What makes a good insult?
Something that’s funny. I think that that works. Whether you’re four-years-old in class, the school bully says something to you and you say something back that makes everybody else laugh, that’s powerful. That’s the reason dictators come to the comedians first because they are the most dangerous. Any specific syllabic formulation? I don’t sit around storing up insults like chestnuts. It comes pretty quickly to me. To me it would be a failed insult if it wasn’t at least moderately funny. I thought the comments on the Tea Party on CNN with Anderson Cooper were nicely formulated, politically and rhythmically. I’m getting mail, very scary mail from a lot of very angry white people telling me how they are not very angry white people. I was taken aback by that. I’m going to be doing speaking gigs out there in some of those states, and you know what the hell. I’ve had a good life. I don’t regret it. If Ted Nugent can be a pal of mine, no one should get too upset. I know you’re leaving to film
