Will Sasso

No, no, no.

You'll be happy and sad to know this little example used you.

I was sitting in a room with a bunch of, I don't know, producer types or something for some voiceover thing I was doing.

And we're talking about comedy.

And I said, you know, what you don't know about comedy is there's guys whose names you've heard of who play clubs.

And then there's guys whose names you've never heard of.

And they sell out basketball arenas.

Yes.

And so I said, does anyone in this room know the name Russell Peters?

And there were six people in the business.

And they all went, I don't know that name.

And I said, he sells out 5,000 seat venues.

And then I said, who knows Dana Gould's name?

Here's where it takes a turn.

All of them raised their hand.

I can stop the story there if you like.

I said, he plays 500-seat theaters.

So you all end up – but the point is this.

You all know this one guy, and then you've never heard of this other guy, and this other guy puts 5,000 fannies in seats, or as my boxing instructor used to tell me, entertainment's about putting faces in seats.

He was a man of color who could punch, so I never corrected him.