Before Judd Apatow and his roommate Adam Sandler began performing stand up at dive bars in LA, Judd Apatow was a kid in Syosett, Long Island who was utterly obsessed with comedy. At 16, he started hosting a radio show for his local high school station, and he would call up the biggest comics of the day - comics like Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Steve Allen, Sandra Bernhard; none of whom, by the way, had any idea they were talking to a kid in his parents' garage -- and talk to them about what got them into comedy, and what made them stay in. Thirty years later, Apatow is still interviewing famous comics about what drives them and why they do what they do. That obsession has made him a recognizable and influential comedic filmmaker. A collection of 30 years worth of those conversations -- featuring interviews with luminaries like Mel Brooks and Chris Rock and modern icons like Louis CK and Amy Schumer. A book about the profession of comedy, from the nerdiest fan of all.