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On Bill's first Letterman performance
>"All the same people that used to diss Bill and talk about what a loser he was, they couldn't be fagged to stay up another hour and turn on their TVs. Almost everybody I asked who I knew had known about the show said they missed it. The sad fact is that "I'll show those bastards" was part of Bill's motivation, but the bastards he wanted to show, most of them didn't even care."
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On Bill writing for Rodney Dangerfield
>"He had to be in New York two weeks later for two nights of taping at Dangerfield's and each comedian was told to bring a funny intro for Rodney to read. [...] Bill was the only one who arrived in New York with a finished intro in time for a week of rehearsals. [...] The line he and Farneti had settled on was, 'I'd like to say this next guy is ahead of his time but his parents haven't met yet.' [...] 'Not funny enough,' Dangerfield said. 'No, that's funny,' Bill replied. 'Try it.' If Rodney was startled at a no-name twenty-six-year-old challenging him, he went ahead and tried out Bill's line on the first audience. Surprisingly, it got a good laugh. The next day before the second taping Bill walked by Rodney's dressing room. 'Hey Bill,' Dangerfield called. 'That line, it's real funny. What the fuck do I know?'"
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