Phil Hanley

We were four boys in an Irish Catholic house.

We could be funny at the dinner table, but there was no value placed on that.

I think as we got into teenagers, maybe he loosened up a little bit.

But was your house a very funny place?

Yeah.

That's got that.

I think that.

I mean, I guess you could look at it both ways.

We've talked.

I think we've had conversations with people who had not so great childhoods and they were very disconnected from their parents and they ended up being remarkably funny.

But then there's a through line sometimes, I think, which is that the environment that someone is in ends up fostering.

Well, the confidence.

The confidence to be funny, right?

It's like there's no doubt I'm funny because my parents always thought I was funny or my family always thought I was funny.

So I had this already instilled self-confidence about who I was as a comedian just walking out the door.

And I love to hear when parents are supportive of the creativity of their children because not all parents are like that.

I think that must be hard.

Yeah.

Well, let me get philosophical for you here for a minute.

I'll quote Rob Doss.