A Joke I Fought Hard to Keep in Tonight’s Monologue Got the Single Biggest Laugh of the Entire Show, and I Am Allowing Myself Exactly One Evening of Smugness About It

A Joke I Fought Hard to Keep in Tonight’s Monologue Got the Single Biggest Laugh of the Entire Show, and I Am Allowing Myself Exactly One Evening of Smugness About It – The room wanted to cut it. I dug in. Tonight the studio audience proved me right in the most satisfying way this job ever offers.