. >> we talked about you and john tesh, didn't we. >> yes, that's right. >> rose: who went to the same university. you both went to north carolina state. >> that's right. >> but the point is, is there some connection, you think, between in the end, or between unhappiness and comedy? >> well -- >> discomfort and comedy. >> discomfort for me, absolutely in comedy. i think awkwardness is funny, inappropriateness is funny, as far as that old stereotype of unhappiness in comics, are a lot of-- often thought to have very dark souls and dark corners that certainly is true. there is a reason for stereotypes. >> you think it's true. >> for some people. i think some people, though, are born, you know, some people have a math cat call mind. some people have a mind maybe that genetically is, for someeason, has the-- of an architect but some people are born funny and if you come from a family environment that nurtures that t can be kind of healthy it doesn't have to be just an abusive father and then that's the reason you develop comedy. i come from a very nice family, very, very beautiful parents