"(Americans) will tell you right to your face, 'SCREW YOU!' ... (Canadians) don't do that. We know how to hate ... strategically. Somebody bumps into us we don't yell, 'SCREW YOU!' We go, 'Oh, excuse me, I didn't see you there.' ... And then as we're walking away, we think 'what a fucking asshole.' "
I was on Amateur Night at Yuk Yuk's Yorkville with Jeremy Hotz a few times in fall, 1984, and I'm 100% certain he doesn't remember me. Other amateurs from that same period who have a Wikipedia bio page: Harland Williams, Tim Sims, Tim Progosh.
I didn't laugh either, and I couldn't sit though all sixteen minutes. I find it sad when 'comedians/ comediennes' receive applause but no laughs, only because the audience agrees with what's being said.