hollywood, brotha. and there's little pieces of me through the show.he comedy store. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> and every time you walked up to him and say how are you doing, man? he'd go "hollywood, brotha." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: which can be taken either way. >> right. but it's an incredible time in history that i got to live. >> jimmy: do you look back on it fondly, that time? >> absolutely. to me it's like the big bang of comedy. it followed nixon and watergate and the impeachment. all that stuff that was happening back then. not unlike today that's giving birth to amazing people, comics who have voiced like yourself and john oliver and all the wonderful comics. bill maher. and there was a need, you know, to tell the truth. and cut through the baloney. and so it created this phenomenon called the comedy clubs. and it was literally the big bang of comedy. >> jimmy: who are the guys you remember? and women. comedians that you remember seeing there. >> elaine boozeler. >> jimmy: getting to talk with and admiring. >> i was standing some nights by myself