It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.

It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment.

TV is a different animal. It's not a club set. As you said, you do short sets on TV - about five minutes. So you have to get that rhythm down and also be aware of the camera so you're connecting with the viewers at home as well as the studio audience. It's a different muscle to develop.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

Chris Rock went from a guy whose name you knew from SNL to a legendary comedian by working his ass off.

I'm just looking for a little mystery in life... like things you can't explain. Like, you go to Mexico, they tell you don't drink the water. You go to any diner here, who brings you the water? It's a mystery.

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.