The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, 'This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?' And eventually he dies of thirst.
My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.
I will always love to perform standup comedy.
Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.
As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.