I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year.
And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.
There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job.
I don't feel I'm even worthy of a normal amount of value.
I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange.
I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.
I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I don't think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage.
I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage.
I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that.
I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.
I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires.
I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all.
It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me.
People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people.
There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake.
Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons.
You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.
It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special.
I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show.
I'm particularly proud of my reluctance to share my dreams with anyone.
