You Come There And Hang Out And

I Think People Have This "it Can't Hurt To Ask" Mentality, Which Is True On Some Level. I Get Comics Like, "hey, Will You Look At These Videos Of Me On Myspace?" I Was Like, "well, Who's Gonna Benefit From That? What If I Don't Like You?" No, I'm Gonna Write To A Stranger And Say, "hi. You Like Me, And I Don't Like You. And Now I Feel Bad When I Didn't Need To Feel Bad, Because You Put Me On The Spot." Or Like, "can I Open For You?" Well, I've Never Seen You Work, So No. I Certainly Made Awkward Mistakes When I Was Starting Out, And They're Just Trying To Have A Career.

And The Goal Really Is To Make The Audience Laugh, To Bring Them Some Joy.

My Sister Sometimes Does A Todd Barry Tribute Act.

I Haven't Done A Lot In London. I Think Comedy Over There Is How It Was Over Here Years Ago. There's Tons Of It, And They're Better Paid.

The Problem With A Lot Of Comedy Clubs Is Not That They Are A Comedy Club; It's Just The Cheesy Way They're Presenting Themselves. That's Why A Lot Of People Have A Problem With Them. If You're A Relatively Unknown Comedian, You Can Play At A Comedy Club, You Might Play To Hundreds Of People Every Night. But If You Try To Make A Concert Event Out Of It, And Try To Play A Rock Club Or Something, Where You Might Play To 10 People Or No People. And The Flipside Of That Is, That's Also A Great Thing, To Play To People Who Are Your Fans. Some People Are Too Hard On The Comedy Clubs.