show.

You can't teach a person to be funny unless you teach him how to swipe someone else's material. To be a success he must be naturally funny.

The more you can make a performance seem spontaneous, the better an entertainer you are.

I just wanted to do the funniest show I could do. It just so happens that when you put a guy out there with a sweater and a bow tie, it becomes a kids' show.

When I was doing my show in the '60s, the PTA objected because it thought I was saying 'dese, dem and dose' instead of 'these, them and those,' which was ridiculous.

I still maintain that Looney Tunes is the funniest program ever made.

I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti's the funniest with a monkey.

I was in high school when Will Ferrell was first on 'Saturday Night Live', and I remember thinking, 'Man, that guy is the funniest guy ever.'

By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much.

Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.