The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

No small part of the club's audience consisted of would-be comics, as well as the leading comics of the day. In fact, there were so many gagsters around that it was difficult to know who was part of the act and who was just sitting in.

I stand up to people.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.

Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right.