It’s a guy realizing he’s got powers. It’s a guy who’s been writing for people for the last 15 years and he realizes, ‘Wait a minute, I’m funny!’ It’s before the TV show; it’s before he’d done any movies or anything. He’s happy and talking about his kids. It just showcases him at his best. I like to see people happy.

Steve Harvey: One Man is the most underrated. It’s one of these HBO specials that nobody knows about. I know you see him on the Family Feud, and I know you see him on his morning show, and it’s all very family friendly. But if you really want to see Steve Harvey, this is the special. Me and Seinfeld talk about it all the time: it’s some of the best material I’ve ever seen anybody do.

The thing about Eddie that’s weird and ingenious: most comedians save their dirtiest material for last. They do the clean stuff and then they ease into the dirty stuff. Every comedian does that. Eddie Murphy does the exact opposite. He opens with the dirtiest material you’ve ever heard: the thing with Ralph Kramden f-cking Ed Norton in the ass. Before you’ve even sat down, it’s just the dirtiest stuff ever. Delirious is a great showcase too. It’s like, “Okay, am I a handsome guy? Check. I do great impressions, check.

I’m always going to say that Pryor was the best, but my favorite special, personally, that makes me laugh the hardest is Killin’ Them Softly. Normally, if I watch somebody and I think they’re good, they got, like, one or two jokes I wish I’d done.

“Every comedian will tell you that is by far the greatest piece of standup ever done. It’s actually Richard Pryor’s best movie. It’s actually one of the best movies ever. I was a kid when I saw it—probably when I was 10, 12 or whatever. But I couldn’t understand it until I became a man. It was kind of too dense for a kid to understand. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, you’ve got to live some life to know what the f-ck he’s talking about. This is some grown-people sh-t. It’s vulnerable. It’s political. I wish I could do one half that good. Every comedian will tell you: there’s nothing even close.”