First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.
Everyone I used to work with is still alive and can afford expensive lawyers.
As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.
It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.
The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.
I don't think I'd ever get thin, but I don't see why I should necessarily think that I couldn't You can't live your life for your routines.