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 was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I developed several comedy phone calls.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.