Sublime

George Carlin once said that it is the job of a comedian to find the line and then cross it. That is what I have done. The line I found is the definition of comedy itself, and given the considerable nerve I struck, I would say that makes me an excellent comedian. Except I won’t. Because I don’t think of myself as a comedian, I am a stand-up

It’s not that I feel like what I’m doing is so amazing, but it’s pretty good compared to what other people are doing. So that same week, I was walking past the club and it was my birthday and I was like, I’m from New York, so I can get people in the seats. I had three hours to prepare.

Jeff: All right, so their work: I guess Peter Sellers, The Party. I laughed harder with him than anyone. And then on a personal level: Amy Sedaris.

day and I realized that this was not what I wanted to do the rest of my life. And so when I was twenty-eight, I sort of had a midlife crisis—you know, twenty-eight is midlife for a Jewish guy. I said, If I don’t stop now and start doing stand-up…So I went to some real dive clubs, but it’s real hard getting onstage when no one knew who I was.