one day i was at his house and a girl named gladys jacob came to you do it yourself? she said come with me this tuesday. october 8, 1985 i walked into the comedy club and signed up to be a comedian for the next week. i had never been on stage as standup. they did nine people. tenth person didn't show so we will go to next week's list. if steve harvey is here we will take steve harvey tonight. i was sitting there eating a chicken wing and i somebody in here got the same name i got. she said you just ignorant. that's you. dude said if steve harvey is here come up. i walked up on stage and i said i ain't here until next week. it was a white crowd so they laugh better. you say that in front of black people they are like what is you here for then? week and i won amateur night and they paid me $50. i went to work the next day and quit my job. >> you had this success in this one area, but to often whether sports or entertainment we do something well in one area and don't look at the business side of things. you decided you were going to become that other guy. you were going