Every city you go to has television and radio talk shows that are dying to give young comics a showcase. They all want to be able to say that so-and-so started here, got his first break on this show.
I've been on the 'Tonight Show' a million times, and I'd be embarrassed to do the same thing more than once.
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out - there is hearing help out there, and the technology and options are amazing.
I'm a great audience myself. I tried to keep in the background while others were on, but sometimes I'd just get hysterical.
Hearing aids didn't cause any problem with my social life, my career, no problem at all, and I've been wearing them for a long time. As a matter of fact, once I became an entertainer and started working on television, I was probably the first performer to talk about hearing problems on the air.
