We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

  • -- Fred Allen 弗雷德·艾伦

我们生活在机器时代。历史上,喜剧演员第一次被迫为自己提供笑话和喜剧素材来与机器竞争。不管他知不知道,这位喜剧演员都在跑步机上逐渐被人遗忘。

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Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

一切都是变化的。人们把喜剧演员当儿戏,把政客当儿戏。

It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past.

它不是高度智能化的材料。我把它献给过去的低俗小说。

Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.

每次你讲故事的时候,故事都是不一样的——它们允许很多可能的叙述。

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.

我满怀感激地盼望着被遗忘,但我必须确信这一点。

Being in love with a married woman is living on borrowed time.

爱上一个已婚女人是在虚度光阴。

We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.

我们是我们自己创造性进化的推动者。

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

人的话语是所有物质中最耐久的。