When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was always funny, but I wasn't a great musician, and I wanted to be a musician way more than I wanted to be a comic. I just didn't think comedians were cool when I was a kid.
Although I had a good job as an advertising manager for a shoe company in Boston, I really liked to fool around with comedy.
My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.
I like seeing comedians do stuff that I could never do.
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.
I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.
The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.
I love comedians. They're my community.