A: it hurts the fanboys' feewings.

B: i have speculated that one of the issues keeping Eddie from returning to stand up is the difficulty he may face finding places where he can work on his act w/o it being blasted all over the Internet. b/c even as gifted as he is (was?) @ stand up - he's going to bomb in the beginning. even the best stand ups have to work out their act and that means figuring out what works and what doesn't. the jokes that don't get work get cut. but all of the jokes have to be tried out first - even the awful ones. and even the good material - i assume he won't want it all over the Internet before he's even gotten started w/the comeback for real.

anyway, i hope this is true and that it means he's working on a return to stand up. and i hope he's able to keep this up - keep dropping in on various stages as part of the comeback.