Dana Carvey

i'll just say this the comedy store which is is the borg it is the mothership uh yeah it's great so and it gets superstar comedians men and women to come in there and play for a nickel and it's been a great thing i mean i i still when i've gone in there it always gives me a little bit of the willies

because of the way I felt about it when I first- Yeah, something about the black walls and the whites and the energy around it.

It's pitch black in there.

Nah, my standup was pretty rudimentary at that point.

And then I think she said, wear a sweater or something.

I went over to her booth and she's on her third cocktail, looks up.

But then I went over to Bud Friedman in the improv.

I don't know who got me in there.

I really don't.

Her.

Oh, don't be afraid.

He plays for the people.

Her.

Plays for the people.

Well, I remember I asked him, what's your goal?

This was before he was on Mork & Mindy.

I was interviewing him for a paper at San Francisco State.

What is your goal?

Oh, I just like to play for the people.

Her.