I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they don't care - in the sense that they know what they're doing. They have a skill.

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

'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.

Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing.

People don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound.

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.