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Dirtbags Through the Ages | Allison Epstein | Substack
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Samm Levine: Judd said, “Scott Sassa said, ‘If you get a ratings share higher than my shoe size, we’ll order more episodes.’ ” And mercifully he was not a tall man.
Judd Apatow • Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
But unlike many successful comedians, he didn’t just go to the cities where he could sell the most seats. Instead, he went everywhere— often deliberately performing in small clubs in cities where he did not have a large fan base.
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
Big Soap was a relative newcomer and a Hill favorite, a huge Italian named Enzo Carissimi—six
James McBride • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
He was aware that most crime in any society is either carried out against, or witnessed by, the little people: the shopkeeper, the sales assistant, the postman, or the bank clerk. These people he could make talk to him, and he knew it.
Frederick Forsyth • The Day of the Jackal
just mean they all had a different sense of humor that they didn’t share with the public, like Milton Berle taking his dick out and putting it in a hot dog bun. But then when these young comedians like Robert Klein started showing up, they were all like, Oh, this is out of line!