Why make people laugh at things that aren’t funny?
There was a time in my life when I wasn’t laughing, but once I got past all the self-pity, I realized it’s a miracle just being here. This is the life you’re in right now. You gotta enjoy it. It’s easy to laugh at what’s funny, but let’s laugh in the face of everything that’s not funny. A kid shot up the school? I’m gonna laugh at the parents who can’t raise their kids. People have cancer? I’m even gonna laugh about having cancer. Are you worried your comedy will offend people? I think political correctness is becoming like racism. It separates people. If I tell a joke about color and someone doesn’t laugh, they’re saying that’s a black person and I’m a white person and I can’t laugh. Why? They’re looking at color and not the person. Once you get past all the adjectives, we’re all people. Are any topics off-limits? Look, everything is fair game. I can’t sit there and do the simple jokes anymore. I said I could never be a teacher like my mother. My brother became a teacher, and I think
