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What is your best story from the stand-up boom in the 80s?

When Joan Rivers took me as her opening act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, an employee approached me and intimidated me telling me "there's a clock on the wall, twenty minutes is all you do, not one second more". So to be sure and to be safe, I did eighteen minutes. This was a big mistake because Nell Carter was the middle act and she wasn't ready to go on stage yet. That caused a little interruption in the show. Joan found out and asked me what happened and when I explained about the guy who warned me about the clock, she said to me, "fuck him. You work for me, not Caesars Palace. You do as long as you want to do."

So the second show, the guy approached me again and said "don't forget what I told you", and I said "fuck you, talk to Joan Rivers, I don't want to talk to you for the next two weeks we're here"

I went on stage and did 28 minutes, 8 minutes more than I was supposed to do, just to piss him off.

Joan was the best.

Very impatient with people who ask second questions.

Just kidding. Good question. Well, in life I hate dishonest people. I try to live my life so that people know where they stand with me. Just tell me the truth. Don't tell me what you think I want to hear. Tell me what you really think.

In terms of my career, it comes a far second to my family.

That's basically who I am.

It was improv. The original line was "go fuck yourself".

I just decided to say "go fuck a goat". Also "anal sex" was the original line. I changed that to "butthole pleasures".

I'm a real poet that way.

No plans yet, but thank you for saying that.

If you're in Las Vegas, I'll be performing at the Tropicana Thanksgiving week. And if you're not in Las Vegas, I still will be performing at the Tropicana, Thanksgiving week.

Yeah he really is.

You can ask another question if you want.