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Originally Posted by craigster59

I saw Gallagher in his prime, he was funny. I also saw Louie Anderson at The Comedy Store and George Carlin at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, both funny as hell.

I have worked with a few comedians. Billy Crystal, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams. They just seemed like they were miserable when not "on", not happy and upbeat at all.

On the other hand, Tim Allen, Eddie Murphy, Drew Carey and Penn and Teller were all pretty jovial off camera. Teller was a trip, he's the brains of that duo and comes up with 90% of their routine, Penn is just the "Carnival Barker".

I used to love Gallagher when I was younger. Louie Anderson, also funny. And one of the first comedy shows that I remember seeing was George Carlin on HBO, must have been 1982-1984 somewhere, also absolutely hysterical.

I've heard that many/most comedians have emotional baggage which is how/why they turn to comedy.

Tim A and Eddie also hilarious.