it was mel brooks, it was sid cesar, it was neil simon, you know, larry gelbard, woody allen, joe steinall of the greatest, funniest people, and they all were people that were in the house. so, you know, people always asked, what is it like growing up? i said, it is not as funny at other people's houses, you know. >> by the way, and the fact that robby has a photographic memory, he remembers every thing since he was this big, but the amazing thing is when we were doing these -- the 2000 year old man was born in the living room, we were doing it for years. he was this big and he used to sit there and laugh and we didn't understand how he understood what we were doing but he did. >> he got it. >> matter of fact, at one point he gave us a joke. he was 16 at the time. he said, i have a joke for you. we said, sure. he came through. >> well, it was -- i mean it was the craziest thing because, you know, i love -- to me i idolized my father, mel brooks. >> sure. >> and the idea that they would even listen to me for a second, i walk into the room and they were actually working out a routine. it