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Before I go, I want to say something
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nice about David Spade. One, please. So,
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I was a comedian in New York and the
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bottom fell out of comedy like all in
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one day. Like all the clubs were closing
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like 90,
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this was 1992.
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Cable TV had come in and usurped.
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So, SNL had a big changeover of writers
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and staff.
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Mhm.
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So, they were coming to see everybody at
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Catch Rising Star. All the comedians
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were getting seen. and I did a a
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showcase and it was David Tella was on
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it, Laura Kylinger, Jannine Goff, Jay
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Moore, I mean a bunch of people uh got
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seen that night and I was put on first.
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John Stewart was hosting the show. This
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felt like the last train leaving for
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comedy for a lot of us. The show starts
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cuz it's like they're not there. No SNL
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people are there. And he goes, "You're
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going on first." I'm like, "They're not
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going to see me. They're not here." John
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Stewart stretched as long as he could
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to kind of set the table. try to get
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someone to be in the room on. There's an
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empty table.
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Okay, that
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there's no people to watch.
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It's like pointless to go on.
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Yeah. No one's going to see me. Finally,
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Stuart looks at me and goes like this.
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I'm sorry. And then they come in like 12
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people. Jim Downey.
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Oh,
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the whole bunch of them come in talking
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and I'm like, this is [ __ ] hell.
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David is in the group. I saw him do
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this. Oh. Oh, this guy, come here. Sit
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down. He made them all sit down
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and said,
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"Yeah,
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watch him. Watch this guy." He settled
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this table down and he made them watch
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me.
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And I didn't get the job, but the next
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day, Jim Downey called Robert Smiggle
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and said, "I'm not going to hire this
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guy, but you should." And he gave me the
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I got the other last train going, which
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was Conan.
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Oh, it did work out something.
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Yeah. So, I appreciate it. Thank you.
