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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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...

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...

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

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.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

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...

Hopefully standup will become special again.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

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.

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...

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...

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...