I didn’t get to do a gig because I got fired, and it kind of ruined me because I am a perfectionist overachiever. But they told me, ‘We were thinking you’d be more like Bill Cosby.’ Um, I’m 25 and white…and a girl. They just kept asking for a rewrite of my transcript, and I would edit out things that they considered dirty and then edit more things they considered dirty, and then finally, on my last draft–it was a high tea, and I wrote this joke: “Ladies, we’re here to eat some tiny sandwiches. Just sit back, relax and take comfort in knowing that the crock pot’s off, your sister’s at home and the kids are dead. You shouldn’t have left them with your sister.” And then they wrote back, ‘Yeah, ...[Read more]