Thanks to your gratifying post, @honeydue, I can meet another important contemporary comedian. From what you say, he had a hard life, but he had the strength and lucidity to face it. It can be noticed that he is endowed with a fine and sharp humour, nothing easy and common. All the jokes I quote are very good, particularly for me that of shoes and the brevity of life. I incorporate it to my background of first class comedians.