I know I sound great. You do sound great. I can't believe you're here. Oh listen Mark. I have so hip that yes

I was in the celebrity poker tournament at commerce and there was some people that I knew when some people were recognizing

I guess I'm doing an iPod tomorrow. They were they surprised? I'm doing an iPod. I'm wrong

thing. I'm doing a pot. They figure out what the hell he meant. Well obviously you did. So they certainly I'm

trying to be polite. I wasn't sure if we were still going. Well you know it's weird because there was

you know it's hard to begin talking about you know the what you've contributed to our business

here. I think you invented the comedy club. Would you say that? Oh I would say that definitely by

accident but I certainly invented it. Well I don't think a lot of people realize that the original

improv on 44th Street I mean when did when did that start 49 years ago 1963 and and where did you

come from before that? How did you get into show business? Well how do I get to show business? I

was always a ham you might have noticed that and I surprised there's no monocle tonight. Right.

Well there's always the monocle of course monocle. I was working in advertising in Boston. I was

living in New York and I moved to Boston to work in advertising and I was almost 30 and I said

I've got to give show business try. I always wanted to be an actor but I didn't have the

you know two middle class to start off I think was my line. Right. So I said I know I'll produce a

show on Broadway in there. Yeah. So that's easy. Yeah that was easy. I have no money no context and very

little taste. Right. I moved back to New York. I didn't want to work in advertising which I've

been doing in Boston because there'd be two faults. What were you doing copy? Copywriting? I was a

copywriting. I was in the count executive for a small you know a couple of small accounts. But you

grew up in Boston? No no I'm from knowledge Connecticut. Isn't that odd you're not a traditional

New York Jewish person. Yes well then I moved to New York and I was nine. Uh-huh. Looking for work.

And do you go to college? Oh yes I went to city college I went to Brooklyn college and I

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