Alright, let's admit it, we Jews killed Christ - but it was only for three days.
If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish
When you're eight years old, nothing is any of your business.
You put a guy on a desert island, he'll do it to mud, a chicken, a barrel, anything, a knothole.
Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he told the audience, This is my act. Today's comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes he's telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.
Part of the kick of making people laugh was doing something different. We were a rare breed - spotting one of us was like pinning a space alien, or abdominal snowman. There were maybe a hundred stand-ups in the whole country when I was doing it.