comedy club in our area plans to feature classic old school comedians and they're starting with j.j. walkerperforms there at laughter hours through saturday night. walker is not just a comedian. he's also an author. he's quite politically active and has his own app. he joins us now. hello. >> nice to be here. thank you. >> nice to have you here. there's the book. "good times, bad times, our times, dine dyn-o-mite" describes your early days. you're from new york city. >> yes. >> hard life early on. >> still going hard. [ laughter ] >> it's always a battle. >> always a battle, yeah. you found out that you could make people laugh at a young age, almost by accident. >> i was attending an urban college setting and wanted me to do an oral presentation, and dick gregory stuff and people started laughing. that is the best feeling in the word it make people laugh on a consistent basis, by i've been trying to do for 45 years. >> can you believe it's been 45 years? >> i can't even think about it. 45 years of doing this is unbelievable. you look at people and they have kids and you remember when they w

. >> and later, talk about productivity, comedian j.j. walkerout with a new book and act. still he's found time to stop by