Marc maron

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.

When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep...

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.