I always wanted it to be multi-cam from the beginning. In the first seeds of the idea, I wanted a live audience, multi-cam show. That was very important for me.

Things have to be funny first, and if they want to have a point, that's awesome.

In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.

Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.

My standup persona is like I'll heighten things, but I'm observing the world as it is in sort of a heightened emotional state.

I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.

The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.