Humor & Life Quote by Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes drops this line like a tiny credential bomb, and the comedy is in how aggressively ordinary it is. “Actually” does a lot of work: it’s the verbal elbow that signals she’s correcting a stereotype in real time, the kind of stereotype that assumes a comedian is either a lucky fluke or a charming mess who wandered onstage. By naming “marketing” and then specifying “a bachelor of science,” she isn’t bragging so much as weaponizing specificity. Marketing is the joke’s stealth punchline because it’s already half a theory of modern fame: attention, positioning, audience segmentation. She’s basically saying, I didn’t just fall into persuasion for a living; I studied it.

The “bachelor of science” tag is even sharper. It’s a prestige phrase people deploy to shut down condescension, and Sykes uses it with a knowing wink: the credential that’s supposed to validate seriousness gets repurposed as a comedic prop. The subtext is less “I’m smart” than “you’re telling on yourself.” If you’re surprised she has a STEM-ish degree, you’re revealing the narrow box you’ve put entertainers in, especially a Black woman whose public role is to be funny on demand.

Contextually, it lands in a culture that treats comedy as disposable while relying on it to metabolize politics, race, and hypocrisy. Sykes reminds you that professional funny is professional, full stop, and she does it in the most Sykes way possible: a clean fact that doubles as a roast.