Allison Jones

Yes, exactly. So I would have to go sometimes twice. And there's many people who I would bring in the next week and they got a part.

Yes, exactly. So I would have to go sometimes twice. And there's many people who I would bring in the next week and they got a part.

No, all the time. That was then you had to do it on your feet. You had to go into the comedy store. When I was working for Judith, she let me do some sort of new, which never really aired, late night comedy show that NBC wanted to put on. adjacent or after SNL at the time, talking 1980s. That was my first flat out comedy thing.

No, all the time. That was then you had to do it on your feet. You had to go into the comedy store. When I was working for Judith, she let me do some sort of new, which never really aired, late night comedy show that NBC wanted to put on. adjacent or after SNL at the time, talking 1980s. That was my first flat out comedy thing.

No, all the time. That was then you had to do it on your feet. You had to go into the comedy store. When I was working for Judith, she let me do some sort of new, which never really aired, late night comedy show that NBC wanted to put on. adjacent or after SNL at the time, talking 1980s. That was my first flat out comedy thing.

I had to learn comics like I learned my multiplication tables in the 60s. I went to the comedy store and improv every single night for weeks. I'd park up above the comedy store. I never went to the main room because those were the acts that everybody knew, Robin Williams. But I would go to the back room and sit there from like eight o'clock to two in the morning.

I had to learn comics like I learned my multiplication tables in the 60s. I went to the comedy store and improv every single night for weeks. I'd park up above the comedy store. I never went to the main room because those were the acts that everybody knew, Robin Williams. But I would go to the back room and sit there from like eight o'clock to two in the morning.

I had to learn comics like I learned my multiplication tables in the 60s. I went to the comedy store and improv every single night for weeks. I'd park up above the comedy store. I never went to the main room because those were the acts that everybody knew, Robin Williams. But I would go to the back room and sit there from like eight o'clock to two in the morning.

And I would see always like a 19-year-old, 20-year-old Jim Carrey. It was the same lineup half the time I went there. It was like Jim Carrey, and then it was Jeff Altman, Damon Wayans, who was very young at the time, as I recall. I just sat in the back. I had to have a two-drink minimum, no comps back then, and I was just a casting assistant. So I would sit there, and I would sit until the end.

And I would see always like a 19-year-old, 20-year-old Jim Carrey. It was the same lineup half the time I went there. It was like Jim Carrey, and then it was Jeff Altman, Damon Wayans, who was very young at the time, as I recall. I just sat in the back. I had to have a two-drink minimum, no comps back then, and I was just a casting assistant. So I would sit there, and I would sit until the end.

And I would see always like a 19-year-old, 20-year-old Jim Carrey. It was the same lineup half the time I went there. It was like Jim Carrey, and then it was Jeff Altman, Damon Wayans, who was very young at the time, as I recall. I just sat in the back. I had to have a two-drink minimum, no comps back then, and I was just a casting assistant. So I would sit there, and I would sit until the end.

And usually, I think it was Sunday night. I forget when Sam Kinison would come on at two in the morning and be screaming.

And usually, I think it was Sunday night. I forget when Sam Kinison would come on at two in the morning and be screaming.

And usually, I think it was Sunday night. I forget when Sam Kinison would come on at two in the morning and be screaming.

And then I would... leave and go home and do it the next night. I just made a point to do it solid for like two or three weeks so I could learn comics. You had to do the legwork then. And I have very fond memories of that kind of stuff.

And then I would... leave and go home and do it the next night. I just made a point to do it solid for like two or three weeks so I could learn comics. You had to do the legwork then. And I have very fond memories of that kind of stuff.

And then I would... leave and go home and do it the next night. I just made a point to do it solid for like two or three weeks so I could learn comics. You had to do the legwork then. And I have very fond memories of that kind of stuff.

No, they're hard. It's more rough. And that was the days preceding you, maybe not, where the goal of a comic was to get a deal at a network. Right. First of all, to get a spot on Johnny Carson.

No, they're hard. It's more rough. And that was the days preceding you, maybe not, where the goal of a comic was to get a deal at a network. Right. First of all, to get a spot on Johnny Carson.

No, they're hard. It's more rough. And that was the days preceding you, maybe not, where the goal of a comic was to get a deal at a network. Right. First of all, to get a spot on Johnny Carson.