I always viewed [the podcast and the TV show] as two separate things.

Things go away and projects crumble and disappear, or you make your movie and it comes out and no one watches it.

Intimacy is really good. But then again, the first disk on the record is not intimate in the least. It's a really good CD.

When people look at the ratings and they're bad, I think people can get an idea of "Why would they even make the show?" And to a certain extent, original programming for any network is a loss leader to try to get you to keep the channel on your cable package.

I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna tweet, and I'm gonna podcast, and I'm gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.' I don't think that should be the goal.

I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to live comedy does is it makes you give people a second chance.

That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned.