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Like, How about I just have a big cup of jealousy, you know?
Its the famous story of Benny Goodman having all his calluses surgically removed and his hands wrapped.
They would heal fresh and he had to learn to play his clarinet a different way.
But in doing that, he wrote completely different music that was even more amazing.
To catch those moments, its really hard.
I wanted to not rely on, Oh, look at me, Im just this helpless schlub.
I mean, I still do dumb, schlubby things.
I know that youre lying.
Youre putting on a persona that will get that reaction.
I actually was a dishwasher at an Italian restaurant.
And I had some of the most creative thoughts.
But I still have that in the house.
At the end of the day, Im like, Everyone stack the dishes by the sink.
Im going to do them.
Its almost like,Dont mess that thing up for me.
I get angry when I come down and someone has done them.
They never put the dishes away correctly.
Youre looking at all of these disparate shapes and sizes and youve got to make them all fit.
How do you make it all make sense?
The dishes are a symbol of that.
It works that muscle in my brain that I can then apply to other concepts.
Were not being like Capn Crunch or Cookie Crisp.
And theres a cocoa one.
Because at the end of the day, look at the world going on around us.
They must be amazing.
And they cant look at the content or the form or what exactly theyre doing.
And they get fooled a lot.
I started doing comedy because before I did comedy, I loved comedy.
I want this art form to keep doing well and growing and expanding and getting better and better.
I want people to do it that are way better than me in ten years.
I want to be the dinosaur.
I like reacting to it.
I watch comedy specials all the time.
Im not someone thats just stuck with a morbid self-regard.
