SARAH: I MET DAVE HERE IN WASHINGTON, DC.
UH, YEAH, I WAS, UH,
I WAS 19, HE WAS 17 WE WERE DOING A GIG AT A
CLUB CALLED, GARVIN'S...
AND I REMEMBER DAVE AND I WENT TO MCDONALDS BETWEEN SHOWS AND
WE TALKED BOUT COMEDY AND HIS FUTURE;
WHAT HIS FUTURE PLANS WERE GONNA BE AND I SAID,
"COME TO NEW YORK CITY!"
AND AFTER HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL...
UH, HE DID AND AND HE CAME TO NEW YORK AND WE WORKED AT THE
SAME COMEDY CLUB,
THE BOSTON COMEDY CLUB AND UH...
[BRIEF APPLAUSE].
ALRIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, IT WAS A CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY
CALLED THE BOSTON COMEDY CLUB.
LOOK, I DON'T COME UP WITH THE NAMES, COKE-HEADS DO.
BUT IN NEW YORK, DAVE WAS IMMEDIATELY BELOVED BY THE
STAND UP COMEDY COMMUNITY.
I REMEMBER HE GOT A PART IN A MEL BROOKS MOVIE,
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS
AND WE WERE ALL LIKE, "DAVE MADE IT!"
DAVE: WHO'S THE MAN, WHO'S THE MAN?
SARAH: BUT HE CAME BACK FROM L.A.
AND HE GOT RIGHT ON STAGE TO TALK ABOUT HIS TRIP OUT WEST
AND HOW HE FINALLY WENT TO COMPTON AFTER HEARING SO MUCH
ABOUT IT AND HE WAS LIKE...
STUNNED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE THERE HAD YARDS.
ALL THE LORE OF COMPTON AND PEOPLE WERE, LIKE,
MOWING THEIR LAWNS.
AND, OF COURSE THEY WERE,
BUT THERE WAS JUST LIKE, SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
TINY LITTLE DETAIL AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
HE, HE LET'S HIMSELF BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE LEARNS AND
THEN HE TAKES US WITH HIM AS HE LOOKS AT IT FROM EVERY ANGLE,
YOU KNOW, ANGLES THAT MOST OF US DON'T EVEN SEE.
DAVE: ISN'T IT WEIRD HOW THIS DISEASE
JUST STARTS IN 1980 AND
IT DOESN'T KILL ANYBODY BUT NIGGAS,
FAGS AND JUNKIES?
ISN'T THAT A FUCKING AMAZING COINCIDENCE THAT
THIS DISEASE HATES EVERYBODY THAT OLD WHITE PEOPLE HATE?
I THINK EITHER GOD IS WHITE OR THE GOVERNMENT HID THAT SHIT
IN DISCO BALLS.
SARAH: HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT STUFF,
HE'S EXAMINING EVERYTHING AND HE REALLY, LIKE,
HE GET'S IN HIS OWN WORLD.
DAVE: NOW, THIS IS HOW I KNEW I WAS I
A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU ONLY SEE THIS IN THE WORST NEIGHBORHOODS.
REMEMBER, IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW...
THERE WAS A FUCKING BABY STANDING ON THE CORNER.
AND THE BABY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK SCARED!
IT WAS JUST STANDING THERE.
AND IT MADE ME SAD, IT MADE ME SAD REALLY.
CAUSE I WANTED TO HELP THE BABY.
"HMM, I DON'T TRUST YOU EITHER, I'M SORRY, CLICK"!
SARAH: I REMEMBER, UM, WERE WERE TOGETHER IN VANCOUVER AND
HE CAME OVER TO SMOKE A JOINT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
HE CAME OVER...
AND HE SMOKED A JOINT.
THE WHOLE THING, LIKE, BY HIMSELF
WHILE PONTIFICATING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S
WRONG WITH THE WORLD.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD, A LACK OF SHARING.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S, "PUFF-PUFF-PASS"
NOT "PUFF-PUFF-PUFF-PUFF!"
DAVE, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
YOU'RE GETTING THE FREAKING MARK TWAIN PRIZE!
DAVE: I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE].
SARAH: YOU DESERVE IT!
IT'S THE RIGHT THING.
IT'S ACTUALLY PERFECT THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE
MARK TWAIN PRIZE
BECAUSE YOU BOTH LOVE USING THE "N-WORD" IN YOUR MASTERPIECES.
DAVE: HOW IS IT THAT I CAN SAY THE WORD
"NIGGER" WITH IMPUNITY...
BUT I CAN'T SAY THE WORD, "FAGGOT"?
AND SHE SAID, "BECAUSE DAVID, YOU ARE NOT GAY."
I SAID, "WELL RENEE, I'M NOT A NIGGER EITHER."