I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.

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Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to...

Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to...

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...

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown...

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown...

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...

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...

Hopefully standup will become special again.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words...

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words...

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements...

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements...

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes...

Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes...

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...

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school...

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school...

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

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...