As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

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I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.

I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if...

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if...

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only...

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only...

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult...

The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult...

It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and...

It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and...

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually...

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually...

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened...

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened...

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all...

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all...

The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession...

The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession...

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.

When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well...

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well...

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that...

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that...

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to...

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to...

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my...

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my...