I often wonder what I would have come up with if I dropped as many drugs as he did to come up with his insights on society and language. Somehow I suspect his pharmacopeia sampling had an influence on his early departure from us.
He was tied as my favourite male stand up comedian with John Pinette. Favourite female was Joan Rivers. Her best "A woman knows when she has gotten old when she bends down to touch her toes and her tits get there first. How do you know when a man has gotten old? When you are talking to him and see his balls drop".LOL.