They'll say, That's funny, but you can't do that on TV.
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You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television.
In TV, you just have to decide the night before exactly how you're going to say it and stick with that. You can't kick it around; you haven't got time.
You know something is a hit comedically if you can just call up one of your friends and belt out a line from the show and you both start laughing.
The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.
In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.
People assume that because you are on TV you must be a millionaire, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that.
Some comedians will tour and do these classic bits all the time. But now with YouTube and Comedy Central, people see your stuff, and they don't want to hear you do that again.
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