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>>> WERE ALL GOING TO DIE.

DIDNT MINE TO REMIND YOU OF IT, BUT IT IS ON YOUR SCHEDULE.

>> WE FIND THE LOSS OF COMEDIANS SO PROFOUND BECAUSE WE HAD FUN

WITH THEM, AND THEY WERE IN OUR HOME.

>> SHED MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER

HEART. >> LAUGHING WITH SOMEBODY BINDS

YOU TO THEM. >> COMEDIANS DONT HAVE A GREAT

MORTALITY RATE. WE LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> WHEN YOU LOSE A COMEDIAN, I FEEL ITS MORE PERSONAL BECAUSE

I KNOW THE [ BLEEP ]. ♪

♪ >>> I DONT DRINK ANYMORE, I HAD

TO QUIT BECAUSE I REALLY DRANK. MAN, I GET PULLED OVER BY THE

COPS, ID BE SO DRUNK, DANCING TO THEIR LIGHTS, THINKING I MADE

IT TO ANOTHER CLUB. >> LAUGHTER IS A BIZARRELY

INTIMATE THING, ITS AN UNCONTROLLED PHYSICAL RESPONSE,

VERY SIMILAR BUY LOGICALLY TO ORGASM.

SOMEONE MADE YOU LAUGH EVEN ONCE, YOU HAVE AN AFFECTION FOR

THAT PERSON. >> ITS ALL LOVE, BABY.

>> A COMEDIAN IS LIKE YOUR FRIEND.

THATS WHAT THE JOB OF A COMEDIAN IS TO COME ON STAGE AND

IN 60 SECONDS MAKE FRIENDS WITH A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.

>> ACTORS, THEIR GENIUS IS NEVER QUITE TELLING US WHO THEY ARE.

BUT COMEDIANS GETTING INSIDE OUR HEADS IS VERY PERSONAL.

THERES AN INTIMACY TO COMEDY. SO WHEN THEYRE GONE, YOU MISS

IT. >> YOU EVER HAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND

OR YOUR WIFE CALL YOU FROM ANOTHER ROOM AND SHES LIKE,

SWEETIE, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY, YOU GO, WHAT DOES SHE WANT?

>> BECAUSE COMEDIANS ARE OPEN AND HONEST YOU GET A REAL FEEL

FOR WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEYRE LIKE.

SO WHEN THEYRE GONE ITS LIKE ‐‐ SUCKS.

>> THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR AND COMEDIAN ROBIN

WILLIAMS ‐‐ >> PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE

REACTING TONIGHT TO THE TERRIBLE ‐‐

>> BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO CNN IS THAT ACTOR ROBIN WILLIAMS IS

DEAD AT THE AGE OF 63 OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

>> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> I WAS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND

SOME GUY STUCK A MICROPHONE IN MY FACE AND SAID, SO DID YOU

HEAR ABOUT ROBIN WILLIAMS? AND I WAS LIKE WHAT?

HE SAID, WELL, HE DIED. AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, NO, HE

DIDNT. >> THANK YOU.

NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOURE A LITTLE LATE.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND START AT THE BEGINNING.

>> THE ENERGY AND THE CREATIVITY AND THE LOVE THAT CAME OUT, IT

WAS LIKE A STAR BURNING OUT. >> LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LIVE AT

5:00, LIVE AT 5:00. >> WHAT MADE ROB INSPECIAL WAS

THE USO TOUR WHERE HE HAD MORE ENERGY THAN ANYONE COULD

POSSIBLY HAVE. AS SOON AS WE HIT THE TARMAC,

HES OUT THE DOOR AND RUNNING UP TO PEOPLE, AND HES BEING ROBIN.

HE WASNT ALWAYS THAT GUY. BUT BOY, HE KNEW HOW IMPORTANT

THAT GUY WAS TO THEM. >> IF HEAVEN EXISTS, WHAT WOULD

YOU LIKE GOD TO HEAR WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PEARLY GATES?

THERES SEATING NEAR THE FRONT. ITS NICE TO KNOW THATS

LAUGHTER, A GREAT THING. >> I HAVENT BEEN HIT HARD WITH

ANY COMEDIANS DEATH BECAUSE IM GRATEFUL WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

FOR THEM TO LEAVE BEHIND WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND.

SO I CANT BE SAD OR FALL APART. ITS LIKE, WOW, LOOK AT THE GIFT

THAT WAS LEFT. >> MR. ‐‐

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOURE BEAUTIFUL.

>> JOHN BELUSHI WAS REMARKABLE TO WATCH ON STAGE.

YOU COULDNT TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF HIM.

HE HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY POWER. >> I RUN A LOT OF MILES TRAINING

FOR THAT DAY, AND I DOWNED A LOT OF DONUTS.

THEY TASTE GOOD, AND THEYVE GOT THE SUGAR I NEED TO GET ME GOING

IN THE MORNING. >> JOHN IS VERY MUCH LIKE HIS

COMEDY. IT WAS ON THE EDGE, AND IT

PUSHED THE ENVELOPE. >> WELL, I THOUGHT ID BE THE

FIRST TO GO. I WAS ONE OF THOSE LIVE FAST,

DIE YOUNG, LEAVE A GOOD‐LOOKING CORPSE TYPE, YOU KNOW, WELL, I

GUESS THEY WERE WRONG. HERE WE ARE.

THIS IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME SUMMIT.

>> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN JOHN BELUSHI DIED.

IM NOT SURE WHY, BUT I WAS DEVASTATED.

I CRIED AS A TEENAGER. >> ZET ISDEATH IS A DRAG AND A

TERRIBLE BARGAIN, YOU COME INTO THE WORLD AND YOUVE GOT TO DIE

AT THE END. WHO THOUGHT THIS UP?

THE CITY STEAK HOUSE SERVES THE BEST BEEF IN TOWN.

THEIR SENSUAL SETTING WILL SET THE MOOD FOR ANY ROMANTIC

RENDEZVOUS. OH, HEAR THAT, HANK?

>> ITS NOT HIGHYPERBOLE TO SAY YOU WALKED IN A ROOM AND CHRIS

FARLEY WAS THERE, YOU WOULD WALK OUT AND SAY THAT IS THE FUNNIEST

PERSON THAT EVER LIVED. >> NOBODY ELSE COULD DO THAT.

I THINK THATS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT LAUGHTER.

IF SOMEBODY MADE YOU LAUGH, YOULL REMEMBER THAT FOREVER.

>> JOE HARTMAN WAS MY CLOSEST FRIEND AT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

HE HAD THE GREATEST INSTRUMENT OF ANY COMEDIAN I EVER WORKED

WITH. >> IM JUST A KID, MAN.

I FELL IN SOME ICE AND LATER GOT THAWED OUT BY SOME OF YOUR

SCIENTISTS. YOUR WORLD FRIGHTENS AND

CONFUSES ME. >> HE WAS THE GLUE.

HE HELD EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO IF A SKETCH WAS HORRIBLE, PUT

PHIL HARTMAN IN IT, AND IT WILL ELEVATE IT.

>> I HIDE BEHIND ‐‐ >> MANY FRIENDS AND FANS OF

COMIC ACTOR PHIL HARTMAN ARE GRIEF STRICKEN THIS MORNING.

POLICE BELIEVE HE WAS SHOT BY HIS WIFE WHO THEN SHOT HERSELF

IN THEIR CALIFORNIA HOME. >> THE LOSS OF PHIL WAS A HUGE

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. IT WAS A BAD MARRIAGE, BUT NO

ONE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO RESOLVE ITSELF THAT TRAGICALLY

AND THAT HORRIFYINGLY. >> WHEN THESE PEOPLE GO, EVEN IF

WE DONT KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WEVE LOST A FRIEND

BECAUSE WEVE LOST SOMEONE WHOS REALLY MADE US LAUGH.

THATS WHAT A FRIEND DOES. >> ARE YOU ON?

GOOD WING WENCELAS. IM SORRY, ITS NOT WORKING.

I WOULDNT REHEARSE AN ACTOR IN SHAKESPEARE THE WAY YOU PEOPLE

WORK HERE. ITS HIS FAULT.

>> HIM? >> YES, YOU.

>> ILL FIRE HIM, DONT WORRY. >> YOU PEOPLE ARE PESTS.

NO MONEY IS WORTH THIS. >> PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME WHAT HE

WAS LIKE, THINK OF THE BEST JOHN CANDY YOU CAN IMAGINE, HE WAS

ACTUALLY LIKE THAT. AND MORE.

>> OH. >> HE TOUCHED EVERYBODY ‐‐ I

DONT KNOW IF IT WAS JUST THAT YOU COULD SEE INTO HIS SOUL

BECAUSE HE WAS SO VULNERABLE. YOU COULD SEE HIM IN PLANES,

TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES AND KNOW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DRAMATIC ACTOR

HE WAS. >> NEXT TIME, LETS GO FIRST

CLASS, ALL RIGHT? >> OH, GOD, I HOPE THERE ISNT A

NEXT TIME. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

I REALLY DO. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> SAME TO YOU. >> THERE WAS A SCENE AT THE END,

AND JOHN HAD A SPEECH ABOUT HIS LIFE.

AND I WEPT. I MEAN, I SAW THIS SCENE LIKE

SIX TIMES. IT WAS AS CLOSE AS I AM TO YOU,

AND I WAS SO MOVED EVERY TIME. HE WAS SO GENUINE.

>> HE WAS BIGGER THAN LIFE, GRANDER THAN LIFE, AND SO

ADORABLE, SO FUNNY. >> I SUPPOSE IT MIGHT MEAN

SOMETHING FOR YOU TO THINK THAT SOME DAY SOMEBODY SAYS JOHN

CANDY AND EVERYBODY SMILES. >> THAT WOULD BE NICE, THAT

WOULD BE NICE. THEN YOUVE

>>> WE HAVE A NEW YOUNG COMEDIAN WITH US TONIGHT, JUST 19 YEARS

OLD, AND GRADUATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL

OF PERFORMING ARTS IN NEW YORK. WOULD YOU WELCOME FREDDY PRINZE.

>> HE HAD THIS LA TEE NO ENERGY TO COMEDY IN A WAY WE HADNT

SEEN IT. HE WAS AN AMBASSADOR.

>> I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT HOW MY PARENTS MET.

THEY WERE ON THE SUBWAY, TRYING TO PICK EACH OTHERS POCKETS.

>> HE GOES ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND DOES THIS SET, CATCHES FIRE.

CARSON BRINGS HEM OVER. ALL RIGHT, THATS ANOTHER ‐‐

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THEN THEY GO TO COMMERCIAL.

THEY COME BACK AGAIN, THEY BUMP THE GUEST TO TALK MORE WITH THIS

YOUNG COMEDIAN. >> YOU KNOW, THERES NO GREATER

THRILL FOR ME PERSONALLY THAN TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT HERE AND

ABSOLUTELY WIPE THEM OUT FIRST APPEARANCE COAST‐TO‐COAST.

THATS GREAT. >> HE HAD A SITCOM SO FAST HE

BECAME KIND OF THE TEMPLATE FOR WHAT YOU WANTED TO ACHIEVE IF

YOU WERE A STANDUP COMIC AT THAT TIME.

>> MOMMY, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR CALL?

ARE YOU SURPRISED, MY LOVER? OH, HI, MR. PETERSON.

>> SUCCESS COMING EARLY IN LIFE, AND QUICKLY, IT DESTROYS A LOT

OF PEOPLE. BUT YOU JUST SEEM TO GROW AND

HANDLE IT BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYBODY I KNOW.

>> WELL, I WAS LUCKY. A COUPLE OF GOOD ACCIDENTS

HAPPEN. >> FREDDIE PRINZE, THE

22‐YEAR‐OLD STAR OF TELEVISIONS CHICO IN THE MAN SHOT HIMSELF IN

THE HEAD TODAY IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

>> ITS THE CLASSIC TALE OF SHOW BUSINESS, WHEN YOU BECOME THAT

FAMOUS THAT FAST AT THE AGE OF 20, ITS THROWING A CHILD INTO

THE WORLD AND FAME OF MONEY. >> THERES NOTHING ABOUT THAT

MAKES ANY SENSE. ITS SAD AND TRAGIC.

THATS HOW LIFE IS. THATS WHAT COMEDY IS.

>> YOU CANT PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

AND LAST NIGHT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE AT MY SHOW.

>> MITCH HEDBERG IS ONE OF THE GRADE COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME, IF

YOU LOOK AT WHAT HES WRITING ON THE PAGE, ITS COMEDIC HAIKU.

>> I DONT CARE IF THEYRE BLACK, WHITE, PURPLE OR GREEN,

HOLD ON NOW, PURPLE OR GREEN, YOUVE GOT TO DRAW THE LINE

SOMEWHERE. I LIKE RICE, RICE IS GREAT WHEN

YOURE HUNGRY AND YOU WANT 2,000 OF SOMETHING.

ONE TIME A GUY HANDED ME A PICTURE, HERES A PICTURE OF ME

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. EVERY PICTURE IS OF YOU WHEN YOU

WERE YOUNGER. >> MITCH HEDBERG IS JOKE

MAGIVER. IT RESCUES YOU.

ITS A VERY ABSURD BAIT AND SWITCH.

>> I THINK BIG FOOT IS BLURRY. THATS THE PROBLEM.

ITS NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FAULT.

>> PEOPLE THAT DIE IN THEIR 30s YOU DONT GET SO SEE THEM

FLOURISH. IT IS A RIPOFF.

I WISH I COULD HEAR HOW THEY PROCESSED THE WORLD TODAY.

>> I LOVE YOU GUYS. THANKS FOR COMING.

>> WEVE GOT A NICE MIXED CROWD. LOOK WHAT WE GOT.

WE GOT WHITE FOLKS. WE GOT BLACK FOLKS.

WE GOT PUERTO RICANS, PUERTO RICANS, PUERTO RICANS.

>> I SEE SOMETHING I HAVENT SEEN BEFORE, STREET PERFORMERS

DOING STANDUP COMEDY IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, ONE OF

THE BEST, CHARLIE BARNETT. >> THERE WAS THIS POWER ABOUT

HIM AND HE WAS SO FLUID WITH HIS BODY AND WOULD DRAW 400 OR 500

PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND DO SHOWS FOR FOUR HOURS.

>> I DO A LOT OF ETHNIC HUMOR, BUT DONT GET ME WRONG.

I KNOW FROM WITHIN MY HEART, THERES ONLY ONE RACE, AND

THATS THE HUMAN RACE. THE REST OF THEM ARE MEXICANS.

>> CHARLIE DIDNT HAVE MATERIAL, BUT HE HAD ENERGY.

HE WENT ON AND BLEW THE ROOF OFF.

>> TO BE HONEST I DONT HAVE SEX ANYMORE.

IM SCARED OF A.I.D.S. I TOOK THE A. I. D. S. TEST, I GOT

A 65. HIGHWAY, AT LEAST

AT LEAST I PASSED. >> IN 1980 CHARLIE WAS HIRED ON

"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS ILLITERATE

AND COULDNT READ THE CUE CARDS. AND GUESS WHO THEY HIRED IN HIS

PLACE? ED

EDDIE MURPHY. >> HE WAS A REAL NEW YORK STREET

CHARACTER, HOMELESS, A. I. D. S., CRACK ADDICTS.

BUT THROUGH IT ALL, HE WAS ALWAYS AN AMAZING PERFORMER.

>> IM HARRIS, IM 33 YEARS YOUNG, I HAVE MY COUSINS

JASONS TRUCK FOR TWO MORE WEEKS.

I HAVE ONE TESTICLE, AND IM DOWN TO A CLOWN.

>> HARRIS, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I LITERALLY JUST FIRED YOU.

>> OH, IS THIS THAT JOB? THATS CRAZY.

NEVER MIND. >> HARRIS WITLES WAS SO

TALENTED, HE WAS DOING STANDUP, DOING IMPROV, DOING SKETCHES.

HES IN A BAND. HE WROTE FOR A SITCOM.

HIS UNIQUE LOVABLE PERSONALITY TRANSCENDS EVEN HIS JOKES.

>> IM OUT OF ORDER, YOURE OUT OF ORDER.

SAY NO IN AUSTRALIAN, JUST SAY ALL THE VOWELS.

IS THAT GUY SURFING? YOU GOT ME AGAIN COKE CAN.

>> HES JUST A NATURALLY FUNNY GUY WHO HAD A PROBLEM WITH

DRUGS. I DONT THINK YOU KNOW THAT I

STARTED SHOOTING HEROIN. >> YOU DIDNT?

>> YEAH. >> ARE YOU READY TO TALK ABOUT

THIS? >> I MEAN, NOW THAT ITS

SHOOTING HEROIN, I COULD DIE, AND I DONT WANT TO DO THAT TO

MY PARENTS OR MYSELF. SO IM TAKING IT MORE SERIOUSLY

NOW. AND IM IN A GOOD PLACE.

>> YOURE MAKING OUR LIVES BETTER.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE A PART OF A TAPESTRY

THAT IS BIGGER THAN YOU. YEAH, SOMEBODY JUST TEXTED ME

THE WORD "HARRIS," AND THATS A SAD SITUATION WHEN YOURE LIKE

THATS ALL THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SAY AND YOURE LIKE, OH BOY.

ITS A WEIRD WORLD TO LIVE IN WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT CAN

GET THE ONE NAME DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT.

BECAUSE YOU WORRY ABOUT SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR WORLD.

>> ITS A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. WHEN ONE PERSON DIES IT IS

PARTICULARLY JUST KIND OF HEARTBREAKING.

>> THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IN A LOT OF COMEDIANS IS

POWERFUL. AND SADLY AS YOULL FIND FOR

MANY OF THESE ARTISTS, EVIL WINS OUT A LOT OF THE TIME.

>> HEY, ITS HARRIS, CALLING FROM HEAVEN.

ITS PRETTY GREAT UP HERE. ITS BEAUTIFUL, FOR STARTERS.

ITS ‐‐ IT IS VERY CLOUDY, AND YOU SIT ON THEM SO THATS COOL.

GOTTA GO, ICE CREAM BUFFET.

>>> GOOD EVENING, HELLO, I HAVE CANCER.

HOW ARE YOU? >> I DONT THINK A COMEDIAN CAN

TURN OFF THEIR COMEDIC INSTINCTS JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING TERRIBLE

IS HAPPENING TO THEM. >> ITS HOW YOU EXPRESS

YOURSELF. AND SO WHY WOULD THAT GO AWAY

WHEN YOURE ILL OR WHEN THINGS ARE ROCK BOTTOM?

THATS WHEN IT WOULD KICK IN MORE THAN EVER.

>> THEY SAY LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WITH MY HEART.

NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE LAUGHING, FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE

RECEIVING END OF THE LAUGHTER TOO.

>> PHILOSOPHER SAID THAT COMEDY IS THE REALIZATION OF YOUR

MORTALITY. AND LAUGHTER IS AN INVOLUNTARY

RESPONSE. THAT, TO ME, IS ONE OF THE GREAT

JOYS OF COMEDY. >> YES.

>> WHO IS CALLING? >> ITS A MR. DEATH OR

SOMETHING, HES COME ABOUT THE REAPING.

>> DEATH IS ESSENTIAL TO COMEDY. I DONT KNOW IF ANYTHINGS FUNNY

IF WE WERE LIVING IN SOME SORT OF INFINITE WORLD.

>> THERES A CERTAIN DEGREE OF GALLOWS HUMOR.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MAN, THATS A BETTER WAY TO GO OUT.

>> HI, IM GILDA RADNER AND ‐‐ OKAY NOW.

>> I ASPIRED TO BE GILDA RADNER. SHE PLAYED MY MOM IN A TV

COMMERCIAL WHEN I WAS A KID. HE WAS JUST A GREAT COMBINATION

OF BEING FREE IN HER PERFORMING, BUT ALSO INSANELY VULNERABLE,

WHICH IS A FANTASTIC COMBINATION.

>> OH, ITS GILDA RADNER, EVERYBODY.

>> SHE DELIGHTED YOU. THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE LIKE

THAT. SO THE IDEA THAT SHE WAS SICK

AND STRUGGLING, PEOPLE WERE DEVASTATED.

>> DONT, DONT, DONT MILK THE APPLAUSE LIKE THAT.

>> OH, IM SORRY, GARY, I HAVENT BEEN ON INVESTIGATION

FOR A WHILE. >> YEAH, WHAT WAS WRONG?

>> OH, I HAD CANCER. WHAT DID YOU HAVE?

>> SHE HAD A HESITATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SHE WANTED TO BE

ON GARYS SHOW BECAUSE SHE WAS SICK AND SHE WAS AFRAID THE

AUDIENCE WOULD RECOGNIZE HER OR REMEMBER HER.

BUT THE REASON SHE DID IT WAS BECAUSE SHE FELT HER COMEDY WAS

THE ONLY WEAPON SHE HAD AGAINST THE CANCER.

>> I FEEL VERY LUCKY. I HAVE A WONDERFUL JOB.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS A PERFORMER TO TEST ANYTHING I

WANT TO OR COME UP WITH IDEAS AND GET TO FULFILL ANYTHING I

WANT TO PRETEND. AND THERE ARENT MANY JOBS LIKE

THAT. >> I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING YET.

YOURE GIVING ME A HEADACHE. >> TOTTIE FIELDS IS ONE OF THOSE

WOMEN THAT MORE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.

SHE LOST A LEG AND WAS STILL DOING COMEDY.

>> CAN I GIVE YOU A HAND? >> I NEED A FOOT.

>> SHE HAD BEEN ON TELEVISION A THOUSAND TIMES WITH TWO LEGS.

SHE HAD TO ADDRESS IT. SHE TURNED IT INTO GREAT COMEDY.

>> AFTER YOU GET YOUR HEAD IN THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, YOU

REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE TWO LEGS. AND IF YOU LOSE ONE, SO YOUVE

LOST A LEG, BUT YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE SENSE OF HUMOR.

>> DO YOU KNOW, SWEETHEART, WHAT BROUGHT ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE

THING? >> NO, I DONT.

>> I WOULDNT GIVE YOU THE PLEASURE OF A SECOND LIFE.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE REAL WITH YOUR SITUATION.

WHEN WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO BE VULNERABLE, THATS COURAGEOUS,

ITS COURAGEOUS. >> I MADE SO MANY JOKES OVER THE

YEARS ABOUT HOW SMALL MY CHEST WAS.

BUT I STARTED TO THINK THAT MAYBE MY BOOBES OVERHEARD ME,

AND WERE JUST LIKE, WERE SICK OF THIS.

LETS KILL HER. >> BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

CANCER, I HAD LOST MY MOTHER, AND I HAD THIS POTENTIALLY

DEADLY INTESTINAL DISEASE. AND NOTHING WAS STRIKING ME AS

FUNNY. AND THEN I GOT DIAGNOSED WITH

CANCER, AND I STARTED MINIAKLY LAUGHING.

THIS IS HILARIOUS, ACTUALLY. >> SOMEHOW THEYRE ABLE TO HAVE

A THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE ON THE DRAMA OF THEIR LIFE AND

THATS WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT GREAT COMEDIANS.

>> DO NOT TEMPT ME. >> LAUGHTER TAKES THE AIR OUT OF

EVERYTHING. FOR MY HBO SPECIAL, HALFWAY

THROUGH I TOOK MY SHIRT OFF AND REVEALED MY DOUBLE MASTECTOMI

SCARS. >> WHEN YOU LAUGH AT A JOKE

ABOUT DEATH, ITS FUNNY CONSIDERING THE SOURCE.

YOURE MAKING A JOKE ABOUT DEATH, THE THING THATS

DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

>> AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ALMOST FULL

MONTY. >> MONTY PYTHON WAS AT THE ASPEN

COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THEY WERE ALL

GATHERED TODAY SINCE GRAHAM CHAPMAN DIED.

AND THEY CAME OUT AND THE JOKE WAS THEY BROUGHT HIS URN SO

GRAHAM CHAPMAN COULD BE THERE. >> I THINK THATS THE MOST

APPROPRIATE WAY TO MOURN A COMEDIAN.

I DONT THINK ANY COMEDIAN WANTS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN DEATH.

IT WOULD ALMOST FEEL LIKE A BETRAYAL.

ITS PART OF THE CODE OF COMEDY. >> SO WE WERE DOING A SHOW IN

BRISTOL, AND WE WERE DOING A MATINEE THERE.

AND FOR SOME EXTRAORDINARY REASON THE AUDIENCE JUST DIDNT

LAUGH. AND AFTER ABOUT ‐‐

>> OH. >>> THE WORTH KIND OF

NON‐SMOKER, YOURE A SMOKER AND THEY WALK UP TO YOU, THATS

CRUEL, MAN, GOING UP TO A SMOKER AND COUGHING AT HIM.

DO YOU GO UP TO CRIPPLED DANCING TOO?

>> THE COMEDIANS THAT YOU FEEL THAT WEVE LOST TOO QUICKLY, WE

FEEL THAT LOSS BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING SOMETHING THAT WAS

UNSAYABLE UP UNTIL THEN. >> EVERY TIME IM HEARING

SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS, THIS TIME BUSH LOST.

COOL. ITS NOT THAT I DISAGREE WITH

BUSHS ECONOMIC POLICY OR HIS FOREIGN POLICY, ITS THAT I

BELIEVE HE WAS A CHILD OF SATAN HERE TO DESTROY THE PLANET

EARTH. YEAH, IM A LITTLE TO THE LEFT

THERE, I WAS. >> WHEN YOURE TALKING ABOUT THE

MT. RUSHMORE OF COMEDY, BILL HICKS WAS MY FAVORITE OF ALL

TIME. THE FUNNY IS IN THE BACKGROUND,

I HAVE THOUGHTS I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND I NEED TO CONNECT

WITH YOU. THAT TRUTH, GENERAL AMERICA

WASNT READY FOR. HE WAS SO OUT THERE.

>> THE FLAG BURNING THING, RETARDED EMOTIONS, HEY, BUDDY,

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, MY DADDY DIED FOR THAT FLAG.

REALLY? I BOUGHT MINE.

>> HE WAS COURAGEOUS. HE WAS BALLSY.

HE KNEW WHY HE WAS PUT ON THIS EARTH.

WAITING FOR THE NEXT BILL HICKS IS A FOOLS ERRAND.

I DONT KNOW IF THERE EVER WILL BE ANOTHER ONE.

>> YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. >> I AINT SCARED OF YOU.

>> BERNIE MACK INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO THE WORLD OF COMEDY

BY SAYING, I AINT SCARED OF YOU MOTHER DENY.

>> I LOVE SEX, I LOVE IT, IM BLESSED.

>> IT WAS NOT A GAME WITH BERNIE MACK.

HE GOT DISCOVERED A LITTLE BIT OLDER SO HED BEEN AROUND.

BY THE TIME HE GETS HIS SHOT, HE BECOMES AN INSTANT LEGEND.

>> I CANT BELIEVE THE KIDS, EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT KIDS,

TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD KIDS IS, YOU KNOW WHATS BAD, YOU CANT

SAY KIDS BAD. I WANT TO ‐‐ A KID UP.

>> BERNIE WELCOMES YOU INTO HIS LIFE TO TELL THE STORY THAT MY

SISTER WAS A JUNKIE, AND I HAD TO TAKE HER BABIES, AND TO MAKE

IT FUNNY, HOW AMAZING IS THAT? >> THATS CIGAR SMOKE THERE, I

AINT HERE TO TALK ABOUT CIGARS. IM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT ‐‐ IM

GOING TO KILL ONE OF THEM KIDS. >> BERNIE MACK WAS SUCH AN

ORIGINAL VOICE TOO, AND INSTANTLY LIKABLE ON SCREEN.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF WARS COMING. WERE DEFINITELY GOING TO WAR

WITH NORTH KOREA, THAT ANGRY LITTLE PSYCHOMIDGET, ANYBODITIME

YOU HAVE A SHORT ‐‐ YOU KNOW HOW SHORT YOU HAVE TO BE TO HAVE A

NAPOLEON COMPLEX IN NORTH KOREA. >> HE WAS A BRILLIANT MIND.

AN INTENSE GUY ENERGETICALLY, BUT WENT TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL,

LIKE A REALLY GREAT BRAIN. >> SERIOUSLY, YOURE NOT THE

ONLY ONE HERE, ALL THESE RUBBER‐FACED MONOSTERS, HOW MUCH

WORSE COULD YOUR REAL FACE LOOK THAN THAT CLOWN MASK YOUVE HAD

WELDED ON YOUR HEAD. YOU USED TO LOOK YOUR AGE, NOW

YOU DONT EVEN LOOK YOUR SPECIES.

>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM PERFORM I WAS LIKE, OH, SPANDUP

IS A SPORT. HE WAS SO INTENSE, AND HE WAS SO

QUICK. HE DIDNT WAIT FOR ANYONE TO

LAUGH. >> THIS GUY WRITES SO MANY JOKES

BEFORE THE SHOW ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY.

ITS UNBELIEVABLE. KIND OF WHAT WE DO HERE, DENNIS.

COMEDY WRITERS. >> YOURE THE GUY AT SCHOOL WHO

DID ALL THE MOERK AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYMORE TO DO.

>> THATS A GOOD POINT. IF YOU WOULD TRY SOME COMEDY

WRITING ‐‐ >> I GOT TO KNOW GREG DOING

TOUGH CROWD, HIS TAKES ON THE TOPICS WERE MORE INSIGHTFUL,

MORE SON SKIES, FUNNIER THAN ANYTHING I COULD COME UP WITH.

I LOVED IT. >> WHAT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT GREG,

WHICH WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TODAY, IS AN INTELLECTUAL,

CONTRARYIAN WORKING CLASS POINT OF VIEW.

>> WILL THERE EVER BE A CANDIDATE THAT CAN RELATE TO

BOTH RACES? >>.

>> THEY KEEP TRYING TO PAINT DEAN HAS HAVING RACE ISSUES.

HE CANT POSSIBLY BE RACIST, HES FROM VERMONT, YOU CANT

HATE BLACK PEOPLE UNTIL YOURE AROUND THEM A LOT.

>> I FEEL BAD FOR WHITE DUDES, MAN, WHITE DUDES CANT BE

RACIST. IM WALKING THROUGH HARLEM.

IM KIND OF LOST RIGHT NOW, BUT I SEE A FEW BLACK GUYS WALKING

TOWARDS ME. I CANT RUN.

IF I START RUNNING, THEYLL CALL ME A RACIST.

RUN, STUPID ‐‐ RIGHT? >> PATRICE ONEILL WAS A

COMBINATION OF CROWD PLEASING PERSONALITY WITH VERY BITING

MATERIAL. >> HE WAS REALLY FUNNY AND HE

WAS LOUD AND HE WAS LIKE SHUT UP, THAT TYPE OF JUST OBNOXIOUS

LOUD. >> HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS FUNNY

AS ANY OF THEM IN THE ROOM. >> SPORT FISHERMEN, THATS WHAT

MEN ARE. YOU CATCH IT, YOU SHOW YOUR

FRIENDS, AND THEN YOU RELEASE IT.

BUT A LOT OF WOMEN IN HERE, YOU HAVE BOYFRIENDS OR HUSBANDS, YOU

WERE FISH THAT JUMPED BACK ON THE BOAT, FLAPPING, LOOKING AT

ME LIKE ‐‐ I WAS WONDERING IF YOURE GOING TO BE FISHING HERE

AGAIN NEXT WEEK. >> AS A FEMINIST, I DIDNT WANT

TO ENJOY HIS COMEDY. AND THEN I WATCHED EL LEEPHANT I

THE ROOM. DESPITE IF I AGREE WITH HIM OR

NOT, OR WANT TO OWN UP TO THE WAY I ACT AS A WOMAN IN THAT

SCENARIO, HE NAILED IT. >> MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IM 40, AND THATS YOUNG IN EVERYONE

ELSE YEARS, BUT IN BLACK YEARS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO THE BLACK TO

WHITE LIFE RATIO, IM A HUNDRED AND 77 YEARS OLD.

>> HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO AUDIENCES UNLIKE ANY OTHER

COMEDIAN. >> SO CONVERSATIONAL.

>> BUT HE WAS SAYING SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS.

>> YEAH. >> WE MISSED OUT ON WHAT HE HAD

TO SAY ABOUT OBAMA AND TRUMP. YOU NEED THAT VOICE.

>> YOU SAY YOURE GOING TO MELLOW IN YOUR OLDER AGE?

>> I DOUBT IM EVER GOING TO MAKE OLDER AGE.

>> BILL HICKS AND THESE GUYS WERE A VOICE OF A GENERATION

THAT JUST GOT SNUFFED OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE THERES SOMETHING

ABOUT THIS BUSINESS THAT TAKES THE LIFE OUT OF YOU.

THE DEGREE THAT COMICS HAVE GONE AWAY, ITS JUST RAREFIED, THE

MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO THIS, TO LOSE ONE, ITS ONE LESS VOICE.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>>> WHAT I FIND INTERESTING IN TERMS OF GONE TOO SOON IS NOT SO

MUCH THOSE COMEDIANS WHO DIED, BUT THOSE WHO QUIT DOING STANDUP

FOREVER, LARRY DAVID, STEVE MARTIN, ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE

IMMENSELY RESPECTED STANDUPS. >> HAVE I STARTED YET.

>> I THINK A LOT OF STANDUP COMEDIANS HAVE AN AMBIVALENT

RELATIONSHIP WITH COMEDY. A STEPPINGSTONE FOR THOSE

PEOPLE, LIKE THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE ON THEIR MINDS.

>> STEVE MARTIN QUIT DOING STANDUP AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS

FAME. >> I KNEW IT WAS OVER ABOUT A

YEAR BEFORE I STOPPED. I WASNT BEING CREATIVE IN IT

ANYMORE. AND I DIDNT REALLY KNOW HOW TO

WRITE FOR SUCH A BIG AUDIENCE. >> I SPENT $150 FOR A TAPE

RECORDER, AND AS I TALK INTO IT, IT GOES, I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> WOODY ALLEN WAS A VERY SHY PERSON, HE WAS THE LAST PERSON

IN THE WORLD WHO YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BECOME A PERFORMER.

AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE STANDUP OR MOVIES, HE DID.

>> EVERY TIME I TRY AND DO SOMETHING SERIOUS, PEOPLE LAUGH

AT ME. WHICH WOULD BE A PROBLEM, IF I

TRIED TO DO A SERIOUS MOVIE EVER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

MOVIE EVER WHERE I WAS REAL SERIOUS IN IT.

>> THE COMEDIANS THAT WALKED AWAY FROM STANDUP BECAME MOVIE

STARS. >> STAY AWAY FROM THE CANS.

>> THATS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR.

>> JESUS CHRIST. >> I FOUND OUT SOME WHITE KIDS

CAN CURSE AROUND THE HOUSE. >> YOURE LITTLE LATE.

. COME ON, MOM, IM MOVING AS FAST

AS I CAN. AND I WAS STANDING THERE LIKE

THIS. >> EDDIE WAS A ROCK STAR, HE HIT

SO BIG ‐‐ HE WAS CHIPPING AWAY AT COMEDY.

WE DONT KNOW HOW GREAT EDDIE COULD HAVE BEEN.

>> YOURE WRITING AND ACTING AND EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE ON THE

STAGE. YOUVE GOT TO WRITE YOUR OWN

SHOW AND PRESENT IT. >> ITS WORTH IT IF IT WORKS.

>> YEAH, ITS WORTH IT IF IT WORKS.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF COMEDIANS WHO LEAVE STANDUP TOO SOON.

LARRY DAVID COULDNT LEAVE STANDUP SOON ENOUGH.

>> I BOMBED SO MANY TIMES. I WASNT REALLY A VERY GOOD

COMEDIAN IN MY BOOK. THE MATERIAL I WAS DOING THE

AUDIENCE DIDNT SEEM TO LIKE IT. EN MASSE.

>> I THINK WEVE COME TO THE END OF THE LINE HERE.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF

NOTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD NIGHT.

>> ITS HARD TO SAY IF ANYTHINGS AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE INNOVATIVE, ITS SOMETIMES HARD

TO GET THE AUDIENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE EVERY SHOW I DID WOULD GET CANCELLED

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST SEASON.

AND IT SUCKS. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT?

>> GIVE ME YOUR TEETH. >> TEETH.

>> ARM. >> GIVE ME A YOU.

>> T. >> WHATS THAT SPELL?

>> THE TRUTH. >> YOURE RIGHT, YOU GOT IT.

THATS GREAT. THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> I GUESS THE ULTIMATE REVENGE

FOR THE STILLER SHOW WAS THAT IT WON THE EMMY AFTER IT HAD BEEN

ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD BEEN CANCELLED.

>> THEY USE OUR SHOW AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE MEETINGS OF WHAT

THEY DONT WANT TO DO IN THE FOX NETWORK, WITH THE EMPLOYMENT

OFFESTROJEN HORMONAL THERAPY I HAVE DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO

BREAST‐FEED. >> SOME OF THE GREATEST SKETCH

COMEDY DONE ON TELEVISION. LAWYERS WHO ARE NAUSEATED BY

FOOD IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE PUREST SKETCHES EVER DONE.

>> FOOD IS FLOUNDER. ITS SAUTEED IN A ‐‐ SPICY

BUTTER SAUCE SERVED ON A BED OF STEAMED LEEKS.

>> HIS SHOW WAS THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF THE SHOWS THAT GATHER

A LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT DIDNT QUITE CLICK IN THAT

MOMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT

WHAT IF THAT SHOW HAD KEPT GOING, ALL THESE DIFFERENT GREAT

PERFORMERS MIGHT NOT HAVE GIVEN US SO MUCH GREAT WORK.

ITS LIKE SAYING, YOU KNOW, ABE LINCOLNS DRY GOODS STORE, GOON

TOO SON, IF ONLY. NO, WE NEEDED HIM, WE NEEDED HIM

FOR OTHER STUFF. >> MY FIRST GUEST HAS A SPECIAL

TONIGHT ON NBC, WELCOME STEVE MARTIN.

>> STEVE? >> OH, HI, DAVID.

>> HOW ARE YOU? >> OH, YEAH, I WAS DOING THAT

THIS MORNING. >> DAVID LETTERMAN HAD HIS

MORNING SHOW, NOBODY HAD EVER SEEN A GUY LIKE THIS AT THIS

TIME OF DAY. RIGHT THERE YOU SAW BASICALLY

THE INCIPIENT STAGES OF THE IRREVERENCE.

>> A HUGE TANK OF LEMONADE AND MINNOWS.

>> MINNOWS. >> MY IDEA OF A JOKE.

>> THE ONLY REASON WE WERE GETTING ALL THAT STUFF ON THE

AIR WAS THAT WE WERE JUST PUTTING IT ON THE AIR BECAUSE WE

WERE ALREADY ON THE AIR. >> I READ THE NBC RESEARCH, AND

IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE SEX, MORE VIOLENCE ON THE SHOW, I

THINK WE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER. >> THEY TALKED ABOUT BEING

CANCELLED A LOT, WHICH I HADNT SEEN BEFORE ON TV.

A HOST REALLY MOCKING THEIR FAILURE.

>> VIOLENCE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

>> IM SORRY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR, BECAUSE

IT WAS SOMETHING ‐‐ IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND

SOMETHING ADVENTUROUS, AND SOMETHING REALLY COURAGEOUS IN

DAYTIME TELEVISION. AND UNFORTUNATELY ‐‐

>> NONE OF THESE SHOWS EVER GOT BAD.

ANY SHOW THATS CANCELLED PREMATURELY, THEY BECOME A SEXY

CORPSE. >> I QUIT.

>> YOU REMEMBER THEM AS THEY WERE YOUNG AND HANDSOME.

THEY NEVER AGE. >> HEY, YOU KNOW I NEVER

APPROVED THIS. NOBODY EVER LISTENS TO ME AROUND

HERE. IM NOT DANGEROUS.

AT LEAST I WASNT >>> IM SORRY FOR HEARING THIS

JUST NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT DON RICKLES PASSED AWAY THIS

MORNING. HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD.

I KNOW ITS CRAZY TO SAY HE WAS TOO YOUNG BUT HE WAS.

>> NICE TO SEE MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH.

>> THERE IS NO BOOING. THERE IS NO BOOING.

IF THERE IS ANOTHER OUTBURST, WELL LET BOB DO HIS JOKE.

>> FILLIPINO. >> COMMAEDY DOESNT HAVE AN AGE.

YOU CAN DIE AT 125. IF YOURE A GREAT COMEDIAN WHO

IS STILL BRINGING IT, YOU DIED TOO YOUNG.

>> AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? I DONT WANT THE COLORED GUY TO

BUTT BUT IN.

>> DON RICKLES, ANY BAD THING HED SAY, HE SHOULDNT BE SAYING

THAT. >> WHEN HE DIED, HE TOOK AN ERA

OF SHOW BIZ WITH HIM. >> DON RICKLES, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN. >> REALLY GOOD, GOOD GIRL.

>> IS SHE NORMAL? YEAH.

GOOD. GOOD.

IS SHE WHITE? YEAH.

>> THE ONLY COMEDIANS INTIMIDATED BY IS JOAN RIVERS.

SHE WAS A MACHINE ON STAGE AND DID IT BEFORE SHE WAS EASY.

WOMEN ARENT PERMITTED TO TALK A CERTAIN WAY ON TELEVISION.

>> THE MARRIAGE WAS IN TROUBLE SINCE THE WEDDING NIGHT.

>> REALLY? >> YEAH, A LOT OF MEN SMOKE

AFTERWARD AND HE SMOKED DURING. ASKED ME FOR A LIGHT.

INCREDIBLE. I SAID GET IT YOURSELF ON THE

DASHBOARD. >> JOAN WAS UNDAUNTED.

SHE WAS DETERMINED TO SUCCEED AND KEEP SUCCEEDING.

>> HER RULE ABOUT LIFE THAT ITS ALL A BIG JOKE AND WERE HERE

FOR LIKE A SECOND, LIKE THAT REALLY STAYED WITH ME.

>> I COULD DIE ANY MOMENT AND YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU GUYS

WOULD BE? YOU WERE THERE?

YEAH. SHE WAS LYING THERE, THE FACE

DIDNT MOVE. WE THOUGHT BOTOX.

>> HER JOKES AND HER STYLE WILL BE HERE FOREVER BECAUSE WHEN YOU

DO SOMETHING GREAT, A LITTLE PIECE OF YOU WILL ALWAYS

CONTINUE TO GO ON. >> THE WORST THING ABOUT BEG IN

THE HOSPITAL IS THAT THEY SHAVE YOU.

I MEAN, THEY SHAVE EVERYTHING. I WAS JUST VISITING A FRIEND OF

MINE. >> BARRY WASGARRY WAS NOT AFRAID

>> HE BROKE THE FOURTH WALL WITH HIS SHOW AND WITH LARRY SANDERS,

HE BROKE THAT MOLD, TOO. HE TURNED TV ON ITS HEAD TWICE.

>> OH, COMFORTABLE. >> SO DO I.

>> YOU DO? >> YEAH.

>> YOURE SO GOOD AT IT. >> TRUST ME, I HATE MYSELF.

>> MUCH OF MODERN TELEVISION COMEDY CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A

LOT OF CHANCES GARRY TOOK. >> IT DOESNT ADD UP FOR ME HES

GONE. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE.

NOT HAVING HIS VOICE DOESNT FEEL RIGHT.

LONG BEFORE I MET HIM, HE FELT LIKE A FRIEND TO ME.

>> MY JOURNEY IS TO BE WHO I AM. >> HE WAS A MENTOR TO A LOT OF

PEOPLE. HE SEEMED LIKE HE WAS FLOATING

THROUGH THE WORLD A BIT. HE WAS THERE TO HELP.

>> WHAT I WANT AT MY FUNERAL IS AN ACTUAL BOXING REFEREE TO DO A

COUNT AND IF I WAVE IT OFF AND HI SIGHT HES NOT GETTING UP.

>> THE REASON THAT GARRYS DEATH IS A CRIME IS NOT JUST BECAUSE I

DONT GET TO TALK TO HIM ANYMORE, BUT HE WASNT DONE.

WASNT DONE FOR HIMSELF. NOT FOR US.

>> THE WHOLE KEY COMING THROUGH LIFE IS A SENSE OF HUMOR.

THERE IS A LIFE SENSE INVOLVED OF NOT SEEING THE WORLD SO

SERIOUSLY. >> WHY IS IT MOST OF THE PEOPLE

AGAINST ABORTION ARE PEOPLE YOU WONT WANT TO [ BLEEP ] IN THE

FIRST PLACE? >> HE DIDNT DIE NECESSARILY

YOUNG BUT SEEMED YOUNG. HIS THOUGHTS NEVER STOPPED.

IT WASNT LIKE AN OLD PERSON DYING.

>> HE REINVENTED HIMSELF EVERY DECADE TO APPEAL TO WHATEVER WAS

ACQUIRED. WITHOUT SELLING OUT.

>> WHITE GUYS. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

YOURE NEVER GOING TO BE AS COOL AS BLACK GUYS.

ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. YOURE WHITE AND YOURE LAME.

>> I WOULD LIKE ONE OF TWO THINGS, HE WAS JUST HERE A

MINUTE AGO OR TOO HIP FOR THE ROOM.

TOO HIP FOR THE ROOM. >> I HAVE SOME ISSUE WITH GONE

TOO SOON. WE GO.

EVERYBODY GOES AND IT ALWAYS STINKS SO HE WAS OLD BUT YOURE

STILL LIKE HEY, IT WAS TOO SOON. YOU DONT EVER WANT IT TO END.

>> YOU GET A FEELING AFTER PLAYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,

THAT WAS WORTH IT SAYING I HAVENT LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A

LONG TIME. PEOPLE NEED IT.

THATS THE PURPOSE OF GOING OUT AND DOING IT.

>> COMEDIANS AT THEIR BEST, WHAT THEY ARE PROVIDING IS A

LIFE‐AFFIRMING EXPERIENCE. THE MINUTE YOU LAUGH YOU FEEL

BETTER. SOUNDS CLICHE BUT ITS TRUE.

>> FOR ALL OUR CRAZINESS, WE DO LEAVE IT BETTER THAN WE FOUND

IT. WE BRING SOME JOY FROM WHATEVER

SELFISH REASONS, ITS A NOBLE PROFESSION.

>> SEE HOW HAPPY I AM? >> WE KEEP MOVING ON.

WE DONT KNOW WHAT WERE DOING HERE AND ALLOW ME TO MAKE YOU

LAUGH IS TREMENDOUS AND IM BLESSED TO BE PART OF IT AND I

TERRIBLY MISSED THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE ME.

>> THE FACT YOU HAVE TOUCHED MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU WOULD HAVE

IF YOU DID NOT DO STANDUP, THATS AMAZING.

>> I GUESS THE RULE THINKING HOW SAD IT IS A MAN OF SUCH TALENT,

SUCH KINDNESS SHOULD NOT SO SUDDENLY BE SPIRITED AWAY BEFORE

HED ACHIEVED MANY OF THE THINGS WHICH HE WAS CAPABLE.

WELL, I FEEL I SHOULD SAY NOTHING.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO HIM, THE FREE LOADING BASTARD.

>> CAN I SAY FOR THE RECORD IF I DIE IN ANY WAY THATS FUNNY OR

INTERESTING, NOTHING IS TOO SOON.

GO FOR IT. >> I TALK ABOUT MY DEATH ALL THE

TIME. I TELL MY FRIENDS THE DAY I DIE,

I DONT WANT ANYBODY THAT LOVE ME TO GO TO WORK.

>> WE HAD A WAKE FOR PHIL. I GOT UP AND SAID I THINK I

SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHEN I SAY I JUST CANT BELIEVE

ITS NOT ANDY THATS DEAD. >> I WAS IN SHOCK.

I KEPT SAYING CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT BRIANYNN MURDERED FILL?

HE SAID COME ON, YOURE MAKING IT SOUND WORSE THAN IT WAS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I WAS LIKE HOLY [ BLEEP ].

>> WE LAUGHED FOR A HALF AN HOUR AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT