A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
“At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.”
“When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of 'thuggery' practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.”