The Point of Stand-Up

There are basically two kinds of humor. There's the kind of humor that distracts you. And there's the kind of humor that makes you more aware.

Stand-up is about finding the second kind.

“Oh come on illegal foreigners,

Come and get dem green cards,

And learn some damn English,

And den how to drive.

-- Daniel Whitney

“...and a voice said to me, it said, ‘Look around - what do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see all colors of people doing everything,’ you know? And the voice said, ‘Do you see any niggers?’ And I said, ‘No.’ And it said ‘You know why? Cause there aren’t any.’” -- Richard Pryor (after returning from Africa)