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I always felt confined, and I would never do stand-up on them. I was always asked to do stand-up on them. That's not where stand-up belongs. Right? But if someone can pull it off, like there's been great comedians that pulled off incredible Tonight Show sets, like Richard Jenny and George Carlin.

Well, when I was a child, I was probably – I guess I was 15 or 16. My parents took me to see Live and the Sunset Strip. in a theater and it was Richard Pryor. He performed, he did a concert special in a theater and I think it's his greatest performance.

Well, when I was a child, I was probably – I guess I was 15 or 16. My parents took me to see Live and the Sunset Strip. in a theater and it was Richard Pryor. He performed, he did a concert special in a theater and I think it's his greatest performance.

Well, when I was a child, I was probably – I guess I was 15 or 16. My parents took me to see Live and the Sunset Strip. in a theater and it was Richard Pryor. He performed, he did a concert special in a theater and I think it's his greatest performance.

And when I was there in the theater, I was laughing so hard and I remember very clearly looking around at all these people and they were falling out of their chairs laughing. People were just falling back, slapping each other, going, oh my God, oh my God, like they couldn't breathe. And I remember thinking, this guy is doing this just talking.

And when I was there in the theater, I was laughing so hard and I remember very clearly looking around at all these people and they were falling out of their chairs laughing. People were just falling back, slapping each other, going, oh my God, oh my God, like they couldn't breathe. And I remember thinking, this guy is doing this just talking.

And when I was there in the theater, I was laughing so hard and I remember very clearly looking around at all these people and they were falling out of their chairs laughing. People were just falling back, slapping each other, going, oh my God, oh my God, like they couldn't breathe. And I remember thinking, this guy is doing this just talking.

And I remember all the funny movies that I'd seen, like Stripes and all the great comedies, Animal House, funny comedies, nothing compared to this. And this guy's just talking. It was an incredibly profound moment for me. I remember I got obsessed with Richard Pryor. I started buying Richard Pryor cassettes. Wow. I would buy, like, whatever I could. You know, you could find them.

And I remember all the funny movies that I'd seen, like Stripes and all the great comedies, Animal House, funny comedies, nothing compared to this. And this guy's just talking. It was an incredibly profound moment for me. I remember I got obsessed with Richard Pryor. I started buying Richard Pryor cassettes. Wow. I would buy, like, whatever I could. You know, you could find them.

And I remember all the funny movies that I'd seen, like Stripes and all the great comedies, Animal House, funny comedies, nothing compared to this. And this guy's just talking. It was an incredibly profound moment for me. I remember I got obsessed with Richard Pryor. I started buying Richard Pryor cassettes. Wow. I would buy, like, whatever I could. You know, you could find them.

I found a bunch that were, like, weird printings of him at Red Fox's Comedy Club. I actually found them in a truck stop once. They were selling these cassettes. I was like, what is this? And then I bought them, and they were incredible performances, like, 15 people in the crowd, and he's just ranting and going on these unhinged rants about things and just having fun and being really loose.

I found a bunch that were, like, weird printings of him at Red Fox's Comedy Club. I actually found them in a truck stop once. They were selling these cassettes. I was like, what is this? And then I bought them, and they were incredible performances, like, 15 people in the crowd, and he's just ranting and going on these unhinged rants about things and just having fun and being really loose.

I found a bunch that were, like, weird printings of him at Red Fox's Comedy Club. I actually found them in a truck stop once. They were selling these cassettes. I was like, what is this? And then I bought them, and they were incredible performances, like, 15 people in the crowd, and he's just ranting and going on these unhinged rants about things and just having fun and being really loose.

And I just couldn't believe that someone could do that, that he could just, by talking, this theater filled with people were just falling down laughing and just blown away. So that was probably my first thought about stand-up comedy, my first real thought, just how – what a – crazy power to have. Like what an unbelievable thing to be able to do with just your words.

And I just couldn't believe that someone could do that, that he could just, by talking, this theater filled with people were just falling down laughing and just blown away. So that was probably my first thought about stand-up comedy, my first real thought, just how – what a – crazy power to have. Like what an unbelievable thing to be able to do with just your words.

And I just couldn't believe that someone could do that, that he could just, by talking, this theater filled with people were just falling down laughing and just blown away. So that was probably my first thought about stand-up comedy, my first real thought, just how – what a – crazy power to have. Like what an unbelievable thing to be able to do with just your words.

Yeah, that's part of it. These ideas, they come to you and you just have to decide whether to embrace them or not.

Yeah, that's part of it. These ideas, they come to you and you just have to decide whether to embrace them or not.

Yeah, that's part of it. These ideas, they come to you and you just have to decide whether to embrace them or not.

I didn't truly realize that. And I never had any aspirations of comedy whatsoever when I was young. When I loved Richard Pryor, I just loved it as a fan. Just like I loved rock and roll, I didn't want to be a singer. I just loved it. And then I saw Kinnison. And I think that was the first moment where I went, oh, this is comedy too? Wow. OK, what is comedy?