I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy. Man-on-the-street-reaction comedy. Visually surreal comedy. But you do something shocking, and that becomes your label.
My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures.
There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.
If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.
There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.
At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family.
There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny.
What I love is the comedy of the body. It's a little highfalutin', but you can even say pre-verbal comedy. People laugh differently at stuff that isn't brought to them via the spoken word. It's from a different place; it's a different quality of laughter.
