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The moment I knew I was funny…I remember being very funny, but everyone was funny.
I didnt think I was funnier than anybody else, especially when I was young.
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And that was the moment I said, Okay, Im going to do it.
That was probably the greatest moment right there.
Lenny Bruce, I loved.
I didnt know if I could be them, but I just wanted to be in that group.
I wanted to hang out with those guys.
They didnt need to be funny in a different way; any laugh is good.
The first joke I ever wrote…Its the left bit about when youre left-handed, everything is negative.
Oh, they left.
That joke got a huge laugh, and I was in.
I just knew, Im in the club.
But I used to do this bit about the sock escaping from the dryer.
I just love watching comedians perform.
I watch tons of it every day.
I am more fascinated by the joke structure; its very complex sometimes or overly simple.
Theres always something about it that youre like, How did they get to that?
Alec Baldwin kills me.
We just get crazy with each other for some reason.
Zach Galifianakis, Kate McKinnon, Brian Regan who came back for an episode this year were all great.
[Lewis filmed an episode ofCICGCbefore he died at age 91 in August 2017.]
So I got one of the three.
Those would be my greatest three people; Im a huge fan.
Seasons 1-10 ofComedians in Cars Getting Coffeeare available to stream on Netflix now.
