You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the south? Nothing! Someone is losing a trailer.
Interpretation
This quote humorously compares the devastation of a tornado to the emotional fallout of a divorce in the southern United States.
Robin Williams uses this quote to highlight the intense and often destructive nature of divorce, particularly in the southern US, where it is humorously likened to the chaos caused by a tornado. The joke hinges on the loss related to both events—losing a home in a tornado and losing a trailer (often associated with lower-income housing) in a divorce—pointing to the shared experience of loss, but through a comedic lens that emphasizes the absurdity of the situation.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a comedy show discussing relationships.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
Rats They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles. Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.
There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be 'comedies' and not 'female' or 'male,' and everyone gets an equal opportunity.
Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.
Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.
If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off.
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