My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement.
At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.