Pauly Shore on Growing Up Around Stand-Up Legends at the Comedy Store

It was more , it was more like Sam was , I was 14 years old . I was a short order cook at the comedy store in Westwood . My mom would put Sam on last because all he would do is scream and then he would literally , you know , there'd be six people left in the room in Westwood and he'd throw the stools , he'd throw the , his stool at the audience members , they'd scamper off , he'd smoke weed in the parking lot and then he would um you know , I'd feed him hamburgers .

Pauly Shore on Growing Up Around Stand-Up Legends at the Comedy Store

You know what I mean ? My mom had Jim Carrey and Damon Waynes and all these guys and they were from the store And um you know , so uh uh I wonder if your mom was concerned that if someone like Seinfeld got on that people who would want to see sitcom style stand up , like very sterile stand up would start coming to the clubs like , and then you would start getting people going to see people just because they're famous and not really because they're good . I mean , she probably had a method to her approach .

Pauly Shore on Growing Up Around Stand-Up Legends at the Comedy Store

My mom would put Sam on last because all he would do is scream and then he would literally , you know , there'd be six people left in the room in Westwood and he'd throw the stools , he'd throw the , his stool at the audience members , they'd scamper off , he'd smoke weed in the parking lot and then he would um you know , I'd feed him hamburgers . So I kind of just , I was always taking care of comedians . What year was this ?

Pauly Shore on Growing Up Around Stand-Up Legends at the Comedy Store

She , she knew , she knew what the fuck she , she didn't like . Seinfeld is hilarious . He , he lived up the street from me and my mom .

Pauly Shore on Growing Up Around Stand-Up Legends at the Comedy Store

I mean , I'm there now and it's , it's great . Obviously it's the store . But when mom was there , it was just like , you never know what the fuck was going to happen .