“Comedy is a lot harder to do if you don’t go to the mean place. The cheapest laugh you can get is an insult or snarky comment, so if you take that off the table you have to write smarter.”

—  Dan Povenmire

LIFE IN 2D: DAN POVENMIRE ON THE GREATEST CARTOONS EVER, SALSA MUSIC, AND NOT BEING A JERK https://www.houseofspeakeasy.org/dan-povenmire-interview/ (November 7, 2014)

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