The Joke Thief

it'll help your career." I let him do the joke, and then weeks later,

I was waiting to go on at a comedy club and he went on before me, and he did the joke.

And after the show, I pulled him aside and I said, "Hey, man.

I don't mind you borrowing my jokes, but you gotta give them back." He said,

"Oh, I forgot to ask you." He goes, "Let me buy that

joke from you for $50." And I said, "Man, I'd do it,

but I'm just starting out. I need all the material I can get." The idea being that

the more material I can accumulate, the faster I'll be able to make money for my work.