The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming.

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Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the...

Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the...

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.

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 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...

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...

Hopefully standup will become special again.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was...

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

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...

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You...

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You...

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...

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.

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...