'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.

Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.

I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

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