show on the phone. and we're looking for a host and i thought of you. do you want to come in and audition for it? >> please give it up for scott! >> i had never booked anything in new york, really. but i came to audition for things. >> this is very exciting. this is my club debut. and you saw the full-page ad my mother took out. honestly, i put a decade into the comedy scene in new york, grinding it out. >> do you mind my laughing at you. >> i don't mind at all. i wish the audience would join you, though. >> the subway book cover video. i had a little bit of representation from that, but i had certainly not reached the point of getting offers from comedy central or network tv. so i decided to give up on new york and move to l.a. maybe i'll be discovered. that was my romantic ideal. gave up my apartment. thought, what the hell, one last audition. >> scott, wherever you're ready,