Yes! Exactly! Finally, someone gets it! Not even my dear departed troupe understand the true breadth that comedy can offer. [ Not that most of their acts weren't funny; they just didn't go the way that she planned, necessarily... ] I don't know why I'm bothering with them. I might as well just dump 'em and hire you!

[ That's not a bad idea, actually. She's pretty keen on hearing about his idea of comedy, since comedy truly is world-renowned. (And it's nice that someone appreciates her act, instead of just going along with it.) ]

Tell you what. I'll give you a real sweet deal. The best seat in the house for our first shindig, and you tell me about any rival troupes you may have heard of. I'm thinking of putting on a theater show about puns, but it'd be a play on words far too extraordinary for your garden-variety humorist. I can't have people stealing my material!