that's what i was told. and there are all these little tough guys who could pull themselves up on the rings and i'd just hang there. >> aww. >> but i found -- look i was an only child of older parents. and that meant that i didn't fit in very well when i first went to school. >> i want you to do that here. >> i wish i could. i've had a knee and a hip replacement. >> okay. >> the bionic man. >> you ended up teaching in a private school. >> yeah. >> when did you first realize that you were funny, that you had the ability to make people laugh? >> it was earlier when i was in school. the kids didn't -- didn't like me very much when i first went to school. and i immediately discovered that if you could make them laugh, there was this feeling of warmth you know. and i don't think it was conscious. i think that's just -- i just started to make people laugh. because if you tell a good joke