Sebastian Maniscalco

Sometimes it's cool to have banter with the audience. Occasionally, somebody will say something, and I'll say something right back, and everybody laughs, and it's funny.

Growing up in an Italian family, we used our body to convey a message.

I don't like long jokes. I like stories rather than setup punchlines.

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.