Hollywood wanted a certain type of comic - that Def Jam comedy style of comic that was very loud, very brash, very much from the ghetto, had that sensibility.
City wits, country humorists.
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
Portland hardly got to have an identity before that identity became a joke - I live in a joke. Seattle at least got to wear out its identity before it became a joke.
I think Detroit deserves a comedy that's not about suffering.
Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.
An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives.
I support the homies, like Mike Jay and Hannibal Buress. And I listen to Comedy Central Radio in the car.
You know what they call a good looking girl in Philadelphia... a tourist.
The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?
I grew up in New York City. We used to diss Long Island and Jersey. Every big city has its own suburb like that.
Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.
In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or even a grizzly bear. Then again, the grizzlies don't beat anyone here in Vancouver; oh, it's true, it's true.
Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.
It's the only thing to do when you're in London - hang out in a taxi.
