The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.
Comedians have a tendency to have a limited range, they tend to do one thing and do it very well, but it's limited.
I'm a comedian. I make comic films and there are certain ideas that occur to me that are comic, with heavy, serious undertones. There are some ideas that are more frivolous to me. The next idea that could occur to me could be comedy about death and famine or something.
You are always a comedian by default. You are this way because you've been forced to be this way, but it is better to be the hero. So if you can be a persona, the great one of my lifetime of course was and is Marlon Brando.
Nietzsche says that we will live the same life, over and over again. God - I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.