You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
— John Cleese
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'