the little shrimp -- where are the olson twins?does the stuff just come to you after all he is years? is there -- one of those inside the after studio kind of questions. is there an equation for how to write a good joke? or just -- how do you do that? >> none. the first time you it it is the best. quick, quick, quick. write it down. there's no equation. you know what breaks your heart? when something is -- isn't funny after you thought about it. your hear -- hear i come, audience. here's the joke. and the audience goes -- not so good. and it kills you. there's no way to know it is going to be funny. i once said -- woody allen, i said, tell me, i -- how to make it something funny. write it. you get on your knees and say thank you, god. and you go on to the next. that's the answer? okay. >> this book comes courtesy of your daughter melissa who gave you a diary and told you to write in it. joan writes in the diary. a year later we get this book. >> she hates me. >> she regrets giving you the diary. >> she regrets it. >> i raised melis