>> we had a radio station, "the signal" in syosset on long island. thank you.people like r.e.m. and i thought maybe i can get comedians to talk to me for our radio station. so, i would call up their publicist and say "i'm with wkwz radio", and i wouldn't say it's a high school radio station, i just pretended it was a real radio station, and i interviewed steve allen and jerry seinfeld and leno all in like 1984. >> seth: this is some really exciting photographs. this is you, a very young you, and jerry seinfeld. look at that. >> and look at how -- this is how hard he works. [ applause ] that's his shelves. that's jerry's shelves. look what he has on the shelves. nothing. look at walls, nothing. this guy is writing jokes. >> seth: this is the great steve allen and this is really exciting -- is this true, this is your recording device? >> yeah, look at the recording device. it is literally a boom box. [ laughter ] >> seth: you just brought a boom box. >> i didn't have the equipment. i was 15 years old. >> seth: you and jay leno actually gave you feedback on some o