wears his yarmulke tilted to the side. you were the youngest comic to get a stand-up slot on the tonight show with johnny carson. how on earth did that happen? wow, that was 44 years ago. that s insane. i had hair then, clearly. you know, i started doing stand-up comedy when i was 14 years old at the comedy store, and it was great. they had monday night tryout, and one night, jim mccauley saw me, johnny carson s talent coordinator, and he offered me the show. i was 17 at the time. and i turned him down, and my mother said, why? why did you turn him down? i said, you know what? i m not doing this just to do it one time. this is a it s a marathon, not a sprint. and so i did a couple weeks before i graduated from high school, and it was a lot of fun. i had a great time. let s talk about your mom because she was a tour guide at the nbc studios in burbank, and for a while, i think around the