so, you know, what do you do, you get a job for the government. i was working for the government. i was just bored silly. i said, this cannot be my life. you know? and it was just the same thing. i would, you know, go to work and come home. drink some beer. wash my car. i had to clean this car on the block because it was like every day out of boredom. larry: how do you break into comedy from that? one day, i was, like, going through my high school yearbook. i was just looking at what people wrote in my book. it was, you re so funny. you should be on stage. i was always a fan of comedy. i said, you know what, maybe i should. i wrote some jokes. and went on stage. and it all just kind of made sense. larry: the rest, as they say, is history. yeah, yeah. larry: how do you feel about this nomination? emmy nominated. i m very excited about it, very honored. you know, last week, we had the creative arts awards. and i lost that one.
yeah, yeah. larry: how do you feel about this nomination? emmy nominated. i m very excited about it, very honored. you know, last week, we had the creative arts awards. and i lost that one. and, you know, you get all dressed up and you go and, you know, people say, oh, i m just so honored to be nominated but really, you want to win. you know, it feels good to win. you want to walk around with your big trophy and you want to shove it in people s faces. you know, you want to get up and thank people. you want to do all that. so when you know, when they didn t call my name, it would have been better for me if they would have said, and the winner is, wanda sykes, not you. you know, i would have felt better. if you re going to kick me in the teeth, kick me in the teeth. larry: who won? the kennedy center honors. larry: you re kidding? yeah, yeah. larry: i mean, it s night and day. thank you, thank you, larry. why am i up against bruce springsteen s and melissa etheridge s