we talked before about patton oswalt, somebody who you saw early, and who actually has recently, in his book, documented what that scene was like at the time, both in the bay area and then migrating down to los angeles. seems like a really exciting time, and a lot of really great people came out of that comedy world. - it really was, i feel very lucky because i was meeting comedians in san francisco, because a lot of comedy clubs were closing, but the alternative scenes were starting, so they were mixing with local poets. and it was patton oswalt, greg behrendt, and then a group of people said, "we're going to la to do live shows." and i had no reason to go or not to go. i just thought, "well, that sounds fun, and "that's what i'm interested in doing... - that's the next thing to do. - [mary lynn] live shows." and it was jack black, and david cross, and will ferrell, just tons of people, it was a really amazing scene. into that group at that time. - how did your style develop? you are not the sort of person i imagine writing a bunch of jokes and then going out on stage and then, tell a