Jim Norton

I love it up there. I love it, love it, love it. But I couldn't have afforded an outdoor space in that. No, no, no. It would have been crazy. So I started looking on the rest of the city.

I love it up there. I love it, love it, love it. But I couldn't have afforded an outdoor space in that. No, no, no. It would have been crazy. So I started looking on the rest of the city.

I love it up there. I love it, love it, love it. But I couldn't have afforded an outdoor space in that. No, no, no. It would have been crazy. So I started looking on the rest of the city.

What year did you start making money?

What year did you start making money?

What year did you start making money?

I started making money. Get down a brass tacks. The first money I started making was, I would say, 10 years in. My first contract with Opie and Anthony, they had finally signed me. I was making $50,000 a year to be on the radio. That was $1,000 a week. Back then? I was like, holy fuck.

I started making money. Get down a brass tacks. The first money I started making was, I would say, 10 years in. My first contract with Opie and Anthony, they had finally signed me. I was making $50,000 a year to be on the radio. That was $1,000 a week. Back then? I was like, holy fuck.

I started making money. Get down a brass tacks. The first money I started making was, I would say, 10 years in. My first contract with Opie and Anthony, they had finally signed me. I was making $50,000 a year to be on the radio. That was $1,000 a week. Back then? I was like, holy fuck.

As a comic, to make $50,000 as a comic in New York and doing comedy adjacent, like living in the comedy world.

As a comic, to make $50,000 as a comic in New York and doing comedy adjacent, like living in the comedy world.

As a comic, to make $50,000 as a comic in New York and doing comedy adjacent, like living in the comedy world.

I still lived in Jersey. I was paying $300 a month rent.

I still lived in Jersey. I was paying $300 a month rent.

I still lived in Jersey. I was paying $300 a month rent.

Plus the shows, then your probably road shows go up. I was selling out everywhere. Yeah, yeah.

Plus the shows, then your probably road shows go up. I was selling out everywhere. Yeah, yeah.

Plus the shows, then your probably road shows go up. I was selling out everywhere. Yeah, yeah.

And they doubled my salary to $100,000. But the show got kicked off the air before the paperwork was signed. So, yeah, I lost that. That was heartbreaking. That was heartbreaking. That was when we got kicked off the radio in 2002. But, yeah, I had just signed to double the money, and the paperwork hadn't gone through yet.

And they doubled my salary to $100,000. But the show got kicked off the air before the paperwork was signed. So, yeah, I lost that. That was heartbreaking. That was heartbreaking. That was when we got kicked off the radio in 2002. But, yeah, I had just signed to double the money, and the paperwork hadn't gone through yet.