A friend who had worked with Roseanne Barr told me that Roseanne would come into the writers’ meeting, throw the script pages onto the table, and say, loudly, ‘It ain’t fuckin’ funny!’ Love it.
I’ve thought of that many times and I’ve only used it once, at Frank Caliendo. It was an attempt at humor that he misunderstood. I’ve wanted to use it at various times at:
Faye Dunaway
Tracey Ullman
P. Diddy
Michael Richards
Hunter S. Thompson
Eric Clapton
Boyz II Men
Salma Hayek
Jason Alexander
Danny Kaye
Rick Moranis
Jason Biggs
Bronson Pinchot
Steve Martin
…they ain’t fuckin’ funny.