he's been successful in l.a. as a cross over comedian, he made a name for himself but not the name he wants so he ends up in berkeley where black power as exploded in berkeley and there he finds the freedom to be unfunny. a lot of the tapes at that time he's experimenting, like an artist trying to find his medium not just a comedian trying to polish his material. that desire to find the nerve center of the american life, of the self, poke it, prod it so you can produce funny and enlightenment. so he followed his explorations wherever they took him. >> he was so talented in so many ways but didn't always come easy for him. when he first moved to new york opened up as a singer simone and