in the audience look stupid. mike: was there a time early in your life you said i want to be a comedian? when did it happen? i was eight years old. i was funniest kid in school. preschool on. thrown out of class a lot? i did. mike: i knew that! all good natured stuff. i was never disrespectful to my teachers, if you can believe that. mike: i don t believe that. i wasn t. you but i was disruptive is what i was. i was eight years old. my parents living in chicago, from chicago, and my parents took me to see jimmy durante at the palmer house in downtown chicago. i remember watching him and i was so mystified by him, and also the audience, it was so exciting. on the way home, the drive home i said to my parents is that job? they said yes, that s a job. i said that s the job i want. mike: at 8 years old. yeah. mike: worked out well for you. worked out well. i m happy. i m with you! mike: audience, that s supposed to be good, you