I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness. less than 1 minute read
Very often, I don’t make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises. less than 1 minute read
The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It’s something you don’t see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who’s my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities. less than 1 minute read
In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show. less than 1 minute read
I gave a funny speech at my wife’s birthday party, and I’m thinking, ‘Hey, I’ve still got it.’ less than 1 minute read
You have to discover when you’re inadequate to be funny and you don’t know you’re inadequate when you’re a kid. less than 1 minute read
It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to. less than 1 minute read
