My Whole Act Is Off The Top

I've Never Been Able To Tell Jokes. In The Beginning Of My Career I Did Impressions And Jokes Like Any Other Comedian, But I Was Never Very Successful Because I Did It Poorly. So I Started To Talk To The Audience And Started Talking About The Atmosphere Around Me And Started To Become Angry, Not In A Mean-spirited Way, But In A Fun Way - And My Attitude Developed From There.

Some People Call Me A Legend And The Last Of The Greats, And I Appreciate It.

Hell, Do I Remember The First Joke? I Was Never A Jokester.

To My Knowledge, I Was The First Guy Really To Do What I Do. And Then Later On Different Comedians Started Trying Doing It.

Everything I Do On Stage, I Made Up In Saloons. I Started Doing It In Front Of People, And That Became My Performance. I Never Had Writers.