The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.
While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.
The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
So that this thing that aired in 1963 would result a few years later in personal bankruptcy, would result in having people be on edge with me, wondering when I'm going to blow up.
Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.
The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.
I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.
I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.
Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.
Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.
I will always love to perform standup comedy.
My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.
Outside came in '60. The Edge in '61. All three made Gold, but the biggest seller was Inside.
I was an actor before becoming a comedian.
I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.