Rob Schneider

And standup is particularly just like jazz, which you guys stole from America and standup comedy, I believe, um,

you know, it originated, I guess you would call Mark Twain was the original standup humorist.

And he would charge a dollar, because he also would, he would get rich and go broke.

And then, you know, he, there was, you know, Ulysses S. Grant had cancer, was dying.

And like, you know, back then they didn't give money to the former president.

So he helped him pen his autobiography so he could make money for his wife, pay for the farm, blah, blah, blah.

And then he would go, blow all his money, come back, and then he'd get money again.

by performing at like a town hall or something or a library.

I don't know if there was a library.

I'm just making that up.

But he would charge a dollar to talk about faraway lands like Hawaii.

He had no idea they have over there.

You gotta take several weeks to get out there.

But now, like you guys can fly wherever you want and do the things.

So for me, the nice joke that I could relate to was based on something that really happened.

It was really fun.

It was really fun.

Listen to me.

but i was in vegas i was playing vegas and you know the um mgm grand which is a good gig on the strip that's a good one um and uh i had went out to lunch with the guys the band i'm working with and uh the mexican waiter was really nervous and i said uh you know are you okay and he said

And, you know, these are the guys we want here in this country.