The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers.

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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.

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...

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.

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...

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

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...

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.

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...

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

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 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...