CG: The brass ring that you can grab on to is great, but the actual fun and effort of getting to the point where you can grab the brass ring is more valuable anyway.

 

CD: The reward is just being able to do this crazy thing.

 

CG: Yeah, I pay my rent. I have health insurance. I do comedy. That’s nuts.

 

CD: It’s easy to forget that.

 

CG: Oh yeah. Oh yeah. The romantic notion of being a comedian is that it’s so hard and you’re sweating it out and you’re up all night. You do do that, but that’s also the funnest thing in the world and you meet all sorts of funny people. Everyone you meet and hang out with is super funny and in the same boat. It’s a pretty blessed life in many ways even though it can be pretty mind numbing.

 

I think you could ask anybody in entertainment and they would say that there are a lot of extraordinarily talented people who didn’t get that shot. And then there are a lot of other people who are very famous and maybe didn’t have to pay their dues as much. Neither one is like a tragic story, neither one is something to be mad about. It happens. So much of it is based on circumstance and timing and luck. Sometimes people are in the right place at the right time, sometimes people never get that opportunity. People who hustle and are talented and are funny get a lot of respect in the comedy world just for that. That’s how it should be.

 

CD: What’s it like working with Hallie, your fiancée, on the show?