[Checks record collection, surreptitiously adjusts.]

Is that Debbie Gibson on the far right?  Is this her lifetime achievement VMA?  About time.

Is that Debbie Gibson on the far right?  Is this her lifetime achievement VMA?  About time.

When he subbed in for Joe Pesci, he did a monologue presumably written for Pesci. Is that what you're thinking of?

When he subbed in for Joe Pesci, he did a monologue presumably written for Pesci. Is that what you're thinking of?

COOL STORY BRO: I was in the Second City Conservatory with this guy. He was continuously super nice, funny and down-to-earth, though it was clear he was a league above the rest of us. I will always treasure his complimenting one of the sketches I wrote as we peed in adjacent urinals. Pee compliments are the truest of…

COOL STORY BRO: I was in the Second City Conservatory with this guy. He was continuously super nice, funny and down-to-earth, though it was clear he was a league above the rest of us. I will always treasure his complimenting one of the sketches I wrote as we peed in adjacent urinals. Pee compliments are the truest of…

My girlfriend, who works at Nieman Marcus, is required to be extermely knowledgable about the products she sells.  So this single anecdote invalidates everything you have said, or will in the future say.

My girlfriend, who works at Nieman Marcus, is required to be extermely knowledgable about the products she sells.  So this single anecdote invalidates everything you have said, or will in the future say.

Darn. Now I may never know "Was she…" or "Did he…?"

Darn. Now I may never know "Was she…" or "Did he…?"

No joke, I had a hipster roommate for a month who claimed he "only looked at vintage porn".

No joke, I had a hipster roommate for a month who claimed he "only looked at vintage porn".

Word to all of this. Especially Sally Kimball crush…girl next door, year older, clever, runs with the boys…

Word to all of this. Especially Sally Kimball crush…girl next door, year older, clever, runs with the boys…

Here you are: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Here you are: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Interesting if true, especially given his past comments that his "dick is racist".  If true, suggests that much of his comedy is at odds with his actual experience, and that he's subverting his actual life by playing at being an asshole.

Interesting if true, especially given his past comments that his "dick is racist".  If true, suggests that much of his comedy is at odds with his actual experience, and that he's subverting his actual life by playing at being an asshole.

For the exact reasons you allude to, I usually take it as a compliment.