What sort of rights does Comedy Central get?
The Comedy Central specials are buyouts, where you’re paid X amount of dollars so that they own that performance, but not the material. They can repackage it as part of a DVD or a special where they remix it with three or four other comedians. Some of these web things don’t pay you anything and they want to own your act. They say, “You’re getting exposure.” You have to realize that a lot of the web content portals just want to use you so that they can sell advertising, make a lot of money, and not pay you. What do you like to do after a performance? If I’m home in New York, I tend to go straight home. I’m not one for sticking around too much. Occasionally, if my buddies are there or there are other comedians, I’ll hang around and have a drink. I learned early on that you can fall into an alcoholic’s life pretty easily because there are always free drinks around. Sometimes you catch yourself and say, “I’ve been drinking eight nights in a row.” That’s even easier to do on the road where
